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Go Beyond Design: Using Autodesk® Fabrication Software to Extend Design Intent

Peter JacksonPremium Support Specialist AEC/ENI

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Peter JacksonPremium Support Specialist AEC/ENI

Worked within Engineering & CAD industry for the last 14 years.

The last 4 years have been spent working at MAP Software,

which was acquired by Autodesk in Oct 2011.

Now focused on Premium Support for Autodesk Fabrication

Portfolio.

Presenter Introduction

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Agenda

Class Summary / Learning Objectives Overview

Key Learning

1. Set up Autodesk Fabrication products for effective use

2. Extend design-intent models from Autodesk Revit

3. Use Autodesk Fabrication design line functionality

4. Extend design-intent models from AutoCAD MEP

Q&A

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Class Summary Overview

In this lab, you will get hands-on experience with Autodesk® Fabrication

FABmep™ and Autodesk® Fabrication CADmep™. We will explain the

best practice setup process to use design line technology within Autodesk

Fabrication software to efficiently convert engineering design intent

models from Autodesk® Revit® and AutoCAD® MEP software. We will

also cover how to use Autodesk Fabrication software to support detailing,

prefabrication, fabrication, and installation.

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Learning Objectives Overview

At the end of this class, you will be able to:

Best practices to set up Autodesk Fabrication to optimize Design line

Extend Autodesk Revit models to Autodesk Fabrication FABmep

Explain How Autodesk Fabrication design line functionality for modeling works

Extend AutoCAD MEP models to Autodesk Fabrication CADmep

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Learning ObjectiveExtend design-intent models from Autodesk® Revit®

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Pre-requisites Autodesk® Revit® Systems configured with required Families

System Classification / System Type configured

Visibility / Graphic Overrides configured

Elevations for the building environment configured

Autodesk Fabrication products for effective use to convert engineering design intent models

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System configured with required Families

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Revit®

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System Classification / System Type

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Revit®

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Visibility / Graphic Overrides configured

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Revit®

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Elevations for the building environment configured

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Revit®

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Pre-requisites Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep® Services / Service Templates configured

Specifications configured

Button Codes / Mappings

Sections for the building environment configured

Autodesk Fabrication products for effective use to convert engineering design intent models

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Layer created for Equipment items

Layer created for Supply DuctworkRectangular and Round

Services / Service templates configured

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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Service usingService Template of the Content

Item Folder of content

Item Folders

Services / Service templates configured

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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Service Template in use

Service Buttons

Service Name

Service Tabs

Services / Service templates configured

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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Service Types and Layer Tags screen

Service Layering

setup

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

Services - Layering

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Specifications

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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Service – Button Codes

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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REDILTEE = Straight Shoe and RedInline

Service – Button Mappings

Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

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Pre-requisites Prior to Conversion

Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® / CADmep®

Sections

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Learning ObjectiveExtend design-intent models from Autodesk® Revit®

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Work Flow Part 1 Investigate : ADSK MEP Building Layout.rvt

System with Families Pre configured

System Classification / System Types Pre configured

Visibility / Graphic Overrides Pre configured

Elevations for the building environment Pre configured

Hands on Exercise #1Extend design intent-models from Autodesk® Revit®

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Work Flow Part 2 Exporting system : ADSK MEP Building Layout.rvt

Selection Methods of a System

Determine Design Line Elements

Determine Graphical Elements

Exporting Revit system data into a “Revit Interchange File” (*.RIF)

Hands on Exercise #1Extend design intent-models from Autodesk® Revit®

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Work Flow Part 3 Importing : Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep®

Enabling “Data Exchange” tool bar

Utilising “Data Exchange” to Import Revit Interchange file (*.RIF)

Configuration of RME Mappings

Exporting Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® into Fabrication CADmep®

Hands on Exercise #1Extend design intent-models from Autodesk® Revit®

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Work Flow Part 4Investigate : ADSK MEP Building Layout.dwg

Activating a Design Line within the model

Erase & Fill items on a Active Design Line

Observation of Button codes / Button mappings

Design Line fill priorities Exclusion of items within a Service Template

Use Autodesk® Fabrication CADmep® design line

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Learning ObjectiveExtend design-intent models from Autodesk® AutoCAD MEP®

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Work Flow Part 1Investigate : ADSK Pipe Model.dwg

Utilising the AutoCAD MEP to Fabrication CADmep ABSconvert.dll

Selection Method of a System

Exporting system data into a AME import file

Extend design-intent models from AutoCAD MEP®

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Work Flow Part 2Importing : Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep®

Enabling “Data Exchange” tool bar

Utilising “Data Exchange” to Import AME file

Exporting Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep® into Fabrication CADmep®

Extend design-intent models from AutoCAD MEP®

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Summary

Go Beyond Design Extend Design Intent from Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD MEP to Fabrication®

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Q&A

Go Beyond Design Extend Design Intent from Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD MEP to Fabrication®

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