Hi there:

This month’s presentation will be on demystifying Revit. As you all know the industry is moving away from AutoCad to a true 3D platform using Revit.
Revit is not based on drawing sticks and circles but based on actual 3D objects.
These objects have a certain amount of “intelligence”.

This month’s presenter David Morris is going to give us a short tour of Revit.
David Morris, Director of Virtual Construction for EMCOR a fortune 400 MEP
contractor, has over thirty years of experience performing and directing all phases
of piping and mechanical systems for Commercial, Hospitality, Industrial, and
Power Generation construction. Current duties include improving BIM processes
and sharing best detailing and virtual design practices for his company.

As the Director of the National BIM Standard, Deputy Director of the National
CAD Standard, Vice-Chairman of the BuildingSmart Alliance Board of Directors
and Director of the Quality of Life and Visualization, Simulation & Analysis
Programs, Chairman of Associated General Contractors BIM Forum
Subcontractors Subcommittee, and Member of The Construction Users Round
Table Process Transformation Committee, and Chairman of the AGC San Diego
BIM committee, Mr. Morris brings a practical and commercial perspective to the
use of technology in construction.

As with all computer programs there is a certain learning curve and sometimes is equated to learning a whole new language.
We all know that we should never break in a new program while trying to meet tight deadlines. I know I have been guilty of doing it due to a busy schedule. This presentation is not going to teach you Revit in 45 minutes, but our hope is that it should demystify it enough to encourage you to start getting to know the program sooner rather than later.

Manufactures have all ready started to help us out by providing Revit “blocks” to start from. These blocks are a good place to start practicing on. I like to think of it as the manufacturers providing a variety of virtual Lego blocks to start with that will enable our drawings to be as accurate as possible.

Slowly but surely we are entering a time that only seems like a short time ago was science fiction. A time when Captain Kirks flip phone meets Goerge Jetson’s push button world.

Our goal with these presentations is an attempt to help the plumbing engineer / designer be better at what they do.
With Revit, the goal is now to do it with even more accuracy.

My personal goal with Revit is not only to be more accurate, but to hopefully design a workspace that can be installed and serviced in a safe manner.

I know you will find this months presentation informative and interesting.

Brian Merrick, CPD
Associated Mechanical Engineers
brian@am-engineers.com