Description
The goal of this class is to show users how they can model more accurately using Fabrication Parts in Revit software by using the power of Dynamo, the Revit API, and some good Fabrication CAD database management practices. For time’s sake, this demo will focus on the issues that Mechanical Inc. incurred when modeling out MEP Fabrication hangers. We’ll outline a series of problems, including producing hanger drawings, extracting point data out of Revit for field install, and producing accurate material BOMs using fabrication reports. We’ll discuss how each problem came about, the issues it was causing, what our solution was, and how we developed that solution natively in Revit and Fabrication CAD without the use of paid add-ins. While the workflows being demonstrated will focus mainly on MEP hangers, they can be applied to all categories of MEP Fabrication elements and used to overcome current limitations with Fabrication Parts that come out of the box.
Key Learnings
- Learn how to use templates with good database management to create deliverables
- Learn how to read and write data to Fabrication Parts within Revit using Dynamo and the API
- Learn how to extract points from Revit using out-of-the-box tools—no add-ins
- Learn how to create accurate BOMs with the Fabrication Reports tool
Speakers
- TVTravis VossTravis came into the construction industry almost four years ago from the software development world and is currently serving as the Leader of Innovative Technology at Mechanical, Inc. Travis uses his experience in research, development, and the application of emerging technologies toward helping Mechanical, Inc. lead the construction industry transformation.
Luke VetroczkyLuke Vetroczky is a project engineer for Mechanical Inc. While pursuing his bachelors in mechanical engineering he broke into the construction world working with multiple engineering design firms in both part time internships and full time positions. After finishing graduate school and earning a master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering he started at Mechanical Inc. as a project engineer. There he worked as a detailer, an EIT, and was responsible for training Mechanicals VDC (virtual design in construction) department in Revit. He is also a representative of Mechanical in a group of peer companies VDC think-tank, where VDC experts from a group of non-competing contractors around the country meet and share workflows and strategies about BIM and technology implementation in the construction world. Luke has also passed his PE exam for the state of Illinois and is establishing a 4 year minimum work history requirement before registering as a PE.
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