Concepts and Procedures

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

📄️ Project Drawing and Database Management

When you create a new project, a database file will be created in the same folder as the current drawing. The file name will be dm_plumb<Name>.dm, where <Name> is the name of the project. This is the database file where all of the information about your project is stored. Your project drawings are now connected to this database file, and the information contained in the drawings and the database must match.

📄️ Standards Databases

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

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🗃️ Common Settings

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📄️ Common Groups Dialog Box Features

Schedules in the project and standards 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 Pipes

The commands in Design Master Plumbing sometimes refer to next and previous pipes. This section describes how to identify those pipes in your system.