Hi,
We have been tasked with providing external drainage, manholes etc etc as part of an ongoing Revit project. I should mention that we have had no formal training in how to use the software.
From our initial review the software seems more suited to internal architecture, structural and m & e aspects of projects rather than external civils.
Our client is insisting that the infomration is provided in Revit. Reading previous forums etc it would appear that Revit is not really suited for what we are being asked to provide.
Building the information into revit requires us to make up our own blocks, families etc as the Revit library has very little suitable infomration.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
Hello Steven,
What software are you using at this moment for similar project with drainage and manholes?
Did you asked your client why he insists to have all the information in Revit?
What is the detail level of the objects that you model? What I mean by that is do you have to model every Pipe and Pipe Fitting and Manhole the way it is in the real world or is a generic object good enough?
How detailed is your current content at this moment? Can you show us some pictures of the content you use now and what you want to have in your Revit Library?
One of the nice thing in Revit is that you can create all kinds of parametric objects (families).
With one manhole family you could create lots of variations of them in your project or pre-defined in your library.
But yes, you have to create the families first.
In Revit MEP it is possible to model sloped pipe runs that you connect to the manholes.
Hi Robert,
Thanks for getting back to me. We are using a software package called Key Terra Firma for our general 3D terrain modelling but not really carried out much detailing of the drainage in 3D yet. We do have copies of AutoCAD Civils 3D but have not used it previously.
We are not sure why the client has asked for all the information in Revit format and it could be that they are actually not sure what they are asking for.
It is our understanding that they want a Revit file containing Architectural, M & E, Structural and Civil information contained within a single file. When they open the file they expect to see all the elements having intelligent prperties to define pipework, steelwork, manholes, gullies, gas, electric etc etc.
When we import information from our modelling package or Civils 3D the intelligence for the elements is lost.
We are not convinced that Revit is the appropriate software for providing this information. Revit seems more suited to Architectural, Structural and M & E works.
Regards
Steve
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