There is no "fire protection design" for REVIT. We use it to do layouts but you are manually piping the system and locating sprinklers. Nothing is automated, you still have to manually input data into your calc program. It's a little bit clumsy to use, you have limited components with which to build your systems, vendor provided families of some devices will kill your model because they are overly detailed and create huge file sizes that no one will reference.
They've told us they were working on an interface with other sprinkler packages so we could model in REVIT to maintain compatibility and visibility with the other disciplines and then there would be an interface with for example, HydraCalc, but it's not happened yet. We've been using it to do detailed FP layouts for about five years now. Craig L. Prahl Fire Protection Group Lead/SME CH2M 200 Verdae Blvd. Greenville, SC 29607 Direct - 864.920.7540 Fax - 864.920.7129 CH2MHILL Extension 77540 [email protected] From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay White Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 5:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Revit Fire Protection Classes [EXTERNAL] Has anyone taken CAD Revit/BIM Classes for fire protection design? If so, who was it taught by and were the classes online or in a classroom environment? Jay White Sales/Design Manager Dynamic Fire Protection 9771 Highway 25 South Starkville, MS 39759 PH: 662-312-2426 FAX: 662-324-1545
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