Designing complete plumbing system of a building using Revit

Learn to design, analyze, and document a complete residential plumbing system in Revit, for Revit users ready to specialize in plumbing.

<h2>About this course</h2>In this course, you design a complete plumbing system for a residential building in Revit, starting with project setup and finishing with pipe system analysis. You open a new plumbing project, link the architectural Revit file, set units and levels, and load plumbing families. You then place water closets and other fixtures, specify pipe segments, and troubleshoot disconnects before connecting fixtures to water and waste systems, adding vents and valves, and placing pipe schedules on sheets. The cold and hot water distribution section is the largest in the course. You separate hot and cold lines, create visibility filters, build the hot water main, add boiler equipment and a downloaded third-party mechanical family, connect it to the water tank and piping, resolve interferences, set color coding, and add pipe insulation. Next, you design the washroom water distribution, mirroring equipment and connecting showers, sinks, and toilets, followed by the kitchen system, where you position sinks, add pipe connectors to families, and place a dishwasher. Drainage covers black and grey waste water, and a wastewater recycling section routes both into a septic tank. Finally, you run pipe system and pressure analysis, place pipe legends, and work with pipe sizing. Most sections end with a quiz.<h2>Who should take this course</h2>This course is for you if you know the basics of Revit and want to specialize in plumbing design. It suits MEP designers and drafters who want to follow professional workflows, and students or career changers looking to break into BIM and MEP with real project experience. Architects, engineers, and BIM coordinators will also benefit from seeing how plumbing integrates with the rest of a building model and with project delivery.<h2>Pre-requisites</h2>You need Autodesk Revit on a Windows PC and basic comfort with views, levels, and navigation. A general understanding of BIM concepts such as linked models and worksharing helps, and you should have or be able to create a simple residential architectural model to link.