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- [Instructor] In ArchiCAD 24, Graphisoft has added

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a long time Add-on into kind of the native build

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for the application.

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So once you install ArchiCAD, if you go up to your options

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and you go over to the work environment

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and go to apply profile

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and click on MEP engineering basic profile.

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And so with that, you have this new kind of options

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and objects that come inside of your toolbar

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and you also have this pet pallet that shows up.

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And so with this pet palette, you have different options

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of the type of MEP system that you're going to be installing

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or designing and so you have ductwork, pipework and cabling.

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So we'll just keep it with ductwork,

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and we have different types of duct.

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So you have a rectangular duct, a circular or oval

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or even a flexible duct.

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So let's just use a round duct and so when we go in here

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we also have the options of kind of the construction method

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where that note is that we're going to use to place the object.

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So whether it's in the center of the mass here

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or at the top or at the bottom.

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So I'm going to just use the bottom.

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So I'm going to set the bottom as nine feets

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and let me actually add four inches to that.

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So I'm just going to make it nine feet, four inches

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just because if my ceiling's at nine feet,

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I probably want a little bit more room above it

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and we can define what kind of system it is.

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Is it an exhaust air, fresh air, return air?

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So I'm going to leave it as a supplier

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and then I can go to routing options.

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When I opened the routing options

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I have a different connection type option

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so it could be a flange connection or a simple body,

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it could have insulation or it could not have insulation

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and then the bend could be a plead bend,

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stamped or segmented.

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So a bunch of different options there

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and then you also have a transition rule,

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where do you want the transition,

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before the bend or after the bend?

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And so let's just keep it on after the bend.

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Then I can place this ductwork by pushing

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the start route, start routing.

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And so let's just say our mechanical unit

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that we're using is in the garage

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and so let's just start here

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and so just like kind of any of the other tools, you know,

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you have the direction and you have the distance

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and so we can just start.

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And so let's just act like we're placing some ductwork

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and there we have kind of a line of ductwork.

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And so with that, let's look at it in 3D.

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So another option that we have that's new

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is that we have kind of these elements of the palette.

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And so here we have select connected elements.

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So if I click on this, it'll select all of the elements

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that are connected to that ductwork.

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So I'm just going to look at this, I slid it in 3D

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and so, there we have kind of beginnings of you know,

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a routes for our ductwork and we can also connect to it

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on the flyer and we can do different types of junctions.

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So we're just going to do the Duct Tee 24

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and if you zoom in a little bit, you can see an arrow

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and it's pointing which direction do you actually

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want to connect it in.

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So since this is a single storey house,

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we can connect right off of there

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and again we can adjust our duct

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and we can start to add elements

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that connect to this ductwork.

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And so this is really good tool to kind of create

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like a schematic design, provide this to your engineer

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and have them maybe further design or give you pointers

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on how to make the design more efficient.

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But a great starting point for understanding

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kind of the mechanical, electrical

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and plumbing systems that could go into your building.