One of the longstanding requests from customers has been to be able to use other than E and T for their Elbows and Tees when they AutoCalc. They may be calcing a CPVC job, so they want to use other fittings that are assigned to CPVC specific products, for example. Or they may use FireLock fittings, and want to use them. Well, V50.08 and V51.08 made that possible!
When setting up your pipe schedule (the Sizing button in the AutoCalc dialog box), notice the columns on the right pertaining to various fittings and a new Alter Ftn Definitions button. It is here that you can now specify the fittings that should be used with each pipe type.
Over in HydraCALC, the fitting selection box (activated by right-clicking in the Fitting column) shows which fittings are currently available for a given pipe diameter. Notice the letters O through R are preset to reference CPVC fittings (below).
Now pick the Alter Ftn Definitions button. Then select the CPVC pipe type from the Pipe Type list. Int he Default row, type in the letters you want to reference for each fitting type (below).
Pick Ok on this dialog box. Then, pick Ok on the Pipe Schedule dialog box and reopen it by pick the Sizing button, as you did to start. If you select CPVC as the pipe type to use for any of the components found in the Sizing screen (Straight Feed Line Pipe, Grid Main Pipe, UG, etc), the corresponding assigned letters will display it the comlumns at right. These fitting letters will be assigned when you AutoCalc the next time.
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