Navigate the intricacies of 3D design as this article provides an in-depth explanation on the process of drawing and adjusting pipes, focusing on aligning and correctly inserting specific components such as P-traps. Beneficial for those who work within the architectural or engineering fields, this content is an invaluable guide that walks through the process, highlighting not only successes but also common errors and the solutions to rectify them.
Key Insights
- The article delves into the process of setting up and drawing pipes in a 3D design, demonstrating the importance of proper alignment, correct angles, and the inclusion of essential components.
- Common errors are efficiently addressed, such as forgetting to add P-traps or detaching elements unintentionally. These problems are promptly fixed by going back into the system, selecting the correct fitting or component, and reattaching it.
- Despite the occasional mishaps, the overall process proves to be efficient and effective, especially once everything is aligned in a plan view. The article also emphasizes the importance of saving work frequently when undertaking more complex tasks to avoid potential software issues.
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So I'm going to reset it again, select, I'm going to go through and do all my first four ones, draw a pipe. I'm going to kind of stay to the same orientation here. Oh, it looks like I missed a P-trap.
That's fine. We can fix that. That one did not like the angle I was at.
90 degrees. There we go. I forgot my P-trap.
That's fine. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to go over to my systems, go back to my pipe fitting, and then I need to make sure I choose the correct one. Oh, I accidentally detached this.
Let's see if I can get it back into location. Sometimes if you accidentally detach this, it's kind of a weird spot. I think I have found that making this a little smaller and then bringing this back over.
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And there we go. And then re-maximizing for whatever reason, it doesn't like to do it when it's right on the edge there. Let's find our P-trap.
Let me find my P-trap. Where is it? There it is. Standard.
There we go. Pick. Ah, perfect.
Select. Right click. Draw a pipe.
Oh, it didn't like the angle. You just got to make sure that you're kind of very specific with those angles. There we go.
Make sure you get that 90 degree. Looks like I missed a couple P-traps. That's unfortunate.
It happens when, especially when we're doing as many that we did. So I'm going to go to my pipe fitting. I still have my P-trap selected.
Let's see here. I need to rotate this guy. There we go.
Right click. Draw a pipe. Boom.
So sometimes working in 3D can really work out well, as long as you have started to align the things. You notice that when we did this and I got to find the right angle. Let's see.
There we go. You notice that when I did this, man, I missed a couple of P-traps, didn't I? All right. Let's spin this.
And then it looks like I missed another one over here. And it's very simple to add them. There we go.
Draw a pipe. There it is. But I found that sometimes once I've aligned everything in plan view, that it makes it very simple to go through and do the drawing in 3D.
And I find that for myself to be a bit more efficient. I feel like I can work a little bit faster that way. Oh, I need to reset this.
So select it. Right click. Draw a pipe.
And if you didn't want to run into any issues with any of the, you know, let's say you just didn't want to run into any issues with the elevation or anything, you can always just always escape out. Again, I forgot some P-traps, but you can always escape out. Let's go find one with a P-trap real quickly.
You could select it, right click, draw a pipe, and then find that 90 degree and the snap. There we go. Let's find my P-trap.
So I'm going to go to pipe fitting. I can see a couple. And sometimes being in the 3D view is actually really nice to be able to double check things.
So like this, this P-trap, I need to flip it around. Let's see. Are there any others that are missing? I missed a couple, huh? But turning off that architectural link really helps us to start identifying this system and looking at it.
So I'm going to go to my P-trap. I think that one was actually in the right orientation, so I'm just going to undo. Okay, we got them all.
Now select, right click, draw pipe. 90 degrees. It didn't tie in.
That's okay. We will just redo it. If it doesn't tie in the right first time right away, that's okay.
Just redo it and keep working on it. You won't break the system. You won't break the software.
I will say though, when you are doing some more advanced tasks, I highly recommend saving often. It can save yourself when Revit decides to say, I don't want to do this for whatever reason. And if you ever feel like you need to reset the command, just reset the command.
Now it's kind of doing something weird. There we go. Come here.
There we go. Come here. There we go.
And awesome. Let's go ahead, pause the video here, and we'll see you in the next one.