Plumbing and piping plans show the location of fixtures, pipes, and valves.
You can lay out plumbing plans on a blank page or as a layer in an existing floor plan.
You can create a plumbing and piping plan in one of the three following ways:
On a blank page
Click Templates > Maps and Floor Plans, and then click Plumbing and Piping Plan > Create.
By default, this drawing type opens a scaled drawing page in landscape orientation . You can change these settings at any time.
As a layer in a CAD floor plan
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Create a Plumbing and Piping Plan on a blank page. See the previous section for information on creating one.
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On the Insert tab, click CAD Drawing.
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Locate the CAD file, select it, and then click Open.
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To accept the size and scale of the CAD drawing, click OK.
Note: If the drawing scale of the CAD drawing is different from the scale of your drawing page, you will be asked to match the scales or continue without matching.
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After you insert the drawing, you can resize it, change its scale, or move it. You can also lock the Visio layer that contains the CAD drawing.
Tip: To change the properties of an inserted CAD drawing, right-click the drawing, point to CAD Drawing Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Properties. For more information, see Change AutoCAD layer properties.
As a layer in an existing Visio floor plan
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On the File menu, click Open.
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In the Open dialog box, locate the drawing that you want to use. Select the file, and then click Open.
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From the Shapes pane, drag and drop plumbing fixtures, pipes, and valve shapes into the drawing.
Drag selection handles, control handles, and endpoints.
Tip: You can lock the existing layers of a drawing so that you do not accidentally change them when you create a new plan on top. For more information, see Lock or unlock a layer.
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Enter shape data. To do that:
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Right-click the shape, and select Data > Shape Data.
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In the Shape Data pane, click in each field and then type or select a value.
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Connect plumbing components with pipes. To do that:
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Drag pipe shapes onto the drawing page.
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Glue each end of the pipe shapes to connection points on the other shapes.
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To resize a pipe, drag an endpoint.
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Label shapes by selecting them and typing. To reposition a label, drag the label's control handle.