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JohnK:
My jobs typically have some radiant heating involved (about 7,000 square feet of the buildings) and for the last year or so, I've been doing my designs the old fashion way with excel, charts, and just drafting the layout in AutoCAD. The design is easy, but the layout is very annoying to have to draw and redraw. Does anyone have any code to do this type of layout already in their arsenal?

ribarm:
@BIGAL states that there are plenty links on www just by google-ing, but AFAIK I have only this link where I was involved...
https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/files/file/47-floor-heating/

HTH.
M.R.

BTW. It is very delicate to code for it, but we tried - I mean me and L.M. (Lee Mac)...

JohnK:
Oh, that's too bad. I guess I'll just have to chip away at the problem in my spare time then.

BTW, that's a "spiral"; not sure if I'm correct or not but I've always used a sort of "reverse return" layout to hopefully get a more even heat distribution on the panel (aka floor). So, given my luck, my pattern will be impossible to code. :]

kirby:
Commercial software 'LoopCAD' that includes automated layout, hydraulic & hydronic calcs (and code checks with the Professional version):

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It looks like your layout is known as a serpentine, vs. the spiral layout discussed on links.  Serpentine layout should be easier to adapt to L-shaped rooms.

JohnK:
I just evaluated LoopCAD and put in a purchase request. It was denied because apparently, they would not even discuss "security" and other things with Legal and IT. My request was denied.

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