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Submitted byAnonymouson10-24-201708:02 AM
Status:
Gathering Support
Project and Field Formatting MBH Units
MBH is a standard unit of measurement for energy analysis and having it as an option as a native unit would simplify schedules by knocking off some unneeded zeros.
You can also report MBH from a calculated field that equals your actual capacity divided by 1,000 Btu/h. The data type for the calculated field needs to be Number. Then, either have a "working schedule" and a "document schedule" or just hide and unhide the actual capacity field as needed. Not very elegant, but it allows you to report MBH on paper and still have an accurate capacity in the model.
But, I agree, such workarounds should not be necessary to simply report MBH which is an industry standard unit for many equipment types. Not a lot of support for this one yet, but seems like it could be a quick fix.
@crapai I have two guesses at why this has so few votes still...
1) I think a small percentage of mechanical designers are trying to leverage the benefits of using actual units in their Revit data. Many aren't putting this data in anyway because they aren't using Revit schedules. Those that are using Revit schedules often just use a number data type for the fields they need.
2) An even smaller percentage of mechanical designers would take the time to to vote on a forum when their "work around's" get them by.
All great points. I'm wondering to what extent designers not using data leads to not caring about unit types verse having lackluster unit types leads to not using data.
