Hi Mitch: I am one of Larry's Waters Cohort 2 contractors that watched your presentation to us last week. Because of your presentation, we purchased Wright Soft and just installed Wright Suite Universal. For years I have heard how difficult it is to learn. I spent most of today watching your video (over and over in certain spots) today banging on the new software. I am proud to say I prepared a drawing from a 1500 U shaped house I did a take off of recently, and to produce a rough duct system. I think I am going to print and frame results and hang in my office . There's light at the end of the learning curve! As a company we have installed perhaps 50 mini- splits, and five ducted systems, all retrofits. So far we have had no disasters, but now we are close to living up to our company name, Applied Building Science. Wow, I can't express how happy I am to have successfully started on our journey of mastering this powerful design and sales tool. Thank you so much. John Sutter, Santa Rosa CA
That's fantastic John, Next you have to start testing in and out. For that you will need a flow hood, and smart probes like Testo or FieldPiece to take enthalpy readings to get the BTU's the system is producing and delivering and then a meter that can do power factor to take voltage, power factor and amps to get the total wattage for each leg, divided into the BTU's to get the EER and then divide that by 0.875 to get the approximate SEER of the equipment. I hit on how to do this in my IHACI classes, link below, and NCI, which I also teach for, has several classes geared toward system performance and air balancing. They are excellent classes, the IHACI ones are free and the NCI ones cost a little because Utilities like Southern California Edison offset the full cost. In fact several of my people have been certified through NCI for air balancing and system performance. If you need any help feel free to ring me up (209) 404-1539 or send me an email to baileysair@sbcglobal.net. In fact there is a great guy, Marcos Rivera of Rivera Heating & Air, in the Bay area that has switched over to load calcs and testing in and out for a few years now. It has really turned his business around, plus he is doing like it is supposed to be done. Keep up the good work and thanks for the comment. IHACI Schedule www.ihaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-IHACI-Training-Schedule-DT-JULY.pdf NCI link www.nationalcomfortinstitute.com/pro/index.cfm?pid=6682
Hi Mitchell Great Video thank you for that, there is one thing you say at the beginning of the video and that is to Edit an existing project, by doing that there is a good chance you will open your self up to corrupting that project file at some point. There is a better way, create a custom template, and start a New Project using that customer template. Great video. Thank you for promoting Right Suite Universal. Donald Damon
Is there a shortcut for if you have a split level and you are putting them in as separate sheets but it puts the connecting interior walls as outside walls. Is there a quick way to make those specific walls partition?
Thanks for your comment, but I don't do any training for Wrightsoft. However, Wrightsoft offers online training sessions, at a cost, and I am told they are excellent. Better yet, there is a company that trains through PG&E currently on manual J and duct design, the Wollin Group (link at the end of this reply), and offer a free online multiday course that uses Wrightsoft. I would start there and see how well you pick things up. I think Right-suite is the best overall software to do load calculations, and I use it on every job. Currently I am doing what ifs with customers, showing the savings overtime when they make changes like insulation or windows and put the difference in cooling and heating btu's each season into a spreadsheet that calculates those savings. Here is the link to Wollin Group and a Link to PG&E training website. wollingroup.com/ pge.docebosaas.com/learn/public/catalog/view/9
Great video, if you are splitting the floor plan for 2 units is there an easy explanation? I use the program for mostly 1 unit houses and sometimes 2 units for 2 stories. Thx
Mitch. I want to construct a top floor room within an attic space, thus it would have 4' knee walls. Would you draw a new room with 4' vertical knee walls and then choose the ceiling tool to draw over this room with say a mansard or other ceiling to make up the sloped sides and horizontal flat ceiling?
Sorry for the delay in answering but I was really busy the last two weeks with the IHACI trade show. Anyhow, I would just draw the sloped roof or ceiling and use the roof tool and draw it as two halves of a shed roof and not worry about knee walls as it won't really change the loads that much. Knee walls are a problem due to lower R value, usually R19 or less for the batts, while the ceiling insulation is R30 or more. Radiant isn't the problem its more about conduction and convection the R value of the insulation and the area exposed. In other words the program is just averaging the R Value and the area served so it really doesn't care if it is a wall or a ceiling, just how much insulation is there and how it is constructed and the area.
Being a designer, you would want to get right J, right D, right draw, and right Energy. This will allow you to do a complete design. If you do radiant heat then you will want that module also.
Hello Mitchell, why you put people in the living room? in the design you assume base on the bedroom. 1st bed are 2 people then 2nd bed are 1 person and so on. right?
Cool stuff. Got to love technology. All I can say after watching this is you would be the guy I would want installing duct work to my house . Are you a tech school teacher?
Sorry about the delay in answering, I missed the notification of your comment. I do teach this for other contractors and technicians at PG&E at their Stockton training center and also for Southern California Edison training center in Tulare. Been doing the teaching gig for five years now, but I have my own business doing Heating and Air, been doing that for 42 years now. I love Wrightsoft because it makes my job so much easier and best of all correct in function and efficiency. It's like having your own mechanical engineer on staff. I have been using Wrightsoft for about 18 years now and can say that this is the best load calculation software on the market hands down. One thing is for sure, if every house was load calculated we would have a lot less problems out there, and save tons of energy to boot. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you very much for this video! I can not figure out how to copy and paste supply grilles, I can copy paste everything else just fine. If you have any insight I would greatly appreciate it!
Hi Max, sorry but there is no way that I know of to copy a register and paste it. I believe that is because it is linked to a particular room that it is in. You have to go to the HVAC shapes toolbox and click on a supply and drop it where you want it. In addition if you need to change the size of the register, you have to click on each one individually and modify them in the properties box.
I don't have one, but I will make one to show you how to draw an angle and some of the tricks I use in the field to measure the house and then put into Wrightsoft, so stand by because I have two classes this week 2-14-24 & 2-15-24 for PG&E that I have to teach so I will have to squeeze it in.
hi, I'm trying to buy load calc from them, if you don't mind. What is the best one because they have so many different options there? I want residential calculation. Thanks
So you can talk directly to a sales person at Wrightsoft. However, I would get Right J, Right D and Right Energy title 24 if you want to do them for new construction and submittal to the building department.
Mini splits are easy, every room has a load and you can make them zones with their own head or air handler. Just total up all the zones or heads for your outdoor unit size, and make the indoor unit (head) large enough to accommodate the load. All of this is on the load worksheet, and you create the zones from the multizone tab. If you run into problems let me know and I could create a video on making zones and sizing for heads.
Hello Marlun, I assume you are being facetious with the hackey duct design school, unless you mean IHACI (Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries, Inc.) which is a non-profit that I teach several classes for in Stockton California at the PG&E training center and also at the Southern California Edison Training center in Tulare California. You can find their schedule of classes at their website IHACI.org. Unfortunately they do not teach load calculations. They do however have a class on duct design called Air Distribution, in which they teach you manually how to design a duct system using TEL (Total Equivalent Length). Then you actually get to assemble the system and test it, which is really eyeopening. All the classes are in California and are free through the utilities who sponsor these classes. That being said, the best place to learn how to use Wrightsoft universal is to take some classes that they have at various locations and dates around the country. You can find these classes at their website www.wrightsoft.com/Training_Support. Anyhow thanks for posting.
@@baileysair Thanks for the speedy response. Im from the Houston,TX area and Im a licensed contractor in HVAC. I wasn't being facetious, I honestly wasn't familiar with name. HVAC is so vast that I've never really had to work with duct design until recently in the past year. I was a controls guy for many years and now I work with a builder doing new construction. I need to learn more about duct design and air distribution. BTW you're a great teacher, thanks again.
@@marlymar4 Hi Marlun, I don't know about Houston area for training. We are lucky here in California that the PG&E & other utilities provide lots of free training. PG&E in Stockton puts on several classes that teach load calculations and duct design using Wrightsoft. The Wollin Group teaches the classes at PG&E, it is mostly taught by Gary Wollin, but he has several employees. I think that he will travel but it would probably be cheaper schedule training through Wrightsoft. I think that their design software is the best on the market and easiest to use. You can get a subscription or buy the software outright like I did. Over the last 20 years I have probably done over well over 5000 load calculations. One suggestion is to get the trial version and watch all the videos on RUclips for Wrightsoft. I know that you will love it. Thanks for posting. Mitch
@@baileysair Hi Mitch, I have the Wright software and I've watched every video. I think its the best on the market. I just needed some extra training on the manual D, S & air distribution. I thought about taking a ACCA class with Jack Rise. I hear he is the best in the industry when it comes to duct design.
#mitchellbailey this was the best video for introducing beginners in laymen’s terms and direction it was a huge win with me. This is going to be my training video for new employees...thank so much
Hey Mitchell, have you ever run into the issue where Wrightsoft won’t display duct sizes? It will show my room cfms, but no duct sizes. I have my equipment settings, my static pressure settings, my building materials, my location data, and my duct/ register preferences completed. Also the duct are connected properly, and the duct auto size is on. I can’t see any reason why it won’t display the duct sizing! Have you run into this issue?
I just figured it out, turns out the snap point toggle wasn’t activated. There’s a setting above the building settings that is separate from the grid settings, that needs to be on in order to attach ducts to registers and air handlers.
Hi Taylor, here is a link to a video on getting back your duct sizes on the drawing. One other thing make sure you have automatic sizing turned on in the property sheet. You can check that by clicking on the duct and it should pop up on the property sheet the duct details. ruclips.net/video/ho8eSqVekfQ/видео.html
What all programs are you using in this video? I’m trying to figure out what I’m needing to buy on their website without getting stuff I won’t need. I pretty much want to do exactly what you did here.
The only two programs is Microsoft media of a picture of the drawing so I could switch back and forth between Wrighsoft Universal with right J, right draw, and right D and the picture of the drawing for the video. Usually, I just take and work of the drawing and not a picture as it is in front of me. If you are just doing residential all you need is Right J, Right Draw, Right D manual D duct design. If you are not familiar with selecting equipment, then you might want Right S for equipment selection. However, I always look up my own equipment for selection as I like to choose the equipment and not let a program do that.
When you added the return grill size I asked myself how I would add my THREE returns with that software, and couldn’t see how. Of course that was while watching your video. It’s a small 1750 SF two story with three return registers. Is there a way to add all three returns in WriteSoft?
Hi DT, I usually put one person in each room, and living room standard load in addition because most bedrooms today have Televisions and computers in them, If it is a three bedroom house I allow in the family room 3 people and kitchen 2, master bedroom 2. I hope that helps.
I found easier to do block load first, add appliances, ppl, extra loads, etc... get sensible load, cfm needed, and pick equipment per manual S. Than I go back to do ductwork, split rooms, re-assign ppl - extra loads . Everyone has different way to run loads, ( I use wrighsoft as well). I wish there is more training available, more I know and I do, I think there may be better and faster way to do it :)))
@@dt3128 What really will have the most effect on block load is your weather location settings, I always use ASHRAE data and set to 2% Annual, 10% monthly. I have been told that the software has a fudge factor built into it and if the house is of relatively tight construction, you should use the lowest settings. However, I too do the whole house, using 2% Annual, where we live we don't worry about the heating, so we use 99%, we also have a dry climate so I set the Sensible Heat Ratio (SHR) to usually 90% or 95%. After all that, I go though and add people and appliances. The real trick is after you install it is to balance the system to your data and you will have a happy customer.
I'm in Texas and I use data for my city. Biggest challenge is get real data from manufacturers that's matching AHRI data. AHRI data is based of 95F testing, and after load calc is done, sometimes getting sensible match with equipment is a challenge. I love ductwork re-, design, we do static presure testing, blower speed adjustments on every new install with data log, I use CPS flow hood for balancing and very accurate
Why not? Don't you know how to make a transition? Or even a box? lol The REAL comment is, they don't make a 14x7 grill, it would have to be 14x8 anyway.
This isn't designed to be CAD software, The CAD is 'good enough' for it's purpose. The real benefit of this software is the duct design and load calculations ALL happening in the backround essentially while you draw. So where Autocad excels at designs it lacks in load calcs (even with Engineer) However, Wrightsoft does have a 'trace feature' too, which makes drawing your floor plan even simpler.
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Hi Mitch:
I am one of Larry's Waters Cohort 2 contractors that watched your presentation to us last week. Because of your presentation, we purchased Wright Soft and just installed Wright Suite Universal. For years I have heard how difficult it is to learn.
I spent most of today watching your video (over and over in certain spots) today banging on the new software. I am proud to say I prepared a drawing from a 1500 U shaped house I did a take off of recently, and to produce a rough duct system. I think I am going to print and frame results and hang in my office .
There's light at the end of the learning curve!
As a company we have installed perhaps 50 mini- splits, and five ducted systems, all retrofits. So far we have had no disasters, but now we are close to living up to our company name, Applied Building Science.
Wow, I can't express how happy I am to have successfully started on our journey of mastering this powerful design and sales tool. Thank you so much.
John Sutter, Santa Rosa CA
That's fantastic John,
Next you have to start testing in and out. For that you will need a flow hood, and smart probes like Testo or FieldPiece to take enthalpy readings to get the BTU's the system is producing and delivering and then a meter that can do power factor to take voltage, power factor and amps to get the total wattage for each leg, divided into the BTU's to get the EER and then divide that by 0.875 to get the approximate SEER of the equipment.
I hit on how to do this in my IHACI classes, link below, and NCI, which I also teach for, has several classes geared toward system performance and air balancing. They are excellent classes, the IHACI ones are free and the NCI ones cost a little because Utilities like Southern California Edison offset the full cost. In fact several of my people have been certified through NCI for air balancing and system performance.
If you need any help feel free to ring me up (209) 404-1539 or send me an email to baileysair@sbcglobal.net. In fact there is a great guy, Marcos Rivera of Rivera Heating & Air, in the Bay area that has switched over to load calcs and testing in and out for a few years now. It has really turned his business around, plus he is doing like it is supposed to be done.
Keep up the good work and thanks for the comment.
IHACI Schedule
www.ihaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-IHACI-Training-Schedule-DT-JULY.pdf
NCI link
www.nationalcomfortinstitute.com/pro/index.cfm?pid=6682
This is great 👍🏽
Great explanation
This helped me a lot
Thanks Pat, anything to help.
Thank you!
Nice video thanks!!!
Hi Mitchell
Great Video thank you for that, there is one thing you say at the beginning of the video and that is to Edit an existing project, by doing that there is a good chance you will open your self up to corrupting that project file at some point.
There is a better way, create a custom template, and start a New Project using that customer template.
Great video. Thank you for promoting Right Suite Universal. Donald Damon
And what other softwares do you run? What's your recommendations and why?
Is there a shortcut for if you have a split level and you are putting them in as separate sheets but it puts the connecting interior walls as outside walls. Is there a quick way to make those specific walls partition?
Thank you
Hello Mitchell, do you conduct any training sessions ? I need to walk through at least one residential design project.
Thanks for your comment, but I don't do any training for Wrightsoft. However, Wrightsoft offers online training sessions, at a cost, and I am told they are excellent.
Better yet, there is a company that trains through PG&E currently on manual J and duct design, the Wollin Group (link at the end of this reply), and offer a free online multiday course that uses Wrightsoft. I would start there and see how well you pick things up.
I think Right-suite is the best overall software to do load calculations, and I use it on every job. Currently I am doing what ifs with customers, showing the savings overtime when they make changes like insulation or windows and put the difference in cooling and heating btu's each season into a spreadsheet that calculates those savings.
Here is the link to Wollin Group and a Link to PG&E training website.
wollingroup.com/
pge.docebosaas.com/learn/public/catalog/view/9
I have a question! I looked up wrightsoft which software are you running?
Thank You
Great video, if you are splitting the floor plan for 2 units is there an easy explanation? I use the program for mostly 1 unit houses and sometimes 2 units for 2 stories. Thx
I will make a video this weekend and post how to do a house with two systems.
Mitch. I want to construct a top floor room within an attic space, thus it would have 4' knee walls. Would you draw a new room with 4' vertical knee walls and then choose the ceiling tool to draw over this room with say a mansard or other ceiling to make up the sloped sides and horizontal flat ceiling?
Sorry for the delay in answering but I was really busy the last two weeks with the IHACI trade show. Anyhow, I would just draw the sloped roof or ceiling and use the roof tool and draw it as two halves of a shed roof and not worry about knee walls as it won't really change the loads that much. Knee walls are a problem due to lower R value, usually R19 or less for the batts, while the ceiling insulation is R30 or more. Radiant isn't the problem its more about conduction and convection the R value of the insulation and the area exposed. In other words the program is just averaging the R Value and the area served so it really doesn't care if it is a wall or a ceiling, just how much insulation is there and how it is constructed and the area.
Hello, for Designing Purpose for the permit set as design engineer, which software package is most suitable one ?
Being a designer, you would want to get right J, right D, right draw, and right Energy. This will allow you to do a complete design. If you do radiant heat then you will want that module also.
@@baileysair cool, i am planning to buy one for load calculations. appreciate your quick input
Hello Mitchell, why you put people in the living room? in the design you assume base on the bedroom. 1st bed are 2 people then 2nd bed are 1 person and so on. right?
Cool stuff. Got to love technology. All I can say after watching this is you would be the guy I would want installing duct work to my house . Are you a tech school teacher?
Sorry about the delay in answering, I missed the notification of your comment. I do teach this for other contractors and technicians at PG&E at their Stockton training center and also for Southern California Edison training center in Tulare. Been doing the teaching gig for five years now, but I have my own business doing Heating and Air, been doing that for 42 years now.
I love Wrightsoft because it makes my job so much easier and best of all correct in function and efficiency. It's like having your own mechanical engineer on staff. I have been using Wrightsoft for about 18 years now and can say that this is the best load calculation software on the market hands down.
One thing is for sure, if every house was load calculated we would have a lot less problems out there, and save tons of energy to boot.
Thanks for your comment.
Thank you very much for this video! I can not figure out how to copy and paste supply grilles, I can copy paste everything else just fine. If you have any insight I would greatly appreciate it!
Hi Max, sorry but there is no way that I know of to copy a register and paste it. I believe that is because it is linked to a particular room that it is in. You have to go to the HVAC shapes toolbox and click on a supply and drop it where you want it. In addition if you need to change the size of the register, you have to click on each one individually and modify them in the properties box.
Do you have any videos on drawing exterior walls on house that isn't a square or rectangle? Great Video ty
I don't have one, but I will make one to show you how to draw an angle and some of the tricks I use in the field to measure the house and then put into Wrightsoft, so stand by because I have two classes this week 2-14-24 & 2-15-24 for PG&E that I have to teach so I will have to squeeze it in.
Mr. V you should take this lesson.
hi, I'm trying to buy load calc from them, if you don't mind. What is the best one because they have so many different options there? I want residential calculation. Thanks
So you can talk directly to a sales person at Wrightsoft. However, I would get Right J, Right D and Right Energy title 24 if you want to do them for new construction and submittal to the building department.
@@baileysair thanks
How you design and calculate Ductless mini split systems
Mini splits are easy, every room has a load and you can make them zones with their own head or air handler. Just total up all the zones or heads for your outdoor unit size, and make the indoor unit (head) large enough to accommodate the load. All of this is on the load worksheet, and you create the zones from the multizone tab. If you run into problems let me know and I could create a video on making zones and sizing for heads.
Hi Mitch. Have you checked out Kwik Model 3D yet?
great video I learned so much. I have a question how to I enroll in hackey duct design school?
Hello Marlun, I assume you are being facetious with the hackey duct design school, unless you mean IHACI (Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries, Inc.) which is a non-profit that I teach several classes for in Stockton California at the PG&E training center and also at the Southern California Edison Training center in Tulare California. You can find their schedule of classes at their website IHACI.org. Unfortunately they do not teach load calculations. They do however have a class on duct design called Air Distribution, in which they teach you manually how to design a duct system using TEL (Total Equivalent Length). Then you actually get to assemble the system and test it, which is really eyeopening. All the classes are in California and are free through the utilities who sponsor these classes.
That being said, the best place to learn how to use Wrightsoft universal is to take some classes that they have at various locations and dates around the country. You can find these classes at their website www.wrightsoft.com/Training_Support. Anyhow thanks for posting.
@@baileysair Thanks for the speedy response. Im from the Houston,TX area and Im a licensed contractor in HVAC. I wasn't being facetious, I honestly wasn't familiar with name. HVAC is so vast that I've never really had to work with duct design until recently in the past year. I was a controls guy for many years and now I work with a builder doing new construction. I need to learn more about duct design and air distribution. BTW you're a great teacher, thanks again.
@@marlymar4 Hi Marlun, I don't know about Houston area for training. We are lucky here in California that the PG&E & other utilities provide lots of free training. PG&E in Stockton puts on several classes that teach load calculations and duct design using Wrightsoft. The Wollin Group teaches the classes at PG&E, it is mostly taught by Gary Wollin, but he has several employees. I think that he will travel but it would probably be cheaper schedule training through Wrightsoft. I think that their design software is the best on the market and easiest to use. You can get a subscription or buy the software outright like I did. Over the last 20 years I have probably done over well over 5000 load calculations.
One suggestion is to get the trial version and watch all the videos on RUclips for Wrightsoft. I know that you will love it. Thanks for posting.
Mitch
@@baileysair Hi Mitch, I have the Wright software and I've watched every video. I think its the best on the market. I just needed some extra training on the manual D, S & air distribution. I thought about taking a ACCA class with Jack Rise. I hear he is the best in the industry when it comes to duct design.
Marlun, did you take the class with ACCA
#mitchellbailey this was the best video for introducing beginners in laymen’s terms and direction it was a huge win with me. This is going to be my training video for new employees...thank so much
Hey Mitchell, have you ever run into the issue where Wrightsoft won’t display duct sizes? It will show my room cfms, but no duct sizes. I have my equipment settings, my static pressure settings, my building materials, my location data, and my duct/ register preferences completed. Also the duct are connected properly, and the duct auto size is on. I can’t see any reason why it won’t display the duct sizing! Have you run into this issue?
I just figured it out, turns out the snap point toggle wasn’t activated. There’s a setting above the building settings that is separate from the grid settings, that needs to be on in order to attach ducts to registers and air handlers.
Hi Taylor, here is a link to a video on getting back your duct sizes on the drawing. One other thing make sure you have automatic sizing turned on in the property sheet. You can check that by clicking on the duct and it should pop up on the property sheet the duct details.
ruclips.net/video/ho8eSqVekfQ/видео.html
What all programs are you using in this video? I’m trying to figure out what I’m needing to buy on their website without getting stuff I won’t need. I pretty much want to do exactly what you did here.
The only two programs is Microsoft media of a picture of the drawing so I could switch back and forth between Wrighsoft Universal with right J, right draw, and right D and the picture of the drawing for the video. Usually, I just take and work of the drawing and not a picture as it is in front of me. If you are just doing residential all you need is Right J, Right Draw, Right D manual D duct design. If you are not familiar with selecting equipment, then you might want Right S for equipment selection. However, I always look up my own equipment for selection as I like to choose the equipment and not let a program do that.
@@baileysair Thank you. I appreciate the help and quick response.
Thank you!!!
Is there any crack of this software?
wish Autodesk makes these programs. wrightsoft looks crummy but still better than the alternatives
When you added the return grill size I asked myself how I would add my THREE returns with that software, and couldn’t see how. Of course that was while watching your video.
It’s a small 1750 SF two story with three return registers. Is there a way to add all three returns in WriteSoft?
I will try to put out a video on how to add the returns this week.
Can you provide the download link
I added it to the description but here it is also. www.wrightsoft.com/
Manual D rule for adding people = number of bedrooms =+1.
Hi DT, I usually put one person in each room, and living room standard load in addition because most bedrooms today have Televisions and computers in them, If it is a three bedroom house I allow in the family room 3 people and kitchen 2, master bedroom 2. I hope that helps.
I found easier to do block load first, add appliances, ppl, extra loads, etc... get sensible load, cfm needed, and pick equipment per manual S. Than I go back to do ductwork, split rooms, re-assign ppl - extra loads . Everyone has different way to run loads, ( I use wrighsoft as well). I wish there is more training available, more I know and I do, I think there may be better and faster way to do it :)))
@@dt3128 What really will have the most effect on block load is your weather location settings, I always use ASHRAE data and set to 2% Annual, 10% monthly. I have been told that the software has a fudge factor built into it and if the house is of relatively tight construction, you should use the lowest settings.
However, I too do the whole house, using 2% Annual, where we live we don't worry about the heating, so we use 99%, we also have a dry climate so I set the Sensible Heat Ratio (SHR) to usually 90% or 95%. After all that, I go though and add people and appliances.
The real trick is after you install it is to balance the system to your data and you will have a happy customer.
I'm in Texas and I use data for my city. Biggest challenge is get real data from manufacturers that's matching AHRI data. AHRI data is based of 95F testing, and after load calc is done, sometimes getting sensible match with equipment is a challenge. I love ductwork re-, design, we do static presure testing, blower speed adjustments on every new install with data log, I use CPS flow hood for balancing and very accurate
@@dt3128 What city?
You can't connect a 8" flex in a 14x7 grille
Why not? Don't you know how to make a transition? Or even a box? lol
The REAL comment is, they don't make a 14x7 grill, it would have to be 14x8 anyway.
autocad works better, just type in your numbers and cad will generate the drawing for you it uses trigonometry algorithm
This isn't designed to be CAD software, The CAD is 'good enough' for it's purpose. The real benefit of this software is the duct design and load calculations ALL happening in the backround essentially while you draw.
So where Autocad excels at designs it lacks in load calcs (even with Engineer)
However, Wrightsoft does have a 'trace feature' too, which makes drawing your floor plan even simpler.