OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Place RFA Mechanical Content

Used to place imported mechanical and plumbing RFA’s via the Place Component dialog. Connection points in RFA-based Mechanical and Plumbing Content elements can be connected to Mechanical discipline duct and pipe components.

Note: The RFA components being placed are to be fetched from the category they were assigned using the "Apply Mechanical category to selected RFA files" option in Bentley RFA Interpreter Wizard.
Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Place Mechanical / Plumbing Systems > Respective category type.


SettingDescription
Sub Group: the Catalog Type Displays the Category selected in the Place Mechanical/Plumbing Systems toolbar. The corresponding Catalog Type is assigned in prior workflow when you translate the RFA using the Bentley RFA Interpreter Wizard.
Catalog Item Click to select respective RFA catalog item piled up in the category.
Tip: The placement and settings in Place Component follow the usual flow applicable to placing any Mechanical component.