Revit MEP

FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING
JOSEPH A. GELACIO JR.
INSTRUCTOR

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 DISCLAIMER

The purpose of this course is to learn the function of Revit software.

The practice files used in this course is for understanding the tools and
commands in Revit, in which may or may not be in accordance to
drafting standards.

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 COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understanding of BIM and Autodesk Revit.

• Familiarizing the Revit User Interface.
• Working with basic modeling, drawing and editing tools.
• Creating documentations, schedules and detailing.

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Course Outline (2 Days)
DAY 1 DAY 2

BIM and Autodesk Revit Electrical System

Workflow, Terms, User Interface Adding Electrical Families
Starting, Opening, And Saving Layout Electrical Network
Navigation Controls Modify Electrical Network
General Drawing And Modify Tools
Editing Elements Documentation
Schedules
Linking CAD/Revit Models Annotations and Tags
Setting Up Levels Detail Components
Creating Views Line Weights
Plotting (PDF)
HVAC System
Adding Mechanical Families
Layout Duct Networks
Modify Duct Networks

Plumbing System
Adding Plumbing Families
Layout Piping Network
Modify Piping Network

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BIM and Autodesk Revit

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is an approach to the

entire building life cycle, including design, construction, and
facilities management. The BIM process supports the ability
to coordinate, update, and share design data with team
members across disciplines.

Autodesk Revit as a software is part of BIM process as it

enables you to create complete models and the associated
views of those models. It is considered a Parametric Building
Modeler.

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Design Workflow

Traditional vs BIM

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Revit Terms
Host - Elements such as floors, walls, roofs and ceilings that can support other
elements. They can stand alone in the project.

Components - Elements that need to be attached to host elements such as

doors, windows, and railings. As well as stand-alone items such as furniture and
equipment.

Views - Enables you to display and manipulate the project. For example, you can
view and work in floor plans, ceiling plans, elevations, sections, schedules, and
3D views. You can change a design from any view. All views are stored in the
project.

Datum - Elements that define the project context. These include levels for the
floors, column grids, and reference planes that help you draw.

Annotation - 2D elements that are placed in views to define the information

drawn in the project. These include dimensions, text, tags, and symbols. The view
scale controls their size and they only display in the view in which they are
placed.
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Revit Terms

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Starting, Opening, and Saving

Project files (.RVT): These are where you do most of your work in the building
model by adding elements, creating views, annotating views, and setting up
printable sheets. They are initially based on template files.

Family files (.RFA): These are separate components that can be inserted in a
project. They include elements that can stand alone (e.g., a table or piece of
mechanical equipment) or are items that are hosted in other elements (e.g., a
door in a wall or a lighting fixture in a ceiling). Title block and Annotation Symbol
files are special types of family files.

Template files (.RTE): These are the base files for any new project or family.
They are designed to hold standard information and settings for creating new
project files. The software includes several templates for various types of
projects. You can also create custom templates.

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Revit Hierarchy

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Starting, Opening, and Saving

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Starting, Opening, and Saving

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User Interface

1. Quick Access Toolbar 5. Options Bar 9. Navigation bar

2. Status Bar 6. Properties Palette 10. View Control Bar
3. Application Menu 7. Project Browser
4. Ribbon 8. View Window

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Properties Palette

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View Window

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Selection and Navigation Controls

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Revit Options Menu

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Basic Sketching and Modify Tools

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Errors and Warnings

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Setting Up Levels

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Creating Views

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View Display
Views are a powerful tool as they enable you to create multiple versions of a model
without having to recreate building elements. For example, you can have views that
are specifically used for working on the model, while other views are annotated and
used for construction documents. Different disciplines can have different views that
show only the features they require.

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Linking Revit Models

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Linking CAD Files

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Manage Links

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Copy Monitor

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Visibility and Graphics Override

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PART 2: HVAC SYSTEM

TOPICS:

• Creating systems
• Inserting Components
• Mechanical equipment and air
terminals
• Ducts
• Duct Fittings

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Creating Systems

When you connect components such as air terminals with ducts, or

plumbing fixtures with pipes, systems are automatically created. These
systems frequently overlap.

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Inserting Components

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Mechanical Equipment and Air Terminals
When beginning an HVAC system in a project, you typically start with
mechanical equipment and air terminals, and then network them
together using ducts, as shown in Figure 8–1. You also add hydronic
piping connecting mechanical equipment.

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Air Terminals
Often, air terminals are placed on a host, such as a ceiling. Therefore when
placing an air terminal, use a reflected ceiling plan view.

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Adding Ducts
Ducts and pipes can be drawn in plan, elevation/section, and 3D views.

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Duct Fittings
Fittings between changes of height or size are automatically applied as you model
the elements.

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Drawing Ducts

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PRACTICE TIME!

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 PART 3: PLUMBING SYSTEM

Topics:

• Adding plumbing fixtures and equipment.

• Adding Plumbing Pipes
• Modifying Plumbing Pipes
• Pipe Fittings and Accessories

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Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Equipment
When you start to create plumbing systems in a project, you typically start by adding
plumbing fixtures (and sometimes mechanical equipment) and then network them
together using pipes.

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Mechanical Equipment (Plumbing)
Mechanical Equipment for plumbing includes various water heaters, pumps, and
water filters. Mechanical equipment families are set up through Properties and
have connectors

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Plumbing Fixtures
Plumbing fixtures include water closets, sinks, lavatories, bathtubs, drains,
drinking fountains and many more. Depending on the type of fixture, there
are connectors for sanitary and domestic hot and cold water pipes.

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Adding Plumbing Pipes
The pipes in a system connect plumbing fixtures together and indicate how the
network is laid out. You can draw the pipes independently or using connectors in
the fixtures. Fittings are automatically added in some cases, but you can also add
and modify fittings.

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Modifying Plumbing Pipes
Plumbing pipes can be modified using a variety of standard and specialty tools,
such as changing rigid pipes to flexible ones, adding insulation, and modifying the
justification of pipes.

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Pipe Fittings & Accessories
One of the challenges about working with plumbing is specifying the correct pipe
fitting or accessory and verifying that it is working as expected. For example, if a
fitting is facing the wrong direction you can use (Flip) to switch it.

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Capping Open Ends
You can cap the open end of a pipe by right-clicking on the end control and
selecting Cap Open End.
Alternatively, if you have more than one opening on the ends of a run, in the
Modify contextual tab>Edit panel, click (Cap Open Ends). The caps are applied
and a warning displays telling you the number of caps applied.

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Changing the Slope
To change the slope of a pipe, select it and modify the Edit Slope control. You can also
click (Slope) to open the Slope Editor. The controls are available in plan or
section/elevation views.

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Adding Insulation
You can add insulation to pipes which displays in plan as a thin line
outside of the pipe

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PRACTICE

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PART 4: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

TOPICS:

• About Electrical Systems

• Placing Electrical Components
• Creating Electrical Circuits
• Adding Wires
• Adding Cable Trays and Conduit
• Setting up Panel Schedules

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About Electrical Systems
Electrical systems in Revit software are circuits consisting of devices, lighting
fixtures, and other electrical equipment. They are elements in a project and
are added to the model using the tools in the Ribbon. There can be different
types of electrical plan views based on the type of information required. A
typical electrical view plan might display power, systems, or lighting layouts

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Placing Electrical Components
There are many different types of electrical components that can be added to a model.
Components consist of panels, transformers, switches, receptacles, various
communication and safety devices, and lighting fixtures.

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Electrical Equipment
Electrical equipment includes panels and transformers, which can be placed either as
hosted or unhosted components. Panels are typically hosted onto a wall, surface or
flush mount, and a transformer could be placed anywhere including ceiling hung. Other
electrical equipment includes motor control centers, switchboards, and generators.

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Electrical Devices
Electrical devices include a variety of devices, including receptacles, switches,
telephone/communication/data terminal devices, junction boxes, nurse call devices,
wall speakers, starters, smoke detectors, and fire alarm manual pull stations.

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Lighting Fixtures
Most lighting fixtures are face-based components, and are therefore placed on a ceiling
or on a wall.

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Working with Lighting Fixtures
If the architect deletes the ceiling and puts a new one in the linked model, the
hosted lighting fixtures are orphaned and do not move with changes in the
ceiling height. A warning box opens when you reload the linked model or
reopen the MEP project.

Some firms add reference planes and place the hosted families on them instead
of in the ceiling. This gives them control over the height of the families. If the
architect moves the ceilings up or down, the engineer adjusts the height of the
reference plane to match.

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Creating Electrical Circuits
Once you have placed the electrical equipment, devices, and lighting fixtures into the
model, you need to create the electrical system (circuit) from these components.
Circuits connect the similar electrical components to form the electrical system. Once
the electrical system is created, you can then add, remove, or modify any of the
components.

Circuits can be created for power, lighting, switches, data, telephones, fire alarms,
nurse call or security systems, and controls. The process is similar no matter which
type of circuit you are creating.

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Adding Wires
Wiring is typically schematic, frequently used in wiring plans. You can create wires
once you have added circuits.

Wires stay connected if you move a fixture, adjusting to the new location.
Add conduits or cable trays to show the exact location where the wires will run.
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Adding Cable Trays and Conduit
Cable tray and conduit, hold electrical wiring either for power or data. The wiring that
connects electrical equipment, devices, and lighting fixtures is schematic.

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Cable Tray and Conduit With and
Without Fittings
The process of placing cable tray and conduit is the same whether you select a type
with fittings (separate elbows and tees) or a type without fittings (in the field the
elements are bent to create curves and bends). In both cases, the software adds fitting
components, but the one with fittings includes options to create tees and crosses. The
type without fittings does not.

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Creating Parallel Conduit Runs
The Parallel Conduits tool facilitates the creation of conduit runs parallel to an existing
run. This saves time because only one run needs to be laid out, and the tool generates
the parallel runs for you.

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PART 5: CREATING CONSTRUCTION
DOCUMENTS
TOPICS:

• Working with dimensions

• Adding Detail Lines and Symbols
• Adding Tags
• Creating Legends
• Setting Up Detail Views
• Schedules
• Setting Up Sheets
• Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets
• Printing Sheets

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Working with dimensions
You can create permanent dimensions using aligned, linear, angular, radial, diameter,
and arc length dimensions. These can be individual or a string of dimensions. With
aligned dimensions, you can also dimension entire walls with openings, grid lines,
and/or intersecting walls.

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Adding Detail Lines and Symbols
While annotating views for construction documents, you might need to add detail
lines and symbols to clarify the design intent or show information, such as the life
safety plan exit information.

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Using Symbols
Symbols are 2D elements that only display in one view, while components can be in
3D and display in many views.
Many of the annotations used in working drawings are frequently repeated. Several
of them have been saved as symbols in the Autodesk Revit software, such as the
North Arrow, Center Line, and Graphic Scale annotations.

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Adding Tags
Tags identify elements that are listed in schedules. Door and window tags are
inserted automatically if you use the Tag on Placement option when inserting the
door or window or other elements. You can also add them later to specific views as
required. Many other types of tags are available in the Revit software, such as wall
tags and furniture tags.

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Creating Legends
A legend is a separate view in which you can list the symbols used in your project and
provide explanatory notes next to them. They are typically in a table format. Legends
can include a list of all annotation symbols you use in your working drawings, as well
as a list of materials, or elevations of window types used in the project.

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Setting Up Detail Views
Most of the work you do in Revit software is exclusively with smart elements that
interconnect and work together in the model. However, the software does not
automatically display how elements should be built to fit together. For this, you need
to create detail drawings, as shown in Figure 15–1.

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Working with Schedules
Schedules extract information from a project and display it in table form. Each
schedule is stored as a separate view and can be placed on sheets. Any changes you
make to the project elements that affect the schedules are automatically updated in
both views and sheets.

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Setting Up Sheets
While you are modeling a project, the foundations of the working drawings are
already in progress. Any view (such as a floor plan, section, callout, or schedule) can
be placed on a sheet.

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Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets
The process of adding views to a sheet is simple. Drag and drop a view from the
Project Browser onto the sheet. The new view on the sheet is displayed at the scale
specified in the original view. The view title displays the name, number, and scale of
the view.

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Printing
With the Print command, you can print individual sheets or a list of selected sheets.
You can also print an individual view or a portion of a view for check prints or
presentations. To open the Print dialog box in the Application Menu, click (Print).

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