Board schedules can be created with a view to exporting details to Cymap’s Wiring program. Once uploaded into the schematic Wiring program all board and final way details are present thereby saving the engineer time lifting details from paper drawings. Cable lengths can be routed electronically utilising the cable containment routing entered on the floor plan.
A detailed symbol library enables the use to place different power, switches, fire alarms, comms and general stationary plant equipment.
The board schedules developed can be imported into the Cymap Wiring package so cable takeoffs and loadings from the floor plan will automatically populate the schematic.
Fire alarm audibility checks based on sounder details and partition composition can ensure compliance.
For Part L lighting and switching control, the ability to check which fittings are within the prescribed part L distance of the switch or movement sensor enable switching design to be considered when co-ordinating final circuit switching arrangements.
Colour co-ordination of fittings and symbols enables the engineer, at glance, to check whether lighting and symbols have had their load and cable length completed on the layouts. This is especially useful when importing boards into the Cymap Wiring package to ensure all board data is complete.
The latest European and BS standards for risk assessments R1-R4 along with down conductor separation distances and down conductor design are now available in collaboration with our colleagues at Dehn.
The full risk, depending on strike source, whether direct or local with EMP effects can be taken into consideration along with all methods of surge protection and fire risk analysis. Separate lightning protection zones can be set up depending on the protection class I-IV which then looks at the “rolling sphere” method of determining protection of obstacles with separate finules.
Full separation distance calculations can be used, again based on class of lightning protection required giving minimum separation distances of the earthing system to prevent flashover into internal services within the building.
The earthing system can be modelled on a 3D building model where the minimum number of down conductors can be calculated with minimum separation distances shown on the 3D model.
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