Modeling Plumbing Systems

BIM for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Curriculum

Key Terms

The following key terms were used in this lesson:

Piping systems that convey hot and cold water to supply the needs of plumbing fixtures in the building design.

Piping systems that convey the used water away from sanitary fixtures and toward the sewage systems.

A vertical pipe.

A larger horizontal pipe that supplies water to smaller branch pipes.

A smaller horizontal pipe that conveys water from the main pipe to an endpoint fixture.