Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Customizing Duct Takeoffs

I have often been asked how to quickly modify an existing fitting to allow for more functionality. One common request is the ability to customize duct takeoffs. Here is a video demonstrating the steps needed to give the user the option to change the length of the duct takeoff.

The quick answer here is to modify the fitting to have the Type for the variable in question to be changed from Constant to List, and then modify the list to include the values the user wants to choose from.

In the video, I change the Type for "L2" (the distance from the main duct to the connection point of the takeoff.

To view the video: http://www.geniusoftllc.com/mvparts/videos/takeoffdepth.asp

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