Model Spaces not updated from “Analytical Spaces”

[dyp4f]

I am really wondering why Revit have us all MEP / HVAC Engineers and Designers creating “Analytical Spaces”, “Analytical Models”, “Analytical Energy Models“, etc. , since after all this lengthy and time consuming procedure, at the end, it does not allow for the real Spaces in the real Model to be updated from the “Analytical Spaces”.

All those much needed calculated data are there somewhere, but Spaces cannot take them automatically to be shown in the Properties window.

It’s like a long path missing the final critical step !

How we are supposed to correctly place equipment and air terminal families (having specific types, capacity and dimensions), inside Model Spaces which have in their Properties “Calculated Airflow=0” ? Guessing the sizes ?

If we have to guess the calculated numbers, or have to look at the “Analytical” cousin of each one of the Spaces, then something is very wrong in that specific Revit procedure…
...or maybe I am missing something basic here.

[m_clough]

there's not a direct workflow, but you can generate airflow values using a calculated value in the analytical space schedule.

another option is to use Dynamo to calculate the analytic space airflows and copy those values to the Specified Airflow space parameter.

[dyp4f]

Thanks for answering.

Using calculated values could be a possible workaround.

I just would like to know exactly what Revit programmers and developers have had in their mind, when they were about to introduce this analytical thing, eliminating the previous method.

Their supposed workflow is nowhere documented: no video, no help, no documentation, no webinar, explains how we suppose to transfer data from analytical spaces to spaces.

After all we need to work with spaces, to do our job.

We need space airflow data, to put air terminals and equipment.

Has anybody in Autodesk considered about that small practical detail ?