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space. It also contains a breakdown of the individual space components and
how they contribute to the cooling and heating loads.
Revit MEP allows you to run a heating and cooling load analysis, make
changes, and run a subsequent analysis all while retaining the reports run
for each analysis. Load reports are individually time-stamped and can be
accessed in the Project Browser under Reports. This enables you to easily
flip to a previous report and quantify the changes in your design without
resorting to printing out each report as it is generated. Each report can grow
to several hundred pages, depending on the size of your job and the detail
level selected.
Now is a good time to set up and run a sample HVAC load analysis in Revit.
Here's how:
2. Download and link in the Architectural model file
Chapter8SampleBuilding.rvt
, which can be found on the same
web page. Use Origin To Origin placement when linking the file.
3. Set the property of the linked file to Room Bounding by selecting the
link, editing its type parameters, and selecting the Room Bounding
check box. Click OK.
4. Place your spaces. Click the Analyze tab, and select Spaces to begin
placing your spaces in the view. Either select the rooms you want to
model or click Place Spaces Automatically. Confirm the number of
spaces created.
5. Create a working Space Properties schedule to manage space data. Click
the Schedule/Quantities button.
6. Select Spaces as the category, and use New Construction as the phase.
Click OK.
7. From the available fields, select the appropriate categories to match the
Space Properties schedule shown earlier in
Figure 8.4
.
8. Adjust the Name and Number fields to match the architectural link,
either by manually entering the values or by using a space-naming
utility. Sort the rows in descending numerical order.
