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You may have to clean up or fix up a mechanical Revit model where the Duct Fittings have become out of sync with the system they are supposedly connected to. For some reason, the System Classification…
is included in this playlist recently uploaded by Autodesk Building (about 4 hours worth):Fabrication CADmep – Fundamental Training Videos Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Full list: There are a…
To change the System Type for the connected run, Tab-select until you have the System, then change the Type. You can also change the name here. To completely undefine pipes, tab-select the system, the…
Check out the survey results from Design Master Software – interesting that 2/3 using Revit over AutoCAD: And how does MEP industry take-up of BIM compare with what was expected in 2011? As with any s…
The View “Discipline” setting in Revit is a high level visibility control that can have some significant consequences on how a view actually looks. Amongst other things, it works as a high level switc…
Maybe this quote from Al Beckes in AUGI World (October 2014) will help:…
So, you have received a RTE or RVT file (along with related CSV lookup tables) and want to upgrade it without getting the “One or more families in this project are missing .csv files” error… For examp…
Charlotte Pipe content for Revit:http://www.charlottepipe.com/revit.aspx“If you need a complete line of Charlotte Pipe Products, they have been grouped for download…” Could also try:https://www.mepcon…
Heads-up from Ideate Solutions, originally from Revit Clinic: tagging the physical wires instead of tagging the device: draw wires coming off of each connector as small as possible (if the wire is sho…
This can be done with AutoCAD MEP 2015, or Architecture, or similar verticals that have the IFCEXPORT command. Open AutoCAD MEP New DWG file IMPORT -> select SAT file IFCEXPORT Open IFC in Revit The a…