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CADvent Plug - in for MagiCAD

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Version 1.8

Table of Content
CADvent Plug - in for MagiCAD............................................................................................. 1
Manual for Lindab CADvent Plug-in for MagiCAD ................................................................. 3
General Information ........................................................................................................... 3
Installation and activation ................................................................................................... 3
Installation requirements ................................................................................................ 3
Installation and activation ............................................................................................... 3
List of functions and User Interface .................................................................................... 7
Graphical User Interface................................................................................................. 7
Ribbon palette ................................................................................................................ 7
Right-click menu ............................................................................................................. 8
List of functions .............................................................................................................. 8
Functionality of the Lindab CADvent Plug-in ...................................................................... 9
Import Duct Series.......................................................................................................... 9
Update Properties .........................................................................................................10
Manage Ducts ...............................................................................................................11
Set Lentgh .....................................................................................................................13
Optimize Fittings ...........................................................................................................15
Model Checker ..............................................................................................................16
Piece Labels..................................................................................................................17
Bill of Materials ..............................................................................................................21
Webshop Upload ...........................................................................................................23
About.............................................................................................................................24
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Manual for Lindab CADvent Plug-in for MagiCAD

General Information
The Lindab CADvent Plug-in was developed to support CADvents advanced
production orientated features on top of MagiCAD using the production orientated
objects in MagiCAD.
CADvent Plug-in features including CADvent properties, duct cutting and flanges,
order optimization, reporting for Bill-of-Materials, piece-labelling and Lindab webshop
connection where available.

Installation and activation

The latest version of the CADvent Plug-in can be downloaded from
http://itsolution.lindab.com/downloads/cadventplugin/cadventplugin.exe

Installation requirements
The CADvent Plug-in supports MagiCAD 2011.4 which runs on AutoCAD 2008 to
AutoCAD 2012 on 32-bit computers and AutoCAD 2009 to 2012 on 64-bit computers
including AutoCAD Verticals. The Plug-in supports Windows XP 32-bit, Windows
Vista 32- and 64-bit and Windows 7 32- and 64-bit.

Installation and activation

Download and install the Lindab CADvent Plugin.exe from the download link below:

http://itsolution.lindab.com/downloads/CADventPlugin/CADventPlugin.exe

NOTE: You need to have local administrator rights to install the Plug-in on
your computer.
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Download the installation file and save it on your computer for later installation or
install it by pushing the “Run” button. If you have an earlier version of CADvent
Plug-in installed will be prompted to uninstall the existing version first through the
Windows Control Panel.

Now you can install the software:

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In the next dialog you will be asked on which AutoCAD platforms you want to install
the CADvent Plug-in. Select the AutoCAD versions you want to install on and push
“Next”:

In the next dialog the installation path is shown, push “Install” to start the
installation. During the installation you will be asked to select a market area. The
selection includes certain translations and local settings for the production such as
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standard duct lengths and flange types:

At the end of the installation process you will be asked to register the software.
Enter your contact details and press “Activate”, the green tick confirms the
activation. Then close the dialog by pressing the “Close” button.

Now the installation is completed:

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Now you can launch MagiCAD including the CADvent Plug-in.

List of functions and User Interface

Graphical User Interface

The CADvent Plug-in contains of 2 possibilities to access the commands. A right-
click menu and a Ribbon palette. Both types of interface contain full functionality.
The Ribbon palette is available from AutoCAD 2010 or newer versions.

Ribbon palette
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Right-click menu

List of functions

This function allows the user to import non-generic, will say

”real products” into an existing MagiCAD Duct Series or to
create a new Duct Series with Lindab products.

The Update Properties function allows MagiCAD to update

MagiCAD objects with additional information.

With Manage Ducts you can cut ducts into standard lengths
and insert connectors and flanges.

This function allows the user to set a specific length to a

new or existing round or rectangular duct.

Optimize Fittings allows the user to “absorb” short pieces of

duct to optimize the production.

The Model Checker checks the drawing after ventilation

objects which do not fulfill the demands to be a real product.
These objects are filtered out when you upload products
from the drawing into the LindabEshop.
Piece label allows you to give each ventilation product a
unique identifier which is also shown in the Bill-of-Materials.

Generates reports for circular ducts and components and

for rectangular products.

The webshop upload to Lindab’s Eshop isonly supported for

Denmark currently. This feature offers our customers to
upload products which follow the production model to order
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them online.

In the About button you can find information about market

settings, contact information and CADvent plug-in version
number.

Functionality of the Lindab CADvent Plug-in

The CADvent Plug-in is designed to complete the production model in MagiCAD
which was introduced in version 2010.5 and to a similar production model as in
CADvent. As requirement you should draw or convert the MagiCAD ventilation
objects in your drawing in a production model.
For more information please read the MagiCAD User Documentation -> Ventilation
-> Production Model.

Import Duct Series

In MagiCAD you draw Duct Series

after pre-defined templates. Setting CADvent import Duct Series dialog box
up a Duct Series in MagiCAD with
real products and prioritizing them
correctly can be time consuming
and contain errors which do n ot
appear before creating a Bill-of
Materials with the CADvent Plug-in.
In order to simplify this for our
customers they can import Lindab
products into an existing Duct Series
or create a new one for Lindab Safe
ducts and for rectangular ducts.
With the function “Import to all” you Import to all duct series
can automatically attach Lindab
products for air duct systems to all
existing Duct Series in MagiCAD
seperately for round ducts and for
rectangular ducts.

This way you draft automatically

with “real” products which follow the
standards for a Production Model
similar as in CADvent.
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NOTE:
Only these products can be shown
Duct Series product selection dialog
correct on the BoM and can be
ordered in the webshop!

Update Properties

The Update Properties command should be CADvent Plug-in Properties

used after you have drafted your MagiCAD
production model objects to add information.
When you are finished drafting or to update
information in-between just push the Update
Properties button, select a MagiCAD
ventilation object and open the AutoCAD
Properties as shown to the left.

Parameters for Update Properties:

- Custom String: Allows you to set
manually a text string which is shown in
the Bill-of-materials.
- Material: Sets a material which is used
in the BoM and necessary for product
upload to the LindabEshop.
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Alternatively the material stated in the

MagiCAD Duct Series can be used. Flange Index mark in drawing
- Piece label: Gives a unique ID to each
product.
- Piece label lock: Locks the ID you set
manually. The ID will not get overwritten
by the automatic Piece label function
in the CADvent Plug-in.
- Order Length: Give a rectangular duct
another length value manually to be able
to cut the duct on site.
- Flange Index: Position of flange on an
object. The Index is also marked per
product in the drawing. By default “All”
are selected and the marker is
deactivated.
- Flange type: Select a standard flange
type according to your market settings.
- Flange attachment: Set a flange type
“Normal” or “Loose” if you want to be
able to cut the duct on site.
- Flange lock: Lock the setting of this
flange, then the CADvent Plug-in will not
change the flange type or attachment
using the Manage Ducts function

Manage Ducts

The Manage Ducts function allows you to cut ducts into standard lengths, set
flange type and insert connectors automatically.
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Manage Ducts dialog

In the Round Selection you can set parameters to insert duct to duct and fitting to
fitting couplings and select a standard length to cut round ducts into standard
lengths. You can select a market dependant standard length or manually type a
standard length.
The buttons Insert, Erase and Unchanged define whether you want to cut or re-cut
the ducts (Insert), whether you want to remove existing duct cutting (Erase) or you
want to leave the round duct cutting as is, f. ex. if you want to change only the
rectangular settings.
In the Rectangular selection you have similar functions for duct cutting and insertion
of flange types as in the round selection. In addition you also have a selection of
market specific flange types and a check button to assign the selected flange type
to the rectangular ductwork.
Now you can select the products to be cut by dragging a window or press right
mouse click or Return/Enter to select all products in the drawing.
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Round and rectangular ducts with inserted flanges and connectors

Set Lentgh

The Set Length command shortens or stretchens the legth of a duct to a user given
length, just click on the command button, enter the lngth value in the below shown
dialog and select duct you want to set:

Set Length dialog

Depending on where you click on theduct, the opposite end will be stretched/
shortened:
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Set Length dialog with fixed end on right side before stretchening

Set Length dialog with fixed end on right side after stretchening

NOTE: The Set Length command has a restriction if the movement should
interfere with MagiCAD safety functions, then the command is not executed.
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Optimize Fittings
The Optimize Fittings function checks the drawing for short rectangular duct
pieces to “absorb” them into the leg length of a fitting to minimize product and
installation costs.

Optimize fittings set length dialog

Enter the maximum length which should be optimized and push “Okay”. The
CADvent Plug-in will check the drawing for short ducts and open a dialog for each
duct that is found:

Absorb short pieces of duct to fitting

The duct and fitting which shall be optimized will be shown with dashed outlines.
Press “Accept” to execute the optimization or “Other Side” (only possible when the
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duct is between two fittings as shown above) to switch the optimization to the other
side.

Short duct piece absorbed to bend

Model Checker
The Model Checker is a function that controls all ventilation objects in a drawing if
they fulfil the demands for the CADvent Production Model.
This function is essential to check whether all products can be shown in the BoM
and can be uploaded in to the LindabEshop.

Push the Model Check button to open an

AutoCAD Dashboard on the side of your
screen and push the “Scan” button to
check the drawing for products which
can’t be ordered.

CADvent Model Checker Dashboard

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Click on one of the parts to move the

object into scope and mark it.

Non production model object marked with

Model Checker

The Marking can be shut off in the DashBoard:

Model Checker Dashboard with Marking function

Piece Labels

The Piece Labels function allows you to assign a unique identifier to each product
or to group several products with similar identifiers using a running index of
numbers.
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Piece Labels dialog

You have 3 parameters to group and number products and to show the text of the
identifier in the drawing and the report.

Group by: You can group the numbers by system or select no grouping at all.
When using no grouping all parts will get individual numbers in the piece label.
When you group the piece by label by system you can have a single number per
system, this means that you start again with number “1” on each system.
NOTE: Each system cannot have more than one open end on a duct as this
will be used as start for the system. If you have more than one open end a
warning will be shown:

Error dialog for Piece Label

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In the Numbering method you can select whether you want to have individual
numbers on all parts or if you want to give parts with same material and product
code similar numbers.
The Piece Label Text allows you to specify which information shall be shown in the
piece label. You can select between:
- Piece number: Only number as running Index
- System Usercode + Piece Number: Running index and short user named
description of the system
- System Type + Piece Number: Running index and type of system: Inlet,
Supply, Extract, …
- System Name + Piece Number: Running index and User given name of the
system
- Floor + Piece Number: Includes number as running index and Floor name
from MagiCAD project.
- Floor + System Usercode + Piece Number: As No. 2 but including Floor
name
- Floor + System Type + Piece Number: As No. 3 but including Floor name
- Floor + System Name + Piece Number: As No. 4 but including Floor name
You can select to which product types you want to assign a piece-label by
seleting/deselecting the three product groups Circular ductwork, Rectangular
ductwork and Air device.
Push the “OK” button and select a duct system to assign the piece label to all parts
in this system. Repeat the procedure on all other systems you want to label.
The piece label is now shown in the CADvent Properties per product:

CADvent properties dialog with Piece label

If you mark the check button for “Assign Piece Labels to MagiCAD UserVar2” they
can also be shown in the drawing by texting objects with User Variable 2:
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Piece label in drawing with texted MagiCAD User Variable 2

NOTE: In case your duct system is connected to other drawings with

MagiCAD connection nodes you need to run CADvent Plug-in command
“Update Properties” to refresh User Variable 2 in MagiCAD.

Product Group selection

With the “Piece Number Assignment” function you can change, add or erase piece-
label.

Piece Number Assignment dialog

Add New: Add piece-label to objects that have been inserted into the duct system
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after a piece-label was already made once.

Add All: Overwrite existing piece-label and include new objects, f. ex. if you have
made significant changes and want to have the numbering more
structured.
Clear All: Deletes all existing piece-label on a duct system.

Bill of Materials
The BoM function in the CADvent Plug-in is very similar to the old CADvent
function. Push the button for Bill of Materials and drag a window over the Lindab
products which shall be included on the BoM reports.
As before we have two reports available. One report for the rectangular ducts and
circular ducts and technical components.
You can decide whether you want to show the piece-label on the report or if you
want to suppress it by checking/unchecking the show piece-label function

Dialog for Bill-of-Materials

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Rectangular Report:

Circular report and technical components:

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Products which are not following the rules for a production model are listed with
their connection information and type as generic objects.

The reports can be exported as PDF or to Excel.

Webshop Upload

The webshop upload is currently only available for Danish customers with access to
Lindabs new Eshop. Push the button and select the products which you want to
upload, then a login dialog wil open where you should enter your username and
password, them push “Connect”:

Dialog for Lindabs Eshop Upload

Select “Customer” and “Project” or create a new project using the “Add” button.
Then type the name of the Sub project and push “Upload Products”. A new dialog
will appear showing that the transaction was successful:

Upload OK dialog for Lindab Eshop

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Push the button “Open Webshop” to open Lindab Eshop your web browser. In case
of several uploads it can happen that you pick already uploaded objects which will
be shown in a dialog.

Mulitple product upload dialog

You can then upload only additional products which have not been uploaded before,
all products again or cancel the upload procedure.

About

In the About button you can find information regarding version number of the
CADvent plug-in, which market is installed and contact information for technical
assistance.

CADvent About dialog