Getting Started

[FISHMRF]

I attended a workshop put on by a local reseller where all the ducts, diffusers, vav units all connected very easily. I am trying to learn this software and cannot figure out how to do an initial set up so that I can draw ductwork so that the pieces automatically connect to each other... Looking for a hand with this set up process.

[tys90]

I attended a workshop put on by a local reseller where all the ducts, diffusers, vav units all connected very easily. I am trying to learn this software and cannot figure out how to do an initial set up so that I can draw ductwork so that the pieces automatically connect to each other... Looking for a hand with this set up process.

Don't bother, learn to manually route and connect diffusers and duct. The auto route feature is next to useless.

[Jrobker]

I attended a workshop put on by a local reseller where all the ducts, diffusers, vav units all connected very easily. I am trying to learn this software and cannot figure out how to do an initial set up so that I can draw ductwork so that the pieces automatically connect to each other... Looking for a hand with this set up process.

There is much more to it than what you saw in those "canned" workshops.

I agree with tys90, I have never got it to work the way I intended.
You waste more time screwing with it only to change it around over and over.

[FISHMRF]

So would you recommend any literature on this process?

Also thank you for pointing me in the right direction

[RevitNinja]

So would you recommend any literature on this process?

Advanced Solutions sells a fundamentals book. That is the only one I am aware of besides the courseware from Autodesk, which you do not want.

[oshalygin]

Don't bother, learn to manually route and connect diffusers and duct. The auto route feature is next to useless.

signed.

Manually route all the time and manually size. The automatic route/sizing is abysmal in Revit.