[Bldg-sim] Tools to draw HVAC diagrams

Anupam Jain anupam11 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 10 21:26:26 PDT 2012


Yes, this tool is a diagramming tool useful for abstract diagrams as well
as organized flowcharts. For handling labels, there should be a "Properties
View" at the lower right corner of your screen where the font, color, etc.
can be changed for the entire object. There is no format painter, though
one can take a crossing window and select the objects (or group them and
see group content: Alt+PgDn) to select similar objects before formatting
them similarly.

Hope this helps. Vaibhav (also on this list) pointed out a similar and
intuitive tool called Dia (http://dia-installer.de/), which you can try as
well. It is similar to yEd in abstractness of application though.

Cheers,
Anupam

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Pavel Dybskiy <pdybskiy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Anupam,
>
> I enjoyed examples they have.
> I tried it for 5 min.
> I should admit it's a very intelligent/quick (should I say brilliant) in
> making and playing with blocks and connectors.
> During these 5 mins I failed to find a quick way to format individual
> blocks and text inside blocks (color, font), except  at least 3-4
> clicks  through  menus, pop-ups, dialogues.
> Is there a format painter?
> May be I miss some magic tricks or .....
> this tool was meant for something more abstract.
>
> Pavel
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Anupam Jain <anupam11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Pavel ,et al.
>>
>> I use yEd ( http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html) for
>> drawing flow charts, venn diagrams, etc. It can easily be used for drawing
>> HVAC flow diagrams as well. yEd is free to download and install and is
>> quite powerful.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anupam
>>
>> ---
>> Anupam Jain, B.Arch, MBS, LEED AP (BD+C, O+M)
>> **Senior Green Building Specialist
>>
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>>> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 17:45:14 -0400
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>>> Here is a Visio-made diagram
>>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxMkJIZCZN5ESnJYVFpsR3lTZVk
>>>
>>> What do I miss? Is it satisfactory for a report/manual/paper?
>>>
>>> First round, about 3 hours, about 10 iterations.
>>> Just one click to get all formatting you need.
>>> Very fast learning track.
>>> Very useful Format painter and very flexible connectors
>>> Less frustrating experience comparing with Word which I used before.
>>>
>>> Next time, I hope, it's gonna take 20-30 min
>>>
>>> Pavel
>>>
>>>
>>>
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