Defining Valve Characteristics
You can apply user-defined valve characteristics to any of the following valve types:
To create a valve with user-defined valve characteristics:
- Place a PRV, PSV, PBV, FCV, TCV, or GPV valve element.
- Double-click the new valve to open the Properties editor.
- In the WaterCAD 2024 Data section, change the Valve Type to User Defined.
- In the Valve Characteristics field, select Edit Valve Characteristics.
- Define the valve characteristics in the Valve Characteristics dialog that opens.
- In the Valve Characteristics field, select the valve characteristic definition that the valve should use.