Graphics Programs Reference
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Figure 10.1
Diffuser hosting methods
The most important point here is that, after you commit to one type of
family (hosted, level hosted, wall, and so on), you can exchange, for
example, a ceiling-hosted air terminal only with a similarly hosted air
terminal, not just those that are of the same category (see
Figure 10.2
)
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Figure 10.2
Hosting error message
The next problem is that the air terminals that are suspended are in fact the
same type as those that are mounted within the ceiling tiles. The engineer
wants to be able to schedule and filter them as one. How do you manage
this?
The ability to copy/monitor air terminals (as well as lighting fixtures,
mechanical equipment, and plumbing fixtures) means that the services
engineers can monitor the locations of air terminals that the architect has
placed because the architect is responsible for placing these objects. As with
the other items that can be copied/monitored, the services designer can
choose to copy the original family type from the linked file or “map” it to
