Autodesk Revit for Mechanical Design

Getting Started

• Course overview
• Get the software

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Modeling for mechanical design

• Add mechanical equipment
• Add plumbing fixtures
• Add air terminals
• Add fire protection sprinklers
• Configure mechanical settings
• Create duct systems
• Create piping systems
• Define analytical pipe connections
• Track systems with the System Browser
• Modify pipe and duct types
• Add duct components

Add pipe components Documentation for mechanical design

• Work with view templates and visibility/graphic overrides
• Use miscellaneous view features
• Produce schedules
• Work with sheets, title blocks, and revisions
• Work with view types
• Apply phasing
• Use tags
• Use keynotes, note blocks, and numbered lists

Families for mechanical design

• Define MEP connectors
• Understand family types
• Understand family creation workflow
• Determine family category and part type
• Differentiate between family hosting types
• Configure element visibility settings
• Create annotation families and tags
• Define symbols and annotations in a family
• Use parameter types
• Distinguish between parameter disciplines and data types
• Understand syntax for equations and formulas

Analysis for mechanical design

• Adjust energy settings
• Create system zones
• Create analytical systems
• Create energy model
• Assign material thermal properties
• Review calculated values in model

Collaboration for mechanical design

• Import and link files
• Manage linked files
• Understand work-sharing concepts
• Export to different formats
• Check for interferences
• Use copy and monitor
• Use design options
• Transfer project standards

• Work with mechanical equipment, fixtures, mechanical systems, and connecting geometry.
• Create and manage views and annotations, work with families, develop schedules, and perform analyses.
• Use workflows and processes, such as work-sharing, exporting, printing, and project management.
• Review the topics covered on the Autodesk Certified Professional in Revit for Mechanical Design exam.

• Mechanical and Electrical engineers (MEP).
• Architects, Urban planners, and landscape professionals.
• Civil engineers, construction professionals, and Site engineers.