Slide 1: Revit Tips and Tricks for Fabrication Parts
Revit Tips and Tricks for Fabrication Parts Greg Murphy – Murphy Company Supervisor – BIM Technology & Support
Slide 2: Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy Little Info about me. This is my Baby Miranda the last to Graduate from Missouri State with a degree in Early Child hood Teaching. Some of my favorite things are Vacationing with my Family, Boating at Table Rock Lake which is just south of Springfield, MO & Golfing.
Slide 3: Revit Fabrication Parts - Outline
Revit Fabrication Parts - Outline • Do you use your Database for Costing/Labor? • Tools to use with Fabrication parts • Is your Database ready to load into Revit? under Modify • Loading Fabrication Parts • Smart Snapping • Global Database • Color of Drag Node • Profile Database • Connecting as a Tap
Slide 4: Is your database ready to load into Revit?
Is your database ready to load into Revit? Select the Path Repair Tool you will be asked to open the file just say cancel. If you get results than you have some cleanup to do. If you get no results than your DB is clean and good to go. Right Click below the buttons to get this dialog
Slide 5: Is your database ready to load into Revit?
Is your database ready to load into Revit? • Next you will need to copy the clipboard data and paste into excel. • Once it is in Excel copy column A to column B. • Now just edit the column B on the right be the updated path and/or ITM name then do a Save as and save the file as a .CSV file. • Do thi
Slide 6: Loading fabrication parts
Loading fabrication parts • Loading the Fabrication DB o Select Systems Tab Fabrication Parts button will turn on the Parts Pallet Click the carrot at the bottom right to open the Fabrication Settings (FS) dialog box.
Slide 7: Placing ductwork / piping
Placing ductwork / piping • Place first piece of ductwork o Add elevation, size ect….. o Rotate as needed Space bar rotates counter clockwise Shift-Space bar rotates clockwise Ctrl-Space bar rotates in the Z axis • Note colors of the Nodes indicates direction the item is going (up or down). Im
Slide 8: You can Aline (AL) to anything!
Aline tool (AL) • The Aline tool with be your most used tool. Learn how to use it. o Pick reference of Alignment Can be a Node, Face, Middle, edge ect….. o Next select the entity to align with Note it will move into alignment with the reference you picked You can Aline (AL) to anything!
Slide 9: Trim/Extend tools
Trim/Extend tools • Trim/Extend to Corner (TR) o Select two pieces you want to connect. Works for other angles also so not just 90 deg • Hidden Extend Trim/Extend • Trim/Extend Single Elements o If you have connectors facing each other o Select what piece you want to extend to and one is a fitting
Slide 10: Trim/Extend tools (Cont')
Trim/Extend tools (Cont’) • Trim/Extend Multiple Elements o Note also if there are different elevations on each piece than only the first routing will be used. If you want to route a connection to the bottom on one of them then you will need the Route and Fill. Because the Trim/Extend uses the fir
Slide 11: Offset modify tool
Offset modify tool • Offset (OF) o Offset can be used to copy a run of Duct or pipe with a specific distance apart. This also works for a run with 45’s and/or 90’s in the run. This is great for when systems are routed together.
Slide 12: Smart snapping
Smart snapping • When Smart Snapping is on it will allow for a larger snap point so don’t have to get very closest to the connector before it snaps to it. o Turn Smart Snapping off when your in a congested area, this will allow you to get closer and select the connector you are wanting.
Slide 13: Route and Fill Tools
Route and Fill Tools • Route and Fill can be used for multiple configurations. o When the Trim/Extend does not work then use the Route & Fill to control how things connect. o Multiple solutions can be found, pick the option you want and select it. o When on same elevation more solutions will be foun
Slide 14: Multi-Point Routing
Multi-Point Routing • Multi-Point Routing o When you want to start a run of duct or pipe and just route. o Change Elevations, change size while routing. o CADmep Users understand this type if routing since its very similar.
Slide 15: Optimize Lengths
Optimize Lengths • Optimize Lengths changes the lengths to shop specific or purchased lengths for straights. o Ductwork – Sections to full length pieces. o Piping – Add couplings or welds between pipes. o Plumbing – Same as piping. Optimized Not Optimized
Slide 16: Optimize Lengths
Optimize Lengths • Optimizing Lengths will leave some short joints to deal with. They can be handled in several ways. o Reposition Parts allows you to switch the full joint with the short joint.
Slide 17: Optimize Lengths
Optimize Lengths • Optimizing Lengths will leave some short joints to deal with. They can be handles in several ways. o Elbows can have the throat stretched used the Adjust Extension arrow. Be cautious here because there isn’t a stop. It will let you stretch that as far as you want and does not us
Slide 18: Connecting as a tap
Connecting as a tap • This allows you to connect any fitting to the side of Rectangular duct. So Square to Rounds, Transitions or more can now be a tap.
Slide 19: Copying a tap and reconnecting it
Copying a tap and reconnecting it • If you have Optimized Lengths and copy a runout off your main you will find that the tap is not connected the run. Select the tap only and use the drag node to re-connect it to the main run.
Slide 20: Change service
Change service • Change Service has a couple different functions. 1. All selected items can be changed to the same service. 2. You can change size on all selected items of the same service. 3. You can now also change shape of selected items. Select runouts to change then check box for Enable Group a
Slide 21: Change service
Change service • Change Service has a couple different functions. 4. If you make changes to fittings being used. 1. Example: Change the Service to use a difference Manufacture then reload the configuration and change service and all fittings reloaded will get changed out. 2. If you have inline valve
Slide 22: Change size
Change size • Allows you to change size of selected items of same shape. • It will allow changes of multiple services as long as they are of the same shape. • Also shows the services for what sizes are listed.
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