Drawing plumbing

[BrianDroy5657]

Hi. I've just started to attempt to add pipes to sinks in an imported architectural rvt dwg. But every time I try, the sink goes orange and an error message appears talking about not being able to find an auto route. I can't get past this!

Any ideas? 🙂

[RobDraw]

Yes, but more information is needed in order to provide anything more than a guess.

[BrianDroy5657 · Accepted solution]

Hi there. Thanks for getting back to me.😊. I've attached 2 screen shots that I hope will explain things.

uld explain my difficulty

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

I didn't know you could connect to a linked fixture.  Copy monitor it in your project first.

[BrianDroy5657]

Hi again

The images I sent were actually from a simple attempt with a new dwg. I just drew in a wall and attempted to fit a simple sink with piping. Again. the "elevation from level" was greyed out and the orange thing happened again.

[Tommy_S · Accepted solution]

Have you checked that your piping family has a diameter 15 available? if not you need to add it in manage>mechanical settings.

Another thing is the connectors are vertical so revit wants a vertical pipe on them, instead of clicking on the connector and start drawing (horizontal) try to right-click one, choose draw from and change the elevation in the interactive menu and select apply. (don't click in the drawing!)

Another easy way to connect your sink is to first draw your main pipe horizontally below the sink or in the wall, then select the sink > click the "connect into" button and select the nearest pipe, revit will try to connect automatically like this. Disadvantage of this method is you don't have complete control on how the pipes are drawn.

Good luck!

[BrianDroy5657]

Thanks Tommy. Much appreciated. 🙂

[iainsavage]

Firstly, why have you marked two answers as solutions when they don't solve the problem?

If the connectors are coming off the bottom of the appliance then you need to draw the pipe from the connector, dropping vertically down before you turn out to horizontal. Or change the pipe elevation to be maybe 150mm/6" less than the connector elevation and the vertical pipe should insert.

If its not that then you need to check your pipe routing preferences to ensure that it includes elbows, transitions etc. 

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

Still not nearly enough information for a definitive answer.

Share that simple project that you set up for the screen shots. You'll have your answer soon afterwards.

[BrianDroy5657]

Hi. Thanks for your assistance. Well for what its worth. Here is my test project. It is in Architecture. I did a course on this and it all seemed so straight forward but now I seem to be falling at the first fence. 😞

I drew this basic set up to practice and yet when I insert an MEP sink, I can't set the elevation level. That's problem number one. I tried manually moving the sink but it won't budge up or down. 

[RobDraw]

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@BrianDroy5657 wrote:

I drew this basic set up to practice and yet when I insert an MEP sink, I can't set the elevation level. That's problem number one. I tried manually moving the sink but it won't budge up or down. 

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It is a face based family. It's meant to be mounted on something and the height of that host will control the height sink. You would be better off with a non-hosted sink if you want that kind of flexibility.

[BrianDroy5657]

Thanks for your response. I'm new to the forums. I clicked accepted solution twice as it appeared to be a way of acknowledging the kind responses and also to bring an end to my enquiry.

[RobDraw]

Why would you want to end it before you got a working solution and answers to your questions?

[BrianDroy5657]

The reason I have ended my enquiry is because I am now receiving assistance from my CAD provider. 

[RobDraw]

That's a fine way to say thank you to the people trying to help.

When you get a solution, share it here so others seeking help can find some here.

[iainsavage]

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@BrianDroy5657  schrieb:
Thanks for your response. I'm new to the forums. I clicked accepted solution twice as it appeared to be a way of acknowledging the kind responses and also to bring an end to my enquiry.

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The purpose of marking solutions is for the benefit of other users in the future who may encounter the same problem as you. It becomes confusing for those users if the marked solutions don’t actually solve the problem. If you want to just show appreciation you can click on the “like” button.

This is meant as positive feedback for you for the future, not as criticism, and please keep posting on the forum - you will almost certainly get the answer that you need if you give us enough information regarding your problem and you’ll probably get that answer quicker than from other sources.