Navigating THRUX¶
Workspace Toolbar¶
The left-side toobar is the Workspace Toolbar. The purple shading indicates an open and active Workspace, while grey shading only indicates an open Workspace.
Workspace Toolbar
Workspaces can be hosted on different windows by dragging them outside of THRUX’s main window.
Bring these windows back into THRUX by clicking Dock in the top right.
Docked One-Line separate from the main application
Docking Workspaces allows Workspaces to be viewed on multiple monitors
Explorer Toolbar¶
Explorers and other Utility tools can be found on the Explorer Toolbar on the right-side toolbar. These tools can be pinned to always be visible (pin icon).
Using the Properties Explorer and Flag Tracker while working in the One-Line Workspace
Creating a New Project¶
Click the Home button, and then the Add (+) button to create a new Project.
The Home Screen is a Project portal that provides quick access to recent Projects
Project Settings¶
Project Settings are a set of customizable parameters on which to base the design.
Project Settings are accessible by clicking on File, and then Settings
Defining Architectural Elements¶
The goal of the Architectural Workspaces, Floor Plans and Arch. Elements, is to provide a way for you to quickly mass the load of a building. These locations aid with point-to-point calculations such as voltage drop.
However, these Workspaces are completely optional. For a smaller project, you may not find it necessary to set up these Workspaces and instead, find it faster to manually input feeder lengths in the One-Line.
This information can be imported from an Architectural Revit model.
The Arch. Elements Workspace allows you to modify the architectural elements of the model. Here, it is possible to modify other characteristics of a Floor. For example, when massing the load of a building, you may want to assign a load requirement or load density to each Floor. This load is based off of the Floor’s Space Type.
These elements can be created in the Floor Plans Workspace, or the Architectural Elements Workspace.
Floor Plans¶
The Floor Plans Workspace is a 2-D representation of the Project and is used to model locations of Equipment.
Architectural Elements¶
Arch. Elements are a tabular representation of the Architectural entities of the model.
Building the Electrical Model¶
There are three (3) main Workspaces to build the electrical system are: One-Line, Riser, Schedules.
At any time reports of a model can be generated using the Studies Workspace.
- One-Line
- Hosted vs. Unhosted Systems
- Add a Source
- Add Equipment
- Copy/Paste Equipment
- Delete Equipment/Delete Network
- Dragging/Rehosting Equipment
- Navigate
- Expanding/Collapsing Equipment
- Changing Multiple Equipment Properties
- Reset to Code Minimum
- Workspace Toolbox
- Creating a Transfer Switch
- Settings
- Bus Duct
- Bus Node
- Tap Node
- Generic Load
- Elevator Loads
- Schedules
- Riser
- Flag Tracker
- Studies
Pricing Model¶
The Pricing Model is built around the Electrical model and can be viewed in a few Workspaces. The Price Tracker is used to live monitor the price of the model. For example, as you change the location of a major equipment room, the Price Tracker would display order of magnitude estimates for that change. For a more complete tabular report, use the Pricing Report Workspace.
Equipment Rates is a customizable catalog which composes the bid for materials.
Project Management¶
Engineers are often tasked to study different alternatives or schemes and present them to the Owner.
The Issuance Log allows you to create Branches, while the Change Tracking Workspace allows you to compare Branches against the base Branch.
Project Management tools - Issuance Log, Changetracking
Explorers and other Utility Tools¶
The right-side toolbar of THRUX is generally where the explorers or utility tools are located. Explorers can be pinned to always be visible while other explorers are being used.
Explorer Toolbar
Recovery Options¶
THRUX models are stored in the cloud and are periodically backed up. If THRUX crashes, reopen THRUX. A recovery window will prompt to restore to the latest restore point, or an earlier restore point.
Another option is to restore a model to a restore point via the Open Project window. Use the Restore button (restore icon) and then choose a restore point.
Automatic Updates¶
Whenever THRUX is opened, it automatically searches for updates.
Refer to the Version Number in the bottom right of the Status Bar.
To see an outline of updates between each Version, click on the information icon located in the top-right of the top menu bar.
Use the arrows to navigate between each Version.
Revit Interoperability¶
The Architectural information which comprise the Architectural Workspaces, Arch. Elements and the Floor Plans, can be imported from a Revit model.
In addition, a THRUX model can be exported to Revit. You can then fine-tune Equipment locations using Revit, and verify the integrity of the design using THRUX.
