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Revit OpEd: Measure Between Two References

Revit OpEd

Not much of a catch but there is no equivalent floor in this case. If there was a floor there Id just check the properties of the floor. you could sketch your own a floor around the perimeter pretty quickly. For my money, Id probably favor a floor. Steve - Have you considered mass floors? ► 2006.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). Engineers dont generally do reflected plans so Revit made it easier to generate regular floor plans that show their elements in a way they expect to see them.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

It would be more appropriate to create the ledge with a slab edge applied to the floor slab and then the brick veneer pulled down to the ledge.much like the order of construction would have it happen anyway. Revit MEP Electrical Calculations. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5).

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Content Folders

Revit OpEd

Revit MEP users are used to all the electrical content being located under a single folder and then broken down by usage. Now well find Electrical and Lighting and these are further broken down by Architectural and MEP. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14).

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Yurts: Living in.

Natural Building

Yurts: Living in the Round was published in 2006 by Gibbs Smith, and is the definitive source of information about anything to do with yurts. Because of this.long roof spans are possible without any internal support system (like posts, trusses, or beams). They chew on everything in the yurt, including the wooden floor.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

Floors Retail. Floors Condos. Floors Rental. Floors Residential. Floors Examination Rooms. Floors Laboratories. Linked Files - Electrical (Revit). I may not want a water heater visible in my HVAC floor plan and the plumbing views probably dont want to see a condensing unit in them. Wing South.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

Area plans could help document such things but then floor plans would be "ignorant" of what these kinds of "areas" are, no tagging possible, just "dumb text". A zone would wrap up the spaces that are served by a single system as you described. Revit MEP Electrical Calculations. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14).