Design Master February 2018 Newsletter

Table of Contents

• Results from the 2017 MEP BIM Survey
• Weekly Training
• Customer Story: Marque Engineering Gains a Competitive Edge on Speed, Quality and Profitability with Design Master Electrical
• New Support Articles
• Support Articles from the December, January, and February Archives

Results from the 2017 MEP BIM Survey

This is the eighth year we have conducted our annual survey on the use of building information modeling (BIM) by engineers and designers in the MEP industry. Here is what we have learned:

• Actual use of BIM for 3D collision detection has not changed in 8 years.
• People continue to anticipate using BIM for 3D collision detection more in the future.
• But their expectations are not as inflated as they were in the past.

Read the complete article on our website.

Weekly Training

Weekly training is available on our software.

Complete details about the training are available on our website.

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Here is the schedule for the next two months:

February 8, 2018: Electrical for Revit
Creating Custom Families

February 15, 2018: Electrical for AutoCAD
Wire Sizing Customization

February 22, 2018: HVAC for AutoCAD
Ventilation Calculations

March 1, 2018: One-line Diagrams (Electrical for Revit and Electrical for AutoCAD)
Feeder IDs

March 8, 2018: Electrical for Revit
Circuit Descriptions

March 15, 2018: Electrical for AutoCAD
Photometric Calculations

March 22, 2018: HVAC for AutoCAD
Ductwork Sizing

March 29, 2018: Photometrics for AutoCAD
Overview of Photometrics
Light Fixture Settings

Marque Engineering Gains a Competitive Edge on Speed, Quality and Profitability with Design Master Electrical

Marque Engineering is a full-service firm offering mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, design and consulting services. The company uses Design Master Electrical on all its projects that involve electrical work. “As a new firm in the area, being able to hit the ground running on electrical projects with our very experienced team has been a huge benefit that Design Master Electrical has offered us,” states process specialist and electrical designer Shane Housh. “It allows us to focus on engineering rather than on drafting.”

Read more about Marque Engineering.

New Support Articles

HVAC

Training Recording: Diffusers
Training Recording: Pressure Drop Calculations

Electrical for AutoCAD

Training Recording: Equipment Connections & Panel Schedule Customization
Training Recording: Recurring Panels
Training Recording: Master Groups and Labels
Showing Voltage Drop on First Panel
Panel Schedule Customization Example

Electrical for Revit

Training Recording: The “Panel Edit” Command
Training Recording: Motor Calculations

One-Line Diagrams (Electrical for AutoCAD and Electrical for Revit)

Training Recording: Feeder Drafting Techniques
Training Recording: Notes and Labels
Training Recording: Creating One-Line Diagram Blocks with Labels
Training Recording: Drafting Repeated Elements in One-Line Diagrams
Turning Off Feeder IDs
Changing Feeder ID Block Graphics
Creating Switchboard Blocks that Expand Automatically

Photometrics

Training Recording: Photometric Groups and Light Fixtures