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Creating an analytical System-Zone

Creating an analytical System-Zone

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Creating an analytical System-Zone

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Okay, this one took me a while to figure out how it works. We can now simply draw a line connecting the rooms we want to be included in a zone. We don't need spaces. From there we can add our equipment to those zones which ties into our AHU-01 air system. The objective of this video is to add a system zone to our four exam room areas. So under models, I'll go Open. I'm going to grab my MEP-PROGRESS-ZONES model then click Open. Great. Now, thing we want to concentrate in is this VAV. That's our equipment that's going to tie us back to our air system. Now, let's go down to Mechanical HVAC Floor Plan 1-Mech. Zoom in on this area here, go to your analyze tab, on the Energy Optimization panel, click System Zone. My zone is going to be these two rooms. I'm going to go from here to here and escape a couple of times. And notice we can draw any shape we want. All this has to do is physically touch one of these spaces and that…

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