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Place air terminals and set parameters in Revit.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:03
In Revit, once you have created system zones, spaces, and an air system, you can add components to the system.
00:12
In this exercise, you place air terminals and set their space parameters for more accurate analysis results.
00:20
To begin, open the Mechanical Ground Floor RCP view.
00:26
When devices such as air terminals are placed in a view,
00:30
information associated with them is used in calculating loads for the spaces (rooms) in a duct system.
00:38
The rooms keep a running total of the amount of supply, return, and exhaust air supplied or removed from a room,
00:46
which allows you to select the correct air terminal sizes.
00:51
Now, to place an air terminal, on the ribbon, Systems tab, HVAC panel, click Air Terminal.
00:60
Then, from the Type Selector, select a face-based family type.
01:05
Choose 12" x 12" Supply Diffuser – Square – Hosted.
01:13
When you do, a Placement panel appears in the contextual ribbon.
01:19
And, in the model view, the cursor shows a cannot place symbol, unless you move it over an appropriate host element.
01:29
On the contextual ribbon, in the Placement panel, select Place on Face.
01:35
Then, click the ceiling to select it as the host to place the air terminal.
01:41
Then, in the Type Selector, choose the 24 x 24 Face 12 x 12 Connection Supply Diffuser.
01:50
Note that this type of diffuser is a non-hosted family, so a Placement panel does not appear in your contextual ribbon.
01:59
For this example, set the Level to Ground Floor, and the Elevation from Level to 9'-0".
02:10
Then, click the ceiling to place your air terminal.
02:14
Next, on the Modify ribbon, in the Modify panel, click Align and align the air terminal to the ceiling grid.
02:25
Select the air terminal, and then in the Properties palette,
02:30
deselect the arrow parameters to remove the arrows from the view.
02:37
Select the space that the air terminals have been placed in.
02:41
Pay close attention to the Actual Supply Airflow parameter, because it sums the flows of the air terminals you have within your space.
02:52
Also, be aware that if the space is not accounting for the flow of the air terminal,
02:57
but your terminals are placed correctly, you can adjust the room calculation point so it is inside the space.
03:05
To do this, select the air terminal, and then, in the contextual ribbon, click Edit Family.
03:13
As you have seen, placing air terminals and setting their space parameters in Revit is a quick and easy process.
Video transcript
00:03
In Revit, once you have created system zones, spaces, and an air system, you can add components to the system.
00:12
In this exercise, you place air terminals and set their space parameters for more accurate analysis results.
00:20
To begin, open the Mechanical Ground Floor RCP view.
00:26
When devices such as air terminals are placed in a view,
00:30
information associated with them is used in calculating loads for the spaces (rooms) in a duct system.
00:38
The rooms keep a running total of the amount of supply, return, and exhaust air supplied or removed from a room,
00:46
which allows you to select the correct air terminal sizes.
00:51
Now, to place an air terminal, on the ribbon, Systems tab, HVAC panel, click Air Terminal.
00:60
Then, from the Type Selector, select a face-based family type.
01:05
Choose 12" x 12" Supply Diffuser – Square – Hosted.
01:13
When you do, a Placement panel appears in the contextual ribbon.
01:19
And, in the model view, the cursor shows a cannot place symbol, unless you move it over an appropriate host element.
01:29
On the contextual ribbon, in the Placement panel, select Place on Face.
01:35
Then, click the ceiling to select it as the host to place the air terminal.
01:41
Then, in the Type Selector, choose the 24 x 24 Face 12 x 12 Connection Supply Diffuser.
01:50
Note that this type of diffuser is a non-hosted family, so a Placement panel does not appear in your contextual ribbon.
01:59
For this example, set the Level to Ground Floor, and the Elevation from Level to 9'-0".
02:10
Then, click the ceiling to place your air terminal.
02:14
Next, on the Modify ribbon, in the Modify panel, click Align and align the air terminal to the ceiling grid.
02:25
Select the air terminal, and then in the Properties palette,
02:30
deselect the arrow parameters to remove the arrows from the view.
02:37
Select the space that the air terminals have been placed in.
02:41
Pay close attention to the Actual Supply Airflow parameter, because it sums the flows of the air terminals you have within your space.
02:52
Also, be aware that if the space is not accounting for the flow of the air terminal,
02:57
but your terminals are placed correctly, you can adjust the room calculation point so it is inside the space.
03:05
To do this, select the air terminal, and then, in the contextual ribbon, click Edit Family.
03:13
As you have seen, placing air terminals and setting their space parameters in Revit is a quick and easy process.
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