bimworkshops_mep templates
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April 24-25, 2014
CENTRAL STATES
SCOTT CONFERENCE CENTER OMAHA, NE
Kelli Lubeley
A GOOD START CREATING AN EFFECTIVE
REVIT MEP TEMPLATE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Understand the role a template plays in the success of each project• Organize the project browser and sheet index and create cartoon
views and sheets• Create view templates and filters based on typical construction
document graphics• Create and modify coordination schedules and panel schedules for
organized documents
STANDARDS
Title block Line Weights/Patterns MEP Settings
Category Tags Text Object Styles
Dimensions View Title View Tags
Cover Sheet Sheet Order Views on Sheets
Families/Types Naming Conventions
ORGANIZATION
Naming Conventions Families/Types Sheet OrderProject Browser
Organization Cartoon Set Sheet Index
View Types Schedules for Sheet Schedules for Coordination
Panel Schedules Shared Parameters Coordination Views
STREAMLINING
Filters View Templates Coordination Views
Families/Types Standard Details White Papers/Documentation
Do Your Homework!
Gather:• Sets of Current Documents• Graphics for all disciplines• List of systems on typical projects• Typical details• Standards Documents
Decide:• Line Weights & Patterns• Annotation Styles• Naming Conventions
• Families/Types• Views• Sheets• System Types
Let’s Get Started…
Graphic Standards
Line Styles
Somewhere in betweenThis: And this:
Legends
Browser Organization
• How do your users work?• What do most of your projects
consist of?• What makes sense to you?
MEP Settings
View Templates
Coordination Schedules
Panel Schedules
1. Select a cell in the panel schedule template. 2. In the Choose Category drop-down, select a category.3. In the Add Parameter drop-down, select a parameter.
