A2 Fundamentals EN

Elevator Design
Fundamentals
A2
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Agenda
A2.1 Product Options

▪ Product Options
A2.2 Practical Examples: General

▪ Rail Bracket Fixing Options
▪ Shaft Door Anchor Rails
▪ Entrance Pocket
▪ Additional Sill Options
▪ Car Balustrade
▪ Scaffoldings
▪ Hall Button & Hall Display
Agenda
A2.3 Practical Examples: Traction Elevator

▪ Counterweight Location
▪ Pulley Beam Settings
▪ Gear Base Construction
▪ L-shaped Car Frame
A2.4 Practical Examples: Hydraulic Elevator

▪ Rail Bracket Fixing Options
▪ Machine Room Basic Settings
▪ MRL
Agenda
A2.5 Summary
▪ Custom Q&A‘s
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Training Preparation
CREATE AN ELEVATOR WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:
Shaft Wizard Further specifications

▪ 5 floors ▪ Car size
▪ Typical floor to floor distance 3000 mm ▪ Car width : 1600 mm
▪ Car depth : 1400 mm
▪ Consider travel – no
▪ Create building floor levels - no ▪ Entrances
▪ Traction elevator 2:1 ▪ Front: all floors
▪ Rear: first and last level
▪ 13 persons / 1000 kg, 1 m/s
▪ Individual Floor to Floor Distance
▪ Machineroom ▪ Pit: 1200 mm
▪ Below / left ▪ E1: 2900 mm
▪ Car roping ▪ E2: 3000 mm
▪ 2 pulleys below ▪ E3: 3000 mm
▪ with CW safety gear ▪ E4: 3800 mm
▪ Counterweight roping ▪ Save the project under the following file name:
▪ 1 pulley on top LDTrainingSample.ld3
▪ Counterweight left
▪ Sheet Templates
▪ LD Installation Drawing
▪ LD Typical Views For Your Elevator
Product Options
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BIM Components & Product Options
A2.1 PRODUCT OPTIONS
Are available by default for some of the

DigiPara Liftdesigner BIM components E.g.
for:
▪ Rail brackets
▪ Traction machines
▪ Gear frames
▪ Car frames
▪ Etc.
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BIM Components & Product Options
A2.1 PRODUCT OPTIONS
Enabling and disabling:

▪ Via property
▪ Selected Product Options
▪ Product Options can consist of one or more
profiles
▪ Switching off the rail bracket wall fixing profiles.
A2.2
Practical Examples:
General

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General
A2.2 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: GENERAL
Rail Bracket Fixing Options

Entrance Pocket
Additional Sill Options
Car Balustrade
Scaffoldings
Hall Button & Hall Display
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Can be changed
▪ via the Rail brackets list
▪ The Rail brackets properties can be displayed

by selecting a single bracket in the drawing
and selecting the Rail brackets object via the
Breadcrumb window afterwards.
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Different Fixing Options
1 Anchor Rail 2 Anchor Rails Separator Beam
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Adjust anchor rail length

„Use standard lengths“
▪ YES (default) -> Select fixed length set up
via BIM Libary
▪ NO -> Set length manually
If a manual length is set

first and you reactivate
the standard lengths, the
closest fixed length will be
chosen
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Adjust anchor rail spacing

▪ Select Anchor rail distance (AR_DIST)
-> via Breadcrumb or Datatree
Or
▪ Select Dimension in the View Frame
▪ It is also possible to set up the anchor rail
wall distance
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Concrete Beam for Anchor Rails
Shaft Door Anchor Rails
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Can be added
▪ via the ShaftDoor using the
DoorFixingPointList Properties
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Can be added
▪ via the ShaftDoor using the
DoorFixingPointList Properties
Entrance Pocket
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Entrance Pocket
Display the Pocket properties

▪ The Entry Pocket properties can be displayed
by selecting the landing door in the drawing
first and selecting the Entry Pocket object via
the Breadcrumb-Data tree window afterwards.
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Entrance Pocket
Editing the entry pocket

▪ The Entry Pocket automatically gets created for
all entries on the corresponding shaft wall. It
can be added to an individual entry only by
changing the Grouping property to This pocket
is different.
Additional Sill Option
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Display the Entry properties

▪ The Entry properties can be displayed by
selecting the entry concrete in a vertical view
(in Edit mode -> hatches turned off)
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Select from 3 different sill options

▪ The Add. sill option will be applied to all entries on the corresponding shaft wall
No Foundation drip lip Foundation pocket
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Set the Add. Sill option individually for just 1

entrance
▪ The Grouping property of the Sill support unit
is used to apply the Add. Sill option to a single
entrance only. The property must be set before
applying the Add. Sill option.
Car Balustrade
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Car Balustrade
Display the Car Balustrade properties

▪ The Car balustrade properties can be displayed
by selecting the car in the drawing first and
selecting the Car balustrade object via the
Breadcrumb window afterwards.
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Car Balustrade
Activating and selecting the car balustrade
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Car Balustrade
Configuring the balustrade
Scaffoldings
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Scaffoldings
Display the Assembly platforms
The Assembly platforms can be

activated via the corresponding
button in the Component Visibility
ribbon group
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Scaffoldings
Quantity
▪ The number of armor platforms per
floor can be set via the group and Setting extension
shaft configurator.
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Scaffoldings
Location
▪ The position is set above the
respective dimension in the vertical
section.
▪ Example: Set a height of 2500 mm for
the newly inserted Scaffolding to move
it into the shaft head.
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Hall Button
▪ Type
▪ can be set individually for the
top and bottom floors and for
the intermediate floors
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Hall Button
▪ Position
▪ is automatically positioned in the right

wall by default
▪ different positioning options can be

defined via the associated properties
window
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Hall Button
▪ Hole
▪ The hole of the control panel can be changed
or adapted via the properties.
▪ The associated through-hole can also be
edited using the corresponding properties.
Continuous wall opening

(default setting)
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Hall Display
▪ Position
▪ is positioned in automatically in
the door (default setting)
▪ can be defined via the associated

properties window
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▪ can be shown and hidden via
the properties on all floors for
the elevator project
A2.3
Practical Example:
Traction Elevators

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Practical Example: Traction Elevators
A2.3 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: TRACTION ELEVATORS
Changing the counterweight location

Changing the pulley beam settings
MRL Gear Base Construction Unit
L-shaped Car Frame
Counterweight Location
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Changing the counterweight location via the Rope Wizard

▪ For existing projects
▪ The Rope Wizard can be activated via the traction machine, the
counterweight, the pulley or the pulley beam properties.
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▪ Change the counterweight location via the Rope Wizard dialog 4/5
Pulley Beam Settings
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Changing the pulley beam settings of the

Car-/ CW frame
▪ Via the pulley beam properties
▪ The Pulley Beam properties can be

activated
▪ via the Pulley Beam link in the Breadcrumb
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Angle and location

▪ The angle and location of the car and CW
pulley beams gets set via the Angle and Pulley
Location properties
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PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: TRACTION ELEVATORS
Changing the pulley beam settings of the

additional pulley beams
▪ Via the pulley beam properties
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Angle and location

▪ The angle and location of the add.
pulley beams can be set
▪ via the P*X- / P*Y- and the Orthogonal
properties
Gear Base Construction Unit (MRL)
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Training Preparation
CREATE AN ELEVATOR WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:
Shaft Wizard Further specifications

▪ 5 floors ▪ Car size
▪ Typical floor to floor distance 3000 mm ▪ Car width : 1600 mm
▪ Car depth : 1400 mm
▪ Consider travel – no
▪ Create building floor levels - no ▪ Entrances
▪ Traction elevator 2:1 ▪ Front: all floors
▪ Rear: first and last level
▪ 13 persons / 1000 kg, 1 m/s
▪ Individual Floor to Floor Distance
▪ Drive Location in the shaft head (MRL) ▪ Pit: 1200 mm
▪ Car roping ▪ E1: 2900 mm
▪ 2 pulleys below ▪ E2: 3000 mm
▪ with CW safety gear ▪ E3: 3000 mm
▪ E4: 3800 mm
▪ Counterweight roping
▪ Save the project under the following file name:
▪ 1 pulley top
▪ Counterweight left A2_MRL_Training.ld3
▪ Sheet Templates
▪ LD Installation Drawing
▪ LD Typical Views For Your Elevator
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Can be activated
▪ via the Properties docking window
▪ Selecting the Gear Base Construction

▪ via the properties of the category [0020] items
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Selecting the common gear base construction

▪ And enabling / disabling component profiles
▪ via the Product Options
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After customizing the corresponding component properties and dimensions

▪ Profile position, length, height, etc.
L-shaped Car Frame
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L-shaped Car Frame
Must be selected manually

▪ For non MRL elevators after the shaft wizard has been finished
▪ Via the Component Navigator
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L-shaped Car Frame
Possible result after exchanging the car frame and the following, additional changes
▪ Changing the car frame location
▪ Modifying the rail brackets
▪ Defining the distance between guides
A2.4
Practical Examples:
Hydraulic Elevators

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General
A2.4 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS

MRL
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Can be configured manually

▪ via the corresponding component properties
A rail bracket can consist of one or more

predefined fixing profile groups (similar to
Product Options), e.g.
▪ Standard profiles
▪ Cylinder fixing profiles
▪ Guide rail fixing profiles
▪ etc.
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Switching off the Jack fixing profiles of the selected rail bracket
Machine Room Basic Settings
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Machine Room Basic Settings: Dimensions
The machine room dimensions can be set individually

▪ In the properties window under [0250] Dimensions
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Machine Room Basic Settings: Positioning
The machine room can be positioned individually in height (z-direction)

▪ Example: POS_DZ = 13150
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Machine Room Basic Settings: Positioning
The machine room can be positioned in the same way in x and y direction
▪ In the properties window under [0251] Position
▪ Example: POS_DX0 = -5000 & POS_DYO = 2000
MRL
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MRL
Hydraulic elevators can be created manually

▪ Via the machine room Machine room-less mode property
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MRL
Machine room components are placed in the shaft pit automatically

▪ They can be deleted, moved
▪ via the corresponding dimensions and component properties
A2.5
Summary & custom
Q&A‘s

Congratulations
You reached the next level
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Elevator Design

Are you an attendee in a DigiPara Liftdesigner online training module?

A2.1 Product Options

A2.2 Practical Examples: General

A2.3 Practical Examples: Traction Elevator

A2.4 Practical Examples: Hydraulic Elevator

Shaft Wizard Further specifications

Are available by default for some of the

Enabling and disabling:

▪ Switching off the rail bracket wall fixing profiles.

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Rail Bracket Fixing Options

▪ The Rail brackets properties can be displayed

Different Fixing Options

1 Anchor Rail 2 Anchor Rails Separator Beam

Adjust anchor rail length

If a manual length is set

Adjust anchor rail spacing

Concrete Beam for Anchor Rails

Display the Pocket properties

Editing the entry pocket

Display the Entry properties

Select from 3 different sill options

No Foundation drip lip Foundation pocket

Set the Add. Sill option individually for just 1

Display the Car Balustrade properties

Activating and selecting the car balustrade

Configuring the balustrade

Display the Assembly platforms

The Assembly platforms can be

▪ is automatically positioned in the right

▪ different positioning options can be

Continuous wall opening

▪ can be defined via the associated

Hall Button & Hall Display

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Changing the counterweight location

Changing the counterweight location via the Rope Wizard

Changing the pulley beam settings of the

▪ The Pulley Beam properties can be

Angle and location

Changing the pulley beam settings of the

Angle and location

Shaft Wizard Further specifications

▪ Selecting the Gear Base Construction

Selecting the common gear base construction

After customizing the corresponding component properties and dimensions

Must be selected manually

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Rail Bracket Fixing Options

Can be configured manually

A rail bracket can consist of one or more

The machine room dimensions can be set individually

The machine room can be positioned individually in height (z-direction)

Hydraulic elevators can be created manually

Machine room components are placed in the shaft pit automatically

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