You should see the views for MEP models are created as below. Now we have a new MEP project to start the tutorial.Įxamine the Project Browser. This is the template provided by Autodesk for an MEP project.
If you don’t have that template on your computer, you can download it from this link. Navigate to the project template folder, choose file Systems-Default_Metric.rte. In the new project template file, click Browse... button. Alternatively, you can access it from Application Menu> New> Project. In the start page, click New… under Projects category. Let’s start by creating a new MEP project. Download and save it in your tutorial folder. You can download the architecture model here. I have prepared a simple architecture model to use in this tutorial. So we don’t open the architecture project and work in it. Architects can continue working with their own file, and MEP engineers can work with their own file. It is a good practice to have a separate file for MEP project. We will create a new project, then link the architecture model to our project. That’s why in this tutorial we don’t create a new architecture model from scratch.
MEP engineers usually use a building model from the architects. Or probably respond to you so that you can get the answer faster. I might not respond if you contact me directly. If you ask in the comment section, other readers who have a similar question can also read the answer. If you have some questions about the tutorial, please ask in the comment section. If you want to use the exercise files, you will need to use the same version. And the version that I use to make this tutorial is Revit 2017. Because you don’t use the measurement often. This tutorial is in metric, but it shouldn’t be a problem. I will guide each step you need to do to complete the tutorial.
This tutorial series is for basic, so you don’t need to have a Revit knowledge before. Finally, we could define the stair with a U-offset rung as a stair exactly the same as the previous one, but with more than two sections, so the rung compensation will occur in all section changes.This article is the first part of our Revit MEP tutorial. The second, offset "L" step in an L-shaped stair but with a different angle, offset steps are applied diagonally instead of placing the classic landing. The first one is commonly known as a spiral staircase, that is, a curved staircase in which we will have to indicate the radius of the staircase, as well as the entry and exit points of the staircase. However, Revit offers us three types of predefined stairs: "spiral through center and endpoints", "L-offset" and "U-offset" stair. As in the ramps, we can model them by sections and/or contour, the difference being exactly the same as that described in the previous section. In the case of stairs, as we have mentioned previously, we have to bear in mind that stairs are the most complex elements of Revit. Save this picture! Courtesy of GoPillar Academy The big difference between this ramp and contour-modeled ramps is that the route of the non-contour ramps will always have the same section, and in the second option, we can vary the section during its route. This process joins two levels by means of a curved or straight ramp, simply marking its route. The first of the two options – by section– turns out to be the simplest and most standard method. In the particular case of ramps, there are two clear ways to model them: by sections and by contour. However, these elements will probably be an aspect of modeling that will bring us the most difficulties in the project phase. Thanks to great advances in project modeling using BIM methodology and Revit software, these calculations can be made with greater ease. Do they comply with current regulations in my country? Do they adapt to the project standards? Will they be accurately calculated? It has always been difficult to avoid calculating the ramp’s slope, as well as the dimensions of the footprint and riser of the communication staircase between two floors of a building. One of the great difficulties we encounter with “classic” plan delineation methodologies are ramp and stair projections.