Graphics Programs Reference
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12. Open the 1 - Mech Existing view. Click the Duct button on the Home
tab. If the Properties palette is not visible, click the Properties button on
the ribbon. Click the drop-down at the top of the Properties palette, and
set the duct type to Rectangular Duct Mitered Elbows - Taps. Draw a
duct from left to right in the view, and then change direction to draw a
duct toward the bottom of the screen, creating a 90-degree bend. Notice
that the duct is blue and that a mitered elbow fitting is used.
13. Open the 1 - Mech view. Notice that the ductwork drawn in step 12 is
displayed as halftone, which is because it was modeled in an existing
view and is therefore existing ductwork. Click the Duct button on the
Home tab, and draw ductwork in the 1 - Mech view. Notice that the
ductwork is blue because it is new ductwork drawn in a New
Construction phase view.
14. Click the Grid button on the Architect tab, and draw a grid across the
view. Notice that the grid line and bubble are halftone.
15. Open the 1 - Mech Existing view. Notice that the ductwork drawn in the
1 - Mech view does not appear in this view. However, notice that the
grid drawn in the 1 - Mech view does appear in this view.
MEP Settings
You can use another group of settings to establish standards in your project
template. The MEP settings of a Revit project file are used to determine
some of the graphical representations of systems as well as the available
sizes and materials of system families used. Click the MEP Settings button
on the Manage tab to access the settings for a discipline. You can also access
this from the Routing Preferences dialog box of either the duct family or the
pipe family. The settings you establish may determine the type of template
you are creating. Some of the standards defined for the MEP settings may
be unique to a project type or client's requirements, which would result in a
unique template for those settings.
Mechanical Settings
In the Mechanical Settings dialog box, you can establish the display of
hidden-line graphics and also define values used in calculations. The
left side of the dialog box lists all the settings. When you select a setting
from the list, the options will appear in the right side of the dialog box.
You can choose to include or exclude certain duct or pipe sizes for each
