Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Missing Section Line

Sometimes the section line goes missing in the views, even though the Section itself is still there in the Project browser.Just like the image below the section line is missing.














But the section still appears in the browser.

















This is attributed to the properties of the Section, see the image. The parameter hide at scales coarser than.


If the vaule of the plan view is coarser than the set scale then the section line will not be visible.

In the following image the view's scale is set to the same scale of the section parameter( or can be finer).And note the section line is visible in the plan again.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Assign different materials for Pipes in RMEP

For very many times I have searched for  information on assigning different materials for pipes in Revit MEP. I did manage to do it eventually.
Usually you can assign materials for pipes using object styles in the Manage tab. This will apply a common material for all pipes.Just like the image below.



Lately  I have been working on a project that required me to present a rendered view, clearly showing different pipes with different materials.Say PVC pipes with PVC materials and Copper pipes Showing Copper materials.The Key to the whole plan is the GROUP tool.


Create the pipe runs, complete the various service thouroughly with the systems.Once it reaches a fair stage group the pipe runs separately. Like image shown beside.This may look a lot tedious but this is better than nothing I guess.

In the project Browser under groups select the pipe groups and use the save group tool and save as a separate RVT file .

Now open the individual files and assign materials for pipes, pipe accesories and pipe fitting as required.I have applied PVC white for PVC and copper polished for copper pipes.
ome back to the original file and the select an individual group, say PVC like in the image below.
the following  prompt appears and choose the command that says to replace with existing file.




Once the groups have been replaced change the view settings to show linked model's setting.
Bingo you have graduated see image below.

 
I hoped you enjoyed this one. Please share if you have anything better. Bye for now.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hi there Bimmers!



This one is for those Modelers using Revit Structure. A structural Technician wanted to get the surface Area quantity of the framing used in the model. Steel members did not carry the Surface area Parameter. The surface area information is important to understand the amount of coating required.

I worked out a simple example to acquire surface area by adding a surface area parameter on the element .The surface area parameter is a shared parameter.
 
Yes the surface area parameter is unique for that element and requires an equation involving other structural parameters.


The Parameter Surface Area =Length * (4 * bf + 2 * d - 2 * tw)

Once the parameter is added on the element, the available fields on th schedule for Structural framing updates with surface area.

               

Hope this was of some help.Bye for now.
AUGI AEC
Here is one for a starter.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Happy Bimming  !