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12. Click the check mark in the dialog box showing the distance of the
cutting plane.
You can use the Section View tool to expose internal detail and
continue to model with it switched on.
13. Using the Section View drop-down menu, click End Section View to
restore the view of the assembly.
With the model simplified, it is now ready to have connection information added
to it that will ensure your product will be properly connected in the BIM model.
Authoring MEP Content
In this exercise, you'll build a simplified part to which to add BIM information:
1. Make certain that the 2013 Essentials project file is active, and then
open c14-02.iam from the Assemblies\Chapter​14 folder.
The assembly opens with the substitute level of detail active.
2. Start the BIM Exchange tool in the Begin panel on the Environments tab.
3. Click the Pipe Connector tool on the BIM Exchange tab's MEP Author
panel.
4. When the Pipe Connector dialog box opens, click the round face on
the bottom fitting, and click the Make Direction icon so the flow is
going outward.
5. The diameter is filled in automatically. Set the Nominal_Diameter
value to 3/8 in.
6. Set the System Type drop-down to Domestic Hot Water, as shown in
Figure 14.19.
7. Click Apply to add the connector to the part.
After you place the connector, you can use the dialog box to place
another.
8. Click the round face of the upper fitting, and use the direction flip
button to show the flow (green arrow) going into the model.
9. Set Nominal_Diameter to 3/8 in, but set System Type to Domestic
Cold Water; then click OK.
 
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