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17 On Modify | Lighting Fixtures ribbon, select Switch.

18 On Modify | Switch System ribbon, select Select Switch.

19 Click the switch in 101 Office.

Now Revit displays two dashed lines connecting the wall switch to the lighting fixtures. On
the right hand side, in Lighting Fixture Schedule, we see two lighting fixtures of 101 Office
display their Switch ID of 101 with yellow background, means we created a switch system
for them.
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20 Select the switch in 102 Office, on Properties palette enter: 102 for Switch ID.

21 Select the four lighting fixtures in 102 Office.

On Properties palette the Switch ID of these four lights is blank, there is no switch assigned
to them yet.
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22 On Modify | Lighting Fixtures ribbon, select Switch.

23 On Modify | Switch System ribbon, select Select Switch.
24 Click the switch in 102 Office.

Now Revit displays four dashed lines connecting the wall switch to the lighting fixtures. In
Lighting Fixture Schedule, we see four lighting fixtures of 102 Office display their Switch ID
of 102 with yellow background, means we created a switch system for them.
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25 On right side, scroll down the schedule to display the lighting fixtures of 112 Open Office.

26 On left side, select the lower three-way switch (1) in 112 Open Office, on Properties
palette enter: 112-1 for Switch ID.
27 Select the upper three-way switch (2) in 112 Open Office, on Properties palette enter:
112-2 for Switch ID.
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28 Select the 20 lighting fixtures in 112 Open Office.

29 On Modify | Lighting Fixtures ribbon, select Switch.

30 On Modify | Switch System ribbon, select Select Switch.
31 Click the lower three-way switch in 112 Open Office.

Now in Lighting Fixture Schedule, we see 20 lighting fixtures of 112 Open Office display
their Switch ID of 112-1 with yellow background.
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Note: For three-way switch system we only assign one switch to it.

Use the methods above, with Lighting Fixture Schedule on the right hand side for
verifications; finish all switch systems for first floor and second floor. Although 121 Stairwell
space has a three-way switch but does not have lighting fixture, therefore it doesn’t appear
in the schedule.
When finished, use VG to turn on green Wires, set scale back to 1 : 100.
If we want to examine the switch systems on floor plans, such as the Front Entrance shown
below, move mouse cursor on top of the switch, press Tab key a few times, then we can see
the dashed lines of that system.

Save your work

When all finished, Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog
box, navigate to Electrical Exercise folder, enter 16 Switch System Finished for File name.
Click the File Tab again then select Close.
Now we have finished the electrical systems of this office building. Readers can open the
exercise file: \Electrical\17 Electrical System Finished.rvt to take a look of the final
modeling result.
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Chapter 5 Plumbing Systems

In this chapter we will create Plumbing Systems for a two story office building, including the
layouts of toilet, urinal and lavatory plumbing fixtures in restrooms; creations of sanitary
drain lines for these fixtures; creations of flushing water piping as well as domestic cold
water and hot water systems. We will also copy one floor plumbing systems to another
floor and connect them together, add vent pipes to sanitary drain lines, and connect cold
and hot water piping to the water heater in Elec/Mech room.
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5 - 1 Prepare Plumbing Modeling

1 Start Revit 2019. In its Starting Screen click New… under Projects.
2 In New Project dialog box, press Browser… button on the right.

3 In Choose Template dialog box, find and open C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019

\Templates\Us Metric\Plumbing-Default_Metric.rte file.

4 In New Project dialog box, press OK.

5 In Project Browser, take a look of all the views that the plumbing template file has.
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Set Project Units

For consistency, we set the length units format same as the format in architectural project.
1 Click the Manage tab, then select Project Units.

2 In Project Units dialog box, click the example button of Length Format.
3 In Format dialog box, for Units select Centimeters, for Rounding select 2 decimal places,
for Unit symbol select cm, put a check mark on Suppress on trailing 0’s.

4 Click OK to complete the settings of Length format, click OK again to finish the settings
of Project Units.

Load Architectural Background Drawing

1 Click the Insert tab, select Link Revit.
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2 In Import/Link RVT dialog box, find and select the exercise file: \Architectural\c Office
Building.rvt
3 At the bottom of dialog box, verify Positioning: is Auto - Origen to Origen, then press
Open.

The line works of linked model is grey out with brightness of 50%.
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4 Click Manage tab, then click Additional Settings to expand its drop down list, select
Halftone / Underlay.
5 In Halftone / Underlay dialog box change Brightness from 50% to 70%, press OK.

Now we can see the line works of linked model become darker.
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6 Select the imported architectural background model, on Modify panel, click to pin
the model so it won’t be moved accidentally.

7 Click the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.

Change the Preset Height of Level 2

1 In Project Browser, double click South - Plumbing under Elevations to open Elevation:
South - Plumbing view.

2 Select and drag the host’s level symbols to the right of link model’s level symbols.
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3 Change host Level 2’s height from 400 cm to 370 cm.

Since we won’t put plumbing equipment on roof, therefore we don’t need to add roof level
and roof plan. Also, unlike mechanical and electrical systems, we don’t have any plumbing
fixture on grid ceilings; so we don’t need to add ceiling levels.

Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, create a
Plumbing Exercise folder at a convenient location on your hard drive, enter 01 Plumbing
Drawing Setup Finished for File name, then click Save. Click the File Tab again then select
Close.
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5 - 2 Add Plumbing Fixtures

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\02 Add Plumbing Fixtures.rvt

Set Sanitary Drain Pipe View Range

1 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open Floor Plan: 1 -
Plumbing view.
2 Use VG to turn off Elevations.
3 Type ZA (Zoom All) to zoom the entire model to fit the drawing area.
For first floor plumbing, in order to see the drain pipes under the slab and the floor drain
fixtures, we set view Bottom to -150 cm; on the other hand, in order not to see the second
floor drain pipes above, we set view Top at 250 cm.
4 On Properties palette, click View Range's Edit… button to set view range as follow:

5 In Project Browser, double click 2 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open Floor Plan: 2 -
Plumbing view.
6 Use VG to turn off Elevations.
7 Type ZA (Zoom All) to zoom the entire model to fit the drawing area.
For second floor plumbing, in order to see the drain pipes under the slab and the floor drain
fixtures, we set view Bottom to -100 cm just above the first floor restroom hung ceiling; as
for view Top, we don’t worry about it for the time being.
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8 On Properties palette, click View Range's Edit… button to set view range as follow:

Examine the Plumbing Fixture Families in template file

9 In Project Browser expand Families, then expand Plumbing Fixtures.

We can see there already are some plumbing fixture families in template.

Load Additional Plumbing Fixture Families

10 Click Insert tab, then select Load Family.
11 In Load Family dialog box, find and open the flowing family files:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\US Metric\Plumbing\MEP\Fixtures
\Lavatories\M_Lavatory - Oval.rfa
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\US Metric\Plumbing\MEP\Fixtures
\Water Closets\M_Water Closet - Flush Valve - Floor Mounted.rfa
Now in Project Browser, we can see the newly loaded plumbing fixture families.
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Place Floor Mount Toilets

12 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
13 Click Systems tab, then select Plumbing Fixture.

14 In Family/Type Selector, click the down arrow to find and select M_Water Closet - Flush
Valve - Floor Mounted family Public - 6.1 Lpf type toilet.

15 Press space bar to orientate the toilet, then place it in the handicapped stall of Ladies
Room as shown. Click the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.
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Use dimension method to position toilet

16 Click the button on Quick Toolbar, dimension from the center of toilet to the face of
lower wall, dimension from the back of toilet to the face of right wall.

17 Set view scale to 1 : 50. (The size of dimension become half)

18 Select the toilet, change the dimension from its center to lower wall to 45.5 cm, change
the dimension from its back to right wall to 15 cm.

Now we position the toilet to the correct location.

19 Delete the dimensions of the toilet.
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Use Copy Multiple method to complete other toilets

20 Select the correctly located toilet, on Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon, select Copy, on
Options Bar, turn on Multiple.

21 As the following six figures, pick the end point of the lower right corner; continue to pick
the end points of stall partitions above to copy the other four toilets.
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Use the same method to complete the other two toilets in Men’s Room.

Attention! When placing plumbing fixtures be careful of using Mirror tool, because some
fixtures, such as lavatory, have cold and hot water connectors, when we mirror
them will flip their connectors. Also, some toilets have flushing water handle; if
we mirror them will flip their handles to the other side.

Place Wall Hung Urinals

22 Select Plumbing Fixture on Systems ribbon.
23 In Family/Type Selector, click the down arrow to find and select M_Urinal - Wall Hung
family 25 mm Flush Valve type urinal.

24 On Properties palette, click Edit Type.

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25 In Type Properties dialog box, change Cold Water Diameter from 20 mm to 25 mm

(Because this is a mistake), press OK.

26 On Properties palette, set Elevation to 50 cm.

27 Place this urinal in Men’s Room as shown. (Note: When placing, we need to move it to
touch the wall) Click the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.
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28 Click the button on Quick Toolbar, dimension from the lower partition to the center
of urinal then to the upper partition, after that, click the symbol, then Revit centers
the urinal to let it have EQ (equal) dimensions to both sides.

29 Delete the dimensions of urinal, when seeing the warning dialog, press OK.

30 Same situation, use Copy Multiple and end points of partitions to copy the other two
urinals above.
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Place Lavatories
31 Select Plumbing Fixture on Systems ribbon.
32 In Family/Type Selector, click the down arrow to find and select M_Lavatory - Oval
family 635 mmx510 mm - Public type lavatory.
33 On Properties palette, set Elevation to 90 cm.

34 Place four lavatories in Ladies Room as shown. (Note: When placing, we need to move
them to touch the wall)
35 Click the button on Quick Toolbar; dimension the edges of lower and upper
lavatories to wall faces.
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36 Select the lower and upper lavatories respectively; change their dimensions to 13 cm.

37 Click the button on Quick Toolbar, continuously dimension the centers of four
lavatories, click the symbol, then Revit adjusts the middle two lavatories to equally
distance all four lavatories.

38 Click the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.

Use the same methods to complete the lavatories in Men’s Room.
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Note: We can also approximately place 4 lavatories in Men’s Room, then use Align tool to
align them to the lavatories in Ladies Room.

39 After finished, delete all dimensions of lavatories.

Place Floor Drains

40 Select Plumbing Fixture on Systems ribbon.
41 In Family/Type Selector, click the down arrow to find and select M_Floor Drain - Round
family 125 mm Strainer - 50 mm Drain type.

42 On Modify | Place Plumbing Fixture ribbon, select Place on Face.

43 Place a drain on the floor at the corner of partitions in Ladies and Men’s rooms as
shown. Click the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.
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44 Window select all fixtures on second floor (20 total), on Modify panel, click to pin
them so they won’t be moved accidentally during piping.

45 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view our model in 3D.

46 Use VG to turn off Levels in Annotation Categories and turn off c Office Building.rvt in
Revit Links. Then zoom in the plumbing fixtures we have placed.
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Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder you created in previous section, enter 02 Plumbing Fixtures
Finished for File name. Click the File Tab again then select Close.

5 - 3 Create Toilet and Floor Drain Lines

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\03 Create Toilet and Floor Drain Lines.rvt

Load Additional Pipe Fitting Families

1 In Project Browser expand Pipe Fittings families.

We can see there are already some pipe fitting families in the template.
2 Click Insert tab, then select Load Family. In Load Family dialog box, find the pipe fitting
library location at C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\US Metric\Pipe
\Fittings\PVC\Sch 40\Socket-Type\DWV\
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Then open (load) the following files:

M_Tee Reducing Double Sanitary - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV.rfa
M_Trap P - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV.rfa
Now in Project Browser, we can see the newly loaded pipe fitting.

Create Sanitary Pipe Type

3 In Project Browser, expand Pipes, then expand Pipe Types under it.
4 Select PVC - DWV type, right click mouse button, on Context Menu select Duplicate.

5 Select duplicated PVC - DWV 2 type, right click mouse button, on Context Menu select
Rename… to rename it to PVC - DWV Sanitary.
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6 Double click PVC - DWV Sanitary to open Type Properties dialog box, click the Edit…
button next to Routing Preferences.

7 In Routing Preferences dialog box, set Cross to M_Tee Reducing Double Sanitary - PVC -
Sch 40 - DWV: Standard, set its Min. Size to All.

8 Click OK twice to finish the setting.

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Create Toilet and Floor Drain System

9 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
10 Hold Ctrl key; select 7 toilets and 2 floor drains (not including urinals).

11 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon, select Piping.

12 When Revit displays Create Piping

System dialog box, press OK.

13 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

14 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.

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15 Pick the midpoint of the shaft wall as shown. (We use this point to place a drop to
collect sanitary sewage)

16 On Options Bar, set Offset to -110 cm, set Diameter to 100 mm, then click Solutions.

17 Set Slope Value to 1.0000%.

18 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.

19 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: PVC - DWV Sanitary
for both Main and Branch, set Offset to -60 cm for both Main and Branch, then press OK.
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20 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution as same as the solution shown on the figure below, click Finish Layout.

21 Revit displays a warning message on the bottom right, means that the highlight orange
pipe (drop) has an open end at its bottom, just close it.
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22 On View Control Bar, set Detail Level to Fine.

Now we see the single line piping drawing became double lined.
23 Select the bend fitting on top of sanitary drop, move it down 7 cm.
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24 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view our model in 3D.

25 Again, on View Control Bar, set Detail Level to Fine.

Now we see that the sanitary pipes have thickness, and lavatories show their hot and cold
water faucets.
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Add P Trap to Floor Drain

26 As shown below, delete the bend fitting of floor drain pipe.

27 Drag the open end of horizontal pipe horizontally to shorten it.

28 Click System tab, select Pipe Fitting.

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29 In Family/Type Selector find and select M_Trap P - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV fitting family.

30 Insert this p trap at the bottom end of the vertical pipe.

31 Click the rotation icon to rotate it letting its open end toward the horizontal pipe.

32 Click Modify tab, select the Align tool, move mouse cursor to the left horizontal pipe,
press Tab key repeatedly, when Revit showing the center reference line of the pipe, click
it, then move mouse cursor to the open end of p trap, when Revit showing the center
reference square of the end, click it, thus Revit lowered the p trap down a little bit to
align its open end to the horizontal pipe.
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33 Drag the open end of the horizontal pipe to the open end of the p trap to connect them
together.

34 Same situation, add a p trap to the floor drain on the other side.

Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 03 Toilet and Floor Drain Lines Finished for File name. Click
the File Tab again then select Close.

5 - 4 Connect Urinal Drain Lines

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\04 Connect Urinal Drain Lines.rvt
1 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
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2 Hold Ctrl key; select 3 urinals in Men’s Room.

3 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon,

select Piping.
4 When Revit displays Create Piping
System dialog box, press OK.

5 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

6 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
7 Use mouse wheel to zoom in and pick the center of the sanitary drop that we created in
previous section.

Attention! Make sure to snaps to the center of the drop, then click the mouse button.
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8 On Options Bar, set Offset to -20 cm, set Diameter to 65 mm, then click Solutions.

9 Verify that Slope Value is 1.0000%.

10 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
11 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: PVC - DWV Sanitary
for both Main and Branch, set Offset to 16 cm for both Main and Branch, then press OK.

12 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution as same as the solution shown on the left figure, click Finish Layout.
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13 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.

The urinal drain pipes are blocked by the urinals.

14 Click the blue mark on the corner of LEFT, BACK and TOP of 3D View Cube.

Now we are viewing model from LEFT, BACK and TOP angle that we can see the sanitary
piping from urinals clearly.
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15 Select the 10 cm Bend on top of toilet sanitary drop, then click the + on top of it to
change it to Tee.

16 Select the 65 mm drop of urinals, drag its bottom point to the top of 100 mm Tee.
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Now the urinal drop connects to the toilet

drop. Notice that Revit added a reducer
fitting on top of the Tee.

17 Move mouse cursor to the 100 mm drop, press Tab key a few times to examine the
connection of sanitary piping and fixtures.

Now the urinal Sanitary 2 system has merged into the toilet Sanitary 1 system.
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Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 04 Urinal Drain Lines Finished for File name. Click the File
Tab again then select Close.

5 - 5 Connect Lavatory Drain Lines

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\05 Connect Lavatory Drain Lines.rvt
1 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
Since we need to run the drain lines from the side lavatories to the center main drain via
first floor ceiling space, but we also need to put air diffusers and lighting fixtures in the
middle of first floor restrooms, thus we avoid to run piping directly across the restrooms.
2 Window select four lavatories in Ladies Room.

3 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon,

select Piping.
4 When Revit displays Create Piping
System dialog box, press OK.

Notice! When we created sanitary piping system for urinals Revit displayed Sanitary 2 for
system name. Why here Revit displayed Sanitary 2 again? This is because when we
connected urinal drop to toilet drop, Sanitary 2 system has merged into Sanitary 1 system.
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Therefore the system name “Sanitary 2” has been released which is reused by Revit. We
don’t necessarily accept the system name that Revit provides, but for convenience, we just
take it.

5 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

6 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
7 Pick the point on wall center line as the arrow pointed.

8 On Options Bar, set Offset to -20 cm, set Diameter to 50 mm, then click Solutions.

9 Verify that Slope Value is 1.0000%.

10 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
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11 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, for Main set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: PVC - DWV
Sanitary, set Offset to 20 cm. For Branch, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: PVC - DWV
Sanitary, set Offset to 48 cm, then press OK.

12 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution that all piping are running inside the wall as shown on the left figure, click
Finish Layout.
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We collect the lavatory drains to the lower left corner of Ladies Room first.

Add P Traps to Lavatory Drain Lines

13 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.
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14 Click the blue mark on the corner of FRONT, LEFT and TOP of 3D View Cube.

15 Delete the highlighted piping.

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16 Insert a p trap at the bottom end of the vertical pipe.

17 Click the rotation icon to rotate it letting its open end toward the other vertical pipe.

18 Select the p trap, on Modify | Pipe Fittings ribbon select Connect Into, then select the
vertical pipe to connect them together.

19 Do the same things to the other three lavatory drain lines.

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20 Convert the highlighted bends to tees. (These tees will allow us to add vertical vent
pipes in section 9)

Connect Main Line to Lavatory Drain Lines

21 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing to return to Floor Plans view.
22 Click System tab, select Pipe Fitting, in Family/Type Selector find and select M_Tee
Reducing Double Sanitary - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV fitting, insert this cross in the middle of
the main drain segment as shown.
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23 Click Systems tab, then select Pipe.

24 In Family/Type Selector, select Pipe Types PVC - DWV Sanitary. (or verify Pipe Types
PVC - DWV Sanitary is the current family and type)
25 On Properties palette, set System Type to Sanitary. (or verify System Type is Sanitary)

26 On Modify | Place Pipe ribbon, select Automatically Connect, Inherit Elevation, turn
Slope Off. On Options Bar, set Diameter to 50 mm.

Note: We don’t worry about the Offset value on Options Bar, because we are using Inherit
Elevation method to draw our pipes.
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27 From the left connector of the cross, draw a 50 mm pipe left.

28 On Modify | Place Pipe ribbon, select Slope Up and set 4.0000% slope.

29 Then draw the pipe down aligning to the drop of lavatory that we just created.
30 Then draw a pipe left like the figure shown.
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31 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.

32 Click Modify tab, select Trim/Extend to Corner tool.

33 Select the horizontal pipe we just drew, then select the vertical drop of lavatories. Thus
we connected the lavatory drain to the main drain.
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34 Click the extended horizontal pipe.

We can see that this looks like a horizontal pipe actually has ≈ 4.0000% slope.
Use the same methods and refer to the following two figures, complete the lavatory drain
lines in Men’s Room.
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Save your work

When all finished, Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog
box, navigate to Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 05 Lavatory Drain Lines Finished for File
name. Click the File Tab again then select Close.

5 - 6 Create Flushing Water Piping

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\06 Create Flushing Water Piping.rvt

Load Additional Pipe Fitting Families

1 Click Insert tab, then select Load Family. In Load Family dialog box, find the pipe fitting
library location at C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\US Metric\Pipe
\Fittings\Generic\
Then open (load) the flowing files:
M_Cap - Generic.rfa M_Tee - Generic.rfa
M_Cross - Generic.rfa M_Transition - Generic.rfa
M_Elbow - Generic.rfa

Note: When loading families, in same folder we can hold Ctrl key to pick multiple files to
load them at the same time.
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Create Cold and Hot Water Pipe Types

2 In Project Browser, scroll down to Pipe Types.
3 Select Standard type, right click mouse button, on Context Menu select Duplicate.
4 Select duplicated Standard 2 type, right click mouse button, on Context Menu select
Rename… to rename it to Domestic Cold Water.

5 Double click Domestic Cold Water to open Type Properties dialog box, click the Edit…
button next to Routing Preferences.
6 In Routing Preferences dialog box, set Domestic Cold Water routing preferences as
shown in the right figure.

7 Click OK to finish Domestic Cold Water routing preferences but NOT to end.
8 In Type Properties dialog box, click Duplicate… button.
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9 Change Domestic Cold Water 2 to Domestic Hot Water.

10 Click OK twice to end the settings.

Thus we duplicated a Domestic Hot Water type that has the same Routing Preferences that
Domestic Cold Water has.

Toilet Cold Water Piping

11 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
12 Hold Ctrl key; select all 7 toilets.

13 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon,

select Piping.
14 When Revit displays Create Piping
System dialog box, press OK.
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Notice! Now in Create Piping System dialog box no longer has the choice for Sanitary
system, because all these toilets already have sanitary piping connected.

15 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

16 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
17 Pick the point in middle shaft as the arrow pointed.

18 On Options Bar, set Offset to 0 cm, set Diameter to 50 mm, then click Solutions.

19 Set Slope Value to 0.0000% (no slope).

20 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
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21 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: Domestic Cold
Water for both Main and Branch, set Offset to 35.56 cm for both Main and Branch, then
press OK.

Note: 35.56 cm (14 in.) is the height of toilet cold water inlet.

22 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution as same as the solution shown on the left figure, click Finish Layout.

Now we have finished the flushing cold water piping for toilets.
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Urinal Cold Water Piping

23 Hold Ctrl key; select 3 urinals in Men’s Room.

24 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon,

select Piping.
25 When Revit displays Create Piping
System dialog box, press OK.

26 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

27 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
28 Zoom in and pick the center of the flushing water riser that we created earlier for toilets.
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29 On Options Bar, set Offset to 70 cm, set Diameter to 32 mm, then click Solutions.

30 Verify that Slope Value is 0.0000% (no slope).

31 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
32 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: Domestic Cold
Water for both Main and Branch, set Offset to 115 cm for both Main and Branch, then
press OK.

33 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution as same as the solution shown on the left figure, click Finish Layout.
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Now we have finished the urinal flushing cold water piping.

34 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.

35 Click the blue mark on the corner of LEFT, BACK and TOP of 3D View Cube to switch to
that viewing angle.

Please notice that the colors of toilets and urinals changed from green to black. This is
because now they have connected to both sanitary and cold water systems. When fixtures
or equipment connect to more than one system, their color can not follow any particular
system; therefore Revit displays them in black.
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Connect Urinal and Toilet Cold Water Piping

36 Select the Tee on top of toilet cold water riser, then click the + on top of it to change it
to Cross.

37 Select the riser of urinal cold water, drag its bottom point to the top of Cross.
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38 Move mouse cursor on top of any cold water pipe, press Tab key a few times to examine
the connection of cold water piping of urinals and toilets.

Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 06 Flushing Water Piping Finished for File name. Click the
File Tab again then select Close.
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5 - 7 Create Lavatory Supply Water Piping

In this section we will create cold water and hot water piping systems for lavatories.
Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\07 Create Lavatory Supply Water Piping.rvt

Lavatory Cold Water

1 In Project Browser, double click 2 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
2 Hold Ctrl key, select four lavatories in Ladies Room.

3 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon, select Piping.

4 In Create Piping System dialog box, for System type select Domestic Cold Water, press
OK.

5 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

6 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
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7 Pick the point on wall center line as the arrow pointed.

8 On Options Bar, set Offset to 0 cm, set Diameter to 25 mm, then click Solutions.

9 Verify that Slope Value is 0.0000% (no slope).

10 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
11 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: Domestic Cold
Water for both Main and Branch, set Offset to 60 cm for both Main and Branch, then
press OK.
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12 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution that all piping are running inside the wall as shown on the left figure, click
Finish Layout.

Lavatory Hot Water

13 Hold Ctrl key, select four lavatories in Ladies Room again.

14 On Modify | Plumbing Fixtures ribbon, select Piping.

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15 In Create Piping System dialog box, for System type select Domestic Hot Water, press OK.

16 On Modify | Piping Systems ribbon select Generate Layout.

17 On Generate Layout ribbon select Place Base.
18 Pick the point on wall center line a little above cold water base as the arrow pointed.

19 On Options Bar, set Offset to 0 cm, set Diameter to 25 mm, then click Solutions.
20 Verify that Slope Value is 0.0000% (no slope).
21 On Options Bar verify Solution Type is Network, then click Settings… button.
22 In Pipe Conversion Settings dialog box, set Pipe Type to Pipe Types: Domestic Hot Water
for both Main and Branch, set Offset to 70 cm for both Main and Branch, then press OK.
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23 Click the arrow button on Options Bar repeatedly, when Revit displays the layout
solution that all piping are running inside the wall as shown on the left figure, click
Finish Layout.

24 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.

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25 Click the blue mark on the corner of LEFT, BACK and TOP of 3D View Cube to switch to
that viewing angle.

Use the same methods to complete the cold water and hot water piping for the lavatories
in Men’s Room.
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Save your work

When all finished, Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog
box, navigate to Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 07 Lavatory Supply Water Piping Finished
for File name. Click the File Tab again then select Close.

5 - 8 Copy to and Connect Second Floor Plumbing

Systems
Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\08 Copy to and Connect Second Floor Plumbing Systems.rvt

Copy First Floor Piping to Second Floor

1 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
2 Window select all plumbing fixtures and piping of first floor (should be 315 objects).
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3 On Modify | Multi-Select ribbon, select Copy to Clipboard.

4 Click the down arrow under Paste to drop down the list, select Aligned to Selected
Levels.

5 In Select Levels dialog box, select Level

2, press OK.

6 In Project Browser, double click 2 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view. Click
the leftmost Modify button on ribbon.
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Now we have copied all the plumbing fixtures and piping of first floor to the same place on
second floor.
Since the Detail Level of second floor plan view is Medium, thus the piping is drawn by
single lines.
7 On View Control Bar, set Detail Level to Fine. Now we see the single line piping drawing
became double lined.

8 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view our model in 3D.

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9 Click the blue mark on the corner of LEFT, BACK and TOP of 3D View Cube to switch to
that viewing angle.

Connect First and Second Floor Drains

10 Delete the first floor 65 mm sanitary drop and the bend on its top and the reducer at its
bottom.
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11 Select second floor 100 mm drop, drag its bottom point to the top of first floor 100 mm
Tee.

12 Click Modify tab, select Trim/Extend tool.

13 Select the 100 mm drop for extend boundary, then select the shorter 65 mm horizontal
drain pipe to extend it to the 100 mm drop.

Now we have connected the drain pipes of first floor and second floor.
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Notice: In section 5-3, when we place the Base (drop) for sanitary piping, it is important to
place it as close to the north wall of the shaft as possible so that we can have
enough space to extend the urinal pipe and connect to it.

Connect First and Second Floor Toilet and Urinal Cold Water
14 Type VG, click Filters tab, then click the Add button.

15 In Add Filters dialog box select Sanitary, press OK.

16 Back to Filters dialog screen, uncheck the Visibility box of Sanitary, press OK.
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Now all the green sanitary piping are gone.

17 Delete the first floor vertical cold water pipe as shown.
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18 After deleting, change the remaining Cross to Tee.

19 Select the 32 mm vertical pipe and the Tee above, on Options Bar change their Diameter
to 50 mm.
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20 Change the upper Tee to Cross.

21 Select the vertical pipe of second floor above, drag its bottom point to the top of the
Cross below.
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Connect First and Second Floor Lavatory Cold and Hot Water
22 Zoom to first floor Ladies Room lavatory region, window select the cold and hot water
pipes and two bend fittings as shown, press Del key to delete them.

Attention: In order to connect first floor and second floor cold and hot water piping without
interference, it is necessary to swap first floor (or second floor) cold and hot
water piping beforehand.

23 Select the horizontal cold water pipe as shown, on Properties palette, change its Offset
from 60 cm to 70 cm.
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24 Select the horizontal hot water pipe as shown, on Properties palette, change its Offset
from 70 cm to 60 cm.

Now we have easily swapped the cold water and hot water piping.
25 Click Modify tab, select Trim/Extend to Corner tool.
26 Click the vertical cold water pipe of second floor, then click the horizontal cold water
pipe of first floor, Voila!
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27 Continue to click the vertical hot water pipe of second floor, then click the horizontal
hot water pipe of first floor, Voila! (Isn’t that fun of Revit?)

Thus we have connected first floor Ladies Room cold and hot water pipes and second floor
Ladies Room cold and hot water pipes together.
Use the same methods to connect first floor Men’s Room cold and hot water pipes and
second floor Men’s Room cold and hot water pipes together.
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28 After finished, use VG to turn on the visibility of Sanitary filter.

Now we can see the green sanitary piping again.

Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 08 Second Floor Plumbing Copied and Connected for File
name. Click the File Tab again then select Close.

5 - 9 Add Sanitary Vent Pipes

Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\09 Add Sanitary Vent Pipes.rvt

Load Vent Pipe Fitting Families

1 Click Insert tab, then select Load Family.
2 In Load Family dialog box, find the pipe fitting library location at:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\US Metric\Pipe\Fittings\PVC\Sch 40
\Socket-Type\DWV\
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Then open (load) the following files:

M_Ell Vent - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV.rfa
M_Tee Reducing Double Vent - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV.rfa
M_Tee Vent - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV.rfa

Create Vent Pipe Type

3 In Project Browser, scroll down to Pipe Types to find and select PVC - DWV Sanitary,
right click mouse button, on Context Menu select Duplicate.
4 Select duplicated PVC - DWV Sanitary 2, right click mouse button, on Context Menu
select Rename… to rename it to PVC - DWV Vent.

5 Double click PVC - DWV Vent to open Type Properties dialog box, click the Edit… button
next to Routing Preferences.
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6 In Routing Preferences dialog box, set Elbow to M_Ell Vent - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV:
Standard, set its Min. Size to All, set Junction to M_Tee Vent - PVC - Sch 40 - DWV:
Standard, set its Min. Size to All, set Cross to M_Tee Reducing Double Vent - PVC - Sch
40 - DWV: Standard, set its Min. Size to All.

7 Click OK twice to finish the setting for Vent pipe type.

Add Vent Pipes to Main Drains

8 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
9 Cross Men’s Room to draw a section line viewing left, drag the section far clipping
control arrow to the location shown.
10 On Properties palette, set Sub-Discipline to Plumbing.

11 Double click the section symbol to open the section view.

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12 On View Control Bar, set Detail Level to Fine.

13 Use VG to turn off Pipes Center Line.
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14 Drag the Crop Region as shown on the left figure.

15 On Properties palette, uncheck Crop Region Visible.

Revit does not have particular color for Vent system, but we can use VG’s Filter to set the
line color of vent pipes. We also turn off cold water and hot water piping to facilitate us
drawing the vent pipes.

16 Type VG, click Filters tab, then click the

Add button.
17 In Add Filters dialog box select Domestic
Cold Water, Domestic Hot Water and
Vent, press OK.

18 Back to Filters dialog screen, turn off Domestic Cold Water and Domestic Hot Water,
select Vent, click the Override… button of Projection/Surface Lines, in Line Graphics
dialog box, set Color to RGB 255-128-000 (orange), press OK.
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19 Press OK again to finish the settings.

20 Click Systems tab, then select Pipe.

21 In Family/Type Selector, find and select Pipe Types family PVC - DWV Vent type pipe.
22 On Properties palette, verify that Reference Level is set to Level 1, set System Type to
Vent.

23 Pick the midpoint of the top of a first floor main drain segment as shown for vent pipe
starting point.
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24 On Modify | Place Pipe ribbon, select Automatically Connect, select Slope Up, set Slope
Value to 1.0000%.
25 On Options Bar, set Diameter to 65 mm.

26 Draw 65 mm vent pipe up then left and up above the roof as shown.

Notice! Because we set 1.0000% slope up, thus when we draw pipe left it has an angle of
89.43°.
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27 Select the vent pipe that passing through the roof, then click its top end offset value,
enter 760 so its top is exactly 20 cm above roof.

28 Select Pipe command on Systems ribbon again.

29 As shown on the left figure, pick the midpoint of the top of the main drain segment.
30 On Options Bar, set Diameter to 65 mm.
31 As shown on the right figure, draw a 65 mm vent pipe up connecting to the horizontal
vent pipe above.

Attention: We must pick the starting point first, then set pipe Diameter.
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32 Draw another two 65 mm vertical

vent pipes up connecting to the
horizontal vent pipe as shown.

33 As shown on the left figure, from the top of first floor urinal drain segment, draw 50 mm
vent pipe up and left connecting to the vertical vent pipe as shown.
34 As shown on the right figure, from the top of first floor another urinal drain segment,
draw a 50 mm vent pipe up connecting to the horizontal vent pipe just drew.

35 Like first floor, draw second floor

main drain vent pipes as shown.
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36 Change the Bend of second floor urinal drain to Tee as shown below.

37 From the top of Tee draw a 65 mm vertical vent pipe up above the roof aligning to the
top of the vertical vent pipe on the other side.
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38 Select highlighted pipe segment and tee, on Options Bar change their diameters to 100
mm.

39 From the top of second floor urinal drain line, draw two 50 mm vent pipes connecting to
the right 65 mm vertical vent pipe.
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Thus we have finished all the vent pipes for the drain lines in the middle shaft of the
restroom.

Add Vent Pipes to Lavatory Drains

40 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
41 Copy the first section line to its right and to its left as shown.
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42 Select the third section line, click the Flip Section icon to let it viewing to the right.

43 Double click the second section symbol to open that section view.
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44 From the top of second floor lavatory drain Tee, draw a 50 mm vertical vent pipe up
above roof.
45 Select the vent pipe just drew, set its top offset value to 760 cm.

46 From the top of second floor rightmost lavatory drain Tee, draw 32 mm vertical vent
pipe up and left connecting to the 50 mm vertical vent pipe just drew.
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47 From the tops of other three lavatory drain Tees, draw three 32 mm vertical vent pipes
up connecting to the 32 mm horizontal vent pipe above.

48 From the top of first floor lavatory drain Tee, draw a 50 mm vertical vent pipe up and 20
cm left and up and right connecting to the second floor 50 mm vertical vent pipe.
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49 Like second floor, from the tops of first floor lavatory drain Tees, draw 32 mm vent pipes
connecting to the left 50 mm vertical vent pipe.

Thus we have finished the vent pipes for the lavatories in Men’s Room.
50 In Project Browser, double click section 3 to open that section view.
51 Use the same methods to finish the vent pipes for the lavatories in Ladies’ Room.
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52 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view our model in 3D.

In 3D view the color of vent pipes is black, we use VG to set their color to orange same as
the color shown in section view. We also use VG to turn off cold water and hot water piping
so we can examine the sanitary system much easier.
53 Type VG, click Filters tab, then click the Add button.
54 In Add Filters dialog box select Domestic Cold Water, Domestic Hot Water and Vent,
press OK.
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55 Back to Filters dialog screen, turn off Domestic Cold Water and Domestic Hot Water,
select Vent, click the Override… button of Projection/Surface Lines, in Line Graphics
dialog box, set Color to RGB 255-128-000 (orange), press OK.

56 Press OK again to finish the settings.

Now we see the vent pipes become orange color, in the mean time the cold water and hot
water lines are gone.

Save your work

Click the File Tab, select Save As, then select Project, in Save As dialog box, navigate to
Plumbing Exercise folder, enter 09 Vent Pipes Finished for File name. Click the File Tab
again then select Close.

5 - 10 Add Water Heater

In this section we will add a water heater in first floor Elec/Mech room and connect it to the
cold water and hot water piping in restrooms.
Open the exercise file: \Plumbing\10 Add Water Heater.rvt
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Load Water Heater Family

1 In Project Browser, double click 1 - Plumbing under Floor Plans to open that view.
2 Use VG to turn off Section symbols and lines.
3 Click Systems tab, select Mechanical Equipment.

4 On Modify | Place Mechanical Equipment ribbon, select Load Family.

5 In Load Family dialog box, find and open C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries

\Us Metric\Plumbing\MEP\Equipment\Water Heaters\M_Water Heater.rfa file.
6 In Family/Type Selector, select 285 L type water heater, then click Edit Type.

7 In Type Properties dialog, click Duplicate… button to duplicate this type to a 285L 220V
type and change its Voltage from 240V to 220V.
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8 Place this 220V water heater at the lower left corner of Elec/Mech room. (when placing,
press Space bar to orientate the heater first)

Modify First Floor View Range

Since we will run the connecting piping at a higher level, therefore we modify the view top
from 250 cm set previously to 350 cm.
9 On Properties palette, click View Range's Edit… button to change the view Top Offset:

Draw Cold Water Pipe

10 On Systems ribbon select Pipe.
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11 In Family/Type Selector, find and select Pipe Types family Domestic Cold Water type pipe.
12 On Properties palette, set System Type to Domestic Cold Water.
13 On Modify | Place Pipe ribbon, select Slope Off.
14 On Options Bar, set Diameter to 50 mm, set Offset to -80 cm.

15 From Elec/Mech room draw a cold water pipe segments as shown, but not finish.

16 On Options Bar, change Offset to 335 cm, continue to draw pipes to Men’s Room.
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Draw Hot Water Pipe

17 On Systems ribbon select Pipe.
18 In Family/Type Selector, find and select Pipe Types family Domestic Hot Water type pipe.
19 On Properties palette, set System Type to Domestic Hot Water.
20 On Modify | Place Pipe ribbon, verify that Slope is Off.
21 On Options Bar, set Diameter to 25 mm, set Offset to 345 cm.
22 From Elec/Mech room draw 3 hot water pipe segments to Men’s Room.

23 Click the button on Quick Toolbar to view model in 3D.

24 Type VG, click Filters tab, turn on Domestic Cold Water and Domestic Hot Water.
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25 Click the blue mark on the corner of LEFT, BACK and TOP of 3D View Cube to switch to
that viewing angle.

26 Type VG, turn off Plumbing Fixtures, click Filters tab, turn off Sanitary and Vent.

Now we only see the cold and hot water piping and water heater.
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27 Delete the last two segments of cold water and hot water pipes we just drew. (leave
two turning bends)

28 Select the bend of cold water, on Modify | Pipe Fittings ribbon select Connect Into, then
select the vertical cold water pipe on the left to connect the horizontal cold water piping
to it.
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29 Same situation, select the bend of hot water, on Modify | Pipe Fittings ribbon select
Connect Into, then select the vertical hot water pipe on the left to connect the
horizontal hot water piping to it.

30 Convert the cold water bend to tee.

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31 Use Connect Into method to connect the tee to the vertical cold water pipe as shown.

32 Again, convert the new cold water bend to tee.

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33 Use Connect Into method to connect the tee to the vertical cold water pipe on the right.

34 Convert the hot water bend to tee.

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35 Use Connect Into method to connect the hot water tee to the vertical hot water pipe on
the right.

Thus we have completed the horizontal and vertical cold and hot water piping connections
in restrooms.
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36 Select the water heater, on Modify | Mechanical Equipment ribbon, select Connect Into.
37 In Select Connector dialog box, select Connector 1 : Domestic Cold Water : Round : 25
mm : In : Row direction In, press OK.

38 Select the vertical cold water pipe next to the heater, Voila!

Now Revit connected water heater from its cold water connector to the cold water pipe on
its right. Meanwhile, the color of water heater changed from black to blue, which means
now this heater belongs to cold water system.