Mechanical Equipment

This tool lets you place mechanical equipment, such as boilers, and fin-tube radiators in a piping system.

Placing Mechanical Equipment

1. In the Project Browser, open a view where you want to place the mechanical equipment.
2. In the drawing area, zoom in on the area where you want to place the mechanical equipment for the piping system.
3. Click Systems tabMechanical panel Mechanical Equipment, and in the Type Selector, select a particular equipment type.
4. On the ribbon, verify that Tag on Placement is selected to automatically tag equipment. Then specify the following tagging options on the Options Bar:

   If you want to ...	then ...
   change the orientation of the tag	select Horizontal or Vertical.
   load additional tags	click Tags.
   include a leader line between the tag and the equipment	select Leader.
   change the default length of the leader	enter a value in the text box to the right of the Leader check box.

5. On the Options bar, specify whether you want to enable rotate after placement.
6. Move the cursor to where you want to place the mechanical equipment, and click.
   Tip: You can press SPACE to rotate the equipment prior to placing it in the view. The equipment is rotated by 90 degrees each time you press SPACE.