As we all know, performance is one of the key concerns when working with Revit MEP. Any method to increase the performance is invaluable, no matter how insignificant it may seem. With the release of Revit MEP 2011, another such method has been added. This is found in the Electrical Settings dialog.
Included in the new Load Calculations panel of the dialog is a control that allows you to turn off load calculations for spaces. Unchecking the “Run calculations for loads in spaces” checkbox will keep Revit from constantly updating these calculations and show the loads as “Not Computed” in the Properties dialog. As soon as the box is rechecked, the values will be calculated again.
When you upgrade a project to the 2011 version, this setting will be enabled*, so load calculation will be running. You should find an improvement after turning this off.
*Note that the setting will be disabled if you start a new project using a template that shipped with the 2011 release.
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What?!
This is Awesome!
I can't believe Autodesk added this ability. Did A'desk even know this was on the WishList? -- http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=118255
Why wasn't this listed anywhere as a new feature? We would have never found it buried under Electrical Settings. Our Elect designers have been looking into the Load Classification, etc., but they never realized how significant the Space Load calcs are because they don't use them. The Mech designers wouldn't look into the Electrical Settings to disable Space Load Calcs because they aren’t electrical.
Anyway; I’m glad this is here, but I’m surprised this wasn’t mentioned earlier!
Posted by: TRC | June 02, 2010 at 04:04 PM