Plant Design Application

[sus]

Can anybody help in plant design aplication using Revit MEP. I want to know how to creat ducts of different shapes, equipment shapes etc. Please help

[RevitNinja]

You can model rectangular and round ducts only- duct is a system family.

[ameador]

Do they not do oval duct in Revit MEP?
We rarely use it, but I was curious if they did away with it or kept it.

[RobertB]

Do they not do oval duct in Revit MEP?

No.

We rarely use it, but I was curious if they did away with it or kept it.

They did neither. They did not "[do] away with it" and they never had it so they couldn't "[keep] it."

[ameador]

Ah! I see.
I've not used any version of R-MEP, so I didn't know the history.

So what do you all do if you need an oval duct?

[RobertB]

So what do you all do if you need an oval duct?

Fake it with rectangular duct and a different tag. Of course, it isn't really BIM at that point, is it?

[ameador]

Interesting.
Does kinda kill the point of BIM and clearance checking and automatic sections and calculations....etc.
Is there a way to make an oval system, or has anyone tried that?

[ray.205827]

If money no object, buy MAP/TSI cad-duct. They have oval duct. They can import revit mep files now.

[ameador]

$$'s always an issue