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2. Several pipe fitting and pipe accessory families are nested into this
family and make up the riser. They are as follows:
Pipe Elbow.rfa
,
Pipe Tee.rfa
,
Alarm Pressure Switch.rfa
,
Ball Valve -
2.5-6 Inch.rfa
,
Check Valve - 2-12 Inch - Flanged
.rfa
,
Double Check Valve - 2.5-10 Inch.rfa
,
Multi-Purpose Valve - Angle - 1.5-2.5 Inch -
Threaded.rfa
, and
Plug Valve - 0.5-2 Inch.rfa
. You can
insert these from the
Pipe Fitting and Pipe Accessories
directory located in the imperial library.
3. Because system piping cannot be routed in the Family Editor, you need
to create extrusions for the piping sections and then add the
fire-protection connectors. When adding the connectors, make sure the
arrows point in the direction of the pipe to be connected and that the
flow direction is set correctly.
By assembling the riser as a single family, you can coordinate the location in
which it is being installed and then start planning how to route your piping.
This family does not need to be parametrically flexible. The assembly will
still speed your production for future projects even if it needs to be edited
manually for different sizes and configurations.
Sprinkler Heads
Now that you know about fire pump assemblies and how to create a
standard fire riser, you can start planning for the type of fire-protection
sprinkler heads you need to use for your model. Revit MEP 2015 has several
types of sprinkler heads from which you can choose. The different family
types of sprinkler heads are hosted and nonhosted.
Hosted sprinkler heads are normally face-based families. When using these
typesoffamilies,youneedtolocatethemonasurface.Thelocationsdepend
on the installation and the type of sprinklers, which could be wall, ceiling,
slab, or soffit mounted. The surfaces can be part of the linked architectural
model or reference planes defined within your fire-protection model.
Nonhosted sprinkler families must have the Offset height parameter set to
locate the heads at the proper elevation (see
Figure 16.5
)
.
