Room Manager User Guide

Nuclear
Room Manager
User Guide
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Nuclear Room Manager User Guide
Contents
Page
Room Manager
About This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Description of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Compatibility with Nuclear Room Manager 11.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Requirements for Structural Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1
Run the Nuclear Room Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1
Nuclear Applications Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:2
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:2
Elements used in Nuclear Room Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:7
Room Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1

Create the Rooms for a Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1
Modify a Building By Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:3
Create a Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4
Modify a Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:6
Room Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:1

Loading Civil Engineering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:1
Create a Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:1
Modify a Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:5
Create a Room Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:5
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Create an Extrusion Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:7
Room Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:1

Calculations of Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:1
Calculations for Air Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:2
Calculations for Flood Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:5
Calculations for Paint Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:8
Groups of Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1

Create Group Hierarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1
Create Building by Group of Rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1
Modify Building by Group of Rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:3
Create a Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:3
Create a Room Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:6

Calculations Based on Room Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:8
Calculation of Air Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:8
Calculation of Flood Volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:11
Calculation of Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:11
Translate Existing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:1

How to Translate Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:1
How to Improve Translated Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:2
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About This User Guide
1.1
Description of the Manual

This document constitutes of the user manual for the Nuclear Room Manager application.
This application is used in the creation and management of rooms.
The user can create, modify and delete rooms and, subsequently, can view the following
results:
Ventilation air volume calculations for existing rooms.
Flood water height calculations.
Paint area calculations.
The results of all these calculations can be shown in a form or in a Microsoft Excel file.
1.2
Compatibility with Nuclear Room Manager 11.6

This application has been completely rewritten for PDMS 12 but any data created using
Nuclear Applications 11.6 can easily be upgraded to the latest version.
There are no longer any specific requirements for structural catalogues for the Nuclear
Room Manager. Concrete elements, however, are distinguished from other structural
elements using the material reference (SOLI element).
1.3
Requirements for Structural Elements

Nuclear Room Manager works with elements created with AVEVA PDMS. It is strongly
recommended to use Nuclear Concrete Design to create the structural elements.
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Overview
Overview
2.1
Run the Nuclear Room Manager Application

To run this application, either use the Design > Nuclear menu or click
Applications toolbar in the main menu bar of PDMS.
from the Nuclear
The main form for the Nuclear Applications is shown
Note: elements marked by are read-only
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2.2
Nuclear Applications Toolbar
To show the Nuclear Applications explorer, click

To show the form for the current element, click
To navigate to the previous element, click
To navigate to the next element, click
To rename the current element, click
To copy the current element, click

To delete the current element, click
.
.
.
.
To create a list of the elements connected to the current element, click

To split the current component, click
To run anchor spacing checks, click
To run the Diagnostic Wizard, click
To run Nuclear Concrete Quantities, click

To undo the last action, click
To redo the last action, click
To navigate to a connected element, select it in the list of connected members.

To close the application, close the Nuclear Applications explorer.
Note: The buttons marked with an asterix (*) are not used in Nuclear Room Manager.
2.3
Navigation
There are six ways to navigate to an element:
1. To navigate to the element using the list of the application's main form, select the
element in the Select structural element list.
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2. To navigate to an element visible in the graphical view, check that the graphical view is
in the Navigate mode and select the element in the view. To check the mode of the
graphical view, see the status line at the top of the graphical view:
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If it is not in Navigate mode, click

pick.
in the Utilities toolbar before making a graphical
3. To navigate to the previous element, click
in the Nuclear Applications toolbar.
4. To navigate to a connected element, select it in the list of connected members.
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This method is useful to navigate between structural elements and room elements.
5. To navigate to the next element, click
in the Nuclear Applications tool bar.
6. You can also use the Design Explorer form from standard AVEVA PDMS; select the
element in the Tree View list.
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2.4
Elements used in Nuclear Room Manager
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Room Hierarchy
3.1
Create the Rooms for a Building

To create the rooms for a building, navigate to the building and select the Building by
Room option in the Create list. A building is a SITE element with a purpose of CIV. It is
created in the Nuclear Concrete Design application but can also be created using
standard PDMS.
The Create Building By Room form is shown.
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There are three steps to creating a building by room:

1. Name the Building by Room
Enter a name in the Name field. This name must not already exist. If the name is
compulsory for this project, Apply will remain greyed out as long as the name is not
properly entered. If a name is proposed according to project naming convention, you
can change the name or use the one proposed.
If the Use gaps in naming sequence toggle is selected the first available name will be
proposed. Otherwise the name after the highest existing name in the naming sequence
will be proposed. To change the proposed name use the video buttons under the name.
changes the proposed name to the first available name.
changes the proposed name to the previous unused name in the naming sequence.
changes the proposed name to the next unused name in the naming sequence.
changes the proposed name to the name after the last existing name in the naming
sequence.
2. Choose Drawing Control in DRAFT
Select lines not drawn between touching elements in the same component e.g. rooms.
in the drawing control in DRAFT.
3. Confirm Building by Room Creation
Click Apply to create the building by room. The Building by Room Modification form
replaces the Creation form. If the button is greyed out, enter a valid name in the Name
field to activate it.
To cancel building by room creation, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another element,
the form closes automatically.
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Note: It is also possible to create a building by room with PDMS using the Create > Zone
menu. Change the line control using the Modify > Draft Edge Drawing menu
(available in the Structures applications) to ensure consistency with the Nuclear
Room Manager application. The owning site can either be created using PDMS
using the Create > Site menu or with Nuclear Concrete Design.
3.2
Modify a Building By Room

To change a building by room, navigate to that building by room. If the form does not appear
automatically, click
of the Nuclear Applications tool bar.
You can change drawing control in DRAFT the same way it was selected in the Creation
form.
To confirm the change, click Apply.
To create a new building by room with the same parameters, click Repeat. The Create
Building by Room form is then displayed.
To close the form, click Dismiss.
If you use the PDMS to change the building by room, click Refresh to display the current
attributes.
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3.3
Create a Level
To create a level, navigate to a material and select the Level option in the Create list.
The Create Level form is shown.
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There are three steps to creating a level:

1. Name the Level
If the Use gaps in naming sequence checkbox is selected the first available name will
be proposed. Otherwise the name after the highest existing name in the naming
sequence will be proposed. To change the proposed name use the video buttons under
the name.
2. Select the Elevation
There are three ways to select the elevation of the level.
1. Enter a value in the Elevation field. The reference is World.
2. Select the elevation using a position in the graphical view
. The mode of the
graphical view changes and the Positioning Control tool bar is displayed.
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Select the desired options in the Pick Type and Pick Method drop-down menus and
select a position in the graphical view.
Note: The mode of the graphical view reverts to the navigate mode after the selection.
3. Select the value from the list of previously used values from this building.
The default value is zero wrt World.
The level proposed is indicated by a cone in the graphical view.
3. Confirm level creation
Click Apply to create the level. The Level Modification form replaces the Creation
form. If the button is greyed out, enter a valid name in the Name field to activate it.
To cancel the creation of a Level, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another element, the
form closes automatically.
Note: It is also possible to create a Level with the PDMS using the Create > Stru menu
(available in the Structures applications). Select the LEVL option in the Purpose
drop-down list to ensure consistency with the Nuclear Room Manager application.
3.4
Modify a Level
To change a Level, navigate to that Level. If the form does not appear automatically, click
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You can change the elevation the same way it was selected in the Creation form.
To confirm the modification, click Apply.
To create a new level with the same parameters, click Repeat. The Create Level form is
then displayed.
To close the form, click Dismiss.
If you use the PDMS to change the level, click Refresh to display the current attributes.
Note: There are two ways to change the elevation of a level with the PDMS:
1. Use the position functions available from the Position menu.
2. Manage all the levels using the Building Levels form available in the Walls & Floors
application using the Settings > Storage Areas menu.
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To modify the elevation of a level:

1. Select the level in the Elevation Level list.
2. Display the Elevation form using the Modify > Elevation menu of the Building Levels
form.
3. Select the elevation. There are two methods: enter a value in the Elevation field or
select a position in the graphical view.
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Room Management
4.1
Loading Civil Engineering Data

Before creating rooms, you need to display the civil engineering concrete structures used by
Nuclear Room Manager. Navigate to the level under the material for concrete elements and
add the elements to the drawlist using the ADD CE pop up menu in the main form for the
Nuclear Applications.
Note: You can load several levels at the same time. This means that you can add further
elements into the 3D graphic view.
4.2
Create a Room
To create a room, navigate to a level and select the Room option in the Create drop-down
list.
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There are five steps to creating a room:

1. Name the slab
Enter a name in the Name field. This name must not already exist.
2. Enter the height
Six methods are available to select the height of the room:
1. Enter the absolute top level (wrt World) in the Top Level field.
2. Select the top level using a position in the graphical view with
changes and the Positioning Control tool bar is displayed.
. The view's mode
3. Enter the height in the Height field. If the height is locked, unlock it using
4. Measure the height using
and two graphical picks.
5. Enter the absolute bottom level (wrt World) in the Bottom level field.
6. Select the bottom level using a position in the graphical view with
mode changes and the Positioning Control tool bar is displayed.
. The view's
If you do not want the height to adapt to level changes, you can lock the height with .
The default room level is zero with respect to the level. The default height is 3000mm
or 120 inches.
3. Enter Room attributes
Open the fold up list for attributes and type values for standard room attributes.
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4. Select Radiation Levels
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There are three radiation values stored for each room. The value can be selected from a list
of colour coded values defined in a parameter file. Expand the Production Radiation
Levels list and select the line that corresponds to the desired value.
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5. Confirm room creation

Click Apply to create the room. The floor room is created under the level element. The
Room Modification form replaces the Creation form.
To cancel the creation of the room, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another element,
the form closes automatically.
4.3
Modify a Room
To change a Room, navigate to that Room. If the form does not appear automatically, click
The Height, Attributes and Radiation levels can be modified in the same way as in creation.
In addition you can modify any user defined attributes associated with the room by
expanding the User Defined Attributes fold-up list.
4.4
Create a Room Volume

To create a room volume, navigate to a level and select either the Inventory volume or
Flooding volume option in the Create drop-down list.
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An inventory volume contains primitives to represent the total volume of the room. It is used
to calculate a list of elements inside the room and to calculate the air volume inside the
room.
A flooding volume contains primitives to represent the part of the room flooded. It is used to
calculate the volume of water, a list of elements that are in the water and the surface area of
waterproof paint required.
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There are two steps to creating a room volume:

1. Name the room volume
2. Confirm room volume creation
Click Apply to create the room volume. The room volume is created under the room
element. The Room Volume Modification form replaces the Creation form.
To cancel the creation of the room volume, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another
element, the form closes automatically.
4.5
Create an Extrusion Primitive

You can create one or more primitives to model the room volume.
For an inventory volume the primitives should be bigger than the interior of the room so that
volume calculations include part of the openings and inventory calculations include
elements on the wall and floor faces. To avoid gaps between rooms, the following method is
advised.
1. Create the volume between centrelines of walls.
2. Create the volume between the middle of the floor below and the middle of the floor
above.
For a flooding volume the primitives should match the primitives for the inventory except that
the height should be adjusted to give the required volume.
This height will need to be adjusted to take into account the elements contained inside the
volume at a later stage.
To create an extrusion primitive, navigate to a room volume and select the Extrusion option
in the Create drop-down list.
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There are five steps to creating an extrusion primitive:

1. Name the extrusion
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2. Enter the thickness

Seven methods can be used to select the thickness:
1. Enter the absolute top level (wrt World) in the Top Level field.
2. Select the top level using a position in the graphical view with
changes and the Positioning Control tool bar is displayed.
. The view's mode
3. Enter the thickness in the Thickness field. If the thickness is locked, unlock it using
.
4. Measure the thickness using
5. Enter the absolute bottom level (wrt World) in the Bottom level field.
6. Select the bottom level using a position in the graphical view with
mode changes and the Positioning Control tool bar is displayed.
. The view's
7. Enter the required volume. The thickness is adjusted to suit.

If you do not want the thickness to adapt to level changes, you can lock a thickness
with .
The default top level is zero with respect to the level.
3. Select the position
Two methods are available to select the position of the extrusion:
1. Enter the values in the fields for East, North and Up in the Position frame. You can
also change the reference by entering the name of an existing element in the Wrt
field. If the field is greyed out you can unlock it using
2. Select the position in the graphical view using the
.
in the Position frame. To
avoid changing a desired value in a field, lock it using .

The default position is at the origin of the level. By default, the position is the origin of
the extrusion. For rectangular and circular shapes, the origin is at the centre. You can
select a reference point to position the extrusion using the Reference drop-down list.
4. Select the orientation
Three methods are available to select the orientation of the extrusion:
1. Enter the values in the Direction and Rotation fields. The direction is always
shown with respect to the level.
2. Select the direction in the graphical view using
3. Change the rotation with two selections in the graphical view using .
The default direction is up (U) with respect to the level with a rotation of zero.
5. Select the shape
Select the shape using the Shape drop-down menu.
To specify a rectangular shape, select the Rectangular option. There are four methods
to define the length and width:
1. Enter the values in the Length and Width fields.
2. Measure the length and width using
3. Pick two opposite corners using
4. Define the length and width using single graphical picks with
.
To specify a circular shape, select the Circular option. There are three methods to
define the diameter:
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1. Enter the value in the Diameter field.

2. Measure the diameter using
3. Define the diameter using a single graphical pick on the circumference with .
To specify a complex shape, you must launch the 2D editor using the Complex option.
The extrusion is created and the Modification form replaces the Creation form.
You can also copy the shape of an existing extrusion by selecting it from the Copy
Shape from Extrusion in Room list. Use this option to copy an inventory volume
extrusion for the flooding volume.
6. Confirm extrusion creation
Click Apply to create the extrusion. The extrusion is created under the room volume
element. The Extrusion Modification form replaces the Creation form.
To cancel the creation of the extrusion, click Dismiss.
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Room Calculations
5.1
Calculations of Inventory
To calculate a room inventory navigate to the inventory volume element and expand the
Inventory list.
A number of actions are possible on the list of inventory items:

1. Click column header to reorder based on the selected column.
2. Click pin symbol at the right of the column header to move this column to the left.
3. Drag the column header to the space above the list to group by the selected column
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To add the inventory items to the graphical view, select the rows that correspond to the
required items (ctrl+A selects all items) and click Add Selected.
To print the current list on a printer, click Print.
To export the current list to MS Excel, click Export.
Note: That the inventory is not stored in the database but calculated each time Nuclear
Room Manager is used. There is therefore no need to update the inventory for a
room. The room of any element in PDMS can be obtained using the gtexar attribute
which returns a list of room volumes (AREADE) for the element. This attribute can be
used in reports or to extract room data for use in other systems.
5.2
Calculations for Air Volume

To calculate the air volume in a room navigate to the inventory volume element and expand
the Structure foldup list.
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The gross volume of the primitives representing the room volume is shown at the top of the
form. The list contains all the concrete structural elements partially or fully inside this volume
with the volume of these elements inside the room volume. At the bottom of the foldup
gadget the total volume of these elements is shown. The free space left by the structure in
the room is shown as the net volume.
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This calculation excludes other elements that are inside the room such as steel structure,
piping, equipment, HVAC and cabling. To do a more detailed calculation including these
elements, expand the Components list.
The list contains all other elements partially or fully inside this volume with the volume of
these elements inside the room volume. At the bottom of the form the total volume of these
elements is shown. The free space left by these elements and the structure in the room is
shown as the net volume.
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The elements inside the room can be viewed graphically by selecting them from the lists and
using the corresponding Add Selected. The details of the calculations can be printed using
the print button or stored in MS Excel format using Export.
These calculations do not take into account the fact that elements may overlap each other.
This can result in air volumes that are less than the real value. If this is likely to be
significant, you can deduct these overlaps by unsetting the Ignore overlapping elements
adjustments. Please note that this may considerably increase the time taken to do the
calculation.
5.3
Calculations for Flood Volume

To calculate the flood volume in a room, navigate to the flood volume element and expand
the Structure list.
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The gross volume of the primitives representing the flood volume is shown at the top of the
form. The list contains all the concrete structural elements partially or fully inside this volume
with the volume of these elements inside the room volume. At the bottom of the form the
total volume of these elements is shown. The water volume left by the structure in the room
is shown as the net volume. If there is a single extrusion primitive for the room, the height of
this extrusion can be adjusted to take into account the volume of the structure inside the
flood volume, click Adjust Height using Volume.
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elements, expand Components list.
The list contains all other elements partially or fully inside this volume with the volume of
these elements inside the flood volume. At the bottom of the form gadget the total volume of
these elements is shown. The water volume left by these elements and the structure in the
room is shown as the net volume. If there is a single extrusion primitive for the room, the
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height of this extrusion can be adjusted to take into account the volume of the all the
elements inside the flood volume using the Adjust Height using Volume.
The wetted elements can be viewed graphically by selecting them from the lists and using
the corresponding Add Selected. The details of the calculations can be printed using the
print button or stored in MS Excel format using the Export.
This can result in water volumes that are less than the real value. If this is likely to be
adjustments. Please note that this may considerably increase the time taken to do the
calculation.
5.4
Calculations for Paint Areas

To calculate the paint area of structural elements in a room, navigate to either the inventory
volume (for normal paint) or the flood volume (for waterproof paint) and expand Structure
list.
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The list contains all the concrete structural elements partially or fully inside this volume with
the surface area of these elements inside the room volume. At the bottom of the form the
total surface area of these elements is shown.
This can result in surface areas that are less than the real value. If this is likely to be
adjustments.
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Note: That this may considerably increase the time taken to do the calculation.
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Groups of Rooms
Groups of Rooms
6.1
Create Group Hierarchy
6.1.1
Create Building by Group of Rooms

To create the a group of rooms for a building, navigate to the world and select the Building
by Room option in the Create drop-down list.
The Create Building By Groups of Room form is shown.
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There are four steps to creating a building by groups of room:

1. Name the Building by Room
the name.
2. Choose the Building
Select the desired building in the Building list.
Only rooms from the selected building will be available in the room groups.
3. Choose the Purpose
Select the desired function of the groups in the Purpose list.
4. Confirm Building by Groups of Room Creation
Click Apply to create the building by groups of room. The Building by groups of
Room Modification form replaces the Creation form. If the button is greyed out, enter
a valid name in the Name field to activate it.
To cancel building by groups of room creation, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another
element, the form closes automatically.
Note: It is also possible to create a building by groups of rooms with PDMS using the
Create > Groups menu to show the groups form. From the menu use Create >
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Group World menu. Set the function to be the name of the required building and
purpose to be either CONS(for construction zones) or FIRE(for fire zones).
6.1.2
Modify Building by Group of Rooms

To change a Building by Group of Rooms, navigate to that Building. If the form does not
appear automatically, click
The Modification form is used in the same way as the Creation form. If the building is
changed, any existing rooms will need to be deleted from the members of this element.
6.1.3
Create a Level
To create a level for the groups of rooms, navigate to the Building by Groups of Rooms
and select the Group of rooms option in the Create drop-down list.
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The Create Group of Rooms form is shown.
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There are four steps to creating a level:

1. Name the Level
the name.
2. Choose the Level
Select the desired room level in the Level list gadget.
Only rooms from the selected building level will be available in the room groups.
3. Choose the Rooms
To create a level for groups do not choose any rooms.
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4. Confirm Level Creation

Click Apply to create the level. The Group of Rooms Modification form replaces the
Creation form. If the button is greyed out, enter a valid name in the Name field to
activate it.
To cancel level creation, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another element, the form
closes automatically.
6.2
Create a Room Group

To create a groups of rooms, navigate to the Level under the Building for Groups of Rooms
and select the Group of Rooms option in the Create drop-down list.
The Create Group of Rooms form is shown.
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There are four steps to creating a group:

1. Name the group
the name.
2. Choose the Level
Select the desired room level in the Level list.
Only rooms from the selected building level will be available in the room groups.
3. Choose the Rooms
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Select the rooms within the group. The total number of rooms and the total gross
volume is shown underneath the list. If the Inventory Volume option is selected the
gross volume is that of inventory volumes. If the Flooding Volume option is selected
the gross volume is that of flood volumes.
4. Confirm Group Creation
Click Apply to create the group. The Group of Rooms Modification form replaces the
Creation form. If the button is greyed out, enter a valid name in the Name field to
activate it.
To cancel group creation, click Dismiss. If you navigate to another element, the form
closes automatically.
6.3
Calculations Based on Room Groups
6.3.1
Calculation of Air Volumes

To calculate the air volume in a group of rooms, navigate to the room group, select
Inventory Volume and expand Structure list.
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The gross volume of the primitives representing the group is shown at the top of the form.
The list contains all the concrete structural elements partially or fully inside this group with
the volume of these elements inside the group. At the bottom of the form the total volume of
these elements is shown. The free space left by the structure in the room is shown as the
net volume.
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elements, expand Components list.
The list contains all other elements partially or fully inside this group with the volume of
these elements inside the rooms in the group. At the bottom of the form the total volume of
these elements is shown. The free space left by these elements and the structure in the
room is shown as the net volume.
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using the corresponding Add Selected. The details of the calculations can be printed using
the print button or stored in MS Excel format using Export.
This can result in air volumes that are less than the real value. It is also assumed that the
rooms do not overlap.
6.3.2
Calculation of Flood Volumes

To calculate the flood volume for a group of rooms, navigate to the room group and select
Flood Volume in the radio gadget. The flood volume can then be calculated in the same
way as the air volume.
Note: Not that to calculate the flood volume of a group of connected rooms, the user must
insure that the top level of each flood volume is at the same level.
6.3.3
Calculation of Inventories
To calculate the inventory for a group of rooms, navigate to the room group, select
Inventory Volume and expand Inventory list.
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The list contains all other elements partially or fully inside this group with the room, type and
owner of each element.
using the corresponding Add Selected. The details of the inventory can be printed using
Print or stored in MS Excel format using Export.
To save the inventory to the database, click on Save. This enables you to Query the room
groups for any element using the Groups pseudo attribute. Unlike the room inventory that is
updated automatically, you need to update the room group inventory regularly.
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Translate Existing Rooms
7.1
How to Translate Rooms

In previous versions of Nuclear Room Manager, a building for rooms was represented by a
site, a level by a zone and a room by a structure.
When you navigate to the site (Building by room), the following form is shown:
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To translate the building, click Yes.

Note: That you need write access to the building to perform the translation.
Once the translation has been done the original site can be deleted. If you attempt to
translate a site that has already been translated, the following form is shown:
To delete the original structure, click Yes.

Note: That you need write access to the original structure to delete it.
7.2
How to Improve Translated Rooms

In previous versions of Nuclear Room Manager, a room was represented by a number of
volumes for the interior of the room and a volume for each opening in the walls and floors.
When an additional opening was created, the room volume had to be updated to take into
account the new opening by the creation of additional primitives for each opening. The
translation process places these primitives under the new room element. If new openings
are created, however, it is recommended that the primitives for the openings be deleted and
the main volume increased in size to the middle of surrounding walls and floors.
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This modification will have the additional benefit of improving performance in calculating
volumes, surface areas and inventories.
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Index
B
Building by Group of Rooms
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1
Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:3
Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Nuclear Room Manager Application
Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1
Group of Rooms
Flood Volumes
Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:11
Group Hierarchy
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1
Inventories
Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:11
Groups of Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1
L
Level
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4, 6:3
Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:6
M
Manual
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
N
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:2
Nuclear Applications Toolbar . . . . . . . . . 2:2
Nuclear Room Manager
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:7
Nuclear Room Manager 11.6
Room
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Room Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Air Volume
Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flood Volume
Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventory
Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paint Areas
Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Room Group
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Room Groups
Air Volumes
Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Room Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rooms for a Building
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Room Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extrusion Primitive
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Room Volume
Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:5
S
Structural Elements
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
T
Translate Existing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:1
Improve Translated Rooms . . . . . . . 7:2
Translate Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:1
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Room Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1

Room Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:1

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Create an Extrusion Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:7

Room Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:1

Groups of Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:1

Create a Room Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:6

Translate Existing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:1

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About This User Guide

Description of the Manual

Ventilation air volume calculations for existing rooms.

Flood water height calculations.

Paint area calculations.

Compatibility with Nuclear Room Manager 11.6

Requirements for Structural Elements

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Run the Nuclear Room Manager Application

from the Nuclear

The main form for the Nuclear Applications is shown

Note: elements marked by are read-only

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Nuclear Applications Toolbar

To show the Nuclear Applications explorer, click

To rename the current element, click

To copy the current element, click

To create a list of the elements connected to the current element, click

To run anchor spacing checks, click

To run the Diagnostic Wizard, click

To run Nuclear Concrete Quantities, click

To redo the last action, click

To navigate to a connected element, select it in the list of connected members.

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If it is not in Navigate mode, click

in the Utilities toolbar before making a graphical

3. To navigate to the previous element, click

in the Nuclear Applications toolbar.

4. To navigate to a connected element, select it in the list of connected members.

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in the Nuclear Applications tool bar.

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Elements used in Nuclear Room Manager

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Create the Rooms for a Building

The Create Building By Room form is shown.

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There are three steps to creating a building by room:

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Modify a Building By Room

of the Nuclear Applications tool bar.

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The Create Level form is shown.

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There are three steps to creating a level:

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