Fire Protection piping

[crarchitect]

Hello Revit experts,

I need to model the fire protection piping in my current Revit project. The tricky part is, the pipes have to maintain a subtle slope to allow for the correct drainage. Traditionally, no one takes this slope into account, however this is how the coordination problems arise. We want to get the design right the first time, and, conditions in the plenum are tight.

Has anyone modeled fire protection components? Any suggestions on how I might get a uniform slope? I figure the only way to do this is by creating sweeps along a sloped reference plan while working in elevation. I am currently using a generic pipe family member that can be stretched [aligned] to match any required length, but I do not fully understand how I need/can/should join the sticks together.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[crarchitect]

Would you believe the Fire Protection guy just eliminated the slope requirement! Well, that makes things substantially easier. However, I am still faced with the decision to make long runs (around corners etc.) all out of individual sticks all aligned together, or, create longer sweeps in place. Any thoughts on this? I would rather not have all the individual pieces floating around waiting for trouble.

Thanks in advance.

[beegee]

I haven't any experience with drawing fire protection systems, but I would look at the long in place sweeps I think. Easier to control than lots of smaller pieces.

[SCShell]

Hi there,

I agree. It can't be any different than making a custom pipe railing for stairs or walkways. Try a single sweep path, using an extruded sketched profile to match your pipe diameter and set it's material so it draws better. (Maybe a painted metal material.)
Should be pretty straight forward.
Steve Shell

[christo4robin]

Seems to me that you could fairly easily modify the ductwork families that some kind person (I forget which guru did these) made a while ago. You might even be able to just use the round families and make them the diameter required for your piping.