Concepts and Procedures

This section describes concepts and procedures you will use with Design Master HVAC. It describes how to apply the commands in the Command Reference section to create your HVAC project.

Categories & Concepts

📄️ Project Drawing and Database Management

You must consider how changes to your drawings will affect the database. This section details recommendations for common scenarios when working on a Design Master HVAC project.

📄️ Master and Standards Databases

The master and standards databases are used to store default settings for new projects. You can make changes to the customization settings, store them in these files, and reuse them.

🗃️ Common Schedule Dialog Box Features

All of the schedule dialog boxes work in a similar way. The buttons available that you use to create and modify records in the schedule are all the same. 3 items

🗃️ Common Settings

This section describes settings that are common to diffusers, ducts, and mechanical equipment. 2 items

📄️ Common Groups Dialog Box Features

All schedules in the project and master database can be organized into groups. Groups allow you to organize the records in your schedule.

📄️ Inserting Notes and Leaders on the Drawing

You can customize the block used for the leader arrow and its length. See the Miscellaneous Options section for more information.

📄️ Previous and Next Ducts

The commands in Design Master HVAC sometimes reference next and previous ducts. This section describes how to identify those ducts in your system.