Creating an electrical plan for a flat

In Avenler you create the electrical plan of a flat floor by floor, room by room: based on the room name the program offers the usual socket-outlet, switch and luminaire layout, you assign the circuits to the distribution board, and a material list and a quotation are produced from the drawing.

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What should the electrical plan of a flat cover?

The electrical plan of a flat shows where the switches, socket-outlets and luminaires go in each room, how the circuits are divided on the distribution board, and what needs to be bought. In Avenler you draw the flat floor by floor, and for each room the program offers the usual layout in a single step, which you can change.

The usual layout, room by room

When a room is selected, Apply template places the devices defined by the rule in that room in one step: socket-outlets along the walls (skipping openings and corners, in proportion to the usable wall length), a switch next to the first door on the lock side, and a luminaire in the middle of the room. The built-in templates are Room, Living room, Kitchen, Bathroom (with a protected socket-outlet) and Hall; the program suggests one from the room name (for example “Bedroom”). In a template, the socket-outlet/wall-length ratio, the count limits, the heights, the luminaires and the number of switches can be changed, and the modified template can be saved as your own template. The template can also create two new circuits for the room: a socket-outlet circuit (B16, NYM-J 3×2.5) and a lighting circuit (B10, NYM-J 3×1.5).

Template values are practical suggestions: the designer must review them, and the layout does not replace sizing and checking.

Checks in the flat

The program recognises the room type from its name, by keyword (for example “kitchen”), and flags a minimum number of socket-outlets, luminaires and switches if the layout falls short. The page also states it: these are practical recommendations, not requirements of a standard; the table can be edited, and the Defaults button restores the original. The Checks panel flags other gaps too, for example a device without a circuit, a circuit without a distribution board or an unprotected socket-outlet in the bathroom, and too many socket-outlets on one circuit according to an adjustable limit.

Consumer unit and take-off

In the board designer you can add a single-phase or three-phase consumer unit, and the program suggests an allocation from the circuits (distribution board designer). A material list and a quotation are also produced from the drawing, showing how many socket-outlets, switches, luminaires and how much cable you need (electrical bill of quantities). If the flat or house has several floors, staircases and risers can be connected with a floor link, and the cable rise between floors is included in the length.

What it cannot do, and what to watch out for

Templates and checks reflect common practice, but professional responsibility for the electrical plan of a flat lies with the designer: sizing, minimums and board rules are indicative. The program does not draw walls for you from a scanned plan: you can load the existing plan as an underlay, but the walls have to be drawn.

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