Thanks but I'll stick with the Hydratech for Revit. Bought AutoSprink a few years back and found it to be terrible and then they reneged on returning my money if after a year I did not like it.
David M. Canham Fire Systems Solutions 15 Sayles Avenue Lincoln, RI 02865 Office 401-725-1089 Fax 401-725-1583 Cell 508-277-FIRE (3473) > On Jul 11, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Nicky Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > You should try AutoSprink RVT – a Revit add on, that most importantly, lets > you calculate in Revit! > Not quite the carbon fibre hybrid super car, but this takes a lot of the pain > out of Revit and adds some great features that AutoSprink has. (Still a lot > of pain because it is still Revit) > It is only recently released and is reasonably basic in comparison to > AutoSprink, but I wouldn’t be without it. > > Nicky Marshall > Southern Regional Manager > PROTECH DESIGN LIMITED > Specialist Fire Protection Consultants > Phone: +64 (0)3 579 5577 extn 2 Mobile: +64 (0)21 433 488 Email: > [email protected] Skype: nicky-marshall Web :www.protechdesign.co.nz > Address:105A Alabama Rd, Redwoodtown, Blenheim 7201, NZ Postal: PO Box 4022, > Redwood Village, Blenheim 7242, NZ > > “I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I > realised I was somebody” Lily Tomlin > > From: Steve Leyton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 12 July 2017 2:49 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Revit Fire Protection Classes > > As this moment, the A/E community is using Revit at about 10-15% of its > capabilities. Someday – likely in the not so distant future – Revit models > will be used to project the costs of lighting/heating/cooling, anticipated > scopes and costs for M&O programming and ITM for systems like sprinklers. > We didn’t wait for industry to furnish content; we created our own. We now > have an extensive library of valves, hanger and brace assemblies, pipe, > fittings, etc. But making families of objects is one thing. Giving them > the attributes that will do all that cool stuff someday and writing code to > process the information to run calc’s or create ITM checklists or whatever … > well, those are much more complex tasks. Revit is at the Model T stage > right now, but has the potential to be a carbon fiber hybrid super car. > > SL > > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Prahl, Craig/GVL > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 7:31 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Revit Fire Protection Classes > > You misread my post David. I said REVIT has no design tools specifically for > fire protection design. I didn’t say anything about HydraCad. > > If all you have is REVIT, it is a pipe routing design tool and that is all. > You can stick sprinkler heads on the pipe and you can depict grooved pipe or > threaded pipe. But calculations must be completed outside of REVIT. It is > not a fire protection layout or calculation tool. > > > 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 David M. Canham > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Revit Fire Protection Classes [EXTERNAL] > > I would disagree with that as I use HydraCAD for Revit every day. Drawing > and head layout tools, hydraulic calculations and complete stock listing. > They also offer an 8 week class through on line with homework and everything. > It is a live on line class so you can ask questions and see stuff over as > well as a video of it to review later. I have used other software for years > and really had to struggle to keep an open mind but the class is very well > done and even an old dog like me is getting the hang of it. Many things that > should be simple in Revit seem over complicated such as picking a few pipes > and trying to make just those one a different color, but there is also so > much potential. The internal collision is good as well as a slick HyraCAD > for Revit tool that allows you to import the entire hit report from a > Navisworks file and it makes hit tags in your Revit file that show up in your > views. Switchback also works well but that is a generic Revit tool that you > do not need HydraCad to use. > > JUST TO BE CLEAR I HAVE NO CONNECTION TO HYDRATECH OR AN INDORSING ANYTHING. > JUST RESPONDING TO THE POST WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE > > David M. Canham > Fire Systems Solutions > 15 Sayles Avenue > Lincoln, RI 02865 > PH 401-725-1089 > Fax 401-725-1583 > Cell 508-277-3473 > > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Prahl, Craig/GVL > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Revit Fire Protection Classes > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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