Ultimate HVAC design with Revit MEP (PART2)

Explore how to set up a Revit MEP hvac project, using the project browser and properties, and link architectural CAD layouts with origin by origin.

Copy and monitor the linked revit project to start your first HVAC design, tracking level changes. Use floor plan and reflected ceiling plan views to insert floors and ceilings.

Move ceilings and floors from coordination to etch vac and plumbing disciplines, then draw and adjust ducts in Revit MEP with proper view, scale, and detail level settings.

Control hvac ceiling visibility graphics by isolating plumbing and electrical elements, and create view templates from the current view to apply consistent settings across multiple ceilings.

Learn how to manage linked file visibility graphics in Revit, copy and monitor grids, and control grid visibility independently with host view, linked view, or custom options.

Explore how HVAC projects coordinate with architectural linked files in Revit, review copied grids and levels, and perform coordination actions and reporting within the coordination review tools.

Learn to manage Revit linked files in a mechanical project, handle missing links after renaming, and use overlay or attachment references with absolute or relative paths.

Explore the view control toolbar in Revit, set view skill values, choose detail levels, switch visual styles, and manage sun path, shadows, and crop regions.

Learn to use Revit's visual control tools to hide or isolate elements, reveal hidden elements, and manage temporary view properties and analytical mode for HVAC layouts and constraints.

Discover the selection control toolkit in Revit MEP, covering select link, select underlay elements, and select by face. Learn drag-on-selection and how selections adapt across levels for HVAC CAD links.

Create Revit views linked to architectural levels, using floor plan and reflected ceiling plan to design HVAC and organize MEP models.

Create and manage HVAC reflected ceiling plan views in Revit, setting ground and first floor elevations, and apply a mechanical view template to control display, visibility graphics, and detail level.

Explore how view discipline and subdiscipline control visibility and display in revit, with fixed disciplines and customizable subdisciplines that organize hvac, plumbing, lighting and other systems.

Explore how view range uses horizontal planes to control visibility in plans, detailing bottom limit, view depth, top limit, and primary versus depth ranges in floor and reflected ceiling plans.

Learn to control visibility in a reflected ceiling plan by adjusting the view range in Revit, including top, bottom, view depth limits, and cut plan.

Apply the view range to the first floor plan by adjusting bottom level, top offset, cut limit, and view depth to control duct visibility.

Utilize plan region to manage dual-height areas during hvac design, creating separate view ranges within the same floor plan and keeping first and second floor work distinct.

Learn how to create and configure a scope box in Revit, including drawing borders, naming, crop view, annotation crop, and displaying or hiding borders for floor plans.

Adjust Revit project units for HVAC and piping, then automatically create and name spaces, differentiating them from architectural rooms for MEP analysis and outputs.

Explore modeling HVAC in Revit MEP by adding loadable air terminals and mechanical equipment, configuring duct and system type information, and using hosted and non hosted diffusers on suspended ceilings.

Learn to insert air terminals on ceilings with the place on workplan method using a temporary reference plan. Switch to the actual suspended ceiling by picking the new ceiling.

Learn how to insert rectangular ducts, manage size lists, add or remove dimensions, and control automatic sizing, elbows, and angles in Revit MEP settings.

Master duct template settings in Revit MEP, including rectangular duct templates, routing preferences, junction types, and applying changes to existing duct systems.

Design and analyze an hvac project in revit by examining the building's two office floors, roof, and shafts to create risers and voids for ductwork, ahu, and chiller placement.

Create a mechanical Revit project from the mechanical template, link the architectural model, copy and monitor levels, and generate floor and ceiling plan views using HVAC templates.

Create and name floor-space groups, automatically place spaces, and mark unconditioned areas for hvac analysis; define two zones AHU01 and AHU02, apply a color legend, and set true north.

Perform cooling and heating loads analysis in Revit for two zones AHU01 and AHU02, configuring building type, location, weather data, envelope, hvac system, and a detailed report.

Design hvac zones by calculating thermal loads for cooling and heating, review the zone and ahu summaries, and update space tags to display name, number, and supply airflow.

Design and place hosted supply air terminals and diffusers in an administrative building using Revit MEP, assign airflow per space, and adjust visibility to ceilings.

Design supply and return air terminals in Revit MEP for an administrative building, assign CFM values to offices and conference rooms, and distribute diffusers in the large reception area.

design the return air terminals for the second zone of the administrative building, assigning one terminal per office. deploy two terminals in the conference room, each at 385 cfm.

Design a duct template in Revit MEP for the admin building, configuring fittings and angles to minimize pressure drop and create zone-based supply, return, and fresh air ducts.

Describe the supply duct routing in Revit MEP from the AHU shaft to air terminals, using rectangular mains, round galvanized branches, pebbled Y takeoffs, and flexible duct length rules.

Continue supply duct routing on the first floor by raising the rectangular duct above the suspended ceiling to three meters and connecting round and flexible ducts to air terminals.

Extend main duct to the shaft and raise the riser to the roof, connecting air terminals in the supplying ducting system. Cap open ends, check disconnects, and sectionalize for sizing.

Learn to size supply air ducts in Revit MEP using friction and velocity limits, set branch sizing, unify justification, and add balancing dumpers to control airflow.

Analyze duct static pressure and pressure loss with system inspector to identify the red critical path, then verify acceptance using the pressure loss report against the AHU external static pressure.