Something smaller than a plant for a change: station B of a home heating demo, open in the 3D designer in plan view.
The building is drawn with walls. The designer found the rooms the walls enclose, and the plan shows their areas (the bedroom is 12.48 m², the living room 16.29 m²). The heating parts are items placed from the library: the air-to-water heat pump outside, a buffer tank, a hot water cylinder with its cold and hot valves, a combi boiler, a gas water heater and a towel radiator, with the cold in and hot out points marked.
The Designer panel has the drawing tools (Select, Wall, Door, Window, Column, Zone, Slab, Roof, Stair, Item, Link) and snapping. I work with Grid and Attach on, a 0.1 m grid step and a 15° turn step. The gizmo in the 3D view is set to Move.
Yes, the labels pile up in the middle at this zoom.
Docs: The 3D designer.
I want this for my own house. Heat pump, buffer tank, cylinder, almost exactly my setup. Can I do it on a hobby account?
3D Designs is part of the SCADA and 3D modules, which come with the IoT add-on. If your organisation has it, the Home library and the basic shapes are free in 3D, and the core set’s 3D twins come with the SCADA module.
Did you type the room areas in?
No. Draw the walls and the designer finds the rooms they enclose. You only name them.
Can the names be turned off on a dashboard? On a small card they would cover everything.
Yes, the Design, live (3D) card has a Names in the scene setting. When names are on, a connected item shows its reading in place of its name.
Does the buffer tank light up when its temperature alarm is open?
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