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Revit MEP 2016

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Modeling MEP Equipment
• Hosting Options
– Non-hosted
• Equipment that sits on floors
• Workplane based for hosting to any orientation

– Face-hosted
• For wall-mounted equipment or equipment on pads

• Family Categories
– Mechanical or Electrical equipment
• Part Type parameter for more specificity and to define
behavior
• Subcategories can be used also

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Modeling MEP Equipment
• Geometry for Connectors
– Allows for easier management of connector
locations when parametric
– Allows for easier management of connector
dimensions when parametric
– Place by Face option can be used for
connectors

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Modeling MEP Equipment
• Equipment Pads
– Can be built into equipment families
– Can be hosted to building geometry
– Visibility control for when no pad needed or is provided in another model
– A nested foundation family can be used when structural data is required

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Adding Connectors
• No Geometry
– Work Plane placement option
• Temporary dimensions of connector can be
activated and assigned to parameters
• Location of connector can remain static using
parameters and formulas
• Can be pinned in place to avoid using
constraints

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Adding Connectors
• Duct Connectors
– Various system types available
– Properties can be applied to define air flow
behavior
• In or Out at connection point
• Flow Configuration
– Calculated – adds all flow values from
downstream
– Preset – assigned value
– System – percentage of entire flow for a
system

• Shape and Size

– Mapped to family parameters

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Adding Connectors
• Electrical Connectors
– Conduit
• Individual – single conduit at connector
location
• Surface – single or multiple conduits at
any point on a surface

– Cable tray
– Electrical
• Defines point of electrical system
connection
• Properties determine electrical system
(voltage, load, poles) for use with
distribution systems in projects

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Adding Connectors
• Multiple Connectors
– Primary
• First connector of each type used in family

– Linked connectors
• Allows system behavior to pass from one
connector to another
• Based on Primary connector settings

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment

Modeling MEP Equipment
Clearances
• Clearance Spaces modeled in an
electrical panel
– Extrusion(s) modeled in equipment family
families
• Useful for interference checking, even
when not visible
• Can be a subcategory for easy visibility
management
• Custom material can be used for view
clarity
– Can be a separate family used in
projects
• Face hosted to equipment families

CHAPTER 19: Creating Equipment