Inside the System

Upgrade Your Project from 2012 and Get Loopy!

Revit 2013 introduces a new Arrow Style for Loops, though it may not be immediately obvious how to use it in an upgraded project.

1. On the Manage tab > Settings panel > Additional Settings > select Arrowheads
2. Select any of the types, and click Duplicate...
3. Name the duplicate Loop, or something suitable, and then click OK twice.
4. Now, select a tag with a leader in a view (such as the Pipe Size Tag).
5. On the Properties Palette, click Edit Type.
6. Click Duplicate...
7. Name the new type 'Pipe Size Tag with Loop', and click OK.
8. Set the Leader Arrowhead to Loop (or whatever you named it in step 3.)
9. Click OK.

Your pipe tag now has a loop leader.

Solar Computer now supports Revit MEP

Solar Computer recently announced their ability to import and export information from Autodesk Revit MEP for building, radiators, heat piping, ventilation, drinking water, and waste water. It includes automatic resizing of pipes, ducts, and fittings, as well as automatic placement of radiators underneath windows.

Solar Computer provides building HVAC and energy efficiency calculations for AutoCAD MEP and Autodesk Revit MEP software. You can find out more about Solar Computer and check them out at http://www.solar-computer.co.uk/.

Windows Vista Compatability

Beginning January 1, 2012, Autodesk will have formally ceased support of the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System for all new (and upgraded versions) of its products and services released in 2012.

Currently shipping versions and previous versions of our software (delivered prior to January 1, 2012) will continue to be supported on this operating system.

Windows XP & 7 are still supported.  See the following link for more 

http://autode.sk/xY3PHO

Autodesk Revit MEP 2012 Update 2 is now available

All,

I am pleased to announce the release of Web Update 2 for Autodesk Revit MEP 2012, which is available via Live Update in the product or on Autodesk.com at http://www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download.

The update can be applied to all languages of Autodesk Revit MEP 2012. We are still in the process of updating the various download pages for each language, but you can download the update from the English page in the meantime.

A list of the enhancements can be found on the download page.
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/Enhancements_List_RME_2012_UR2.pdf

Regards,
David Pothier

Revit MEP Product Manager

Autodesk Revit MEP 2012 is now available

All,

I am pleased to announce the release of Autodesk Revit MEP 2012, which is available on the Subscription Center and will be available soon on Autodesk.com at http://www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download.

Just like last year, this release includes lots of new functionality specific to MEP and also lots of great platform enhancements that I’m sure you will appreciate.

At this time only the English version is available. The localized versions will be released over the next several months.

Major new functionality includes new customizable system types, the ability to add duct and pipes to systems without connections to equipment, improved system browser functionality, graphical warnings, disconnect graphics, parallel conduit and parallel pipe tools, new placeholder ducts and pipes, tagging of 3D views and more.

For a list of new features, please go here.

Regards and enjoy,

__________________
David Pothier
Product Manager,
Revit MEP

EastCoast CAD announces new MEP Fabrication software for Revit MEP

See the following announcement from EastCoast CAD on their new MEP Fabrication software that will extract Revit Duct systems into the ECC fabrication solution.

http://www.eccadcam.com/news/news/2010/11.30.10_Revit_MEP_fabrication.shtml

Autodesk Revit MEP 2011 Update 2 is now available

All,

I am pleased to announce the release of Update 2 for Autodesk Revit MEP 2011, which is available via Live Update in the product or on Autodesk.com at http://www.autodesk.com/revitmep-download.

The update can be applied to all languages of Autodesk Revit MEP 2011. We are still in the process of updating the various download pages for each language, but you can download the update from the English page in the meantime.

A list of the enhancements can be found on the download page, or you can click here for an English version of the list.


Regards,

__________________
David Pothier
Product Manager,
Revit MEP

Workset Visibility in Revit 2011

Has this ever happened to you? 

"Frankly, I’m annoyed by having to turn on my workset every time I create a new view. "

When a workset is created, there is an option to make it not visible by default.  If you've run into the scenario above, this box was unchecked when the workset was created. 

One work-around is to create a new workset that is 'Visible in all views', and then delete the original workset.  When you delete a workset that contains elements, you have to option to move those elements to another workset, so you can move them to the newly created workset.  However, be aware that when you do this, those elements may be visible in views where they weren't previously visible (assuming their category is visible in those views).  So, you may need to 'clean up' after yourself, to turn off the worksets where they're not needed.

New in 2011 is the ability to change your mind about the workset visibility default.  In the worksets dialow, there is a new column titled 'Visible in all views' where you can toggle this setting.

This setting is then tied to the 'Use Global Setting' option in a view's visibility graphic overrides settings.  The Global Setting will indicate Visible or Not Visible as appropriate.  You also have the options of Show and Hide as in previous releases.

I have advised against unchecking the 'Visible in all views' option prior to 2011, because if a file had worksets marked as such, there was no way to turn on the worksets when linked into a host model.  However, now with 2011, you have the ability to control the visiblity of worksets in linked files.

 
However, I would still advise to exercise judgement when making something not visible by default.  Consider a scenario where roof drains are on a workset marked not visible in all views in the architectural model.  The plumbing designer, not knowing any better, doesn't go looking for roof drains in toggled off worksets.. he just expects to see them if they exist in the project.  IMO, it is better to have things visible, then turned off by the 'view owner' if/when not needed.

Better control of workset visibility, especially for linked files, is a great enhancement in Revit 2011. 

Hotfix for Revit MEP 2010 Available - Circuits Lost When Synchronizing With Central

This is to notify all Revit MEP 2010 users that a hotfix has been provided to deal with an issue where circuit data was lost or modified when users performed a save to central.

The link and instructions for the hotfix can be found on the Autodesk website here:  http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL15282292

This is to notify all Revit MEP 2010 users that a hotfix has been provided to deal with an issue where circuit data was lost or modified when users performed a save to central.

The link and instructions for the hotfix can be found on the Autodesk website here:  http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL15282292

Space naming utility available for Revit MEP 2011 on Subscription Center

The space naming utility has been updated and is now available for Revit MEP 2011 on the Subscription Center for subscription customers.

The Space Naming Utility for Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2011 software is an intuitive tool that automatically assigns the names and numbers from architectural rooms to Revit MEP spaces. By downloading the Space Naming Utility for Revit MEP 2011 software, you can eliminate the need to manually assign names to the spaces, helping save time and simplifying your workflow.