You can download the latest full version here. The best way to experience it is with the downloadable version of the Toolkit. It's been something I've thought about and developed piece by piece for a couple years now.
I'm really not trying to hard sell this one, I've just had my morning coffee and I'm thrilled to have you give it a try. What typically takes me 30 minutes to a couple hours can now be gathered in less than 30 seconds.Īnother fun application? Want to see what effect k-factors have on your calculation? What about long sprigs? Or what about pipe schedule changes? Wet versus dry systems? What about a consistent branch size versus changing pipe diameters? With this tool you can adjust parameters with just a click and see the live impact it has on your calculation. With a few default adjustments, you can quickly get a remote area's pressure and flow demand, remote area shape, and have a live schematic of the calculation that updates without a need for "re-running" the calculation.įor a long time now I've wanted a tool where I could quickly estimate pipe sizes and a remote area's demands before I started laying out the system so that I could be as efficient in my design workflow as possible.
I'm thrilled to present a beta version of our Sprinkler Estimator tool. This week could possibly be the biggest and best expansion of any tool created thus far. Last week I introduced a Remote Area Analyzer that evaluates remote area size and shape. It's built for estimators, but it can be a very helpful tool for new designers & engineers to quickly grasp design decisions well before a system has to be completely laid out and detailed.Īny feedback, let me know! As always, thanks for reading & have a great rest of your week. With this new estimator you can adjust all of those items in one-click, and see the immediate impact of each decision. If you're like me, tweaking sprinkler spacing, k-factors, sprinkler heights, remote area sizes, and c-factors alone can take significant iteration just to get an idea of pressure & flow demand. Now take that same design and change it to a dry system, or at a different density. Have you ever needed to do a quick estimate for a job, and not had a couple spare hours to lay out and calculate a system?Įven for a very basic remote area, laying out sprinklers & pipe, adding fitting, flow, control valve, and backflow losses, a source, and then hydraulically calculating is smoothly - easily can take an hour or more.
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