The Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) tools and objects add HVAC ducts and diffusers in a variety of configurations to a drawing. These geometric models can represent a variety of actual items. For example, the diffuser object can have its dimensions and parameters set to develop many differently sized diffusers, including industry standard sizes that can be predefined.
HVAC objects are available in [VectorWorks]\Libraries (see Object Libraries). These objects are accessed through the Resource Browser and consist of hybrid 2D/3D representations of common HVAC ductwork elements. See Using the Resource Browser
Ductwork objects include optionally displayed labels and elevation marker tags. The label contents are determined by a user-defined string of values, such as width and height (obtained automatically) and any text desired. The elevation marker tag indicates the top and bottom above the finish floor of an HVAC ductwork item; Show 3D Detail must be enabled to display the elevation marker tag. Both the HVAC label and elevation marker tag can be easily moved by dragging its control point to the correct location.
A diffuser report, containing a diffuser, register, and grille schedule, can be included. It can be added to the drawing from the VA Create Schedule command or the Resource Browser. From the Resource Browser, open the Libraries\Defaults\Reports~Schedules\HVAC Reports.vwx file that is included with Architect. Drag the Diffuser Report worksheet to the drawing. An HVAC Diffuser, Register and Grille worksheet, populated with information from the objects in the current drawing, is automatically created.