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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVACie), released by the Engineer Research and Development Center for public review. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVACie), released by the Engineer Research and Development Center for public review. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

The essence of my response via email: HVAC Zones are meant to combine spaces into larger more coherent collections for engineering purposes. From the HVAC engineers perspective irrelevant but not from the clients or the architect trying to satisfy them. ► 2011. ► December 2011. (19). ► November 2011. (21).

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Who's Your Daddy? Logical Relationships in Revit MEP

Revit OpEd

This is an echo of a post from October 2011. Revit MEP elements, like electrical panels and receptacles or HVAC equipment and diffusers, have a Parent - Child relationship. In contrast the physical relationship is described with duct/pipe but there is no equal for electrical systems. Revit calls this a Logical Relationship.

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Acoustic Dimensions - AIM Workbench

Revit OpEd

While attending the BIMForum Winter 2011 sessions last week I heard two people speak regarding acoustics, Craig Janssen and Andrew Mitchell. This means that the acoustical information either didn't exist or that systems were not well connected. Adding the information to the parts wasn't really the hard part.

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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). A HVAC plan is different because most engineers want to see the highest duct masking lower ducts. ► 2011. ► December 2011. (19).

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ACboy.org Launches New Air Conditioner Reviews & Tips Website to Cool Off the Confused HVAC Market

U.S. Construction

Wanting to offer the latest air conditioner reviews, as well as handy HVAC tips – a team of HVAC writers has launched ACboy.org. Fukuoka, Japan (PRWEB) December 03, 2011. Aside from the site’s focus on air conditioning units, it will also offer tips and tricks for a myriad of HVAC systems, as well as a buyers guide.