topic Re: Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication? in Fabrication CADmep Forum

Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication?

sahin.ikbal — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:14:57 GMT

I'm trying to make a automation regarding "couplings" in fabrication objects (in Revit).

Where I need to get all the couplings available in current project, but I could not find any particular property or method that can confirm its a coupling.

After a lot of manual work I found that in all of my local available fabrication databases every duct coupling's CID no is 522 and for pipe coupling its 2522.

Is that something from which I can be sure that particular item is a coupling?

Re: Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication?

dyoung — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:49:14 GMT

That will get you close but there's no guarantee it's a coupling. What is a coupling? Is an adaptor a coupling? How about a reducing coupling? Or reducing adaptor?

This is where ServiceTypes come in handy but most don't build out their list of ServiceTypes intentionally, they just add a few and leave what's default. I typically make all my own servicetypes and "Coupling" is one of them so it's easy to identify.

Re: Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication?

sahin.ikbal — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 05:23:30 GMT

Hey @dyoung,

Thanks for clarifying in the first part, But the second part I could not understand as I know "service type" only gives information as below. Could you please re-elaborate on that point?

Re: Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication?

craigjonnson — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:28:13 GMT

Step 1. Within the Service type, you can create custom types. i.e. Coupling.
Step 2. Edit the ITM > Select the TAB names "Item" Set the "Service Type" to Coupling.

Re: Does all couplings have same Custom ID (CID) in cadMEP Fabrication?

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:52:09 GMT

Craigjohnson, but there is no ITM under Service type in the image above. Where is the ITM?