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Adding mechanical equipment

Adding mechanical equipment - Revit MEP Tutorial

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Adding mechanical equipment

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- [Lecturer] Adding mechanical equipment is easier than it sounds. The biggest problem isn't how we add it, it's where we add it. Remember, we're using a 3D program, now, we can't just start placing equipment and other components on the ground, we need it up in the air, above the ceilings. Let's grab a VAV unit and a rooftop unit, and get them in our model. To get started, let's go open, let's grab our mechanical project and open that up. Let's go to level one's ceiling plan. I like to go to my ceiling plans so that I can see exactly where I'm at. Sometimes it's a good idea to go to annotate, spot elevation, and if we hover over our ceilings here, we can see how high our ceilings are. We don't need to place that in there, I know I at least need to be eight feet off the ground, so I hit escape a couple of times. Now, let's go to the systems tab, let's click on mechanical equipment, and then hit the drop down here, scroll down, looks like we've got some VAVS. I'm going to grab a size…

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