- #MAGICAD REVIT MEP INSTALL#
- #MAGICAD REVIT MEP DOWNLOAD#
So, let’s freshen up a little those LODs skills and focus: according to the BIM Forum Manual, you don’t model hangers unless you are required a LOD 350, in which by definition you would need to model also interfaces between that element and the other systems.Īccording to industry practice, especially if you’re dealing with a large model, you don’t model hangers unless you need to. Let’s settle the “when” part before, ok? You don’t go around and model Duct hangers in schematic, no matter how smooth the tool. That’s one way to do it: thanks Fischer 3.1 How do you normally do it (and when) But I be done seen about everything when I see an HVAC Duct fly.
That’s a sad truth and, no matter how we normally design them, what happens is that you have hangers.
Create support and Hangers for Ductsĭucts don’t float. Now, there would be a ton of things to talk about in the MagiCAD suite of functionalities: we just picked two that seemed to create lots of pain in the industry.
use a client’s file and I will get sued īecause I love to live a dangerous life but there’s a limit, I’ll dig up something else from the Design Academy website: I’ll take this model because I always found it cool. use MagiCad sample project, but I never use sample projects because on sample projects everything always works. use Autodesk sample project and we will all die of boredom. We’ll come back to it on a later post, maybe.Īnyway, in order to show you how this all works, I’ll need a model with systems. For this review, we’re focusing on other functionalities, so I won’t need any of those. You have the opportunity of installing different pieces, both by MagiCAD and partners like Swegon, Exhausto, Flexit, Climecon, Systemair, Jeven, Halton and I could go on and on and on. Fire up RevitĪs soon as you load Revit for the first time after the installer, you’ll get the Plug-in manager trying to tell you what’s what. Installation is pretty straightforward, although it might take a while, so I won’t bother you with this, although it might take a while. I decided to try it on Revit 2019, because SCIENCE!, and the installer is relatively lightweight so, even if the add-in has a lot of functions as if it’s a whole new portion of Revit, don’t expect anything massive, at least while zipped. 
#MAGICAD REVIT MEP DOWNLOAD#
Starting from basics, the first thing you need to do is download the damn stuff, otherwise you won’t get it to work, right?
#MAGICAD REVIT MEP INSTALL#
Keep these ideas in mind while you’re looking for efficiency and let’s install MagiCAD, alright? 1. You can read his article (in two parts) here and here.
frequency, meaning how many times a day your team has to perform these tasks. consistency, meaning how much you want activities and results to be comparable on a common basis. complexity, meaning how complicated is the task. Last BILT in Singapore, Kelly Cone of ClearEdge3d presented a class called “A general theory of implementation” in which he was expanding on specifically this topic: how do you weight the necessity for automating a task? He was identifying three factors: We’re talking about MagiCAD.īefore we get into the topic of how the plug-in works and what it does, let us stop a minute and ask ourselves what are we trying to achieve, because optimizing tools doesn’t really mean anything. With this in mind, this week we tried a plug-in that, despite its retro name, has been praised by the industry as a real problem-solver. If you don’t believe us, google “German Airport Scandal” and read all about systems’ failure delaying indefinitely the opening of Berlin’s new airport, which was scheduled to open in October 2011 and is now something like €5 billion over budget.įor this, and for many other reasons, as a BIM Manager you need to take care of your system engineers and always be on the look for new tools that will help them working better with their digital tools. You might have a wonderful project, but you will do very little with it if systems are not working. 
Post originally authored for the blog of Strategie Digitali, on July 13th 2018.
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