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Unwanted Systems
Steve has downloaded a fan coil unit from the manufacturer and has
found that it has a condensate connector on each side. As Steve will
only use one of these, he knew it would leave an unwanted, unassigned
system in the project. To remedy this, Steve selected the offending
family from the Project Browser, right-clicked, and selected Edit
Family.
This opened the family in a new window and Steve was able to delete
the connector he no longer required. Following this, he saved the family
to his Project Families folder and loaded it back into the project.
He could then insert the fan coil unit family and connect the duct and
pipework, leaving no unassigned systems.
Mechanical Settings
Before you can jump in and start creating systems, you need to set up
several things to ensure that the systems work as they should. There is
nothingwrongwiththedefaultsettings,buteveryfirmisdifferent—eachhas
its own standards, procedures, and design requirements. Most companies
have developed their own standards and endeavor to adhere to various
industry standards, and these are good guidelines to follow when using a
new application such as Revit MEP 2015.
The Mechanical Settings dialog box, accessed from the Manage tab's MEP
Settings panel, contains some of the most critical settings for using systems
in Revit 2015. This dialog box, shown in Figure 9.5 , was briefly covered
in Chapter 2, “Creating an Effective Project Template.” A more in-depth
look is needed so you can understand how these settings affect systems in
Revit 2015. All of these settings should be established in your company's
project template. Changes to them should be discussed with the Revit team
as well as the CAD manager, because data, visibility, and graphics can be
dramatically affected by a minor change in this dialog box. Due to the
specific nature of the information concerned, it is recommended that each
 
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