Revit MEP Essentials: Family Creation Workflows

Pluralsight

Course Summary

This course in intended to help those individuals who are creating their own Revit families. Whether it is the BIM manager to the engineer doing their own modeling. Software required: Revit 2016, AutoCAD 2016.

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Course Description

Are you still getting vendors that only supply AutoCAD files for their families? Or did you find that one off vendor that is creating their components in Inventor? Or better yet you want to manipulate the out of the box families to fit your needs? Well in this course, Revit MEP Essentials: Family Creation Workflows, you'll learn how to create native Revit families using the MEP connectors. First, you'll take that 2D AutoCAD drawing and convert that to a Revit family. Next, you'll take the Inventor file through the BIM exchange so you can use those files and save them as a RFA file. Finally, you'll also learn how to export the family types into a catalog to keep the file size down. By the end of this course, you'll have a great grasp of how to navigate and create your own content for your projects. Required Software: Revit 2016, AutoCAD 2016.

Course Description

Are you still getting vendors that only supply AutoCAD files for their families? Or did you find that one off vendor that is creating their components in Inventor? Or better yet you want to manipulate the out of the box families to fit your needs? Well in this course, Revit MEP Essentials: Family Creation Workflows, you'll learn how to create native Revit families using the MEP connectors. First, you'll take that 2D AutoCAD drawing and convert that to a Revit family. Next, you'll take the Inventor file through the BIM exchange so you can use those files and save them as a RFA file. Finally, you'll also learn how to export the family types into a catalog to keep the file size down. By the end of this course, you'll have a great grasp of how to navigate and create your own content for your projects. Required Software: Revit 2016, AutoCAD 2016.

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Course Syllabus

Course Overview
- 1m 23s

—Course Overview 1m 23s

System Families, Project Families, In-place Families
- 27m 52s

—Family Creation Introduction 1m 7s
—Families Explained 5m 16s
—Duct Types 2m 51s
—Conduit and Cable Trays 4m 1s
—Piping, Duct Systems, Walls 6m 42s
—Piping and Duct Systems 4m 49s
—In-place Families 3m 2s

Family Definitions
- 29m 40s

—Family Definitions 0m 29s
—Type vs. Instance Parameters 0m 54s
—Reference Planes vs. Reference Lines 3m 2s
—Symbolic Lines vs. Model Lines 1m 18s
—Revit Template Types 1m 59s
—Creation Tab 4m 34s
—Family Types Within the Family as Well as Catalog 9m 35s
—CSV Files for Fittings 3m 26s
—CSV Files 4m 19s

AutoCAD to Revit
- 28m 37s

—Cleaning up the AutoCAD File 3m 29s
—Starting the Boiler 11m 5s
—Finishing the Boiler 14m 2s

Family Creations from Submittal
- 23m 33s

—Reading and Understanding the PDF File 0m 47s
—Starting the VAV Family with Correct Template 0m 20s
—Working with Family Types 11m 51s
—Adding Schedule Information 4m 12s
—Schedules 1m 56s
—Adjusting Parameters for Schedules 4m 25s

Adding Final Touches to Revit Families
- 22m 53s

—VAV Box 14m 59s
—Adding 3D Model Tags 7m 33s
—Summary 0m 20s

OOTB Family Editing (Out Of The Box)
- 24m 32s

—Editing the CSV file 4m 26s
—OOTB Air Terminal Edits 4m 35s
—OOTB Pipe Tag Edits 3m 46s
—Creating Duct Tag for Lengths 2m 35s
—Creating New Section Heads per User 3m 20s
—Updating the Spot Elevation Tag 2m 0s
—Creating New View Titles 3m 48s

Inventor to Revit
- 10m 2s

—Opening Segment 0m 36s
—IPT File to Revit 3m 53s
—IAM File to Revit 4m 28s
—Closing Thoughts 1m 4s