Dive into the complexities of using Revit MEP in BIM 321, where you'll learn how to expertly place and align lighting fixtures within a virtual office space. This course content builds upon prior lessons, moving beyond the bathroom lighting fixtures to include 2x2s and 2x4s throughout the rest of the office.
Key Insights
- Revit MEP allows users to accurately place and align lighting fixtures in a virtual environment, ensuring the efficient usage of space and the accuracy of the design.
- The course covers in detail how to navigate the systems tab, place lighting fixtures, and align them correctly within the office space. This includes troffer light 2x2s, 2x4s, and even wall washers.
- Besides the specific placement of lighting fixtures, the course also demonstrates how to troubleshoot and correct issues with mechanical diffusers and flex ducts, underscoring the versatility and comprehensive nature of the Revit MEP software.
Welcome back to the CAD Teacher VDCI video course content for the BIM 321 course, Introduction to Revit MEP. In the previous video, we went ahead and got our lighting fixtures in our bathroom on our second floor dialed in. I want to go ahead now and start with our 2x2s in the actual offices themselves.
So I'm going to go to my systems tab, I'm going to go to lighting fixture, please choose in your type selector the troffer light 2x2,2 lamp, 120 volt, there we are, I need to choose my place on face, and here we go, I'm going to go ahead and zoom in here, and again I'm going to turn on my thin lines by going TL, I'm going to go ahead and just place it off to the side of the one that I actually want to put it into, and then we'll go back later and align it in. It just makes it easier so that we're not wasting our time trying to get it perfect when we'd have to go align it anyways. So I'm just going to work my way up here, there we are, and now I'm going to go ahead and align those, so I'm going to go ahead and escape, I'm going to go to my modify tab, I want to go to align, and here we are, so I'm going to pick here and here, here and here, there and there, there and there, here and here, and here, so again just align them to the locations, there we go, I'm going to go down there, here to here, coming down, and just keep working on that aligning, shouldn't take too long, just make sure that you're picking the correct edge, one of these things that can happen is people can potentially pick the wrong edge but it tends to go directly to the outside so it makes sense.
If you ever see an issue like this with your mechanical diffusers, just go ahead and align that real quick too. The flex duct on those pieces will automatically adjust, and there we go, I've gone ahead and gotten my light fixtures in there, I'm going to go ahead and hit escape, I want to go ahead now and do my 2x2s, or my 2x4s excuse me, in the larger rooms, so I'm going to go to my systems tab, lighting fixture, I'm going to choose my 2x4 troffer light, 2 lamp, 120 volt, and my place on face, and here we are, I'm going to go ahead and place it there, there, there, and there, and we may adjust this one just slightly, there, and there, and there we go, I'm actually going to go ahead and leave it as is, it's perfectly fine, I'm going to go lighting fixture again, 2x2, place on face for my placement options, there and there, here and here, I'm just going to go ahead and place one here, go here and here, there and there, and I'm just going to go ahead and place one right there, I'm going to go ahead and hit escape, and we've gone ahead and placed those light fixtures in there, so everything is good to go, and I'm going to go ahead and actually, let's go ahead and place some wall washers like we did previously, so I'm going to go to my lighting fixture, my troffer light, I'm going to go ahead, down light wall washer, 6 inch incandescent 120 volt, I'm going to zoom in, place on face, let's go ahead and place some here, so I'm going to go here, here, and here, and we kind of need to move those over, so I'm actually going to go ahead and move them over one panel, so I'm going to select all three of them, go MV for move, and I'm just going to move them over just like that, and actually let's go ahead and just have two on that wall, so I'm going to go ahead, MV for move, and there we are, I want to go ahead and align them in the correct locations, so I'm going to go AL for align, pick here, and here, and actually I do not want to use that, I keep wanting to go align, but I want to use the align dimension, so I'm going to go to my annotate tab here at the top and go align, pick here, here, and here, EQ, and I'm going to hit the EQ again, escape, deselect there, I'm actually going to go ahead and move this guy over so that they're even, there we are, I'm going to go my align dimension, pick here, here, and here, EQ, uncheck the EQ, delete this, I'm going to go align again, here, and here, to the wall edge, EQ, just so I have those correct, and then delete the dimension, and then I can actually use the align command and align this one here, let's go ahead and put some on this wall up here, one of the systems, lighting fixture, I'm going to go ahead, my placement option is place on face, pick here, and here, I'm going to go to my annotate tab, align, there, there, and there, EQ, I'm going to go here, here, and here, EQ, I'm going to go ahead and go here, here, and here, EQ, here, here, and here, equal, and then I'm just going to go back, select these, and just delete key, this will be my little warning that comes up, I'm just going to go ahead and hit unconstrained. So I've got my wall washers in, I've got my 2x4 lights in, I'm going to go ahead and stop this video here, when we come back, we're going to go ahead and put some lights with some wall sconces in the hallway, and also probably some recessed cans, because this is actually going to be a hard lid ceiling here.
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