Wiring and plumbing

Wiring and plumbing are drawn as runs: a chain of points through the van that becomes a cable or a pipe. Runs sit in the cavity between the van’s outer bodywork and its inner ply lining, which is where they go in a real conversion.

A run carries a system (electrical or water), a type (AC or DC, hot or cold) and a spec (a cable gauge or a pipe diameter). The spec is what sets the weight and cost per metre, so every run you draw lands in your bill of materials at the right figure without you entering anything.

What is in this section

• The Systems menu - starting a run, and the view filter that dims, shows or hides a system.
• Drawing a run - placing points, undoing the last one, finishing and cancelling.
• Editing a run - moving, inserting and deleting points, and deleting the whole run.
• Run properties - system, type, spec, colour, and the per-run weight and cost overrides.

Related

• Bill of materials and weight - how a run’s length becomes a weight and a cost.
• Tutorial: Quick User Interface Guide, in the app under Tutorials, which stops at the Wiring and Water buttons on its way along the toolbar.