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Fabrication Parts in Revit® / Cost Loaded Models

« Last post by michaelc on Jan 13, 2025, 13:38:26 PM »

we are a turnkey design build mechanical contractor and i need to set up a revit schedule that runs like a taxi meter for cost
does anyone have any idea how to assign a price to a itm and then pull the itm info  into a Revit schedule
it would be very useful as the drawings and design change to have the info
going from sd to dd and finally 100% cd its almost impossible to track.
@ d.young we spoke about this about a year ago and i still haven't been able to figure this one out

thanks
mike c

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Auto-Fill Coupling for Two Spirals

« Last post by jaysomlam on Jan 13, 2025, 13:25:21 PM »

Our service has rounds that we purchase and rounds that we fabricate.  But they are grouped in different tabs.  We have one tab called "Round" that are for round duct that we purchase, and we have a different tab called "Fabricated Round" that are for round duct that we fabricate.  We group them in this way because we group services by their material, static-pressure, supply/return/exhaust/makeup.

Do you suggest that we should group them in two different services?  Sound like a good alternative if there is no other way to fix this problem.

Jaysom

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Workflow

« Last post by cadbyken on Jan 13, 2025, 12:30:51 PM »

For an engineering company, this is way more than you need unless you are a designbuild company. I worked 10 years on the design side before getting involved on the construction side. Feel free to ask questions, there a lot of knowledgeable users here.

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CAMduct™ Users / Re: Item number

« Last post by cadbyken on Jan 13, 2025, 12:28:16 PM »

"Recent Push"? Not sure what that is but it looks like a script was used that modified the Item Number. That data isn't stored anywhere else to my knowledge so it isn't recoverable unless the data was written to a customfield.

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Auto-Fill Coupling for Two Spirals

« Last post by PipeFitter72 on Jan 11, 2025, 00:17:31 AM »

I am a little confused. Are you trying to use 2 different couplings in the same service without excluding on from fill? One that you fab and one that you purchase?    Also are you using 2 different spiral straights in the same service? One that you fab and one that you purchase? 

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CAMduct™ Users / Re: TDC/TDF Fold Notch

« Last post by ussmjohn on Jan 10, 2025, 19:47:18 PM »

brbuck2,

I was wondering if you were able to achieve the 2 different notch depth for male vs female?

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Auto-Fill Coupling for Two Spirals

« Last post by jaysomlam on Jan 10, 2025, 18:19:13 PM »

I have tried using CID#1112.  But this still doesn't work.  I have followed the instructions in this link to make sure the connectors of the spirals and coupling item files are unlocked and set to None (to use Alt-Connector in the specification to assign the correct connector to the spirals and the couplings), and make sure the connectors are matching:
https://help.autodesk.com/view/FABRICATION/ENU/?guid=GUID-5734300A-16D9-4E32-9DB3-AD61642A834A
The link above is suggested by forum member VirtualPilot in a message posted in this link.  The info in that link makes a lot of sense and should be done regardless auto-filling or not.  Unfortunately, setting up those connectors doesn't help with auto-fill.

The only way to make this to work is to turn ON the "Exclude From Fill" option of the couplings in "Round" folder in the service that are for round duct that we order, not something that we fabricate.  After excluding those couplings that we order from Fill, I can get the Coupling that we fabricate to auto-fill between two spirals that we also fabricate.  Unfortunately, this is not how we want to work.  We don't want to run the risk of forgetting to turn ON or OFF that "Exclude From Fill" option.

Just to clarify what "auto-fill" means to me.  When I said "auto-fill", I mean to draw a spiral, and then attach another spiral after the first one, and see a coupling automatically inserted between those 2 spirals.  That's what "auto-fill" means to me.  All the pieces involved are duct that we fabricate, not something that we order.  That is where the problem is.  I have no problem auto-filling with coupling that we order.

I have found the CID#2522 coupling item file suggested in this link:
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-automatically-insert-a-Gasket-item-between-pipes-in-Fabrication.html
The item file is in this folder: Working Database\ITEMS\Template Patterns\Mechanical\Systems

Unfortunately, I have these 2 problems with this CID#2522 item file:
1.  I still cannot auto-fill using this item file.
2.  More importantly, it doesn't have the "Machine Cut" option.  I cannot send it to CAMduct for nesting.

Any suggestion to make this to work?  Please help.  Thanks.

Jaysom

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CADmep™ Users / Re: CADmep bolt and gasket sets specific to valve or accessory

« Last post by dopefish on Jan 10, 2025, 16:14:43 PM »

Previously in this post I asked if ancillaries could be directly mapped to connectors. I wasn't told no but was not told yes either. So it turns out they can. Which might be relevant to this thread. I personally hate using ITMs for bolt kits and the like. See this post for details on mapping ancillaries to connectors.

https://www.xtracad.com/forum/index.php/topic,17744.0.html

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Embedded Ancillaries: How do I Access Them?

« Last post by dopefish on Jan 10, 2025, 15:59:28 PM »

I should share this as it might be useful to others.

There was a previous discussion about connectors and ancillaries, specifically how to calculate them. I had asked whether it was possible to attach ancillaries directly to connectors but didn’t receive a response (see image). I’m sure those with extensive duct knowledge are already aware of this, but it was new to me.

In the connector library, there is a button with a coin icon, which appears to be the costing tab. In this tab, we can assign materials and gaskets. While this might be useful in some cases, it’s not appropriate for all scenarios—specifically, I don’t want materials being automatically imported. This is something that will need to be cleaned up in new content. Additionally, in this case, applying a gasket as an ancillary doesn’t make sense, especially if it’s mating to a face seal component, in which case the gasket wouldn’t be necessary.

However, this feature has sparked some new ideas for calculating ancillaries, and I hope others find this information helpful as well.

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CADmep™ Users / Re: Embedded Ancillaries: How do I Access Them?

« Last post by cnash on Jan 10, 2025, 15:52:35 PM »

Found it. Thank you.

Where were they? lol