Slawomir -
ABS 2005 has incorporated links to partners such as Elite, Lindab, Trane &
Geopraxis for duct sizing, fire sprinkler sizing, load analysis, and energy
analysis. These links give you the ability to export dimensions & data to
the analysis app then import the results back into ABS for decision making.
The data is available through xml and ActiveX apis that should enable you to
access it with any analysis software of your choosing in addition to any
spreadsheets or databases you use.
I hope this helps!
"Slawomir Popiel"
wrote in message
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> Peter
> Of course I can draw it, although in order to draw it, first I have to
know
> what I'm drawing, i.e. calculate it. Companies such as Elite or Trane came
> up with software helping to calculate and it is a tremendous time saving.
> However, manual transfering data from ABS to Elite, or rather lack of such
> utility is a downside, killing any productivity.
> I thing that you are missing my point. I don't care whether this thing
does
> a virtual model or not. I don't want to use all past versions of the ABS
> including S8 on same project. That's all.
> As to "tremendous amount of data available in that model that can be used
> for other activities", I have to admit that I cannot care less. I want a
> software peer to S8 for starters, that I can plan, calculate and draw
with.
> Ulitimately, number of mouse clicks needed to complete a design is one of
> the factors measuring productivity. The other is time between clicks
needed
> to figure out why I want to click and what I suppose to achieve.
> sp
>
>
>
> "Peter Terwilliger [Autodesk]" wrote in
> message news:E757927E57C476A45246195556DA71F2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Slawomir -
> >
> > ABS builds a virtual construction model of your designs. Although the
> > benefits to having a design that you know fits before you build it are
> many,
> > these were not the only reasons for a full 3D model. There is a
> tremendous
> > amount of data available in that model that can be used for other
> activities
> > such as analysis and estimation/fabrication. Making that data readily
> > available for use by third parties as well as in applications such as
> Excel
> > is an extremely high priority for the development team.
> >
> > But, as a very famous person once noted, you need to be able to draw it
> > first otherwise you wouldn't need AutoCAD... After 4 releases, I hope
> that
> > you can now "draw it"
> >
> > BTW, the latest version of Elite Ductsize is already reading the ABS
2004
> > model...
> >
> >
> > "Slawomir Popiel" wrote in message
> > news:60093B4872E6C90CE2F04C7B83FC30B9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > We've got a brand new, shiny ABS 2004. So far it is much better than
> > > anything else before. On the other hand, don't have too much use of
it.
> > I've
> > > tried it, and here is how that might work for me:
> > > Load R14/S8 on your computer;
> > > Load ABS 3.0 on your computer;
> > > Load ABS 2004 on your computer.
> > > Open all backgrounds from architect with 2004, convert it to 2000.
> > > Open these 2000 backgrounds in ABS 3 and save as R14.
> > > Draw your centerlines in R14, export system geometry and run your
Elite
> > > calculations.
> > > Go back to 2004 and continue.
> > >
> > > This looks like a little nightmare, particularly when I've learned
that
> we
> > > can legally keep ABS3 on the machine for limited time only.
> > >
> > > Can anything be done about it?
> > > Short of interfacing 2004 with external programs, personally, I would
> > > appreciate having an utility allowing exporting geometry data to an
> Excel
> > > file.
> > >
> > > sp
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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