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New RMEP User, need assistance with pipes & new items

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MikeSavko6811
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New RMEP User, need assistance with pipes & new items

Hello everyone. My company recently purchased the Building Design Suite Premium so we have all 3 Revit's in a "box." I'm focusing mostly on the MEP side of things. Anywho, the background that I have is a 4-day training class for RMEP that was pretty much just the intro into the software and taught how to do layout, run piping and fittings, change some things here and there, set up sheets, etc. Now that I'm into the software back at the office, there are some things that I'm unsure of how to do.

 

First of all, when I took the class, they already had copper sweat fittings and pipe loaded into the software. I've got 2013 and though there is Copper Type L, M, K pipes in there, the fittings don't exist. They aren't availabe on Seek either, just the press-fit connections. I've downloaded the press-fits and managed to get them to work in here, but what's weird is the copper Type L pipe doesn't seem to match up to the size of the fittings, nor does it share the same copper color that the fittings have. If I do a 1" run, the pipe is bigger in diameter than that of the fittings, and it looks gray as if it were just the generic or steel pipe. I'm not sure where the look-up table exists for these pipes and how to make proper changes.

 

The second issue is I'm in need of making strut (uni-strut, 1-5/8" x 1-5/8") for building rack systems. Here is the link to a .pdf of the size we are using: http://www.powerstrut.com/ps200pdf/ps200.pdf . I'm clueless as to how to actually give this profile some intelligence and be able to draw it in lengths as if it were a piece of channel or angle like what the software comes with. I drew the profile in CAD and thought maybe importing the sketch would work best, but again, I never had schooling on this part.

 

If anyone has answers to these questions, links to other threads, or YouTube videos for any of this, it'd be appreciated. Thanks!

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Message 21 of 24
CVMN0501
in reply to: MikeSavko6811

Regarding the attached image. You can solve this issue by replacing the Lookuptables for RMEP 2013 Pipe with the Lookuptables for RMEP 2012. It was very annoying at first, but once it is replaced, everything will be fine. Somebody please give him a copy of said Lookuptables for RMEP 2012.

Message 22 of 24
MikeSavko6811
in reply to: CVMN0501

So I'm at the point where the pipe and fittings are solved. No problem left here.

 

The remaining problem is the strut. I drew the profile in CAD, imported it, brought the line work over into Revit and did the extrusion. I'm not able to figure out how to make it into an object similar to any of the structural steel already in the software. For instance, when you draw a piece of channel, it gets placed just like you would draw a piece of pipe. Click once to begin, and click again to end once you've achieved your length. The strut I made just plops into the model and then I'd have to edit the length after the fact. The other issue with this piece is I can only rotate it about it's vertical axis. If I make a work plane elsewhere other than the very bottom (XZ plane), it won't allow me to rotate it. Makes this very frustrating knowing that if I were in CAD, I could simply draw a 1-5/8" square box, stretch to length, change the UCS and rotate any which way I want in the amount of time it took me to type this post. Any hints?

Message 23 of 24
jseck
in reply to: RandMan

I don't have any experience using those particular fittings. Are you sure the correct lookup table for those fittings is in your lookup table folder? To find out, click one of the fittings, click Edit Family. In the family editor, go to Family Types and see what .csv file it is referencing and then make sure you have that file. Thank you, Jason Seck BIM Technical Specialist HNTB Companies 715 Kirk Drive Kansas City, Missouri 64105 Tel (816) 527-2741 Fax (816) 889-1253 www.hntb.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are NOT the intended recipient and receive this communication, please delete this message and any attachments. Thank you.
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Message 24 of 24

Not sure I saw this when scanning through these threads but template selection for the families is important.

If you want specific lengths and sizes of unistrut then a generic model template would be fine. If you want to be able to extrude the strut like a pie, then a line based generic template would work better for you.

As for colours - materials applied to pipe types can affect the colours as can colour applied by system types i.e. HWS is red in the OOTB templates typically

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