Modeling sloped piping in Revit

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Modeling sloped piping in Revit - Exercise

In this practice, you will create a run of sloped piping for a sanitary system and correct the view range in the plan view so all the sloped piping displays.

  1. Open the practice file 001-Small Medical Center-Create Slope.rvt.
  2. In the Project Browser, right-click on the 01 Ground Floor Plumbing Plan, click Duplicate View > Duplicate.
  3. Rename the new view to 01 Ground Floor Sanitary Plan.
  4. Zoom in on the exam rooms and review the existing sink fixtures and sanitary piping.



  5. In the System Tab > Plumbing and Piping panel, click Pipe.
  6. In the Modify | Place Pipe tab in the Sloped Piping area select Slope Down and set the Slope Value to 1/8"/12".
  7. In the Options bar set the Diameter to 3" and the Middle Elevation to (negative) -1'-0".
  8. In the Type Selector set the Pipe Types to PVC-DWV.
  9. In Properties, verify that the System Type is set to Sanitary. (The System Type needs to be set because you are drawing pipe that is not connected to any plumbing fixture.)
  10. Draw the pipe down between the sinks and out of the building as shown by the arrows below.



  11. Some of the pipe is not showing and a warning displays as shown below.



  12. Open the 3D Plumbing view. You can see that the new sanitary piping exists and there is existing sanitary piping connected to the nearby restrooms.



  13. Return to the 01 Ground Floor Sanitary Plan to correct the View Range issue.
  14. In the Properties palette, scroll down to the Extents Group and select the Edit button beside View Range. You can also type VR as the shortcut to open this dialog box.
  15. In the View Range dialog box select the Show button so you can see the Sample View Range. Review the parts of the key and which options you can change.



  16. Change the Primary Range Top to 6'-0" and click Apply. Move the dialog box so you can see that
    the hot and cold water pipes in the ceiling are no longer showing in this view.
  17. Change the Cut plane to 1'-0" and click Apply. This removes all the plumbing fixtures except the water closets which are on the floor. Change the Cut plane back to 4'-0" so you can see the sinks.
  18. Change the Primary Range Bottom depth to Unlimited and click Apply.
  19. Read the warning and, back in the dialog box, change the View Depth Level to Unlimited as well as shown below.



  20. Click OK and your new sanitary plan updates with the new View Range focusing on the sanitary systems as shown below.



  21. Save the project.