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Fabrication names in Revit

nwhAF69C — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:21:25 GMT

Hi.
Im totally new to MEP Fabrications but I wanna try start using them, the problem is my company have rules on how to name all the items in the model.

So my guestion is can i change the type name in Revit 2023?

I tried to follow a tutorial:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fabrication-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-rename-Fabrication-Items-in-Revit.html
But when i open the Product info editor it cant find any files called "prodinfo" to open (step number 4).

I tried calling the Autodesk support team in my country but they say they dont use Fabrication so they dont know, please anyone help.
Is it even possible, am i waisting my time on something you cant do?

Re: Fabrication names in Revit

k_speropoulos — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:09:14 GMT

As far as I know, this can't be done. Fabrication content doesn't behave the same way as Revit Families.

Re: Fabrication names in Revit

MOatman — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:20:09 GMT

You can change the name with the information you have already found.

I also think Revit has changed at some point and the fab part names are derived from the ITM name in the fabrication database now. I can't find reference to it but I'm pretty sure I saw that in the release notes somewhere.

You need to open / load Fabrication CADMEP into Autocad and edit the parts from there.

You will be able to see services and parts.

Draw something and type FOLDERS.

It will open a panel showing parts. Right click and rename one.

You would then need to get the newly named part into the service.

Not hard but quite a few steps.

Here is a piece of it:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fabrication-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Fabrication-UsersGuide/files/GUID-35E69F58-D372-49AB-AE35-B42D5D15D01F-htm.html

Re: Fabrication names in Revit

k_speropoulos — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:24:13 GMT

if you look at the original post, he is looking to change the TYPE name of a Fabrication part in Revit. You can change "family" name of a Fabrication part but you can't change the "type" name.