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Offline madcadTopic starter

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Revit Fabrication Parts.
« on: Nov 02, 2017, 21:38:44 PM »
We are now using Revit Fabrication Parts on all new projects.
It is certainly faster and more productive with a well defined database. We manage our own content for the EP side but do not manufacture ductwork so I cant comment on that.
If anyone is feeling the pressure to move to Revit you should give it a go with Fabrication Parts. If you are just modelling you need about 1 day with assistance to familiarise yourself with section views and cut plane etc, The rest of it is so similar to CADmep that it comes naturally. You need to know <5% of Revit to work effectively.

Would it be possible to split off the Revit side from the AutoCAD side in the forum complete with its own sub forums for Dynamo etc because with the rapid development of Revit Fabrication Parts it is no longer just an extension, its where we are all heading. Its going to get busy.............

However if I could give you one tip it would be:-
Don't listen to the Architect when he says they have 1 model for a building and everyone has worksets and syncs.
Syncing take an age. Sort your model out so you have 1 draughtsman per model because if you have to add fittings to service this need to be done in the central model to propagate. This means downtime up to an hour for all users in our case.

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #1 on: Nov 03, 2017, 13:35:50 PM »
I just mocked this up, is this what you are thinking? My only concern is that there are a lot of other forums for normal Revit and Dynamo. This is still the #1 forum for all things Fabrication so in my opinion Admin could offer the forums but I'm not sure how much use they would get.
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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #2 on: Nov 03, 2017, 15:32:46 PM »
Yes that looks good.
TBH I don't know why there are not more posts in the "Revit Extension for Fabrication" forum.
I thought it would catch on quicker. Some people might have been put off by version 2016.
Its a very different product now.

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #3 on: Nov 03, 2017, 17:01:39 PM »
you are half right MADCAD , it actually AD giving out crappy demo fabrication database to let people try. Most new users will noticed that database does work as it advertised and gave up on that approach. Unless the users are experienced users of the original FABsuits otherwise new comers would have a difficult time to start up the Fabrication module inside Revit.

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #4 on: Nov 03, 2017, 21:50:44 PM »
you are half right MADCAD , it actually AD giving out crappy demo fabrication database to let people try. Most new users will noticed that database does work as it advertised and gave up on that approach. Unless the users are experienced users of the original FABsuits otherwise new comers would have a difficult time to start up the Fabrication module inside Revit.
Agreed.
But if you have someone knowledgeable and a solid owned/managed pipework database its a no-brainer IMHO.
Its the way its going.
Another tip. Make all pipe materials DN based, even if it is usually described as OD. This will make compatibility between systems easier. The product list and what you report out can still be what ever is familiar for a particular system.

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #5 on: Nov 04, 2017, 06:21:45 AM »
I have come across many failed cases (large international contractors/ builders) where they have failed to get this Revit BIM DfMA approach working, simply there is no one to setup a working database for them (even if they have a working version, they still have to know how to properly maintain that database to suit their line of work).

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #6 on: Nov 10, 2017, 10:46:38 AM »
Would it be possible to split off the Revit side from the AutoCAD side in the forum complete with its own sub forums for Dynamo etc...

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Re: Revit Fabrication Parts.
« Reply #7 on: Nov 10, 2017, 14:28:34 PM »
Would it be possible to split off the Revit side from the AutoCAD side in the forum complete with its own sub forums for Dynamo etc...

New boards now created on the forum and topic moved.
Ooooo sexy
David Ronson
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