Transcript
00:01
Inserting an Embedded Schedule.
00:04
In this video, we'll update an existing Schedule with an Embedded Schedule to give further clarity to the issues in the project.
00:12
We will then make some changes to the model and review the updates in the Schedule.
00:18
I'm working in the Small Medical Center project in the Duct Systems Schedule View.
00:23
I've seen that there are concerns about the zero flow rate in several systems,
00:28
as well as fragmented systems, as shown by the Conditional Formatting.
00:33
So, next, I want to investigate the elements within the system.
00:37
And I can do that using Embedded Schedule.
00:41
In "Properties", I'm going to click "Edit" beside "Embedded Schedule".
00:46
Then I'm going to select "Embedded Schedule".
00:50
Verify my Filter List is set to Mechanical, and I'm going to choose "Air Terminals".
00:56
Now I need to set up the properties. So I'm going to click "Embedded Schedule Properties".
01:04
So I'm going to choose my "Family" and "Type".
01:07
I'm gonna choose "Count" and "Flow".
01:10
These are similar to what I've got here for my System Name and Number of Elements and Flow,
01:15
it's helpful to make it similar to what you're reviewing otherwise.
01:20
I don't need to make any other changes except to Formatting and in Formatting,
01:25
I'm going to add Air Terminal in front of each of these headings.
01:29
That way I know which I'm looking at my Air Terminals in these cases.
01:34
And I'm also going to change the Alignment to Right, also helps us review and read the Schedule.
01:41
So, I'll repeat that for each of the fields in the Embedded Schedule.
01:47
Adding an Air Terminal and changing the Alignment to Right.
01:56
I'm going to click "OK", and you can see my new Schedule has the additional information.
02:04
I'm going to change the width of my columns here so I can now see the difference between my system and my Air Terminals.
02:17
And sure enough, you can see that my Air Terminals do have flow, but my systems don't.
02:23
So, that probably means I just need to run the analysis on these systems.
02:29
But let's take a look down to -- at the Supply Air Systems.
02:33
We have this one Mechanical Supply Air 1.
02:36
There's one element, and zero flow and no System Equipment is displaying either.
02:43
So let's go ahead and fix that.
02:47
In the 01 Ground Floor HVAC plan, in the lobby area, this is my system that's missing the elements.
02:55
So, I can select my system.
02:57
I press Tab, hovered over it and press Tab until I selected the system.
03:02
And I can see there are two Air Terminals, but they're not part of the system yet.
03:07
So I'm going to go Edit System. I have Add System selected.
03:14
So, now I'm going to select the two Air Terminals.
03:19
Now, before I leave this ribbon, I want to select the equipment as well,
03:24
and I'm going to select VRF 15 and click Finish Editing Systems.
03:32
Now when I go back to my Duct System Analysis Schedule, you can see that my supply diffusers have been added.
03:41
I now have number of elements of 2.
03:44
I have a Flow for the full system, and I have the System Equipment.
03:51
One last thing I'm going to do here is I'm going to change the name so that the Supply Air First Floor VRF 15,
03:59
and it matches the other systems.
04:02
By leveraging the information stored in the elements of the Revit model,
04:06
you can continue working through the issues that display in the Schedule,
04:10
that are pointed out by the Conditional Formatting and enhanced by adding the Embedded Schedule.
00:01
Inserting an Embedded Schedule.
00:04
In this video, we'll update an existing Schedule with an Embedded Schedule to give further clarity to the issues in the project.
00:12
We will then make some changes to the model and review the updates in the Schedule.
00:18
I'm working in the Small Medical Center project in the Duct Systems Schedule View.
00:23
I've seen that there are concerns about the zero flow rate in several systems,
00:28
as well as fragmented systems, as shown by the Conditional Formatting.
00:33
So, next, I want to investigate the elements within the system.
00:37
And I can do that using Embedded Schedule.
00:41
In "Properties", I'm going to click "Edit" beside "Embedded Schedule".
00:46
Then I'm going to select "Embedded Schedule".
00:50
Verify my Filter List is set to Mechanical, and I'm going to choose "Air Terminals".
00:56
Now I need to set up the properties. So I'm going to click "Embedded Schedule Properties".
01:04
So I'm going to choose my "Family" and "Type".
01:07
I'm gonna choose "Count" and "Flow".
01:10
These are similar to what I've got here for my System Name and Number of Elements and Flow,
01:15
it's helpful to make it similar to what you're reviewing otherwise.
01:20
I don't need to make any other changes except to Formatting and in Formatting,
01:25
I'm going to add Air Terminal in front of each of these headings.
01:29
That way I know which I'm looking at my Air Terminals in these cases.
01:34
And I'm also going to change the Alignment to Right, also helps us review and read the Schedule.
01:41
So, I'll repeat that for each of the fields in the Embedded Schedule.
01:47
Adding an Air Terminal and changing the Alignment to Right.
01:56
I'm going to click "OK", and you can see my new Schedule has the additional information.
02:04
I'm going to change the width of my columns here so I can now see the difference between my system and my Air Terminals.
02:17
And sure enough, you can see that my Air Terminals do have flow, but my systems don't.
02:23
So, that probably means I just need to run the analysis on these systems.
02:29
But let's take a look down to -- at the Supply Air Systems.
02:33
We have this one Mechanical Supply Air 1.
02:36
There's one element, and zero flow and no System Equipment is displaying either.
02:43
So let's go ahead and fix that.
02:47
In the 01 Ground Floor HVAC plan, in the lobby area, this is my system that's missing the elements.
02:55
So, I can select my system.
02:57
I press Tab, hovered over it and press Tab until I selected the system.
03:02
And I can see there are two Air Terminals, but they're not part of the system yet.
03:07
So I'm going to go Edit System. I have Add System selected.
03:14
So, now I'm going to select the two Air Terminals.
03:19
Now, before I leave this ribbon, I want to select the equipment as well,
03:24
and I'm going to select VRF 15 and click Finish Editing Systems.
03:32
Now when I go back to my Duct System Analysis Schedule, you can see that my supply diffusers have been added.
03:41
I now have number of elements of 2.
03:44
I have a Flow for the full system, and I have the System Equipment.
03:51
One last thing I'm going to do here is I'm going to change the name so that the Supply Air First Floor VRF 15,
03:59
and it matches the other systems.
04:02
By leveraging the information stored in the elements of the Revit model,
04:06
you can continue working through the issues that display in the Schedule,
04:10
that are pointed out by the Conditional Formatting and enhanced by adding the Embedded Schedule.
Inserting an Embedded Schedule – Exercise
In this practice you will update an existing schedule with an embedded schedule to give further clarity to the issues in a project. You will then make some changes to the model and review the updates in the schedule.
Task 1: Insert an Embedded Schedule
1. Open the Small Medical Center (-Embedded.rvt) project in the Duct System Schedule view. There are concerns about 0 flow rate in several systems as well as fragmented systems as shown by the conditional formatting.
2. In Properties, beside Embedded Schedule, click Edit…
3. In the Embedded Schedule tab select Embedded Schedule.
4. Set the Filter list to Mechanical and select the Category Air Terminals, as shown below.
5. Click Embedded Schedule Properties.
6. In the Schedule Properties dialog box, Field tab, add the Following Fields:
· Family and Type
· Count
· Flow
7. In the Formatting Tab add Air Terminal to the Heading of each field and change the Alignment to Right. This will help you differentiate between the information.
8. Click OK to close the dialog boxes.
9. In the Schedule View, expand the System Name column so you can see the full name of the Air Terminal Family, as shown below.
10. You can see that the Exhaust and Return Air systems where the Flow is reading 0 CFM do have air terminals with flow specified. This probably means the systems have not been analyzed.
11.Save the project.
Task 2: Modify a System and Review the Changes to the Schedule
1. Scroll down to the Supply Air Group and Notice that the Mechanical Supply Air 1 system that is missing a flow and does not have an air terminal. This system is incomplete.
2. Open the Mechanical>HVAC> Floor Plans> 01Ground Floor HVAC Plan view.
3. Hover over supply duct in the Lobby area and press <Tab> until the system displays, as shown below.
4. Click to select the system. The Mechanical Supply Air system does not have any air terminals applied to it but there are two air terminals attached to the duct that can be added to the system.
5. In the Modify | Duct Systems tab> System Tools panel click Edit System.
6. In the Edit Duct System tab> Edit Duct System panel click Add to System.
7. Select the two Air terminals, as shown below for one of them.
8. In the Ribbon, click Select Equipment.
9. Select the nearby VRF-15 Mechanical Equipment element, as shown below.
10.click Finish Editing System.
11.Return to the Duct System Analysis schedule and notice how the Mechanical Supply Air 1 system now had two air terminals, those air terminals establish a flow for the system, and the System Equipment is also selected.
12.In the schedule, change the name to Supply Air – First Floor VRF-15 (to match the others).
13.Save the project.
