Chapter 15
Plumbing (Domestic, Sanitary, and Other Piping)
Routing plumbing piping has come a long way from drawing circles and lines on paper. Over the past 30 years, tools such as the straight edge, 30/60 triangles, and the Timely template have been replaced by CAD systems. With more owners requiring BIM, a plumbing designer has to become a virtual pipe installer. Instead of just drawing circles and lines, you have to understand more about how fittings go together to construct your piping design. This is where Revit MEP excels; it can help you create your designs more accurately and efficiently.
In this chapter, you will learn to do the following:
- Customize out-of-the-box Revit plumbing fixtures for scheduling purposes
- Use custom plumbing ...