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Design Master July 2016 Newsletter

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Maxfield Consulting Increases Productivity by 300% with Design Master Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing

Maxfield Consulting, PLLC is a full-service MEP engineering consulting firm based in the Dallas, Texas area. Wilfred Kidd, who designs the plumbing systems for Maxfield, has been using Design Master Plumbing since 2006. His partners have also used Design Master Electrical and Design Master Mechanical for about ten years.

Read more about Maxfield Consulting.


Support Articles from the May, June, and July Archives

General

Project and Database Management Webinar: A general webinar covering how your drawing and database file interact. Recommended for all users.
Changing the Scale of a Drawing: How to change the scale of a drawing that you have already done work in.
Multiple Scales on a Single Drawing: Sorry, the answer is still to use two drawings. Vote for the request on the wishlist if you would like to see us work on this in a future release.

HVAC

Inserting Eccentric Transitions: How to insert an eccentric transition in your ductwork.
Exporting Light Fixtures or Diffusers for Reflected Ceiling Plan: Creating a RCP that is disconnected from your Design Master database.
Curved Walls: How to insert curved walls for building load calculations.
How to View Hidden Lines: How to view ductwork hidden lines.
Partition Above and Below Floor: How to create a space that has a partition above and below it.

Electrical

Arc-Flash Overview: Information on settings required to calculate arc-flash incident energy.
Balancing Loads on Switchboards, UPSs, and Other One-Line Devices: How to balance loads on one-line devices other than panels.
Residential Feeder Load Calculation Quick Start: How to calculate dwelling unit feeder loads.
Loads on Circuits Do Not Appear in Panel Total: Typically caused by the "General Lighting Circuit" value being set to "Yes."
Setting the Phase of Single-Phase Loads on Three-Phase Switchboards: How to use the "Starting Phase" option.
Layers Used for Circuit Loops: An explanation of all the different places we look to determine what layer to use for loops between devices.
Exporting Light Fixtures or Diffusers for Reflected Ceiling Plan: Creating a RCP that is disconnected from your Design Master database.
Loads on Phases Change in a Transformer: Loads rotate when they go through delta-wye transformers.
Show Rooms on Lighting and Power Plans: How to share rooms between drawings.
Motor Load Calculations: How the largest motor on a panel is determined.
Footcandle Levels Inside Building Outlines: How to keep 0 FC values from being displayed inside buildings.
Indoor Lighting Coefficient of Utilization: How the CU is calculated.