I am easily distracted by shiny objects. This probably stems from the fact that I’m a visual person, but nonetheless I gravitate towards things that are visually interesting. This applies to when I use Revit MEP.
As a BIM tool, I need to understand what’s going on in the Revit MEP model, so like to set things up so they are visually represent what’s going on. There’s a couple of ways that I do this; View Filters and Color Fills. I’ll cover Color Fills in a later post, but today let’s go over View Filters.
View Filters
For those of you new to the Revit Platform, a Revit model is essentially a database made up of a bunch of Elements. These Elements are things like Walls, Ducts, Floors, Lights and Pipes, and are the most basic “things” that exist in a model. At its most basic level, Revit handles graphics based on the Category of an Element. Those of you used to AutoCAD probably just fell out of your chair; “no Layers you say?” Yep, no Layers.
I can define the appearance of an Element throughout the model by defining the graphical settings of its Category. In the MEP realm, this poses a problem. We always have multiple different Systems of the same Element Category. In order to apply a difference in graphical appearance for these systems, I use View Filters. Check out the video below to see learn more about this important functionality in Revit MEP.
Note: The embedded video below is actually 1024x768 resolution, so be sure to Right-Click->Zoom->Full Screen to see it in full clarity. The links are also included if you want to download the video file for later use.
I tried to capture the key points here about View Filters so you can achieve better graphical appearance of your Models inside of Revit MEP. I hope you found that information helpful. If you have feedback about how I can make these videos better shoot me a comment below.
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Cool video demonstration "Dr. Revit". I like the Urban House, but is that a Carrier system in there?
Posted by: NYC Revit MEP Freak | October 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM
Kyle,
I have received some of your video's before and I'm glad you're going to be posting more. Thanks for great content, in video form!!
Posted by: Dave Griffith | October 24, 2007 at 03:05 PM
Great work Kyle.
Posted by: Petar Todorov | October 28, 2007 at 05:57 PM
Nicely done! I am sure we all look forward to some more.
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