From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for MEP (Imperial)

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Adding zones and heating and cooling loads

Adding zones and heating and cooling loads - Revit MEP Tutorial

From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for MEP (Imperial)

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Adding zones and heating and cooling loads

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- [Voiceover] Sometimes we need to heat and cool more than just one room at a time. This is where the Zone function of Revit MEP comes in handy. Once the zones are in, we can allow Revit to analyze the separate spaces as well as the zones. To proceed, we're gonna first add some spaces to our model. Then, we need to create a space schedule to rename the spaces appropriately. Once the correct names are in there, we'll then add a zone and run a heating and cooling report. To get started, under the Mechanical heading, under HVAC, let's go to the 1-Mack Floor Plan. I want to zoom in on this area right here. What we're gonna do is we're gonna add some spaces, then we're gonna combine those spaces into a zone. On the Analyze tab, click on the Space button. Let's put a space here, here, here, and then here. Let's hit Escape a couple times. What I want to do now is I want to create a space schedule. That way you can rename the spaces to reflect what the room name and number is. On the View…

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