Add floor heating

To prevent the outdoor areas from freezing, we will add anti-frost cables with the floor heating function.

Do the following:

  1. Select Layout tab > Devices group > Heaters menu > Cabling to rectangular area.

  2. Indicate the area to be heated:

    1. Indicate the first point close to the wall and near the side of the front door.

    2. On the command line, enter @4000,-1000 as the relative displacement for the second point.

    The Underfloor heating dialog opens.

  3. Enter the cable type and the manufacturer.

    • Heater databaseUser products 1–9

    • Manufacturer – DEVIflex

    • Heater group – 81 Heaters

    • Type – DEVIflex 18T 59m 1075m 230V

  4. For Distance of wiring from edge, enter 50.

  5. For Drawing style, select With cable.

  6. Select Mark gap to drawing.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Select the short side of the inner rectangle.

  9. Insert the leader text by indicating the start and end points of the leader.

  10. Copy the floor heating under the first cabling with 1 meter space between them:

    1. Select the cabling and the leader.

    2. Right-click, and select Copy.

    3. Indicate a base point somewhere in the drawing.

    4. Enter @0,-1000 as the relative displacement.

    5. Enter @0,-1000 as the new displacement.

      Tip: Press the arrow key up to easily get the latest command line entries.

    6. Stop copying objects by pressing Esc.