Revit MEP 2022 From Zero to Hero Tutorials

Tutorial 01: User Interface

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_01.rvt
3. Type the name of the current view: ________________________
4. In Project Browser, locate Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans; double click the
view named 1 - Plumbing. Using different zooming commands, explore this view
5. Change the Detail level to Coarse, then Medium
6. What is the scale of this view? __________
7. Change it to 1:200, 1:50, then get it back to 1:100
8. Create a camera for different parts of the Plumbing model
9. Do the same steps in Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 - Ceiling Elec
10. Choose one of the 3D views, then change the Visual style to Wireframe, Hidden,
Consistent Colors, then get it back to Shaded
11. Go back to Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 – Mech, select one of the ducts
(by clicking it)
12. Check Properties palette, and record some of the information about this duct
13. Using Project Browser, double click on East – Mech Elevation view
14. Using View tab, and Window panel, tile all the opened views
15. Use command Zoom All to Fit and see its effect.
16. You can select between Tab Views, and Tiled Views
17. Click one of tabs, and hold, you can drag the view to another screen if you want
18. Select one of the views, then click Close Inactive Windows button to close all the
other views.
19. Go to HVAC / 3D, from Properties turn off the Section Box, right-click ViewCube,
and start Perspective (if nothing is displayed, double-click the mouse wheel). The
view initially is wireframe, use the Steering Wheel to explore the 3D view
20. Use Fly command as well
21. Using File Menu, and Close command, close the current project without saving

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Tutorial 02: Drawing & Selecting:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_02.rvt
3. Click Air Handling Unit at the bottom. Hover over the square with X inside it at
the right of the AHU, Revit will show you a tooltip “Create Duct”; click it to start
creating ducts. Go to the right by 1000mm, and click. Go up with angle=90, and
type 8750, and press [Enter], then press [Esc] twice to end the command
4. Click the long duct. What is the length of the long duct? _____________
5. Click the temporary dimension to change it to 8650
6. From Systems tab, click Duct command. Move the cursor up until you see
alignment line with the top left Air Terminal, the first click should be at the center
of the main duct, and then go to the left measuring 2500mm, click to stop
drawing, press [Esc] twice to end the command
7. Start Flex Duct command, start from the center of the upper left Air Terminal,
and connect it to the duct you just added
8. Repeat the process for the lower left Air Terminal
9. Click the T at the top, and click the plus sign to its right to make it rectangular
cross. Hover over the right of the rectangular cross, right-click and select Draw
Duct option, draw a duct 1500mm, and press [Esc] twice to end the command.
Start Flex Duct command, start from the center of the upper right Air Terminal,
and connect it to the duct you just did
10. Repeat the process for the lower right Air Terminal
11. Using Window, or Crossing select all elements
12. From context tab, click Filter button, how many duct fitting you have?
____________.
13. Click Check None button, and select Air Terminals (they should be four), click OK.
Now only the four Air Terminal are selected. Click anywhere to deselect elements
14. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 03: Modifying commands:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_03.rvt
3. Zoom to the top left room, and move the light to the top left of the ceiling grid
4. Copy it three times to make it look like the following:

5. Zoom to the top right room. Rotate the light 45o to fit into the ceiling grid (you
can use Align command, if you want)
6. Then copy it three times
7. Zoom to the top left room, and select the two right lights. Start Mirror – Pick Axis
command, and select the center of the wall at the right of the two lights
8. Align the top one to the ceiling grid, and delete the other light
9. Using Linear Array, array the top light five times to the right using 1200mm
distance between them. Also, using the Linear Array, array the resultant lights
downward two times using 1800mm distance between them
10. This will be the result:

11. Zoom to the room containing the spotlight. Select the spotlight, and start Radial
Array, array it 24 times in 360o usingxx the intersection of the two green lines as
the Center of Rotation
12. From Project Browser go to Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 – Mech
13. Extend the lower small ducts to the main duct
14. Using Trim / Extend to Corner join the magenta horizontal and vertical ducts

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 15. Using Split Element, split the horizontal magenta duct using more than one
method
16. Save and close the file

Tutorial 04: Linking Models from other Disciplines:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file named Architectural_Model.rvt, using SAVEAS, save it under the
following name: My_Arhcitectural_Model.rvt. look at the different views and get
acquainted with the model, then close it
3. Start a new project using Systems-Default_Metric.rte
4. Check the different premade views for different disciplines.
5. Check the Properties of some of these views, check the Discipline, and Sub-
Discipline
6. Save it as Tutorial_04_Solved.rvt
7. Go to Insert tab, locate Link panel, click Revit Link button, when the dialog box
will come up select My_Architecture_Model.rvt, using Manual – Base Point, and
click Open, and insert the model between the four elevation bubbles.
8. Pin the architectural model
9. Go to Insert tab, locate Link panel, click Manage Links button, select the linked
file, and make sure you understand each and every option, and button. When
done click OK
10. From Project Browser go to Mechanical / HVAC / Elevations (Building Elevations)
/ South – Mech
11. Move the bubble of the Level 1 and Level 2 of the new file out to the right
12. Save and close the file

Tutorial 05: Copy / Monitor, and creating Levels

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_05.rvt
3. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Elevations (Building Elevations) / South – Mech
4. Go to Collaborate tab, locate Coordinate panel, click Copy / Monitor drop-down
list and choose Select Link option, and select the linked architecture model.
5. From the context tab, locate Tools panel, then click Monitor, click Level 1 of the
new file, then click Level 1 of the linked file. Do the same thing with Level 2

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6. Click Copy button, from Options bar, and select Level 3 (we don’t need neither
Level 4, nor Level 5) from the linked architecture file. Read the warning message,
and click OK to accept it. From context tab, click Finish to end the command
7. Now you have three levels in your file, exactly like the three levels from the
linked file. Move Level 3 bubble out. You can see that the Level 3 header is black
and not blue. Also, from Project Browser there are no views representing Level 3
8. Go to View tab, locate Create panel, click Plan View drop-down list, and select
Floor Plan option, when the dialog box will come up, you will find Level 3
9. Click Edit Type, then click Mechanical Plan button, check that Mechanical Plan is
the Template selected. Make sure that Discipline = Mechanical, and Sub-
Discipline = HVAC. Click OK twice, then select Level 3 and click OK
10. Rename the new floor plan views: 3 – Mech (when the renaming the level
message comes up click No)
11. Now we are done with the HVAC
12. Go to View tab, locate Create panel, click Plan View drop-down list, and select
Floor Plan option, when the dialog box will come up, you will not find any floor
plan. Turn off Do not duplicate existing views
13. Click Edit Type, then click Mechanical Plan button, from the left select Plumbing
Plan, and make sure that Discipline = Plumbing, and Sub-Discipline = Plumbing.
Click OK twice, then select Level 3 click OK
14. Rename the new view to read 3 – Plumbing (when the renaming the level
message comes up click No)
15. Do the same thing for Electrical Power floor plan views
16. For Electrical Lighting, you need to duplicate the Electrical Plan, and call the new
view template, Electrical Plan_Lighting, and set the Sub-Discipline = Lighting
17. This applies to the Electrical Lighting Ceiling Plan (this view template is available,
just use it)
18. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 06: Batch Copy:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_06.rvt
3. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor plans / 1- Plumbing
4. Go to Collaborate tab, locate Coordinate panel, click Copy / Monitor drop-down
list and choose Select Link option, and select the linked architecture model
5. From the context tab, locate Tools panel, click Coordination Settings button, from
Category list select Plumbing Fixtures, from Behavior set Copy behavior = Allow
batch copy, and Mapping behavior = Specify type mapping
6. You will notice that Plumbing Fixtures at the left had a new child called Type
Mapping, select it, and make the following changes:

7. Click Save & Close button

8. Click Batch Copy button, and select Copy Fixtures, the copy will take few seconds.
Click Finish to finish the command
9. Go to the 3D view under Plumbing, you will notice that Water Closet is not placed
in the right plane.
10. Go back to 1 – Plumbing floor plan, using Flip Work Plane, flip the urinals to the
right plane, but, the sinks are not aligned with the wall, but inside the wall!!

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 11. If you go to the South – Plumbing elevation view, you will notice, that sinks are
not in the right height from the level (these are the shortcomings of replacing a
family in place of another family)
12. Save and close the file

Tutorial 07: Coordination Review:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open My_Architectural_Model.rvt
3. Go to South elevation view
4. Change the height of Level 3 by adding 100mm
5. Save and close the file
6. Open the file Tutorial_07.rvt
7. Read the warning and click OK
8. Go to South – Mech elevation view, you can see two levels in your project. The
old one, and the new one with different values
9. Go to Collaborate tab, locate Coordinate panel, click Coordination Review drop-
down list and choose Select Link option, and select the linked architecture model.
10. When the dialog box coming up, recognizing the change. Select Move Level ‘Level
3’, then click OK to end the command
11. When you check South – Mech again, you will notice that both levels have the
same value
12. Save and close the file

Tutorial 08: Views

1. Start Revit 2022.
2. Open the file Tutorial_08.rvt
3. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Elevations / South - Mech
4. Duplicate the current view, and rename it to be South – Mech w/o Levels
5. Select one of the levels, right-click, and choose Hide in View / Category
6. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Elevations / North - Mech
7. Start Visibility / Graphics command, you are at Model Categories tab, make sure
at Filter list to show Architecture as well as Mechanical, Electrical, and Piping.
Click Annotation Categories, turn off Levels. Click OK to end the command
8. Go to Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 - Ceiling Elec view. Zoom to the two
toilets, and create a rectangle callout, and call it, 1 - Ceiling Elec – Toilet Lighting
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 9. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plan / 1 - Mech view. Sketch callout around the
Elevator and Staircase, and rename the view to 1- Mech Elevator and Staircase.
10. If the callout view, was not listed in the same discipline, go to the callout view,
from Properties, locate View Template, change the view template to Mechanical
Plan, make sure that Discipline = Mechanical, and Sub-Discipline = HVAC, and it
will be listed correctly.
11. Make sure that your current view is 1 - Mech
12. Go to View tab, click Close Inactive
13. Duplicate 1 – Mech floor plan, and rename it to be 1 - Mech Reception. Show the
Crop Region. Resize it to show only the Reception
14. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 - Mech view
15. Add a Building elevation in the right side of the building
16. Click the arrow of the elevation, and understand the depth of the new elevation.
Double click the arrow to see the elevation view
17. Go back to 1 – Mech, change the depth of the elevation to include more
elements, and double click the arrow again. How the view changed?
______________________________________
18. Rename the new elevation to My_East. Change Discipline=Mechanical, and Sub-
Discipline=HVAC
19. Go back to Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 - Mech
20. Create a section cutting the toilets vertically
21. Rename the section to be Toilets
22. Go to the view to see it. Change Discipline to Plumbing, and Sub-Discipline to
Plumbing for the section view
23. You can resize the Crop region to show Level 1, and Level 2 only
24. Save and close the file

Tutorial 9: Creating Spaces:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Course_Architecture_Model.rvt
3. Go to Level 1 floor plan view. Notice the definition of the rooms, naming, and
numbers.
4. Select one of the rooms (make sure to select the cross, you can use [Tab] key),
using Properties, you can see different types of information. If Volume is not
computed, then go to Analyze tab, locate Spaces & Zones panel, click the drop-
down list of panel title, click Area and Volume Computations button, make sure

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 Areas and Volumes option is selected. Click OK, check the Properties again, you
will find Volume is calculated
5. Save and close the file
6. Open the file Tutorial_9.rvt
7. You are at Mechanical / HAVC / Floor Plans / 1 - Mech view
8. Right-Click the view, and Duplicate with Detailing, rename the new view 1 -
Spaces. Make sure nothing is selected, click Edit Type, locate View Template
applied to new views (whatever the name appears on the button) select
Architecture Plan, click Duplicate, and call the new View Template Coordination
Plan
9. Change the Discipline to Coordination, and create a new Sub-Discipline =
Coordination. Click OK twice. You can see now that a new node was added to the
views which is called Coordination
10. Select 1 – Spaces, right-click, and select Apply Template Properties, then select
Coordination Plan, click OK to end the command
11. Duplicate with Detailing 2 – Mech, rename it to 2 – Spaces, then Apply the
Coordination Plan template to it
12. Select the RVT Link, from Properties, click Edit Type button, turn on Room
Bounding on
13. Go to 1 - Spaces
14. While nothing is selected, click Edit Type, click Coordination Plan button, turn off
the Include checkbox for all options start with V/G Override. Then click OK twice
15. Start Visibility / Graphics command, find Spaces, click the plus sign beside it. Turn
on Interior
16. Start Space command, from the Option bar, set the Offset = 2700mm, and define
the top left room to be your first space. Don’t change the name and the number.
Define the one at its right to be your second space, leave the default name and
number.
17. Start Space command, from context tab; click Place Spaces Automatically. It will
report that 24 spaces were created. Click Close (Since some Rooms in this project
were defined using Room Separators, Spaces used the same separators i.e.,
Corridors)
18. Click Space Naming button, keep the default options, select it for Level 1, and
click OK. You will notice that all spaces were named and numbered based on the
definition of the rooms
19. Using the same method, do the spaces of Level 2 using 2 – Spaces floor plan view

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 20. You will notice that 31 spaces were added. Read the warning carefully. It is telling
you that some of the spaces have duplicate numbers
21. We will sort this out in the next tutorial
22. Select one of the spaces, check the Properties for Electrical Lighting, Electrical
Loads, Dimensions, Mechanical Flow, and Energy Analysis
23. Save and close the file

Tutorial 10: Modify and Control Spaces:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_10.rvt
3. From Project Browser, right-click Schedule / Quantities, select New Schedule /
Quantities, from the Filter List make sure that Mechanical is selected, then search
for Spaces, once you find it, click OK.
4. From Fields, add Number, Name, Level
5. When the schedule comes up, you can see there are the following things
repeated in both Level 1, and Level 2:
a. Chase
b. Chase
c. Elevator
d. Staircase
6. Select all of the above for Level 2, and delete them
7. In Level 2, there is a space not named correctly. If you view the schedule, you will
find space 149 in Level 2, named Space. Select the row, click Highlight in Model,
you will find it to be the Reception in Level 2
8. Using the schedule, rename it to Reception, and since it is in Level 2, and
renumber it to 232
9. Go to Coordination / Coordination / 1 – Spaces
10. Create a section which cuts the two toilets vertically
11. Go to the section view by double clicking the head of the section
12. Using Visibility / Graphics show the interior colors of spaces
13. You can see the space in both chases is not covering the full space. Select the
space, from Properties, set the Limit Offset = 9500mm
14. Do the same to the other chase
15. Move the section to cut the elevator
16. You can see that the space is not covering the full spaces from both sides. Select
the space, set Limit Offset = 11500mm, and Base Offset = -1000mm

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 17. Go to 1 – Spaces, and move the section to cut the staircase
18. Go to the section view
19. Select the space, set Limit Offset = 11500mm
20. You are still in Section 1 view
21. We want to create a Plenum level for Level 1. Go to Architecture tab, locate
Datum panel, and click Level command. From Properties change the type to
Plenum. Using Options bar, click Plan View Types button, turn off all types except
Floor Plan, and from Draw panel, click Pick Lines tool, pick the upper edge of the
ceiling. Rename the level to 1 - Plenum, and answer Yes to the question
22. Go to 1 – Plenum view
23. Make sure nothing is selected, from Properties, you will find that View Range is
disabled
24. Under View Template, click Coordination Plan, search for View Range and
uncheck the tick of View Range, to allow the user to make some changes, click OK
to end the command
25. Start View Range command, and set Cut Plane = 150mm
26. Start Space command, and click at the middle of the building. Rename the new
Space P1, and leave the number as is.
27. Go back to Section 1 view, click the newly created space, and adjust the Limit
Offset = 1048mm
28. Do the same procedure for P2
29. Save and close the file

Tutorial 11: Energy Analysis – Part 1

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_11.rvt
3. Go to Analyze tab, locate Energy Optimization panel, start Location command,
make sure you are at Location tab, under Project Address type Sacramento, CA.
Select the first Weather Station. Turn on Use Daylight Savings time, click OK to
end the command
4. Click Energy Settings, do the following:
a. Set Mode = Use Building Elements
b. Ground Plane = Level 1
c. Average Vertical Void Height Threshold = 2700mm
d. Click OK to end the command
5. Go to 1 – Spaces, and move the section to cut the toilets and the chases

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6. Go to Section 1 view
7. Select the two plenums, using Properties, under Energy Analysis, turn on Plenum
(Occupiable will be turned off automatically). Check that Condition Type to make
sure it is Unconditioned
8. Select the two chases, using the Properties, set the following:
a. Turn off the Occupiable
b. Condition Type = Unconditioned
9. Go to 1 – Spaces floor plan view
10. Select the Elevator, Stairs, the three corridors, Electrical_Room, Gents Room and
Ladies Room spaces, and set the Condition Type = Unconditioned
11. Select the twelve office spaces, and the Manager_Office, from Properties, under
Energy Analysis, click the three dots button of Space Type. At Filter, type Office,
from the list select Office – Enclosed. From the right change the Lighting Schedule
and Power Schedule to be Common Office Occupancy. Click OK to end the
command
12. Select the Meeting Room, from Properties, under Energy Analysis, click the three
dots button of Space Type. At Filter, type Meeting, from the list select
Conference Meeting / Multipurpose, from the right click three dots button of
Occupancy Schedule. When the new dialog box comes up, click Duplicate button,
and rename the new, as Meeting, and do the following:
a. Set 7:00 AM, and 8:00 AM to be 0%
b. Set 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, and 9:00 PM to be 0%
c. Leave the rest as is
13. Apply the same to Lighting Schedule, and Power Schedule
14. Select the Reception and set the Space Type to be Reception/Waiting –
Transportation, Duplicate it to be only Reception, and set Occupancy Schedule to
be On - 8 AM to 6 PM. Set the Lighting Schedule and the Power Schedule to the
same
15. Select the Cafeteria space, from Properties, under Energy Analysis, click the three
dots button of Space Type. At Filter, type Dining, from the list select Dining Area.
Click OK to end the command
16. If you have time do the same thing for Level 2
17. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 12: Energy Analysis – Part 2
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_12.rvt
3. We need to isolate room bounding elements in the architectural model (if you
have slanted or elliptical walls, these two types will generate inaccurate energy
analysis results). Do the following steps:
a. Create a new 3D view of the model. It will be created in the Mechanical /
HVAC
b. Select one of the levels, right-click, and select Hide / Category
c. Start Visibility / Graphics command, from Filter List, turn all off except
Architecture
d. Turn everything off except the following: Ceilings, Columns, Curtain
panels, Curtain systems, Curtain wall mullions, Doors, Floors, Mass (if you
have masses in your model), Roofs (Hidden lines, Common Edges, Interior
Edges, Roof Soffits), Shaft openings, Site (pads), Structural columns, Walls
(Hidden lines, Common edges), and Windows
e. Click OK to end the command
4. Click the three small floor outside the building along with the roof at the main
entrance, and make sure it is not Room-Bounding (since this is outside the
building, so no need to be analyzed). if there is anything similar that you want to
make sure it is not Room-Bounding, select it and hide it
5. Orbit the model, looking for any missing elements (no floor, or no ceiling), or big
gaps. If you find any, fix the problem before you go any further
6. Go to Analyze tab, locate Energy Optimization panel, and click Create Energy
Model, a message will come up click Create the Energy Analytical Model button.
7. You will notice that there are two new 3D views were generated automatically;
one called “System-Zones” and the second called “Analytical Spaces”
8. From Project Browser go to Schedule / Quantities, you will find a schedule called
Analytical Spaces, double-click it. You will see all the spaces you created
9. Another schedule you will find is the Analytical Surfaces which includes Openings
and Surfaces
10. Go to Analytical Spaces 3D view
11. Start Visibility / Graphics command, click Analytical Model Categories tab, and
turn off the Analytical Spaces, and turn on the Analytical Surfaces. Turn off
everything under Analytical Surfaces except Shades. Shade Surfaces take place

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 when any Revit Architecture element (or part of it) lies outside the building heat
transfer like parapets and the outside walls and roof of the stairs and elevator.
12. Look for shade surfaces which exists out of place position. If you find one,
communicate with the architect to search for gaps and any missing elements. You
can find, then fix anything in the model, then you can Delete Energy Model, and
regenerate a new one
13. We need to check the Analytical Model, if there are any missing elements or
gaps, in order to do that we can increase Analytical Space Resolution, and
Analytical Surface Resolution. To do that go to Analyze tab, locate Energy
Optimization panel, start Energy Settings command, keep Analytical Space
Resolution to 457.2mm, and change the Analytical Surface Resolution to 228.6
mm (always keep them to a ratio of 2:1)
14. Start Visibility / Graphics command, click Analytical Model Categories tab, and
turn on all the categories under Analytical Surfaces
15. Check the model for any gaps or missing elements
16. Start Visibility / Graphics command, click Analytical Model Categories tab, and
turn off Analytical Surfaces, and turn on Analytical Spaces
17. Save and close the file

Tutorial 13: Energy Analysis – Part 3

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_13.rvt
3. Open 1 – Mech floor plan view, and close other views
4. Go to View tab, locate Windows panel, click the drop-down list of User Interface,
and turn on System Browser, from the drop-down, select Analytical systems
5. From the buttons at the right, click Add Water Loop
6. Call it CDW-01, Loop Type = Condenser Water
7. Add another Water Loop, call it HW-01, Loop Type = Hot Water
8. Add another Water Loop, call it CHW-01, Loop Type = Chilled Water, Chiller Type
= Water Cooled, Condenser Water Loop = CDW-01
9. Click Add Air System, call it AHU-01, and set it like the following:

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10. Click Add Zone Equipment, call it CAV-01, and set it like the following:

11. Add two more Zone Equipment CAV-02, and CAV-03, with the same settings
12. Add three more Zone Equipment CAV-04, CAV-05, CAV06, and CAV-07 but
change the Behavior to One per Space
13. You added Water Loops, Air System, and Zone Equipment, we need to connect
that to our Analytical Model. We will cut Level 1 to six zones, starting from
bottom up, calling it Area-01, Area-02, Area-03, etc.
14. Go to Analyze tab, locate Energy Optimization panel, click System Zone, set the
following:

15. Using 1 – Mech, create a line covering bottom four offices. Press [Esc], and click
(✓) to end the command
16. Area-02, with CAV-02, will be for the four offices above them. Area-03, with CAV-
03, for the four offices at the top, below the Reception
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17. Area-04, and CAV-04 will be for Manager_Room, Area_05, with CAV-05 will be for
Reception, Area-06, with CAV-06 will be for the Meeting room, and Area-07, with
CAV-07 will be for Cafeteria (for these three, use circle instead of line)
18. Repeat steps from (6) to (17) to do the same thing for Level 2
19. Delete Energy Model
20. Create a New Energy Model
21. Check the Unassigned, you will find Reception 227, right-click, and make it
Unconditioned
22. Look at the Analytical Spaces and how they are listed in the System Browser
23. Also, look at the new node which is named Unconditioned
24. Go to Unassigned, if you find any corridor, select them, right-click and send them
to Unconditioned
25. To get the Energy Analysis results, start Energy Settings command, click Other
Options, and make sure of the following:
a. Building Service = Constant Volume - Fixed OA
b. Building Infiltration Class = Medium
c. Building Type = Office
d. HVAC System = 4-Pipe Fan Coil System, Chiller 5.96 COP, Boilers 84.5 eff
26. Click OK twice to end the command
27. Go to Analyze tab, locate Energy Optimization panel, click Systems Analysis
command, you will see the following dialog box:

28. Do the following:

e. Select HVAC Systems Load and Sizing
f. Type in the desired Report name
g. If you would like you can change Energy Settings
29. Click Run Analysis button, it will take some time to produce the report

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 30. Using the Project Browser, Locate Reports/ Analysis Reports, locate the report
31. Look at the report, and the different tabs
32. Go to the Analytical Spaces 3D view
33. Select one of the Analytical spaces, using the Properties, look at the different
loads that Revit calculated.
34. Go to 3D view, and export your model to gbXML file using Building Elements,
specify the name of the XML file, and Save
35. Save and close the file

Tutorial 14: Adding Mechanical Equipment and Air Terminals

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_14.rvt
3. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 - Mech
4. Go to Insert tab, locate Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family.
Make sure that you are at United States – Metric. From left pane, select
Mechanical / MEP / Air Handling Units at the Search bar, type indoor, and select
M_Indoor AHU – Horizontal – Chilled Water Coil, click Load to end the command
5. Go to Systems tab, locate Mechanical panel, click Mechanical Equipment button,
from Properties, select M_Indoor AHU – Horizontal – Chilled Water Coil – Unit
Size 36. Set the Offset to be 3000mm, and place it above the middle and outside
the walls of the four offices at the bottom
6. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Mech view
7. Go to Insert tab, locate Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family.
Remove the search word, from left pane, select Air Terminal at the Search bar,
type supply, and select M_Supply Diffuser-Perforated Round Neck – Ceiling
Mounted, click Load. Once the new dialog box comes up, select
600mmx600mmx200mm In Neck, and click OK to end the command
8. Start Air Terminal command, from Properties, select M_Supply Diffuser-
Perforated Round Neck – Ceiling Mounted 600mmx600mmx200mm In Neck,
from context tab, click Place on Face button, and insert it in the left office, using
the alignment line to the existing Air Terminal of lower office. Set the Flow to be
70 l/s
9. Copy the inserted air terminal to the same room, then copy the two air terminals
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10. Go to Insert tab, locate Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family.
Remove the search word, from left pane, select Air Terminal at the Search bar,
type return, and select M_Return Diffuser-Hosted, click Load.
11. Start Air Terminal command, and add Return Diffuser to the room at the left to
the right of the right supply diffuser and above it. Select it, from Properties,
remove the four arrows. Use Align command to align it with the false ceiling.
Copy it to the other room in the same place. You should get the following:

12. Select the six air terminals. Start Mirror – Pick Axis, and click the center of the
middle wall between the four offices
13. Using Align command, align the six air terminal with reflected ceiling lines
14. You should have the following:

15. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 15: Adding Ducts – Introduction
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Start a new file based on Systems-Default_Metric.rte template
3. Start the Duct command
4. From Properties, for Rectangular Duct there are four types of ducts, they are:
a. Radius Elbows / Tees
b. Radius Elbows / Taps
c. Mitered Elbows / Tees
d. Mitered Elbows / Tees
5. Try all of the above types to get acquainted with the Duct types
6. Check the Middle Elevation, Top Elevation, and Bottom Elevation
7. You can change the justification for a new duct by clicking Duct command, then
from Properties, check the Horizontal Justification (Left, Center, Right), and
Vertical Justification (Top, Middle, Bottom). Or, start the Duct command, before
you start drawing, from the context tab, click Justification button, you will see the
following dialog box:

8. Here you can control the Horizontal Offset, when done click OK, and start
drawing your ducts
9. You can change the Justification for the existing ducts, by selecting the duct, and
from the context tab, click Justify button, you will see the following options:

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10. You can control the Justification, by one of the following methods:
a. Either by select one of the nine shapes
b. By selecting Alignment Line
c. By selecting Control Point
11. Close the file without saving

Tutorial 16: Adding Ducts

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_16.rvt
3. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Mech
4. Start Mechanical Settings command, select Angles under Duct Settings, click Use
specific angles option, and uncheck 11.25, 22.5, 30, click OK
5. Select the AHU, from the left of AHU click the small square with x inside it, from
Properties select Rectangular Duct – Mitered Elbows / Tees, and from Options
bar, leave the Width as is, and change the Height to be 300mm. The Middle
Height is dictated by the AHU, but you can change it (if you want). Draw 2400mm
horizontal duct, then down to match the center of the one of the supply air
terminal, then go to the left for the leftmost air terminal to connect to it
6. Click the elbow, and convert it to tee, from the new tee, draw a duct to connect
to the air terminal at the right most
7. Hover over the AHU, and press [Tab] key three times, once everything is
highlighted click the mouse to select, from context tab, click Selection Box
command. Now you will see the AHU along with Air Terminals and the ducts in
3D view
8. Select one of the air terminals, from context tab, click Connect Into, then select
the duct. Repeat the same procedure to the other air terminals (one-by-one)
9. Click the AHU, and from the right, click the small square with / inside it, reduce
the duct size to be 300 x 300, set the Middle Height = 3600mm, then click Apply
button beside it, go to the right by 2400mm, then go down to match the middle
of one of the return air terminals, then go to the left for the leftmost air terminal
to connect to it
10. Click the elbow, and convert it to tee, from the new tee, draw a duct to connect
to the air terminal at the right most

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 11. Hover over the AHU, and press [Tab] key three times, once everything is
highlighted click the mouse to select, from context tab, click Selection Box
command. Now you will see the AHU along with Air Terminals and the ducts in
3D view
12. Select one of the return air terminals, from context tab, click Connect Into, then
select the duct. You can see that the air terminal is BLUE and not MAGENTA.
Select the small duct, from Properties, select System Type to be Return System.
Repeat the same procedure to the other air terminal
13. Congratulations, you did your first ducting system
14. Save and close the file

Tutorial 17: Duct Adjustments

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_17.rvt
3. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plan / 1 – Mech
4. The offices above the lower corridor, has already an AHU with Supply and Return
air terminal
5. Select the Return run
6. From Options bar, change the size to be 200 x 200mm
7. To mirror everything with the lower offices to the upper offices, using Window,
select everything at the lower offices
8. Using Mirror – Pick Axis, pick the center of the horizontal wall
9. Everything will be mirrored to the top offices
10. Use Align command to align the air terminals with the false ceiling
11. For the lower offices, select the run of the Supply ducts
12. Using context tab, locate Edit panel, click Change Type button. From Type
selector, select Rectangular Duct Radius Elbows / Tees
13. For the upper offices, select the run of the Supply ducts
14. Using context tab, locate Analysis panel, click Duct / Pipe Sizing button. Use
Friction as Sizing method, and click OK
15. What are the sizes of the ducts used by Revit? ___________________________
16. For the upper offices, select the run of the Supply ducts
17. Using Filter, turn off Air Terminal, and click OK

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 18. Using context tab, locate Duct Insulation panel, click Add Insulation button. When
the dialog box comes up, select Rigid Fiber Board, and set Thickness to 25mm,
click OK to end the command
19. Save and close the file

Tutorial 18: Create Automatic Duct Layouts:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_18.rvt
3. Go to Systems Browser, and look at the systems that Revit created without our
knowledge.
4. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plan / 2 – Mech
5. There are four sets of rooms. Zoom to the middle four rooms with air terminals
and AHU. Select AHU, from context tab, click Duct button. When the dialog box
comes up, call the system SA-21, and turn on the checkbox “Open in the System
Editor”. Add the eight supply air terminal for the four rooms. Click Finish Editing
System button
6. Hover over one of the supply air terminals you just worked with. Press [Tab] to
highlight the system, then click to select
7. From context tab, click Generate Layout button
8. Using the Options bar, click Settings, under Main, set Duct Type = Rectangular
Duct: Mitered Elbows / Tees, and set Offset = 3178mm. From the left select
Branch, set Duct Type = Rectangular Duct: Mitered Elbows / Tees, and set Offset
= 3178mm, set Flex Duct Type = None
9. Browse through the different solution proposed. Make sure it is Network, and
select the fourth solution.
10. Click Finish Layout button to end the command
11. Select the duct run, and click Selection Box
12. Look at the 3D view, everything is in order
13. Go back to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plan / 2 – Mech
14. Select one of the main ducts, and using the arrow keys at the keyboard, move it
down a little bit
15. Create a Return System using the AHU and the four return air terminals using the
same method, calling it, RA-21
16. Hover over one of the return air terminals, and press [Tab] once, you can see that
a dashed line containing the AHU with the four return air terminals is displayed.
17. Click Generate Layout

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 18. Using the Options bar, click Settings, under Main, set Duct Type = Rectangular
Duct: Mitered Elbows / Tees, and set Offset = 3178mm. From the left select
Branch, set Duct Type = Rectangular Duct: Mitered Elbows / Tees, and set Offset
= 3178mm, set Flex Duct Type = None, click OK
19. Select the fourth solution out of five
20. Click Finish Layout button to end the command
21. Select the duct run, and click Selection Box
22. Look at the 3D view, everything is in order
23. Go back to 2 – Mech ceiling view
24. Select the return run
25. From Options bar, change the size to 200 x 200
26. Move the location of the ducts down
27. Do the other four rooms as well
28. Go to Systems Browser again, and change the names of the manual supply and
return systems we did them manually, using Properties, change the name of the
system to be = SA-11, SA-12, etc.
29. Close the System Browser
30. Save and close the file

Tutorial 19: Test Systems:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_19.rvt
3. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plan / 1 – Ceiling Mech
4. Select the Supply run of the second set of rooms, from the context tab, click the
Show Related Warnings. You can see there are eight warnings (one for each air
terminal). Read one of the warnings, the issue is with the “ Rectangular to Round
Transition - Angle : 45 Degree”. Close the dialog box
5. Select the Supply run again, and click Selection Box
6. Zoom to the first two supply air terminals (the ones beside the AHU)
7. Delete the elbow, the vertical duct, and the transition
8. Pull the horizontal duct to be 300mm only
9. Go back to 1 – Ceiling Mech
10. Start Flex Duct command, set the diameter = 200mm, and draw it from the
center of the duct to the center of the air terminal
11. Select the Supply run again, see how many warnings you got right now
12. Start Show Disconnects command, and select Duct, click OK

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13. You will see two warnings, click to know the type of disconnect, you will find it to
be open duct. Close the warning
14. Right-click the open end, and select Cap Open End. You will see that the warning
will disappear.
15. Start Show Disconnects command, and deselect the Duct option and click OK
16. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plan / 2 – Ceiling Mech
17. Turn on Check Duct System button
18. You will see a problem. Click the warnings to read it
19. Select the Supply run, and click Selection Box to see it in 3D
20. You can see two of the air terminals are not connected with the ducting system
21. Connect the two air terminals
22. Go back to see if the problem was solved or not
23. Turn off Check Duct System button
24. Select the top left supply air terminal. From context tab, click System Inspector
button. Click Inspect button. Locate Section 14, type the following information:
a. Flow: __________________________
b. Static Pressure: __________________
c. Pressure Loss: ___________________
25. Finish Inspect command
26. Go to Floor Plans / 2 - Mech
27. Duplicate with Detailing the view and call it 2 – Mech - Flow
28. From Properties, locate System Color Scheme, and click Edit
29. Locate Ducts, and click None button
30. From the left click Duct Color Fill – Flow, click OK twice to end the command
31. Start Duct Legend command, and insert the legend to the right of the plan
32. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 20: Duct Placeholders:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_20.rvt
3. We can use Duct Placeholders (1-line diagram) when the exact design of the
layout is not known yet. It is easy to edit since there are no fittings in it.
4. Go to Systems tab, locate HVAC panel, click Duct Placeholder, do the following:
a. Type: Rectangular Duct: Mitered Elbows / Tees
b. Set System = Supply
c. Size 200 x 200
d. Leave the Middle Elevation as the default value
5. Draw a horizontal line in one of the corridors, vertical line, then horizontal line
again
6. Select the run, click to select it, you will see small circles at the joints, which you
can move to anywhere you want
7. Undo until you get the first diagram
8. Select the run again, then click to select it
9. From context tab, click Convert Placeholder
10. Select one of the ducts, you will discover it is 200 x 200, and Middle Elevation is
the same as the default value
11. Select the run of the ducts
12. Try to move the middle points of the run, what happened? _________________
13. Delete the ducts
14. Click the upper AHU
15. Right-click the top connector, select Draw Duct Placeholder
16. Draw a line of 600 mm up, then go horizontally all the way to cover all the air
terminals. Press [Esc] to end the command
17. Start Duct Placeholder command, align the first air terminal, and draw a vertical
duct placeholder of 500mm. Repeat the same for the second, and third air
terminals. Press [Esc] to end the command
18. Select the run of the placeholders. You will see the intermediate circles
19. Try to move the first one (connected to AHU, you can see it moves up and down
only, due to the fact it is connected to the AHU
20. Try to move of the intermediate circles, and you will see it moves right and left
only. Click Undo until you get the original shape of duct placeholders
21. Connect the three vertical duct placeholders to the air terminals
22. Convert the placeholders to ducts
23. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 21: Hydronic Systems:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_21.rvt
3. Go to Project Browser, search for Families. Find Piping Systems / Piping System,
Hydronic Supply. Double-click it, a dialog box will come up, click the Edit button
of Graphic Override
4. Set a new color of Cyan
5. Do the same thing for Hydronic Return, and set the color to Green
6. Set the Detail Level to Fine
7. You are at 1 – Ceiling Mech
8. Zoom to the top AHU
9. Click it, from context tab, click Edit Family. You can see that in the AHU, the
Supply Hydronic is above, and below it exactly the Return Hydronic
10. Close the family
11. Zoom to the top AHU, and click it, you can see the connector of the Supply
Hydronic pipe, right click it and select Draw Pipe, you will see the following dialog
box:

12. Select the Hydronic Supply, and click OK. Draw a 140mm horizontal line then
600mm vertical line. Press [Esc] to end the command
13. Select the AHU again, right-click the same connector (since there is only the
Return, the dialog box doesn’t come up), draw a 200mm horizontal, then 800
14. Draw a section to see the AHU, and the two pipes you just made
15. Go to Section view, and set the Detail Level to Fine

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16. Click the top pipe, right-click the left connector, draw a 260mm vertical pipe
17. Draw a vertical return pipe to match the length of the supply pipe
18. Go back to 1 – Ceiling Mech
19. Start the Pipe command, from Properties, set the System to be Hydronic Supply
20. Start a pipe from the supply pipe and go beyond the AHU
21. Do the same thing for the Hydronic Return but make it shorter
22. Do the same procedure (creating Supply and Return pipes) for the other AHU
23. Select the last segment of the Hydronic Supply and Hydronic Return, and check
the Middle Elevation, record the number
24. Start the Pipe command, from Properties set the System to be Hydronic Supply,
set the Middle Elevation to same elevation
25. Starting from between the two AHU, draw a series of pipes reaching to the upper
chase
26. Do the same thing for Hydronic Return but set the elevation to be +100mm
27. Connect all Hydronic Supply pipes together, and all Hydronic Return together
28. Create a section cutting the chase to see the pipes inside the chase. Go to the
new section view
29. Go back to 1 – Ceiling Mech
30. Select the Hydronic Return run, and copy it to Level 2
31. Select the Hydronic Supply run, and copy it to Level 2
32. Make the pipes which goes into the chase in Level 2 shorter (you will know why
in a minute)
33. Go to Section 3
34. You will see pipes in Level 1 ceiling, and pipes in Level 2 ceiling
35. Click the Hydronic Supply in Level 1, and draw a pipe to go all the way until the
end of the chase. Do the same thing for Hydronic Return
36. Connect the Supply pipe to the main Supply pipe, and the Return pipe to the
main Return pipe
37. Go to 2 – Ceiling Mech, start Show Disconnects, select Pipe click OK you will get
disconnects for the copied pipes
38. Select one of the AHU, click Selection Box, and fix the Supply and Return Hydronic
pipes
39. Do the same for the other AHU
40. Start Show Disconnects, click off Pipe, and click OK
41. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 22: Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Equipment:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_22.rvt
3. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans / 1 – Plumbing
4. Start Visibility / Graphics, and turn off the Spaces
5. Zoom to the Gents Room at the bottom of the floor plan
6. Using Reference Plane command, add the following planes at the edge of face of
each toilet’s wall, and at the middle:

7. Using Aligned Dimension, add two dimensions for each three reference planes
like shown below:

8. Click (EQ) for each dimension; to make all dimensions equally spaced, hence
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 9. Delete all dimensions, when the warning message comes up, click OK.
10. Go to Insert tab, locate Load from Library, click Load Autodesk Family. Make sure
you are seeing United States – Metric, from the left pane, click Plumbing / MEP /
Fixtures / Water Closets, load M_Water Closet – Flush Valve – Floor Mounted
11. Go to Architecture tab, locate Build panel, click Component drop-down, select
Place a Component, and place M_Water Closet – Flush Valve – Floor Mounted
Public - Flushing Greater than 6.1 Lpf , rotate the fixture using [Space] bar, and
insert four of them using the middle reference planes
12. Do the same thing for the Ladies room
13. Use Align command, to align all the eight water closets to be aligned with the
wall
14. Click Load Autodesk Family, go to Plumbing/MEP/Fixtures/Urinals, and load
M_Urinal – Wall Hung. In the Gents Room, add two M_Urinal – Wall Hung 25mm
Flush Valve to the right wall
15. Start Plumbing Fixtures, click Load Family button, go to Plumbing / MEP / Fixtures
/ Lavatories / M_Lavatory - Wall Mounted.rfa
16. Insert four of M_Lavatory - Wall Mounted - 510 mmx455 mm - Public in the
Gents Room, and four in the Ladies Room
17. Using Load Autodesk Family, Plumbing / MEP / Equipment / Water Heaters /
M_Water Heater.rfa
18. Start Mechanical Equipment, insert one 152 L in the Cafeteria at the lower left
corner, and set Offset = 1000mm
19. Copy everything you did in this tutorial to Level 2
20. Save and close the file

Tutorial 23: Add Plumbing Pipes:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_23.rvt
3. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans / 1 – Plumbing
4. Start Mechanical Settings command
5. Under Pipe Settings, click Angles, from the right, select Use Specific Angles. Turn
off 11.25, 22.50, and 30
6. Go through the other settings related to pipes, then click OK
7. Start Pipe command. The default pipe type is Standard. Click Edit Type, click
Duplicate button, and name the new pipe Copper. Click Edit beside Routing
Preferences. Don’t change any existing settings, and click OK twice

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8. Make Detail Level = Fine
9. Zoom to the top left of the Cafeteria, you will find main water supply pipe. Click
it, click Create Pipe, make sure of the following: Pipe Type = Copper, from
Options bar, Diameter = 25mm, and Offset =1200mm
10. Draw a pipe to the right 100mm. From Options bar set the offset to be 2900mm,
and Diameter = 25mm, then press [Enter], then go down 12800mm. All fittings
will be included automatically
11. Select the vertical section and extend the depth to include the water source,
right-click and select Go to View, change Detail Level = Fine, so you can see the
main water line
12. While you are at the section, select the Water Heater, from context tab, click
Connect Into, select Cold Water Connector, then click the main line
13. Go back to 1 – Plumbing floor plan view
14. Start Pipe command, set the Diameter = 25mm from context tab click Inherit
Elevation button, click the main water line at the north wall of the Ladies room,
and go all the way passing the last water closet at the right
15. Do the same procedure for the other branches bearing in mind, use 15mm for
the sinks, and 25mm for the water closets
16. Hover over one of the pipes, press [Tab] tell you select the whole cold water run,
then from context tab, click Selection Box command. Close the 3D view
17. Go back to 1 – Plumbing floor plan view
18. Zoom to the water heater, click it, start a pipe from the hot water connector,
from Options bar set the Offset = 2800mm, Diameter = 15mm draw a pipe down
until you reach the north wall of Gents room, go beyond it by short distance, and
finish the command
19. Using the same settings, draw at the south wall of the Ladies room and the north
wall of the Gents room a hot water pipes
20. Zoom to the upper chase, and create three reference planes; two at the face of
each wall, and one at the middle
21. Create a dimension between the three, and click EQ to make sure that reference
plane at the middle will be exactly at the middle. Call the reference plane CHASE1
22. Create a section at the middle of chase, and make it look downwards. Section
depth should include the water closets
23. Go to the new section, extend the range of the section to see the whole building.
Set the Detail Level = Fine
24. Go to Systems tab, locate Work Plane panel, click Set button. When the dialog
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25. Start Pipe command, select PVC-DWV type. From Options bar, select Diameter =
100mm. Starting beside the left wall, and beneath Level 1, start drawing up to
the Parapet level
26. Select the pipe you just draw, from Properties edit Bottom Elevation=-500mm,
and set System Type = Sanitary
27. Start Pipe command from Properties, set System Type = Sanitary
28. Using the context tab click Slope Down, Slope Value = 1%, and click Show Slope
Tooltip
29. Below Level 1 from right to left draw a horizontal pipe and connect it to the
vertical riser
30. Go back to 1 – Plumbing. Start View Range command, and set View Depth Level =
-600mm. You can see the horizontal pipe
31. Go to Section 1
32. Zoom to the water source, change the second elbow to tee, draw a pipe from the
tee going up to 6900mm
33. Go to 1 – Plumbing floor plan view, and select the cold water run (everything
except the pipes connecting to water heater), plus, the hot water run
34. Copy to Clipboard
35. Paste to Level 2
36. Go to Section 1, and connect the vertical pipe going from the water source, to the
tee coming from the water heater at Level 2
37. When you copy pipes to other levels, you have to check the connection with the
water heater.
38. G to 3D view of Plumbing, zoom to the water heater in Level 2, go to Analyze tab,
locate Check Systems panel, click Show Disconnects, select Pipe, click OK, you will
see that the connection to the water heater is not right. Turn off the Pipe from
Show Disconnects
39. Delete all vertical pipes and fittings for both cold water and hot water pipes, and
connect the cold water pipe
40. Click the water heater, and using Connect Into, connect the water heater to the
cold water and hot water pipes
41. Check again Show Disconnects / Pipe, the problem will be solved
42. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 24: Modify Plumbing Pipes – Part (1):
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_24.rvt
3. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plan / 1 – Plumbing
4. Zoom into the four sinks in the Ladies Room. Change Detail Level = Fine
5. Select the left sink. From context tab, click Connect Into button, select Domestic
Cold Water, then select the blue pipe
6. Select the left sink again. From context tab, click Connect Into button, select
Domestic Hot Water, then select the red pipe
7. Do the same thing with the second, and third sinks
8. Click the right sink, click the icon of the cold water connector, and go to the cold
water pipe, when you reach the center of the pipe click to specify the end of the
pipe. Do the same procedure for the hot water as well
9. Create a section just like the following:

10. Rename the new section “Ladies Room Sinks”, and set the Sub-Discipline to be
Plumbing
11. Go to 3D Plumbing View
12. Duplicate it. Call the Duplicate 3D Plumbing - Ladies Room Sinks
13. Using the ViewCube, right-click select Orient to View / Sections / Gents Sinks
14. Set Detail Level = Fine
15. You will notice that everything is in order
16. Link the sinks in the Gents Room in the cold and hot water pipes
17. Hover over one of the cold water, press [Tab] until it select everything, then from
context tab, click Selection Box
18. Check if everything is in order
19. Link water closets in the Ladies Room
20. Link the water closets in the Gents Room. Create tee for the last water closet at
the right, and extend the cold water to reach the urinals. Connect the urinals to
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21. Go to the section which cuts the upper chase
22. Try to connect the left water closet to sanitary pipe. An error will be produced for
you saying: “There was not enough room to place the required fittings. Consider
increasing the length of the segments, or moving them farther apart to generate
a solution.” Click Cancel
23. Select the horizontal sanitary pipe, using the down arrow at the key board, move
it down several times until the left elevation reads -217.5mm. Retry again
connect the four water closet to the sanitary pipe
24. Go back 1 – Plumbing floor plan view
25. In the Gents Room, create a new section, just like the following:

26. Rename the new section “Gents Room Sinks”, and set the Sub-Discipline to be
Plumbing. Go to the new section
27. Click the sink, from the icon of the sanitary connection, create a 150mm pipe
long, then go to the left penetrating the wall to the middle, you will discover that
Revit create a normal elbow
28. Go to Insert tab, locate Load from Library panel, click Load Autodesk Family
button, make sure you are searching the United States – Metric, go to Pipe /
Fittings / PVC / Sch 40 / Socket-Type / DWV and load M_Trap P - PVC - Sch 40 -
DWV.rfa
29. Select the elbow, you will find that the P-Trap is not listed. The reason is P-Trap is
not defined as an elbow
30. Start Pipe Fitting command, and insert the P-Trap anywhere in the model
31. Double-Click it to go to the Family Editor. From Properties, under Mechanical for
Part Type select Elbow. Save As the new family and call it My_P-Trap.rfa
32. Click Load into Project and Close button

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 33. Go back to Ladies Sinks -2 view, delete the stranded P-Trap
34. Select the elbow, from Type selector, select My_P-Trap Standard
35. Save and close the file

Tutorial 25: Modify Plumbing Pipes – Part (2):

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_25.rvt
3. You are at 1 – Plumbing
4. Go to the section view cutting the upper chase
5. Copy one of the horizontal sanitary pipes to Level 2. Extend it to the left to meet
the riser, and to the right to meet the fourth water closet
6. Connect the four water closets to the main line
7. Go back to 1 – Plumbing
8. Go to the section view cutting the lower chase
9. Copy the first pipe at the left to Level 2
10. Go to 2 – Plumbing
11. Change the View Range View Depth Level = -600mm
12. Using Align command, align the center of the riser with the center of pipe
13. Go to the section view again, and connect the two pipes together
14. Go to 1 – Plumbing
15. Zoom to the Gents Room
16. Create a section to view the two urinals, like the following:

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17. Go to the new section view, and make the Detail Level = Fine
18. From the connector in the urinal, create a sanitary pipe for both urinals going
through the floor
19. Create another section like the following:

20. Go to the new section view, and set Detail Level = Fine
21. Draw a 500mm long sanitary pipe (Slope Down = 1%)
22. Move the section to do the same thing to the other urinal
23. Go to 1 – Plumbing view
24. Connect the two pipes together. And draw a pipe 500mm or a little bit more
25. Change the longitudinal section to be like the following:

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26. Go to the section view
27. Click the pipe coming out of the two urinals, right-click the connection, and draw
a pipe straight to almost go outside the building, then connect it to outside
sanitary pipe
28. While you are at the section view, hover over one of the sanitary pipes, press
[Tab] until you select all the pipe run, then from the context tab, click Selection
Box, to make sure that everything is in order.
29. Delete all sections from 1 – Plumbing floor plan view except the two in the two
chases
30. Create a new section like the following:

31. Go to the section view

32. You will see the following:

33. Create a horizontal pipe beyond the sink (say 800mm long)
34. Go to 1 – Plumbing floor plan view, hover over pipe going out of the sink, press
[Tab] twice until all the pipe run is selected, copy the pipes three times using
510mm distance to the right
35. Move the section to the right, to cut the second sink from the right

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 36. Delete the pipe coming out of the sink, and redraw it again.
37. Repeat the same procedure with the other two sinks
38. Using Insert tab, click Load Family, from Tutorial folder, load the family file:
Floor_Drain-Integral_Trap-Round_Strainer-WATTS-FD-170-P_Series.rfa
39. Go to Systems tab, locate Plumbing & Piping panel, click Plumbing Fixtures
button, from context tab, click Place on Face and insert it at the middle center of
the Gents Room
40. Click the floor drainage, you will see that the larger diameter is pointing to the
north, using [Space] rotate to point to the south
41. Connect the pipes coming from the middle two sinks together, and create a
single pipe connecting it to the drain from the north connector
42. Connect the pipes coming from the outside sinks, to the drain from the left
connector and the right connector (Hint: Make the pipes coming to the floor
drainage 32mm (all is PVC – DWV pipe type), create all the necessary sections to
help you align the pipes to the drain)
43. Move the section horizontally to the left to include the floor drainage, and extend
it down to include the sanitary main pipe
44. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family
45. From the left, select Pipe, search for Ball Valve, there will be only one family, load
it into the project
46. Go to 1 – Plumbing floor plan view, click Reveal Hidden Elements
47. Unhide the section cutting the cafeteria and the two toilets
48. Go to this section
49. Go to Systems tab, locate Plumbing & Piping, click Pipe Accessory, insert the valve
above the water source
50. Save and close

Tutorial 26: Create Automatic Piping Layouts:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_26.rvt
3. You are at 2 – Plumbing floor plan view
4. Zoom to the Gents Room and Ladies Room
5. Select one of the sinks. From context tab, click Piping button. When the dialog
box comes up select Domestic Hot Water. Name the system DHW-21. Turn on
Open in System Editor checkbox, and click OK
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 7. Click Select Equipment button, and select the water heater
8. Click (✓) to finish the creating a piping system command
9. Hover over one of the sinks, and press [Tab] to highlight the system (dashed box),
then click to select
10. From the context tab, click Generate Layout button
11. From Options bar, click Settings button. Change both Main and Branch Pipe
Types: Copper, and Offset = 2800mm.
12. Go through the different solution. Pick solution number 6. Click Edit Layout, and
move the hot water pipes to the left of the cold water pipe
13. Click Solutions, now Custom is selected with only one solution type
14. Click (✓) to finish the creating of the automatic layout
15. Hover over one of the hot water pipe, press [Tab] until you select all the pipe run,
from the context tab, click Selection Box button to view the solution in 3D, to
make sure that everything is in order
16. Go back to 2 – Plumbing floor plan view
17. Select the whole run for the hot water pipes, change the pipe diameter to 15mm
18. Start System Browser command, select Systems
19. Select Piping, you will discover there are ten systems
20. Save and close the file

Tutorial 27: Test the System:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_27.rvt
3. You are at Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans / 1 – Plumbing
4. Start Show Disconnects command, and select Pipe, click OK
5. Some of the warnings are negligible (the end of the sanitary riser in both chases),
and other you should take care of. For the cold water going through the south
chase, delete the small pipe, and change the tee to elbow
6. For the hot water pipe in the Gents Room, right-click the end connectors, and
select Cap Open End. Do the same thing for the cold water in Ladies Room
7. Start Show Disconnects command, and deselect the Pipe option and click OK
8. Go to 1 – Plumbing
9. Select the one of the sinks in the Ladies room. From context tab, click System
Inspector button. Select Domestic Hot Water. Click Inspect button. What is the
Flow value in the sink and in the pipe? _____________, _______________
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 11. Using the Project Browser, Duplicate with Detailing 1 – Plumbing and name the
new view, 1 – Plumbing Flow
12. From Properties, locate System Color Scheme, and click Edit
13. Locate Pipes, and click None button
14. From the left click Pipe Color Fill - Size, rename it Pipe Color Fill – Flow
15. From the top, under Color, pick Flow, when the message comes up, click OK
16. Click OK twice to end the command
17. Turn on Thin Lines (if it was turned off)
18. Start Pipe Legend command, and insert the legend to the left of the plan
19. Save and close the file

Tutorial 28: Fire Protection – Prepare your project

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_28.rvt
3. You are at 1 – Mech, duplicate both 1 – Mech, and 2 – Mech floor plan views, and
call them 1 – Sprinklers, and 2 – Sprinklers
4. Make sure nothing is selected, from Properties click Edit Type button, click the
button (it will show the name of the latest view template created)
5. Select Mechanical Plan, click Duplicate button, and call the new view template
Fire Fighting Plan. From the right, scroll to the end, and create a Sub-Discipline
called Sprinkler, click OK twice to end the command
6. In Project Browser, click 1 – Sprinklers, in Properties, change the Discipline to
Mechanical, and Sub-Discipline to be Sprinkler
7. Do the same thing to 2 – Sprinklers
8. Using the same method, duplicate 1 – Ceiling Mech, and 2 – Ceiling Mech, and
rename them 1 – Ceiling Sprinklers, and 2 – Ceiling Sprinklers
9. Duplicate the view template Mechanical Ceiling, to be Fire Fighting Ceiling, and
set the Sub-Discipline = Sprinkler
10. From Properties and for the new two ceiling plans, set the Sub-Discipline =
Sprinkler
11. We want to do the same thing for the four elevation views, and for the 3D view
12. From Project Browser, go to Families, go to Piping Systems, click Piping System,
and then double-click Fire Protection Wet
13. When the dialog box comes up, click Edit of Graphic Overrides, set the color to
Red, then click OK three times
14. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 29: Adding Sprinklers, Pump, and Pipes:
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_29.rvt
3. You are at 1 – Ceiling Sprinklers
4. Go to Systems tab, locate Plumbing & Piping panel, click Sprinkler button
5. From the type selector, select M_Sprinkler – Pendent – Hosted – 20mm Pendent,
from context tab, click Place on Face
6. Add this sprinkler at the center of each office of the eight offices at the center of
the building in Level 1
7. Select one of the sprinklers, right-click, pick Select All Instances / Visible in View,
the eight sprinklers will be selected
8. In Modify tab, click Copy to Clipboard, then Paste / Aligned to Selected Levels,
then select Level 2
9. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family button, make sure you are looking at
United States – Metric, from the left click Mechanical/MEP/Water-Side
Components/Pumps, select M_Pump – Base Mounted
10. Go to 1 – Sprinklers floor plan view
11. Go to Systems tab, click Mechanical Equipment, and insert the pump in the room
at the lower right of Level 1 (if needed rotate the pump using [Space])
12. Go to Insert tab, click Autodesk Family button, from left click
Pipe/Fittings/Carbon Steel, then load one Cross, one Elbow, one Reducer, one
Tee, and one Wye
13. Start Pipe command
14. Select the Standard type, click Edit Type, Duplicate, call the new pipe Fire
15. Click Edit button of Routing Preferences, do the following:
a. Under Pipe Segment = Steel, Carbon - Schedule 40
b. Elbow = M_Elbow - Flanged - CS - Class 150: Standard
c. Junction = M_Tee - Flanged - CS - Class 150: Standard
d. Cross = M_Cross - Flanged - CS - Class 150: Standard
e. Transition = M_Reducer - Flanged - CS - Class 150: Standard
16. Once done, click OK to end the command
17. Still in Pipe command, from Properties, while pipe type is Fire, select the System
Type to be Fire Protection Wet, once you are done, press [Esc] to end the
command
18. Go to 1 – Ceiling Sprinklers ceiling plan view

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 19. Start the Pipe command, make sure your pipe is Fire, set Diameter to be 50mm,
and Middle Elevation = 2800mm, draw a horizontal pipe covering the eight
sprinklers
20. Select the first sprinkler at the top right, click Connect Into, and select the
horizontal pipe
21. Click the tee, and make it cross, then connect it to the sprinkler using 20mm
diameter pipe
22. Repeat this process to connect all the sprinklers to the main pipe
23. Go to 1 – Sprinklers floor plan view
24. Click the main pipe and increase the length to the right to match the pump
25. Create a section to see the pump and the pipe. Create a pipe from the out
connector, go up to match the pipe, then horizontally to connect to it
26. Hover over one of the pipes, press [Tab] several times to select the run with the
pump, click Selection Box command to view the system in 3D
27. Save and close the file

Tutorial 30: Automatic Piping Fire System:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_30.rvt
3. You are at 2 – Ceiling Sprinklers
4. Select one of the sprinklers, from context tab, click Piping, call the new system
FPW-2, turn on Open in System Editor
5. Select the rest of the sprinklers in Level 2, click (✓) to finish the system
6. Hover over the one of the sprinklers, press [Tab] until you see the dashed line
around all the sprinklers, click to select
7. From context tab, click Generate Layout
8. There are two suggested solutions, see both of them
9. Click Settings, and set the Offset for both Main and Branch to be 2800mm
10. Select the first solution
11. Click Finish Layout
12. Go to 1 – Ceiling Sprinklers
13. Select the pipe at the right, click Copy to Clipboard, and Paste it to Level 2
14. Go back to 2 – Ceiling Sprinklers
15. Zoom to the connection between the copied pipe and the cross. If they are not
aligned, align them. Connect it to the cross

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 16. At the right end of the pipe, click it to show the connector, right-click, draw a
pipe, and set the Elevation = 0, click Apply
17. Create a section like the following:

18. Go to the section view

19. Delete the elbow
20. Align the pipe coming from Level 2 to the pipe coming from Leve1
21. Drag the pipe coming from Level 2 to connect to the pipe coming from Level 1
22. Go to 1 – Sprinklers floor plan view
23. Click the elbow and change it to tee
24. Drag the pipe from the pump to the tee to connect
25. That should connect all pipes together
26. Save and close the file

Tutorial 31: Adding Electrical Fixtures and Equipment:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_31.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
4. Go to Systems tab, locate Electrical panel, click Electrical Settings
5. From the left click Voltage Definitions, view the available voltages the value,
minimum, and maximum. You can add any voltage definitions you want
6. From the left click Distribution Systems, view the available distribution systems,
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7. Click OK to end the command
8. Zoom to the Electrical Room at the right of the building
9. Start Electrical Equipment command, from Type selector, select M_Lighting and
Appliance Panelboard – 480 V MLO 400 A. From the context tab locate Placement
panel, make sure to select Place on Vertical Face. Press [Spacebar] once to flip
the panelboard, and insert it on the south wall to the right
10. While it is selected, using the Properties, do the following:
a. Note that Elevation = 1200mm (default value)
b. Under General set the name of the panel to be MP-1
c. Maximum Number of Single Pole Breakers = 42
d. Make sure that Distribution System = 480/277 Wye
11. To the left insert two M_Lighting and Appliance Panelboard – 480 V MLO 125 A
(you can copy it, and from Type selector change it to the new type). Name them
LP-1, and HP-1
12. Insert M_Dry Type Transformer – 480 -208Y120 -NEMA Type 2 – 15kVA, and
insert it to the left of HP-1, name it TR-1, set the Secondary Distribution System =
120/208
13. Insert another M_Lighting and Appliance Panelboard – 208 V MLO 100 A, and
name it PP-1. Make sure Distribution System is 120/208 Wye. Set Maximum
Number of Single Pole Breakers = 42
14. Copy the four panels, and the transformer to Level 2, and edit the names to show
2 instead of 1
15. Zoom to the left Manager Office, go to Systems tab, Electrical Panel, click Device
button, and select Electrical Fixtures. The default family is M_Duplex Receptacle
Standard. Insert ten receptacles like the following:

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 16. Click one of the receptacles, you will find that Elevation = 460mm (default
elevation). Also, Panel, and Circuit Number parameters are read-only and empty.
Click Edit Type, you will discover that Load = 180 VA
17. Do the same thing for Meeting Room at the right
18. In the two toilets and the cafeteria insert two for each M_Duplex Receptacle -
GFCI
19. Go to Systems tab, Electrical Panel, click Device button, and select Lighting. From
Type selector select M_Lighting Switch Single Pole. Insert two of them beside the
door of Manager Office, and Meeting Room
20. Go to Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Ceiling Elec
21. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family button, make sure you are dealing
with United States – Metric
22. Go to Lighting / MEP / Internal and select M_Troffer Light - Parabolic
Rectangular.rfa, and click Load M_Troffer Light - Parabolic Square.rfa
23. Go to Systems tab, start Lighting Fixtures command
24. In the left Manager Office insert four from M_Troffer Light - Parabolic
Rectangular - 0600x1200mm (2 Lamp) - 277V. Use Place on Face button at the
context tab
25. Use Align command to make sure that lights fit inside the ceiling
26. What is the Elevation of the lights? _____________Why: ___________________
27. Do the same thing for the Meeting Room
28. Insert M_Troffer Light - Parabolic Square - 0600x0600mm (2 Lamp) - 277V in
other offices, cafeteria, two toilets, and the Electrical Room
29. If you have time, insert receptacles, switches, lights for the other rooms
30. When done, copy all of your work to Level 2
31. Save and close the file

Tutorial 32: Create Electrical Circuits

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_32.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
4. Zoom to the Electrical Room, where you will find four panels and one transformer
5. Click PP-1, from context tab, click Power, select from the drop-down of the Panel,
TR-1, press [Esc] twice
6. Select TR-1, from context tab, click Power, select from the drop-down of the
Panel, MP-1, press [Esc] twice

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7. Link HP-1, and LP-1 to MP-1
8. Hover over MP-1, press [Tab] several times, what happens? _________________
9. Hover over TR-1, press [Tab] several times, what happens? __________________
10. Zoom to the left Manager’s office
11. Select one of the receptacles, from the context tab, click Power, select the panel
called PP-1. Click Edit Circuit, and add the other nine receptacles in the same
room, then click Finish Editing Circuit button
12. Hover over one of the receptacles, and press [Tab] key, you will see the circuit
created, click Arc Wire, you will see the following shape:

13. Using System Browser, using System, Electrical, see what it listed below PP-1
14. Close System Browser
15. Zoom to the Electrical Room again
16. Select PP-1, and create a Panel Schedule for it using Default Template, and check
its contents
17. Create a Panel Schedule for MP-1, and check its contents
18. Close the two schedules
19. Connect the receptacles of the right Meeting Room using the same method
20. Select the receptacles of one office and connect them to PP-1, using Arc Wire
21. Do the same thing for another office, but don’t use Arc Wire, draw wires
manually
22. Continue linking receptacles of different rooms to the panel, checking the PP-1
schedule panel each time
23. Go to Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Ceiling Elec
24. Connect the four lights of the Manager’s Room to LP-1
25. Do the same thing for the Meeting Room
26. Create a Panel Schedule for LP-1, and look at it
27. Connect the lights in four offices together to LP-1
28. Connect each eight lights together to LP-1
29. Connect the six Troffer lights of the two toilets and the cafeteria together
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31. Finally connect the two lights of the Electrical Room together
32. Take a look at the Panel Schedule of both LP-1, and MP-1
33. Do the same thing for Level 2
34. Go to Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Ceiling Elec
35. Start Visibility / Graphics command
36. Show Mechanical Equipment, click OK to end the command
37. Select the AHU at the bottom, click Edit Type, and change Voltage to be 480 V
38. Do the same thing for one of the other AHU
39. Connect the three AHU to HP-1
40. Go to 2 – Ceiling Elec view, and connect the two AHU to HP-2
41. Go to 1 – Power floor plan view
42. Select one of the two lighting switches, from Properties, input Switch ID = M1,
and the other switch to be M2
43. Connect M1, with the two left lights, and M2, with the two right lights
44. Hover over one of the two switches, and press [Tab], so you can view the switch
system
45. Go to Meeting Room, and name the two switches ME-1, and ME-2, then connect
the lights with the switches as we did in the Manager’s Room
46. Continue creating switch systems
47. Save and close the file

Tutorial 33: Create Electrical Circuits – Fire Alarm System

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_33.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
4. Go to View tab, locate Create panel, click Plan Views drop-down, and select Floor
Plan. Click Edit Type button, click the name of the Plan button (the name it will
appear is the last name used). Click Electrical, and make Duplicate and call it Fire
Alarm Plan, from the right, scroll down, and change the Sub-Discipline to be Fire
Alarm. Click OK twice, then turn off the checkbox Do not duplicate existing views,
select Level 1, and Level 2, and click OK
5. A new node under Electrical appears named Fire Alarm
6. Go to Level 1 under Fire Alarm, select everything, click Filter, click Check None,
then select Spaces, and System – Zones, click OK, then right-click and select Hide
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7. Do the same thing for Level 2
8. Go to View tab, locate Create panel, click Plan Views drop-down, and select
Reflected Ceiling Plan. Click Edit Type button, click the name of the Plan button
(the name it will appear is the last name used). Click Electrical Ceiling, and make
Duplicate and call it Fire Alarm Ceiling, from the right, scroll down, and change
the Sub-Discipline to be Fire Alarm. Click OK twice, then turn off the checkbox Do
not duplicate existing views, select Level 1, and Level 2, and click OK
9. Go to Level 1 under Fire Alarm Ceiling Plan, select everything, click Filter, click
Check None, then select Spaces, and System – Zones, click OK, then right-click
and select Hide in View / Elements
10. Do the same thing for Level 2
11. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family button, make sure you are searching
in United States – Metric, from the left select Electrical/MEP/Information and
Communication/Fire Alarm, search for the word “detector” then load Heat
Detector, and Smoke Detector
12. Go to Electrical / Fire Alarm / Ceiling Plans / Level 1
13. Go to Architecture tab, locate Build panel, click Component / Place a Component,
and place Smoke Detector in each office, and Heat Detector in Cafeteria, and the
two toilets
14. Go to Electrical / Fire Alarm / Floor Plans / Level 1
15. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family button
16. Load Fire Alarm Control Panel
17. Load Manual Pull Station
18. Load Bell – Chime
19. Go to Systems tab, click Electrical Equipment, and insert Fire Alarm Control Panel
in the Electrical Room to the left of the last panel, and name it FAP-1
20. Insert four Manual Pull Station at the east and west walls of the offices
21. Insert eight Bell – Chime to the different places of Level 1
22. You are at Electrical / Fire Alarm / Floor Plans / Level 1
23. Select all smoke detectors, heat detectors, and manual pull station
24. From context tab, click Fire Alarm, select FAP-1
25. Click Chamfer Wire
26. Select the eight Bell – Chime
27. From context tab, click Fire Alarm, select FAP-1
28. Click Chamfer Wire
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 30. Change the first Circuit Description to be Fire Alarm Input, and the second Circuit
Description to be Fire Alarm Output
31. Open the System Browser to view the Fire Alarm System
32. Save and close the file

Tutorial 34: Final Electrical Equipment and Adding Conduits:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_34.rvt
3. Start Electrical Settings command. From left pane, select Angles, select Specific
Angles, and turn off both 11.25, and 22.50 angles. Click OK
4. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
5. Using Load Autodesk Family, at the Search type circuit breaker and load Circuit
Breaker Switchboard
6. Zoom to the Electrical Room
7. Go to Systems tab, locate Electrical panel, click Electrical Equipment
610mmx660mm and insert to the right of MP-1 (use spacebar to rotate it), and
call it CBSB
8. Click Electrical Equipment again, and insert outside the building M_Dry Type
Transformer – 480-208Y120 – NEMA Type 2 – 300 kVA, and Call it Main
9. Rotate the Transformer so the front face is pointing to the north (you should see
a connector at the front). Set the Secondary Distribution System to be 480/277
Wye
10. Connect MP-1 to CBSB
11. Connect CBSB to Main
12. Create a section on the Electrical Room just like the following:

13. Go to the section view, and make it Fine

14. Make sure that the outside transformer is 2000mm away from the edge of the
wall
15. Go to Systems tab, click Conduit button (you can change the family if you want)
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16. Click the left bottom of CBSB. You will see something like the following:

17. This is the location of the conduit related to bottom of the board, since the
vertical dimension of CBSB is 603mm, we want to set the location of the conduit
to be 73mm from the upper edge, type 530mm instead of 304.7mm then click
Finish Connection button
18. Draw a 1500mm down then go to the left and draw a short horizontal line, press
[Esc] to end the command
19. Start Conduit command again, and this time start from the Transformer, since the
vertical dimension of the transformer is 813mm, we want to set the location of
the conduit to be 73mm from the upper edge, type 740mm instead of vertical
value then click Finish Connection button and draw a short conduit downwards
20. Using Trim / Extend to Corner, click the horizontal conduit with the vertical one
21. Go to Electrical Settings
22. Click Conduit Sizes, from the drop-down list, select RNC-Schedule80, select
21mm, click Modify Size, and change the Minimum Bend Radius = 50mm, click OK
23. Start Conduit command again, and this time set the diameter = 21mm
24. Click the top right side of the CBSB, when the diagram comes up, make sure that
the distance is 73mm from the top, click Finish Connection button, and go up
200mm, press [Esc] twice to end the command
25. Start Conduit command again, this time click the top left of the MP-1, you will
find it 73mm (it is at the Middle of the MP-1), click Finish Connection button, and
draw 700mm up, and go to the left until you align with the conduit from CBSB
26. Click the bend conduit, and change the radius to be 50mm
27. Using Trim / Extend to Corner, to connect the horizontal and vertical conduit. You
should have something like that:

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 28. Using the same method, draw the following:

29. Go to 1 – Power floor plan view

30. Start Cable Tray command, keep all the default values the same
31. Starting from the Electrical Room, from the midpoint of the corridors between
the offices draw tray going all the way to the Electrical Room then draw trays to
cover all the other offices, corridors, cafeteria, toilets, converting elbows to tee,
and converting tee to cross as needed
32. Save and close the file

Tutorial 35: Setup Panel Schedule:

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_35.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
4. From Project Browser scroll to Panel Schedule, select PP-1 schedule
5. Check the columns A, B, & C, at the end of the columns, you will find the Total
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 6. Select Circuit # 1, and move it down. What happened to the Total Loads, and
Total Amps. Move Circuit # 3 (which was Circuit # 1) across and down.
7. Click Rebalance Loads button
8. You can lock any circuit and assign spare if you want
9. Go to MP-1 Panel Schedule
10. Check the three Load Classifications listed at the end of the schedule
11. Go to at 1 – Power, and set the Detail Level to Medium
12. Go to Analyze tab, locate Check Systems panel, click Show Disconnects, then
select Electrical, click OK
13. You will find that Switches are not assigned to any panel. For Manager Room, find
out the lights are in which circuit and assign the two switches to the same panel
14. Save and close the file

Tutorial 36: Dimension and Text

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_36.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
4. From the Project Browser, Go to Electrical / ??? / Sections, rename Section 7 to
be Electrical Room, from Properties, set the Sub-Discipline to be Power
5. Go to Electrical Room section view
6. Using Spot Elevation command, set the Spot Elevation for the Cable Tray, and the
Ceiling, and the top of MP-1 panel
7. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans / 1 – Plumbing
8. Create a duplicate, and call it 1 – Plumbing Dimension
9. Zoom to the Ladies Room. Create an aligned Dimension from the face of each
wall to the center of each water closet from left to right, and put it underneath
10. Select the dimension you made, click Edit Type, click Duplicate and call it the
same name changing 2.5 to 1.5, then change the Text Size to be 1.5mm
11. Move the small dimensions outside the series of dimension
12. Start the Text command, select Two Segment, and Middle Left, click your first
point inside the right toilet the second point outside, then type Handicap Toilet
13. Go back to Electrical / Power / Floor Plans / 1 – Power
14. Start Text command, click Edit Type, Duplicate, call the new text Style 1.5mm,
and click OK. Set the color to Red, Font = Calibri, and the size = 1.5mm, Bold and
Italic. Select No Leader, type inside the Electrical Room: Caution: Hazardous Area
15. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 37: Creating Legends
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_37.rvt
3. Create legend view, and call it Electrical Legend. The legend should look like the
following:

4. Save and close the file

Tutorial 38: Adding Tags

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_38.rvt
3. You are at Electrical / Lighting / Ceiling Plans / 1 – Ceiling Elec
4. Create a Duplicate with Detailing. Rename the new view 1 – Ceiling Elec Tags
5. Zoom to the left Manager Office
6. Start Tag by Category, make sure that Options bar is showing Leader is turned off.
Hover over the top left light, you will see the number “1” is displayed, click to
insert it. This is the circuit number of this light fixture.
7. Insert the same tag for all the other three lights
8. Select the four tags, and nudge them outside the light fixtures, then from the
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9. Select one of the tags, from the context tab, click Edit Family
10. Save As the family as My_Lighting_Tag.rfa
11. Click 1i, from Properties, click Label Edit
12. You will see that the label displayed is the Circuit Number, click Cancel
13. Still selected, click Edit Type, and set the Text Size = 1.5, click OK
14. Nudge this label up to be at the top of the rectangle
15. Create a new label below it, showing the Panel name
16. Save the new family, then click Load into Project and Close
17. Click the four tags, from Properties, select My_Lighting_Tag - Standard
18. Click Tag All, for Lighting Fixture Tags, make sure the tag is My_Lighting_Tag :
m_Standard, then click OK
19. Go to Insert tab, click Load Autodesk Family, make sure you are looking at United
States – Metric
20. Go to Annotations/Mechanical/Duct, and load M_Top Elevation Duct, click Load
21. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plans / 1 - Ceiling Mech
22. Start Tag by Category, using Leader, add a tag for one of the ducts. Press [Esc]
twice to end the command
23. Click the new tag, from context tab, click Add / Remove Host to add leaders to
the other ducts sharing the same value
24. Click Loaded Tags and Symbols
25. Search for Ducts / Duct Placeholders, and change it to M_Duct Size Tag
26. Add the size duct for other ducts
27. Tag other elements like Air Terminals
28. Go to Mechanical / HVAC / 3D Views
29. Rename {3D} Copy 1 to 3D with Tags
30. Go to the new 3D view, make it Fine
31. Click Unlock 3D view then select Save Orientation and Lock View
32. Tag some of the elements in the 3D view
33. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 39: Creating Details
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_39.rvt
3. There are multiple ways to create a detail view:
a. Go to View tab, locate Create panel, click Drafting View command, and
draw the detail view from the scratch using tools in Detail panel, in
Annotate tab
b. Import AutoCAD drawing and add your own details
c. Use an existing section, or elevation view, and make your addition
4. Go to Plumbing / Plumbing / Sections (Building Section) / Ladies Room Sink
5. Duplicate the section and call it Sink Detail
6. Create the following detail, using Dimension, Text, Tags:

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 7. Some guidelines:
a. Set the Scale of the view to be 1:50
b. Hide levels, and spaces
c. Adjust the Crop Region to show only Level 1
d. For text create a new Text Style 1.5mm Arial
e. Go to Manage tab, click Additional settings, click Annotations /
Arrowheads, and set the Tick Size to be 1.0mm
f. For Dimension Style create a new one called 1.0mm Arial
g. Edit the Size Tag to be only 1mm rather than 2.5mm
h. Create a new Region based on Solid Black, and call it Solid Gray using Gray
color instead of Black
8. Save and close the file

Tutorial 40: Creating Sheets and Printing

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_40.rvt
3. You are at Plumbing / Plumbing / Floor Plans / 1 – Plumbing
4. Using Load Autodesk Family, load the other sheet sizes
5. Create the following sheets using A0 Metric title block and insert inside them the
related view (adjust the crop region when needed – you may need to shorten the
section lines, and get the elevation bubble closer to the model):
a. P-01 – 1 – Plumbing
b. P-02 – Name it Sections including: Under Plumbing / Sections, insert all the
sections
c. P-03 – East & North - Plumbing
6. Check Plumbing views, are bubbles of sections, elevations, have been filled?
7. Save the file and close it

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Tutorial 41: Creating and Modifying HVAC Schedules
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_41.rvt
3. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Floor Plans / 1 – Mech
4. Select one of the Supply Diffusers. Under Identity Data, click inside Image field,
click the small button with three dots. Using Add button, add the images in your
exercise folder. Click OK to end the command
5. Start Schedule and Quantities command. Using Filter list, uncheck all except
Mechanical. From Category select Air Terminal, then click OK
6. In Fields tab, select the following fields: Family and Type, Image, Size, Count, and
Cost. Click OK to end the command, and see the result of the schedule
7. Set cost for Supply Diffuser to 19.99 (there are two types), and for Return
Diffuser 14.99 (when asked about “This change will be applied to all elements”,
click OK)
8. Under Sorting & Grouping, select Family and Type, and click Header on, click OK
to see the results. Use Sorting & Grouping again, turn off Itemize every instance,
and turn on Grand Total, and set it to Totals only
9. To get the Total Cost, do the following; go to Fields, click Add calculated
parameter button, and do as shown below:

10. Go to Sorting and Grouping, and click Footer for Family and Type
11. Go to Formatting, select Total Cost field, from the drop-list change to Calculate
totals. Go to Field Format, turn off Use project settings, choose Unit symbol to be
$, and turn on Use digit grouping. Set Rounding to 0 decimal places Click OK,
twice
12. Change the header of Count to be Qty, Cost to be Unit Cost
13. Go to Sorting & Grouping, turn off Header, and Footer
14. Go to Formatting, select all columns except Family Type and Image, and set
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 15. Go to Appearance, turn on Grid in headers/footers/spacers, and turn off Blank
row before data
16. Assign an image for each Diffuser
17. Using Project Browser, right-click on Sheets (all), and select New Sheet option
based on A0 sheet, then click OK
18. Drag and drop the schedule inside the sheet. The result should look like the
following for metric results:

19. Using Project Browser, right click on the schedule you just created, and select
Save to New File option, and save the schedule in your exercise folder using the
same name of the schedule
20. Save and close the file

Tutorial 42: Creating and Modifying Electrical Schedule

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_42.rvt
3. Start Electrical Settings dialog box, from the left pane, click Load Calculations, and
make sure that the checkbox Run calculations for loads in spaces is turned on.
Click OK
4. Start Schedule / Quantities command. From the filter list, uncheck everything
except Electrical
5. From Category select Spaces, change the name to Space Lighting Load Variance,
click OK
6. From Fields select the following: Number, Name, Level, Area, Specified Lighting
Load per Area, Actual Lighting Load per Area. Click OK to see your schedule
7. From Properties click Filter, and set Level = Level 1
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9. From Properties, click Fields, click Embedded Schedule tab, turn Embedded
Schedule on. From the Category list select Lighting Fixtures, then click Embedded
Schedule Properties, select Type, Count, and Wattage
10. Go to Sorting / Grouping, sort by Type, turn on Grand Total and show Totals only,
and turn off Itemize every instance. Go to Formatting, from the left pane select
Count, and Wattage, and set them both to Calculate totals
11. Start Fields again, click Add calculated parameter, and enter the values as the
following:

12. From Properties, click Formatting, from the left pane, select Lighting Load
Variance, then click Conditional Format button, and set it like the following
(Background Color = Red):

13. You can tell from the schedule that almost all of the spaces need more lighting in
order to reach to the specified load
14. Go to Appearance button, and turn off Blank row before data, and turn on Grid in
headers/footers/spacers
15. Insert the schedule in the sheet you used in the previous tutorial
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Tutorial 43: Pipe Schedule
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_43.rvt
3. Create a new schedule
4. From the Filter list, select Piping, from Category, select Pipes, click OK
5. From Fields tab, select Type, Length, Size, Inside Diameter, Outside Diameter,
Flow, click OK to view the schedule
6. Click Freeze Header, to freeze the header while browsing a long table
7. Click Filter, set Type = Copper (new feature in Revit 2022)
8. Zoom in the schedule holding [Ctrl] and forward your mouse wheel (to zoom out
hold [Ctrl] and backward your mouse wheel), check the zoom scale at the lower
right corner of your screen
9. Remove the Filter
10. Create a new filter to be Type ≠ Standard
11. Click Sorting / Grouping, sort by Type, then by Size, turn on Grand Totals, and
select Totals only, then uncheck the Itemize every Instance
12. Go to Formatting, select Length, select Calculate Totals, select Flow, select
Calculate minimum and maximum click OK
13. Select the header of the Size, Inside Diameter, Outside Diameter, click Group, add
a new title Dimensions
14. Select all headers, select Align Vertical, then Middle
15. Change the title of Inside Diameter to be ID, and Outside Diameter to be OD
16. Go to Formatting, select all but Type, and set Alignment to Center
17. Select Size, ID, and OD, and set Heading Orientation to Vertical
18. Select Length, click Field Format, and uncheck Use project settings, set Units =
Meters, and set Rounding = 2 decimal places, and Unit symbol = m
19. Click OK twice
20. Click Appearance, turn on Grid in headers/footers/spacers, turn off Blank row
before data. Turn on Click Stripe Rows, set the color = Cyan. Click Outline, and set
it <Wide Lines>
21. Insert the schedule in the sheet you used in the previous two tutorials
22. From the sheet delete the Lighting schedule
23. Create a new sheet based on A0 sheet size (it will be P-05)
24. Go to Space Lighting Load Variance schedule
25. Locate Split panel, click Split and Place command
26. Once the dialog box comes up, select P-04, and P-05, make sure Split Evenly is
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 27. Go to P-05, you will find the schedule in the same place
28. Go back to P-04
29. Click the schedule, you will find a blue dot at the bottom, you can stretch it down
to see more rows
30. If you go to P-05, you see less rows
31. You can show more or less for each sheet
32. Save and close

Tutorial 44: Fabrication Parts

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open the file Tutorial_44.rvt
3. You are at Mechanical / HVAC / Ceiling Plans / 2 – Ceiling Mech
4. Start Fabrication Settings command, from Fabrication Configurations; select Revit
MEP Metric Content V2.2. Under Services select Ductwork: (250PA), and add it to
the right. Click OK to end the command
5. Zoom to the finished ductwork at the top offices. Hover over one of the blue
ducts (Supply Ducts) press [Tab] until all the ducts are highlighted, then click to
select, from context tab, click Design to Fabrication button, don’t change the size,
click (✓) to end the command.
6. While the ducts selected, from context tab, click Optimize Length button
7. Select the Supply Ducts again, and click Selection Box command, to see a 3D
ductwork for the selected ducts
8. Do the same thing for Return Ducts, and Optimize Lengths as well
9. You will discover that there is a problem with the duct coming from the AHU
10. Select Return Ducts, and click Selection Box command
11. Select the small piece of duct, which is connected to the AHU, and delete it.
12. Click the transition duct, and move it away from the AHU, then select it again,
from the context tab, click Route and Fill, and click the connection at the AHU.
The only available solution is a straight segment, accept it
13. Go back to 2 – Ceiling Mech
14. Click Fabrication Part, from the tool palette at the right change the Palette to
Hangers, select Strut Hanger and add it to several locations.
15. Look at it in the 3D view, you will discover that hangers are connected to the
nearest floor
16. Go to 2 – Ceiling Mech
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18. Zoom out, and then zoom to the rooms at the bottom. Pick Straight, from
Properties change Length Option to Value, and set Length to be 1000mm
19. Hover over the left of the AHU (Supply Air), and add seven segments of the
straight duct
20. From the palette select Square Elbow, connect it to the last straight duct (use
[Space] to rotate it. Add two more straight ducts (make sure they are 1000mm in
length)
21. Select Shoe, and add it to the straight segment, aligning it to the air terminals. Do
one for the left and one for the right
22. Select the Shoe, click Edit Part, change Top Width = 250mm, repeat the same to
the other shoe
23. Add two straights 400mm from the shoe to the right and left
24. Add normal flex ducts, as fabrication flex ducts are not supported until now
25. Add End Cap for the last duct
26. Select one of the shoes, and add a ADSK Manual damper (browse through the
other available options)
27. Start Multi-Point Routing command, hover over the right side of the AHU (Return
Air) and click to start the drawing process, from Properties, set Main Primary
Width = 300mm, and draw a 525mm duct
28. Draw a straight segment of 7000mm, before you click the end point, from
Properties change the Middle Elevation to 3500mm, click the end point, then
downwards by 1700mm
29. Select all new ducts, and click Selection Box, you will see that going up is wrong.
Delete the inclined duct, along with the short straight one. Using the connector,
move the horizontal top duct to the left a little distance.
30. Select the Transition duct, from context tab, click Route and Fill, then click the
center of the top duct. From the palette at select Bend 45
31. You will see two scenarios to pick from. Pick the first one
32. Select the whole run, and click Optimize Lengths
33. Go back to 1 – Ceiling Mech
34. Add a shoe, and a straight segment, then drag the end of the straight segment to
the air terminal
35. Add an End Cap to close the duct
36. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 45: Creating VAV Box Family
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Create a new Family, select English, use the Metric Mechanical Equipment.rft
template
3. Start Reference plane command and add the following reference planes and
dimensions:

4. Select the top dimension, and create from it a parameter = Length

5. Select the right dimension, and create from it a parameter = Width
6. Go to Front view, and create the following reference plane, dimension, and
parameter:

7. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan view

8. Start Extrusion command, and select Rectangle tool draw a rectangle covering
the intersections of the four reference planes you created, then lock all the
magenta lines to the reference planes. Click (✓) to end the command
9. Go to Front view, and Align the top of the extrusion to the top reference plane,
then lock it
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11. Save As the family, as My_VAV_Box
12. Go to Family Types
13. Change the values to the following:
a. Length = 1200mm
b. Width = 1000mm
14. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan
15. Add three new reference planes, each 100mm, at the top, right, and bottom
16. Create a dimension for the three reference planes, and lock the dimension
17. Go to the Front view
18. Create a reference plane, and create two EQ dimensions for it
19. Start Extrusion command, and create a circular shape, just like the following:

20. Click (✓) to end the command

21. Create a Diameter dimension for the new circle, then create a parameter call it
Supply_Duct
22. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan
23. The extrusion was created at the middle of the box, using Align command make it
like the following (don’t forget to lock):

24. Go to the back view

25. Add one reference plane above and one below the horizontal center reference
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26. Create EQ dimensions for the middle reference planes
27. Add two vertical reference planes 230mm one at the right, and one at the left of
the current central vertical reference plane. Create EQ dimension between them
28. Add two horizontal reference planes 125mm one at the top, and one at the
bottom of the current central horizontal reference plane. Create EQ dimension
between them
29. Start Extrusion command, and create a rectangle between the reference planes
you created. Don’t forget to lock all lines
30. Click (✓) to end the command
31. Create two dimensions, for the horizontal call it R_Duct_Length, and the vertical
and call it R_Duct_Width
32. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan
33. The extrusion was created at the middle of the box, using Align command make it
flush with the main body (don’t forget to lock)
34. Go to the right view, add two vertical reference planes 125mm apart
35. Create a dimension for the vertical reference planes, and lock it to 250mm
36. Draw an extrusion between the horizontal and vertical reference planes, and
don’t forget to lock all lines to the reference planes
37. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan
38. The extrusion was created at the middle of the box, using Align command make it
flush with the main body (don’t forget to lock)
39. You should have the following:

40. Go to the 3D view

41. Zoom to the Cylinder

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 42. Start Duct Connector, and select the outer face of the cylinder, press [Esc] twice
43. Select the connector, from Properties, change the following:
a. Shape = Round
b. Diameter = click the small button, and set it to Supply_Duct
c. Flow Direction = Out
d. System Classification = Supply
44. Rotate the box, and zoom to the big box
45. Start Duct Connector, and select the outer face of the box, press [Esc] twice
46. Select the connector, from Properties, set the following:
a. Shape = Rectangular
b. Height = click the small button, and set it to R_Duct_Width
c. Width = click the small button, and set it to R_Duct_Length
d. Flow Direction = In
e. System Classification = Return
47. Zoom to the last box
48. Start Electrical Connector, and select the outer face of the box, press [Esc] twice
49. Select the connector, from Properties, set the following:
a. System Type = Power – Balanced
b. Number of Poles = 1
c. Load Classification = HVAC
d. Voltage = 120V
e. Apparent Load = 181 VA
50. Save your family
51. Create a new project based on Systems-Default_Metric.rte
52. Go back to the family file, click Load into Project and Close
53. Insert the VAV Box anywhere you want
54. Try your new family and check if everything is running smoothly
55. Close without saving the file

Tutorial 46: Creating Water Heater Family

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Create a new Family, select English, use the Metric Mechanical Equipment.rft
template
3. Start Family Categories and Parameters, from the Filter List uncheck everything
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 then set the OmniClass Number 23.65.35.11.11 which is Storage Water Heaters.
Click OK to end the command
4. Save As your family to be My_Water_Heater.rfa
5. Start Reference plane command and add the following reference planes and
dimensions:

6. Go to Front view
7. Add a reference plane 1500mm from the existing horizontal reference plane
8. Add a dimension, then create from it a parameter called WH_H
9. Go back to Ref. Plane floor plan
10. Start Extrusion command, pick the Circle, specify the intersection point as the
center of the circle, then the radius to be 250mm, convert the dimension to be
permanent, then select it, and from the parameter list, select WH_R click (✓) to
end the command
11. Add a radius dimension for the circle, and set the dimension as WH_R
12. Go to Front view
13. Align the top of the extrusion to the reference plane, and lock it
14. Go to Ref. Level floor plan, and flex the cylinder you created using different
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15. While you are still in Ref. Level, create two vertical reference plane, from the
existing reference planes 112mm to the inside, put a dimension and lock it
16. Go to Front view
17. Create a reference plane below the current reference plane by 30mm, put a
dimension and lock it
18. Go back to Ref. Level floor plan
19. Start the Extrusion command, using Circle, draw a circle with radius = 6mm in the
center of the right inside vertical reference plane, convert the temporary
dimension permanent, create a new parameter and call it Pipe_Radius, click (✓)
to end the command, create a radius parameter and select Pipe_Radius for the
value
20. Go to Front view
21. Using the Align command, align the extrusion to the Ref. Plane, and the lower
reference you just created, and lock both
22. Create a copy of the small cylinder and create a radius parameter, select it and
from the list of parameters select Pipe_Radius
23. Go to Ref. Level view
24. Create two vertical reference planes measured from the center reference plane
60mm from each side, put a dimension and lock it
25. Create one horizontal reference plane 310mm from the horizontal center
reference plane
26. Start the Extrusion command, using lines and reference planes you draw, draw a
rectangle 120 x 90mm. Click (✓) to end the command
27. Go to Back view
28. Draw a new reference plane 120mm above the Ref. Level, put a dimension and
lock it
29. Using Align command, align the top of the extrusion with the new reference
plane, and lock it
30. Go to View 1 (3D view) and look at the view, using Join Geometry join the main
cylinder with the box
31. While you are at View 1, add a Pipe Connector to one of the below pipes, press
[Esc] then select the connector, from Properties, set the following:
a. Diameter = Pipe_Radius
b. Flow Direction = In
c. System Classification = Domestic Cold Water
32. Add another Pipe Connector to the other pipe with the following settings:
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c. System Classification = Domestic Hot Water
33. Using the box at the back add an Electrical Connector, press [Esc] select the
connector, from Properties, set the following:
a. System Type = Power Balanced
b. Number of Poles = 2
c. Voltage = 240V
d. Apparent Load = 4500 VA
34. Save the family file
35. Start a new file based on Systems-Default_Metric.rte
36. Go back to the family file, and Load into Project and Close
37. Your model right now is loaded into the new project
38. Test your model
39. Don’t save and close the file

Tutorial 47: Creating Light Family

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Create a new Family, select English, use the Metric Lighting Fixture ceiling
based.rft template
3. Save As your family to be My_Scone_Light.rfa
4. Create four vertical reference planes 100mm, and 125mm two to the right and
two to the left of the existing vertical reference plane
5. Input dimensions for all and lock them
6. Go to Front view
7. Create a horizontal reference plane 15mm down the existing top horizontal
reference plane. Input dimension and lock it
8. Go to Ref. Level Ceiling plan
9. Start the Extrusion command, and draw a circle, using the intersection of the
main reference planes, with 125mm radius. Click (✓) to end the command
10. Go to Front view.
11. Using Align command, align the thickness of the extrusion to fit between the Ref.
Level and the 15mm reference plane and lock them
12. Create a reference plane 100mm down the 15mm reference plane
13. Start Revolve command, while Boundary Line is selected, draw Start-End-Radius
Arc and offset it by 5mm and close it with lines from both ends, which will look
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14. Specify the center reference plane to be the Axis Line, then click (✓) to end the
command
15. Go to the 3D view to view your work
16. Select the revolve you just made, from Properties click Material and set Glass
Frosted to be the material for the revolve element
17. Go back to Front view
18. Move the Light Source Elevation reference plane to match the 15mm reference
plane
19. Select the Light Source, from the context tab, click Light Source Definition, a
dialog box will come up, leave it to point, and select Photometric Web, click OK to
end the command
20. Click Family Types, and change the Tilt Angle to be 90 o, and Photometric Web File
to be TLAE1A21.ies, click OK to end the command
21. Go to the 3D view
22. Start Electrical Connector command, and insert it at the top of the scone light,
press [Esc] twice, then select the electrical connector, from Properties, set the
following:
a. Power = Unbalanced
b. Number of Poles = 1
c. Load Classification = Lighting
d. Voltage = 120V
e. Apparent Load Phase 1 = 100 VA
23. Save your file
24. Start a new file based on Systems-Default_Metric.rte, draw four walls, and add a
ceiling
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 26. Your model right now is loaded into the new project, make sure you are in the
Ceiling view, and not in the floor plan view
27. Test your model
28. Don’t save and close the file

Tutorial 48: Linking / Importing CAD File

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_48.rvt
3. Go to Insert / Link / Link CAD, from Tutorials folder, pick Floor Plan Sample.dwg
(don’t click Open). Set the following:
a. Color = Black and White
b. Layers / Levels = All
c. Import Units = Auto-Detect
d. Positioning = Auto – Center to Center
e. Turn on Current view only
4. Click Open
5. The AutoCAD file will be inserted
6. Go to Visibility / Graphics dialog box, Imported Categories tab, turn on the
Halftone checkbox of the AutoCAD file, click OK to end the command
7. Click the AutoCAD file, from context tab, click Query, zoom to the lower right part
of the drawing, and click the text in the cubicle. What is the name of the layer
containing the text? ________________ (RMNUM)
8. From the dialog box, click Hide in View
9. Go to Visibility / Graphics dialog box, Imported Categories tab, click the [+] beside
the name of the AutoCAD file, and go all the way down, you will find that
RMNUM is turned off as a layer
10. Use Query again, and click one of the outside wall lines, which layer this object
resides in? ________________ (E-B-GLAZ)
11. Go to Visibility / Graphics dialog box, Imported Categories tab, click the [+] beside
the name of the AutoCAD file, locate E-B-GLAZ layer, click Override button, and
set the color to be Magenta, and set Weight to be 5. Click OK twice to end the
command
12. Turn off Thin Lines, and zoom to the outer wall
13. Another place you control your Linked files, go to Insert / Link / Manage Links
14. Look at the different options you have to control the linked file
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 16. Using Import CAD import the same file to the right using the same settings you
used while linking, but in Positioning use Manual – Origin, and insert it to the
right of the existing linked file
17. Click the new imported file, from context tab, click Explode / Partial Explode
18. You can see that almost every object is now Revit Detail Line except the blocks.
Undo the Partial Explode
19. Click the new imported file, from context tab, click Explode / Full Explode, what is
the message that Revit produce for you?
________________________________________________________________
20. Click Cancel
21. Save and Close

Tutorial 49: Image & PDF Linking

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_49.rvt
3. Go to Insert tan, locate Link panel and click Link Image button, when the dialog
box comes up, go to the Tutorial folder, and select Ground_Floor.jpg, click Open
4. Insert it at the middle center of the screen
5. You can see the four blue circles at the four edges. These will allow you to
shrink/expand the image to the size you want, but you can’t enable snaps in the
image.
6. Make sure you are selecting the image link, from the context tab, click Manage
Links button
7. From the dialog box, you will see the name, status, reference type, saved path,
path type, and count of the image
8. From the buttons below, you will see Unload, Reload, Remove buttons
9. Remove the image from your file
10. Click Link PDF button
11. Select Ground_Floor_Rev0.pdf, click Open, once the dialog box comes up, select
the first page of PDF file, set the Resolution to be 600 dpi, and insert it at the
middle center of the screen
12. If you select the PDF file, and from the context tab, click Manage Links button,
you will find the same dialog box discussed in the Image Link command
13. If you want the PDF to be to-scale we need to scale it first:
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 b. Start the Measure Between Two References command, and measure the
dimension at the upper right of the PDF file, you will find it to be 1608.7 (it
should be 2500)
c. Select the PDF file, and click Scale command, make sure the Options bar, is
using Graphical
d. Select the upper point, then the lower point, then type 2500
e. Re-measure the same distance again, it should read 2500
f. Now the PDF is to scale
14. Start Wall command, and select Generic 300 from the Type Selector, set the
height from Level 1 to Level 2, and Location line to be Finish Face Exterior, select
Pick Lines, and click the outer edge of the existing wall
15. Go to 3D view, to view the walls added to your file
16. Go back to Level 1 view
17. Note the curtain wall at the right, and its length which is 6000 mm
18. Select the PDF Link
19. Click Manage Links button
20. Click Reload From, and select Ground_Floor_Rev1.pdf, click Open, select the first
page, and click OK twice
21. You can see that the new PDF changed the length to 4000mm
22. Save and close the file

Tutorial 50: PDF Export

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_50.rvt
3. Go to File menu, click Export, then click PDF Export
4. A dialog box will come up
5. Under Export Range, click choose Selected views / sheets, then click the pencil at
the right to select the desired views and sheets.
6. At the top click Create button and call the new set, My_First, then select the
following views:
a. Floor Plan 0 GF – Dimension
b. Floor Plan 0 GF – Rooms
c. Floor Plan 0 GF – Tags
d. Reflected Ceiling Plans 0 GF
7. Click Save, then click Select
8. Keep the name of the PDF file to be Ground_Floor.PDF

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 9. Turn on the checkbox for Combining the views and sheets in single file
10. Set where you want to save the file
11. Set the Page Size to be ISO A3: 297 x 420mm, and Zoom to 100%
12. Paper Placement = Center
13. Orientation = Landscape
14. Leave the rest to the default values
15. Under Export Setup, click Save As, and name the Setup A3
16. Click Export button
17. Look at your PDF file
18. Save and close the file

Tutorial 51: Shared View

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_51.rvt
3. Go to Collaborate tab, locate Share panel, click Shared Views
4. You will see a palette opened at the right of the screen
5. Click New Shared View button
6. Name it: Ground Floor – Dimension, click Share button
7. You will see a notification window at the bottom right of the screen. Once it is
ready, you will see two options, View in the Browser, and Copy the Link. Click
View in the Browser
8. Autodesk Viewer will open at your default browser
9. At the top left, you can see three buttons, Views, Properties, and Settings
10. At the bottom there are the following buttons: Home, Fit, Pan, Zoom, Measure,
and Markup
11. Click Settings, select Millimeters
12. Using Measure button, measure the distance of the third flight of the staircase,
then measure the area of one of the rooms
13. Using Markup, using yellow cloud, put a cloud around the north part of the
ground floor plan. Type in a text beside the cloud saying: “Please check the full
dimension of this side”
14. click Save at the top right part of the screen
15. Go back to Revit, and click Refresh button, and reply to the comments
16. Click Reply, and type in the following: “I will show you the new design in the next
meeting” click Post, then click Resolve
17. Close the browser, then Save and close the Revit file

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Tutorial 52: Elements Colors and Lineweights
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_52.rvt
3. Switch the Thin Line command on and off to see the difference. Make sure to
leave it off
(What we will do with Object Styles will affect only the current file)
4. Go to Manage tab, locate Settings panel, click Object Styles command, using
Filter list select Mechanical
5. The first thing is Air Terminal, and set Line Weight – Projection to be 1, click OK
and see how the air terminals weight changed
6. Start the command again
7. Search for Duct, note that there is no Line Weight – Cut for Duct because it is
always projection. Change the Line Weight – Projection to be 2
8. Click OK to see the difference
9. Start the command again
10. Search for Mechanical Equipment, do the following:
a. Change the Color to Yellow
b. Change the Line Pattern to Dash
11. Click OK to see the result of you did
12. Go to Manage tab, locate Settings panel, click Additional Settings, then select
Line Patterns
13. Create a new line pattern, call it Dash 3 Dots, use the following dialog box to fill
the information:

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 14. Click OK
15. Go to Manage tab, locate Settings panel, click Additional Settings, then select
Line Styles
16. Create a new line style, and call it My_Company, Line Projection = 3, Color = Red,
and Line Pattern = Dash 3 Dots
17. Go to Annotate tab, locate Detail panel, click Detail Line command, then select
Line Style = My_Company
18. Draw any lines you want, and see the result
19. Save and close the file

Tutorial 53: Filters

1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_53.rvt
3. Using Project Browser search for Families, locate Duct Systems / Duct System,
and you will find three pre-made systems, Exhaust Air, Return Air, and Supply Air.
Double-click each one, and Edit the Graphic Overrides
4. If you choose Visual Style = Shaded, it will shade with the Gray color!! Bring it
back to Hidden Line
5. Go to View tab, locate Graphics panel, click Filters
6. Click New at the bottom left, and call the new filter Duct Supply. From the
Categories click Duct Accessories, Duct Fittings, and Ducts. Using Filter Rules
select System Classification, then equals to Supply Air
7. Duplicate Duct Supply, and rename it Duct Return. From the Categories click Duct
Accessories, Duct Fittings, and Ducts. Using Filter Rules select System
Classification, then equals to Return Air
8. Close the Filter dialog box
9. Start Visibility / Graphics command, click Filter tab. Add the two filters you just
made. Set the Projection Pattern to be as follows – using Solid Fill and different
color for each Duct:

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10. Click OK to see the colors of each Duct
11. Save and close the file

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Tutorial 54: Creating your own Title Block
1. Start Revit 2022
2. Open Tutorial_54.rvt
3. Create a new sheet, use A0 paper size
4. Rename the sheet as P-0, and the title = Level 1 Floor Plan
5. You can see that the logo is not right, and the size of some of the text is not
correct
6. Double click the border of the title block to edit it
7. Select the Autodesk logo, and the web site address, and delete both
8. Using Insert Image command, insert the logo available in tutorial folder
9. Select Client Name label, click Edit Type, Duplicate, call the new type 10mm, set
the Text Size = 10mm, and change the Font to be Tahoma
10. Change Project Name, and Sheet Name to be 10mm
11. Select the DRW label, and edit the label to show Author
12. Rename the family to be A0 metric_Our_Office.rfa
13. Load and close the new title block
14. Change the title block to the new type
15. Edit the Client Name, Project Name
16. Go to Manage tab, click Project Information, and fill in your name as the Author,
change the Project Number to be P-1010, and Project Issue Date = 11/11/2021
17. Drag any view inside this new sheet
18. Save and close

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