1. © 2011 Autodesk Autodesk® Revit® MEP: Not Enough Content - What is the Problem Again? Plamen Hristov Virtual Design Manager

2. © 2011 Autodesk Plamen Hristov – Capital Engineering Consultants, Inc. Engineering Degree – Sofia, Bulgaria Architectural Technology – MCTC, Minneapolis 5+ Years Training, Consulting, and Support Services Revit MEP Implementation Certified Expert (ICE) Lectured at two colleges

3. © 2011 Autodesk Class Summary  In this class you are going to learn the challenges you are going to face with Revit MEP content creation. My way of resolving those challenges.

4. © 2011 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Define the BIM and content goals for a project  Identify content creation challenges  Create a handful of families that will replace millions of real-world equipments  Increase productivity by minimizing content creation efforts  Produce high-quality drawings with minimum effort

5. © 2011 Autodesk Define the BIM and Content Goals for a Project…

6. © 2011 Autodesk Define the BIM and Content Goals for a Project…  Level of Detail for the BIM  Level of Detail for content  Deliverable Level of Detail

7. © 2011 Autodesk Identify Content Creation Challenges…

8. © 2011 Autodesk Standards  Seek  www.anzrs.org www.anzrs.org

9. © 2011 Autodesk Content Creation Challenges…  Content compatibility

10. © 2011 Autodesk Content Creation Challenges…  Custom content = enormous investment

11. © 2011 Autodesk Content Creation Challenges…  VA, USACE, etc. requirements and standards

12. © 2011 Autodesk Create a Handful of Families…

13. © 2011 Autodesk Create a Handful of Families…

14. © 2011 Autodesk Increase Productivity by Minimizing Content Creation Efforts

15. © 2011 Autodesk Less is More…

16. © 2011 Autodesk Less is More…

17. © 2011 Autodesk Produce High-quality Drawings with Minimum Effort

18. © 2011 Autodesk Taking it to the Next Level  Creating schedules – Revit Family Processor  Managing data in Excel – Ideate BIMLink  Adding connectors to equipments

19. © 2011 Autodesk Summary  Define the BIM and content goals for a project  Identify content creation challenges  Create a handful of families that will replace millions of real-world equipments  Increase productivity by minimizing content creation efforts  Produce high-quality drawings with minimum effort

20. © 2011 Autodesk Thank You  Reminder – Class ID is MP4979  Thank you for watching Plamen Hristov phristov@capital-engineering.com

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