Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Air Distribution Components
Air distribution components come in many shapes and sizes. Depending on
the design, they can be mounted in a variety of ways:
• Diffusers in a ceiling
• Duct-mounted sidewall diffusers
• Wall mounted
• Floor diffusers
• Suspended
In each of these instances, the designer must decide whether to use hosted
components (and if so, which type of hosting) or whether to just host to the
active level/work plane. There are several ways of placing these objects, and
some of these may be conflicting.
An example of this is an installation that has diffusers hosted in the ceiling
as well as areas where the architect's design is for suspended fittings (see
Figure 10.1
). In this project, assume that there is an external architect and
that the architectural model is being linked. This means straightaway that
you cannot use ceiling-hosted air terminals. Although you can see the linked
ceiling, Revit recognizes it only as a face. Because of this, the air terminals
need to be created either as face-hosted families or families that are hosted
to the level—that is, no physical hosting. Additionally, since Revit MEP
2014, there has been the ability to host an air terminal to a duct, regardless
of how that particular family has been created. When placing a duct-hosted
air terminal, click the Air Terminal On Duct button to access this feature.
