In this chapter we will cover the options available in the Utilities menu.
To access Utilities, from the Main Menu bar, select IT Studio, then Utilities. This is shown below:
You'll note that a number of items on the fly out menu have arrows next to them indicating another fly out menu. Those menus are shown below:
Air Conditioning:
Conversions:
Custom Attributes:
Import / Export:
Maintenance:
Tile Routines:
All options will be thoroughly covered in this chapter with one exception. Room Construction was covered separately at the beginning of this manual. See Chapter 4 Room Construction for full detail. While this chapter is laid out in the menu order, this is no order as to when you would use any of these routines. Some you may never use and some you use only once. These menu options are basically miscellaneous items in IT Studio.
Below are the sections covered in this chapter.
This section covers how to install Air Conditioning or CRAC units on the Data Center floor.
This section covers how to install Chillers on the Data Center floor.
This sections covers how to install various types of Fire Protection devices into your drawing.
This section covers how to restore any "invisible" equipment back to a visible state.
This section covers how to display and change the various attributes associated with your IT Studio devices.
This section covers how to convert your drawing from English (Imperial) measuring units to Metric measuring units; and vice versa. A Conversion Table and some formulas are also included as a general reference in this section.
Clone Custom Attributes
The documentation for this section is still under development.
*REVIEW* Steve - this routine is not working.
This section covers how to create Custom Attributes without first selecting an IT Studio device.
This section covers how to change your Custom Attribute from a text field to a numeric field and vice versa.
This section covers how to create specific views of your drawing.
This section covers how to place markers on your equipment. Markers allow you to very quickly identify equipment specifying certain criteria.This also allows you to make global changes to attributes and layers for marked equipment.
This sections covers how to export custom equipment from your drawing into the Custom library.
This section covers how to import attribute data into your IT Studio drawing.
This section covers how to import a drawing from another source into IT Studio.
This section covers how to export your IT Studio drawing.
This section covers how to calculate the weight, KVA, BTU's, area and floor loads for your drawing.
This section covers how to fix a drawing that has been corrupted.
This section covers how to obtain a Drawing Fix Code.
This section covers to reposition your drawing on your screen.
Reposition Titles
The documentation for this section is still under development.
This section covers how to rotate or turn your drawing on your screen.
This section covers how to rotate the Manufacturer, Machine Type and ID text for your devices.
This sections covers how to recover the Manufacturer, Machine Type and ID titles for your devices should they appear to be missing.
This section covers how to create regions in your drawing.
This section covers how to generate the financial information in your drawing.
This section covers how to measure the distance between two points without using the AutoCAD Inquiry routine.
This section covers how to quickly swap out one device for another.
This section covers how to individually plot your tiles to create a template for your tile cuts.
This section covers how to quickly restore your layers after completing the Show Tile Cuts routine.
This section covers how to install perforated tiles into your drawing.
This section covers how to lay out a grid for your Data Center floor.
This section covers the IT Studio command "Undo".