Revit for Plumbing Design and Fundamentals

Name: Revit for Plumbing Design and Fundamentals
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Create a Plumbing Template for new Revit Projects from scratch. Learn the fundamental basics of Revit.

Created byKen Morris

Last updated 2/2025

English

What you'll learn

How to setup a Plumbing Template for creating a Plumbing Project. Creating the Pipe System Types, the fittings etc for a working Template
Sloping Pipe and Autosizing Piping using Revit Families
Creating Tags and Sizing PIpe Automatically
Creating Sheets, views, risers and enlarged Plans
New to Revit, this will teach you a lot of basic most used tools. Will be adding more content for basic Revit use.

Course content

3 sections • 20 lectures • 6h 57m total length

Visibility Graphics and the use of Tab21:25
Copy and Monitor Levels from the background. The main tool Visibility Graphics and the use of the Tab key for Identifying Objects.
Create Pipe Types and Pipe Systems such as hot and cold water, sanitary and vent1:21:50
This is the start and complete tutorial on how to start a new Plumbing Template that has all the resources you need to start a Plumbing Project in Revit. The following videos after this is the use of the template and how to draw a plumbing system, create a titleblock etc for a complete plumbing set.
Create new Project from the Template3:37
Saving the template and creating a new project from it.
Drafting Plumbing Part 119:01
Draw plumbing piping based on size and elevation.
Drafting Plumbing Part 216:35
Drafting plumbing to a restroom using the Pipe Systems and Pipe Types created from Lecture 1. How to change the elevation of a pipe and what the view range means to the pipe we draw in a view.
Piping a Restroom and the use of the Connect Into Tool.7:31
Demonstrating the use of Revit and piping up a restroom. How to manipulate a 3D view to view the piping arrangement.
Drafting and Plumbing Worksets8:24
Use of Worksets

Setting a Background to a linked view so that it matches the Architectural13:52
Setting a background to a linked View so that it matches what the Architectural background shows. Items like detail lines and text are view specific. Setting a view to a linked view will show all of these items.
Replace an existing background with a cleaned up background13:21
The lecture is about cleaning up a background of unwanted items for use. Will show how to create an enlarged plan using callouts.
View Templates for floor plans.22:58
How to create and use View Templates.
Clean up a background for Use.6:14
How to clean up a background for use if it has objects in it that you either want to show or hide.

Adding a slope amount to revit2:27
This will show you how to add a slope amount like 1/16" = 1' to the template.
Sloping PIpe and how to connect to fixtures41:16
This will show you how to slope pipe in Revit
Auto Pipe Sizing - How to check the plumbing fixture family and pipe Legends42:05
Show you how to use Revit plumbing fixture families to Autosize the domestic water pipe. How to create and use Pipe Legends to verify the pipe sizing is sized properly per your local code.
Creating a pipe tag.14:37
Show you how to create a pipe tag and how to add fields to the tag to display the information you want to show.
8 Items to look for to have items show up in a view9:50
This is the 8 or so Revit items to look at when you want something to show in a view.
Adding Insulation to Pipe19:40
This will show you how to add insulation to your pipe and fittings using a schedule.
View Range and why to not put the view range in a View Template24:33
This will show why you should not put in a View Template the view range.
Creating a titleblock from scratch.21:09
Show you how to create a titleblock from scratch.
Create a Riser, tagging the pipe and placing the views on a sheet.27:23
Show how to create a Plumbing Riser. Tagging the pipe and placing the views on the titleblock and adjusting the view title.

Requirements

There is no pre-requisite. I walk through the use of revits basics to how to draw pipe and create the piping systems.

Description

This course is geared to show a Plumbing Designer Professional how to create the Plumbing Template to create a Plumbing Project and the most used Fundamental Revit tools to create a Plumbing set. Even if you are a beginner at Revit this course is all you will need to get going to designing Plumbing in Revit. This course covers any version of Revit not just 2025.

Learn how to setup an Autodesk Revit Plumbing Template with Pipe Types and creating the Piping Systems.
Setting up Sanitary, Vent, Domestic Water and use this knowledge to setup the other Plumbing Systems.
Setup the basic settings of Revit for your country.
How to use and create filters to make plans like Domestic Water Plans, Sanitary and Vent plans.
How to create Text Sizes and how they work and use different sizes and looks.
How to create Pipe Tags for Pipe Sizes, system, Abbreviations.
How to create Sheets and place views on a sheet including the sheet index.
How to use Worksets and what to look for when wanting to show or hide something from the background.
How to slope pipe, add a missing slope amount and create enlarged plans.
How to use Revit families to Autosize your Domestic Water Piping system.
How to create a Title block from scratch including the Sheet Title, Sheet Number, Drawn by, Checked by and Revision History.

Who this course is for:

Plumbing design professionals that are fairly new to Revit or looking for additional resources to set up their plumbing template.

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Creating a Plumbing Template - How to make Pipe Systems and Pipe Types7 lectures • 2hr 38min

Background Use, visual manipulation and cleaning it up for use.4 lectures • 56min

Advance Piping Techniques9 lectures • 3hr 23min

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