Adding Building Services

After you’ve created a floor plan for a home, office, or industrial site, you can add services for the facility, as Figure 18-17 shows. Visio Professional provides the shapes and tools you need to create plans for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and security systems. If you have Visio Standard, the Office Layout template includes a few electrical shapes, but for the most part, the sections that follow apply only to Visio Professional.

This home plan includes ductwork, plumbing, and electrical information.

Figure 18-17. This home plan includes ductwork, plumbing, and electrical information.

It’s beyond the scope of this book to describe best practices for designing these systems—the assumption is that ...

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