Place mechanical equipment in Revit

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

MechanicalEquipment-2024.zip - (49 mb)

Transcript

00:03

When placing mechanical equipment components in Revit, you must first load the family or families you need from the library.

00:12

In this exercise, you load a centrifugal pump type and a base mounted pump type,

00:19

and then you will place one of the base mounted pumps into the model.

00:23

To load mechanical equipment families, on the Insert ribbon, in the Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family.

00:33

Now, in the Load Autodesk Family dialog, navigate to Mechanical MEP > Water-Side Components > Pumps.

00:44

Press and hold CTRL to select both Centrifugal Pump – Horizontal.rfa and Pump – Base Mounted.rfa.

00:56

Then, click Load.

00:58

Now that the families you need are loaded, it is time to place your mechanical equipment.

01:03

To do this, on the Systems ribbon, in the Mechanical panel, click Mechanical Equipment.

01:10

Then, expand the Type Selector and choose one of the Pump – Base Mounted types.

01:17

Next, in the Properties palette, make sure that Level is set to Ground Floor and Elevation from Level is 0.

01:26

Hover your cursor over the drawing area and note that the pump is attached to it.

01:31

You can press the SPACEBAR to rotate the pump in 90-degree increments.

01:36

Or hover your cursor over a line in the model and press the SPACEBAR to rotate it in increments that match the line angle.

01:45

Then, click to place the pump.

01:48

As you can see, placing mechanical equipment in Revit is simple,

01:52

as long as you remember to load the equipment family first.

01:57

You would use similar methods for air and duct system equipment.

Video transcript

00:03

When placing mechanical equipment components in Revit, you must first load the family or families you need from the library.

00:12

In this exercise, you load a centrifugal pump type and a base mounted pump type,

00:19

and then you will place one of the base mounted pumps into the model.

00:23

To load mechanical equipment families, on the Insert ribbon, in the Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family.

00:33

Now, in the Load Autodesk Family dialog, navigate to Mechanical MEP > Water-Side Components > Pumps.

00:44

Press and hold CTRL to select both Centrifugal Pump – Horizontal.rfa and Pump – Base Mounted.rfa.

00:56

Then, click Load.

00:58

Now that the families you need are loaded, it is time to place your mechanical equipment.

01:03

To do this, on the Systems ribbon, in the Mechanical panel, click Mechanical Equipment.

01:10

Then, expand the Type Selector and choose one of the Pump – Base Mounted types.

01:17

Next, in the Properties palette, make sure that Level is set to Ground Floor and Elevation from Level is 0.

01:26

Hover your cursor over the drawing area and note that the pump is attached to it.

01:31

You can press the SPACEBAR to rotate the pump in 90-degree increments.

01:36

Or hover your cursor over a line in the model and press the SPACEBAR to rotate it in increments that match the line angle.

01:45

Then, click to place the pump.

01:48

As you can see, placing mechanical equipment in Revit is simple,

01:52

as long as you remember to load the equipment family first.

01:57

You would use similar methods for air and duct system equipment.

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