by Gary Mann
When setting up a project, regardless of the method chosen, you will have an opportunity to create new profiles, import from a previous project or choose from a selection of profiles existing within MEPworx. These profiles have been based on BRE published data and the lighting average installed power densities are interpolated from the CIBSE Code for Lighting.
It is faster and easier to edit an existing profile than to create a new profile from scratch.
What is a Room Profile?
A room profile (can also be used as a Zone Profile) as shown in the screenshot below, is a convenient way of storing the Room Data for different rooms. Although only the General Tab is featured below, a similar range of inputs are stored for the Ventilation, People, Lights, Equipment and Part L details. The Part L tab is only required if you intend to export the project to iSBEM and will be greyed out if the “Building Type” has not yet been set.
How do I access these resources?
During the setup wizard, or any time after, using the Edit>Template Profiles. Note the difference between “Profile” & “Template Profiles.” Editing a Profile will affect a single room only. Editing Template Profiles will affect “All Rooms” associated with that profile.
Note that there is an Tick option to “Update only Items changed”.
When faced with the “Select Template Profile” choose Import and Browse to the following location: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Cadline\MEPworx 2021\Files\Examples\Profiles
You can then select the most appropriate building type from the following list:
Then “cherry pick” using Add>> from the “Available” list or simply “Add All” to “Selected”.
I hope this saves you some time and thank you for your interest.