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www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com Mastering Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2016 www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com Mastering Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2016 Simon Whitbread www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com Senior Acquisitions Editor: Stephanie McComb Development Editor: Susan Herman Technical Editor: Steve Stafford Production Editor: Dassi Zeidel Copy Editor: Liz Welch Editorial Manager: Mary Beth Wakefield Production Manager: Kathleen Wisor Associate Publisher: Jim Minatel Book Designers: Maureen Forys, Happenstance Type-O-Rama; Judy Fung Proofreader: Amy Schneider Indexer: Ted Laux Project Coordinator, Cover: Brent Savage Cover Designer: Wiley Cover Image: © winnieapple/iStockphoto Copyright © 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-119-05937-0 ISBN: 978-1-119-05936-3 (ebk.) ISBN: 978-1-119-05938-7 (ebk.) 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But that doesn’t mean I’m now a team of one, as this is still a collaborative enterprise So thank you also to everyone at Sybex who helped to get this edition moving It seems unfair to single out any one person; suffice it to say that without you, there would be no book A special thanks to Steve Stafford, who has managed to keep me and the book on the straight and narrow And finally, a real big thank-you to Don Bokmiller Again Well, you didn’t come back for more this year, but without your hard work in previous editions, I don’t think I would be here, writing this ☺ I’d also like to thank Autodesk—not just because I am now a part of their great team, but also for inspiring me to push myself There is so much cool and amazing stuff coming out of the company that I am proud to finally be a part of such a great organization that influences so many people around the world The world of technology is moving forward at such a terrific rate I am amazed almost daily by the great work and products the company is producing www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com About the Author Simon Whitbread, Enterprise Priority Revit Specialist at Autodesk, started using Revit at release 5.1 He has over 30 years of experience in the building services and architectural industries Since the early 1990s, he has been involved in developing and managing CAD and IT systems He moved to New Zealand in 2002, where he led the implementation of Revit Architecture at Jasmax, one of New Zealand’s leading architectural practices More recently he has been providing implementation, support, and training services for AutoCAD and the Revit suite of programs to companies in Australia, Dubai, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States Now living in the United Kingdom, Simon enjoys spending time with his family, is a frequent speaker at Autodesk University and Revit Technology Conference (RTC) events, is a member of AUGI, and sometimes finds the odd moment for Twitter and Facebook www.EngineeringEBooksPdf.com 768 | INTERFACE • LIGHT SWITCH SYMBOL connectors, 578–579, 579 parameters, 577–578 interface See user interface interference checking in fabrication, 666 ducts, 284, 284 symbols, 360–362, 360–362 Interior Tick Mark parameter, 707 internal views not for publishing, 683 interoperability, 115 2D data, 116, 116 DXF files, 116–117 MicroStation 2D DGN, 116 plans sections and elevations, 119–128, 121–128 for standard details, 117–119, 118–119 3D data See 3D data Intersections option for pipe routing, 317 Invisible Lines style, 611 IRC files, linking, 106–107, 107 Is Reference parameter, 470, 471, 590, 599 Itemize Every Instance option, 211 J joining geometry, 466 joint fittings, 451–452 junction boxes, 362, 363, 606, 607 Justification Editor, 293, 293 K Keep Readable option, 613 Keep Text Readable parameter, 500, 500, 504 Key Name field, 201 keyboard shortcuts fabrication, 666 overview, 27–29, 28–29 keys, schedule creating, 339–341, 339–341 overview, 201–203, 201–203 L labels See also annotations copying, 504 format options, 511–512, 511 line work, 512–513, 512–513 parameters, 602, 602–603 symbols, 499–500, 500 titleblocks, 637–640, 637–640 working with, 509–513, 510–513 lamps, 569, 572, 577 Larger Of Connector And Calculated duct constraint, 298–299 latent heat gain, 228 lateral movement of ceilings, 344 layers, CAD export settings for, 699–700, 700 exporting, 104, 105 loading, 101–102, 102 layout details, 616 ducts, 285, 289–290 extending, 296, 297 fabrication creating, 669–671, 669–671 editing, 671–679, 672–678 lighting site, 350 Layout parameter, 616 Leader/Border Offset parameter, 704 leaders, tags, 512–513, 513, 602 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, 238, 245 Left option for reference planes, 471–472 Left/Right views, 592 legends, templates for, 714 length devices, 591 equipment, 550 fabrication parts, 674, 674 Length Option setting, 669, 670 less than signs (