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Transcript
00:06
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to choose the version of an assembly to share with users of Revit MEP,
00:13
and will use Shrinkwrap to remove details from the model.
00:19
Beginning with the assembly, we see that we have an electric furnace design that is an Assembly.
00:27
So with a double click, we can change the furnace over to the gas version.
00:32
The model has already been somewhat simplified,
00:36
but through the use of simplification,
00:38
we will remove all of the intellectual property that isn't critical for the people installing the equipment,
00:44
or planning for the installation to be able to use our product.
00:50
Switching to the Environments tab, we'll select the BIM Content tools.
00:56
In the BIM Content tools, we see Simplify, MEP connectors, how to author the components and export the components,
01:06
as well as Connect to Configurator 360 if that's a tool you are presently using.
01:14
We'll start the Shrinkwrap substitute tool.
01:18
With this tool, we can choose any representation we might have, whether it be a view representation, a positional representation,
01:25
or a level of detail representation.
01:28
We can remove components by size.
01:31
If components are completely obscured, they might automatically be selected for exclusion.
01:37
For this assembly, we'll need to select components for exclusion.
01:42
To make it a little easier to choose, I'll pick the outer housing, though we'll want to include that eventually.
01:48
Then, select the other components.
01:52
By switching the view to Excluded, I can pick the outer housing again and have it included again.
02:00
On the Features tab, we can choose to remove holes, fillets, chamfers, and pockets.
02:07
We can remove none of these features, all of these features, or select specific size ranges to remove.
02:15
Since this is a sheet metal part and has a lot of fillets, we'll remove all of them.
02:21
Selecting Preview, we can see that the model is capped off on the ends.
02:32
We can then define the name of the file.
02:37
How we want to maintain the solid, either as a single body, a single body that maintains faces between or multiple bodies.
02:48
Clicking Ok, it will generate this new substitute solid as a file and bring it back into the model to use as a representation.
03:01
We'll use this representation to place connectors in the next lesson.
Video transcript
00:06
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to choose the version of an assembly to share with users of Revit MEP,
00:13
and will use Shrinkwrap to remove details from the model.
00:19
Beginning with the assembly, we see that we have an electric furnace design that is an Assembly.
00:27
So with a double click, we can change the furnace over to the gas version.
00:32
The model has already been somewhat simplified,
00:36
but through the use of simplification,
00:38
we will remove all of the intellectual property that isn't critical for the people installing the equipment,
00:44
or planning for the installation to be able to use our product.
00:50
Switching to the Environments tab, we'll select the BIM Content tools.
00:56
In the BIM Content tools, we see Simplify, MEP connectors, how to author the components and export the components,
01:06
as well as Connect to Configurator 360 if that's a tool you are presently using.
01:14
We'll start the Shrinkwrap substitute tool.
01:18
With this tool, we can choose any representation we might have, whether it be a view representation, a positional representation,
01:25
or a level of detail representation.
01:28
We can remove components by size.
01:31
If components are completely obscured, they might automatically be selected for exclusion.
01:37
For this assembly, we'll need to select components for exclusion.
01:42
To make it a little easier to choose, I'll pick the outer housing, though we'll want to include that eventually.
01:48
Then, select the other components.
01:52
By switching the view to Excluded, I can pick the outer housing again and have it included again.
02:00
On the Features tab, we can choose to remove holes, fillets, chamfers, and pockets.
02:07
We can remove none of these features, all of these features, or select specific size ranges to remove.
02:15
Since this is a sheet metal part and has a lot of fillets, we'll remove all of them.
02:21
Selecting Preview, we can see that the model is capped off on the ends.
02:32
We can then define the name of the file.
02:37
How we want to maintain the solid, either as a single body, a single body that maintains faces between or multiple bodies.
02:48
Clicking Ok, it will generate this new substitute solid as a file and bring it back into the model to use as a representation.
03:01
We'll use this representation to place connectors in the next lesson.
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