Copy/Monitor of Lighting Fixtures, Plumbing Fixtures....

This is the first in a series of videos we will be posting to briefly demonstrate the key new functioanlities in Revit MEP 2011.

You can now Copy/Monitor lighting fixtures, plumbing fixtures, and air terminals from linked models allowing you to connect to architecturally placed components.  Copy/Monitor of Mechanical Equipment is also allowed, allowing you to circuit Mechanical Equipment when using separate Electrical and Mechanical models.

When you Copy/Monitor these components, when necessary, the components will be converted to face hosted.  For example, if an architect placed Ceiling Hosted lighting fixtures, when copied, they will become face hosted.  You can then modify the copies to add connectors, or modify the connector settings.

Click here for a brief overview in a Quick Time video.

Comments

[Tucker Anderson]

This short intro mentions plumbing, lights, mech, etc... What about specialty equipment? Hospitals and Labs are very equipment intensive. It would be nice to have this functionality also.

Our thought is we would be re-build the lab equip with connectors, that has all the information to help the designers and MEP engineers. Often it is the Arch team that could be placing the equipment.

[Dave Pothier]

For 2011, the functionality is limited to lighting fixtures, plumbing fixtures, mechanical equipment and air terminals. We wanted to start with the most common types of families that would benefit the MEP user. We will evaluate adding other types of families after we get feedback on how useful this feature is.

[Mark Mergenschroer]

Dave,

Does this pull all of the information from the linked model, that is needed for scheduling purposes?

[Dave Pothier]

I believe that any data that is on the item in the linked model is brought across as well.

[Brian]

I notice that this new feature is not avaialble in Revit Architecture.
From a Structural workflow point of view copy/monitor of floors, columns and walls are available in both Revit Architecture and Structure.
Do we know why this workflow is not allowed with lighting fixtures, plumbing fixtures, mechanical equipment and air terminals in Revit Architecture.
Lets face it the MEP engineer is going to first place the lighting, mechanical and air terminals. The Architect will then want to influence their exact position.