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FireAcad
Training
FireAcad is a computer aided design program that aids in the designer’s
time and accuracy with designing, calculating, and listing of projects. A
user of such a program must still have a good understanding and knowledge
of system design and hydraulic calculations. Although we will go over the
basic Autocad ® commands, a good knowledge or understanding of AutoCad®
is very much an asset. The basic AutoCad® commands used most often by
FireAcad are as follows: trim, fillet, line, osnap commands, erase,
window/crossing/select single objects, move – freehand and @ x,y, copy,
offset, and @ x,y. A couple of new things for AutoCad®2006 that would be
good to also know are, the floating tool bars and the dimensioning
commands.
Training Overview
Review and introduce (if needed) any basic AutoCad® commands that
are needed to efficiently operate FireAcad
-Introduce the automatic commands for drawing in a building. This
includes using the automatic sprinkler layout and the automatic piping
commands. The FireAcad tutorial (chapter10 of the manual) is the building
and piping layout that is used for the instruction. Also include pertinent
titleblock information and explain how the pipe diameter, pipe information
and calculation risers are used.
-Running a Hydraulic Preparation to explain how FireAcad builds a
calculation and node diagram file.
-Running a List Preparation to explain how FireAcad builds the material
listing file.
-Start a new building that is a bit more difficult to create.
-Introduce the Auto Line and Auto Grid commands.
-Work on elevation changes on sprinkler heads and on piping by using the .xy
and change elevation command
- Introduce the error command
- Run hydraulic calculation and explain in detail everything in the
calculation including the global change diameter command and the metric /
imperial conversions
-Print out calculations and node diagram
-Review the Ato Line and Ato Grid commands and how each piping layer is
used.
-Begin manual drawing and reference how layers are connected by referring
to the automatic drawing
-Thoroughly describe the error checking on the drawing and how to approach
each individual error checking situation
-Do a stocklist on the previous days drawing. Printout the stocklist, cut
the drawing and go through each list and how to edit the list.
Introduce how to use an architect’s disk and the important things to
remember (i.e. Purge, audit, explode, ddinsert)
-If they have a small job on disk use that job as the job to run through
from start to finish, otherwise start a new building and run through that
job from start to finish.
-Explain how to revise the database, make up details with a slide library.
-Editing attributes for stocklisting and calculation purposes.
-Editing the titleblock for the designers personal information
-Review all commands and procedures answer any questions or concerns.
Review anything that might not be correctly understood.
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