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<\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/body> <\/html>\n\n\n\nFor Plumbing\/Hydraulic services, fixtures and fittings can be easily placed into a simplified BIM model easily. For running of reticulation piped services as long as there is a schematic and line diagram showing routes and sizes this may be sufficient. Embedding (if available) the pipework schematic into a combined 3D & 2D PDF document identifies systems, routes and where fittings are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFor Electrical Systems, Incoming Mains cables, meter boxes and sub-boards\/fuse boxes and light fittings may be sufficient. This gives you locations of components and a count for the number of fittings. These combined with a wiring<\/p>\n\n\n\nPower outlets\/Data outlets can easily be distributed around the model if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFire sprinklers and bells, alarm buttons, fire extinguishers etc can also easily be shown<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs a lot of these services are either embedded in ceilings or in ceiling spaces its sometimes hard to pick the relevant information out.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInside Revit there are a number of things that can be done to accentuate<\/strong> the building services information: 1. Colour items to highlight them, to make them stand out (filters) and 2. Displaced Views. This splits views so that you can pull layers apart to highlight a specific area. 3. Isolate the specific service with the building background transparency adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSaving these views to 3D PDF’s allow services to be clearly seen and accessed easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-412\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drakemax.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/services-displaced11.png\" alt=\"services displaced1\" class=\"wp-image-412 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption>Services coloured and views displaced to highlight specific components<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe view above show the 2 floors displaced and components linked to one or other of the levels (note vertical duct linked to ground floor view and some roof duct in ground floor view) This was a preliminary exercise to explore ways of representing information so it is a little rough.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe view below shows how categories were split and transparency used to conceal thinks like roofs and ceilings to highlight services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drakemax.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/services-displaced2.png\" alt=\"services displaced2.png\" class=\"wp-image-423 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe displacing of the views needs to be done manually, but the filters for colouring components and transparencies of categories (walls, ceilings, roofs etc) can be preset in Revit View Templates so that it becomes automatic, allowing to quickly create specific views that highlight components.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFor the above views I would take these further and only show one service at a time (lighting, security, power, hydraulics, HVAC) to clarify the views and make them quick and easy to use in the 3D PDFs. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/3dpdflib.cre8tivity.info\/3dpdf\/Karori%20Library-%203D%20Services.pdf\">here <\/a>for link to Services file. (Note. For link this opens in web browser, but blank view, you need to down load file and open it in adobe reader. Also note, there are 8 pages in this file as these are all separate setup views of different services (not the same view sliced and diced but separately generated 3d views that are exported to pdf).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nBecause these files can get quite large, maybe it would be easier to split them into separate services files (Electrical,\/Plumbing\/HVAC etc)with only one joint coordinated view in each separate file (to see issues of coordination).<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs per the discussion of extracting data from 3D PDF’s to excel via macro <a href=\"https:\/\/drakemax.wordpress.com\/max-drake\/\">here<\/a>, the macro sheet has controls for looping through all the services information and exporting to a new sheet.Thereby making the inputted data in Revit available for people only having access to PDF viewer and Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-465\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drakemax.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/macro-services-buttons.png\" alt=\"macro services buttons.png\" class=\"wp-image-465 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption>Excel Macro Sheet showing filtering and exporting to sheet of services data from the above 3D PDF services file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-468\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drakemax.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/mech-output-kl1.png\" alt=\"mech output kl\" class=\"wp-image-468 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption>This is exported data from the library 3D PDF above showing the mechanical equipment data output – The macro loops through all parameters of each piece of equipment by type.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlso , you could put the specific plant data on a QR code on the piece of equipment to make that data available on site. See <a href=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/2017\/05\/14\/qr-codes-and-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> <\/strong>for QR code topic and <a href=\"http:\/\/astra0.com\/w\/#data\">here<\/strong> <\/a>for examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For new assets, if BIM models are used for design\/construction then the modeled services are available for use in FM stage of the project. 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