Creating MEP filters

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00:02

MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Creating MEP Filters

00:04

for Views within Revit.

00:06

In this video, we're going to create

00:08

filters for gas and liquid refrigerant piping systems.

00:12

We are then going to add the filters to a view

00:15

and apply overrides to the filters

00:17

so that you can distinguish the difference between the two

00:20

systems.

00:23

I've opened the small medical center on the O1 ground floor

00:27

HVAC plan.

00:29

As you can see, we have supply, return,

00:31

and exhaust duct work in this view

00:34

and also two types of piping.

00:37

So I'm going to zoom in on some of the piping

00:40

and turn on Thin Lines so that we

00:42

can see there are two of them.

00:45

When I select some of the piping and then scroll down

00:49

into Properties, you can see that this has a System

00:57

Type of Gas Refrigerant Piping.

01:00

When I click on the other, you can

01:02

see that its system is Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

01:06

Now I know the type of filters I need to create.

01:10

In the View tab, I'm going to Filters.

01:13

This Filters dialog box is where I can create and modify filters

01:17

on a project-wide basis.

01:19

Then I can add them to views.

01:22

First, let's look at an existing filter, Domestic Cold Water.

01:26

As you can see, a filter is made from categories of elements--

01:31

in this case, piping--

01:43

and then Filter Rules.

01:46

Filter Rules are based on one of two types of conditions--

01:50

AND, where all rules must be true, or OR,

01:54

where any rule can be true.

01:56

You can have several rules applied.

01:59

Just be sure to keep track of the OR and AND options.

02:04

In this case, there's only one rule.

02:07

Since I've selected several categories,

02:09

I can only pick on the parameters that are

02:12

assigned to all the selected.

02:15

As you can see here, System Classification is chosen,

02:19

but there are others you can choose from as well.

02:26

The next step is to choose an operator.

02:28

This example uses contains, but you can see from the list

02:33

that there are a lot of options as well.

02:36

The final step is adding a value.

02:40

When you use contains, you need to type in that information.

02:44

In this case, Domestic Cold is typed in.

02:48

Now let's make a filter of our own.

02:52

At the bottom of the dialog box, I'm clicking New.

02:56

Then, in the Filter Name dialog box,

02:59

I'm going to type Gas Piping.

03:04

With Defined Rules selected, I will click OK.

03:14

Now we need to make it useful.

03:16

First, I want to specify which categories this filter

03:20

is applied to.

03:21

I have the Filter list set to Piping.

03:24

And I scroll down and select all the various piping categories.

03:31

Next, I move to the Filter Rules section.

03:34

I'm going to use AND, so all the rules must be true.

03:38

I'm going to select the System Name.

03:48

And then I'm going to set the Operator to contains and type

03:55

in the word "Gas."

03:57

In this project, this filter will pick up

03:59

all the gas refrigerant piping, but it

04:02

could pick up any piping system that contains the word

04:05

"Gas" in its name.

04:09

Now I'm ready to create the next rule.

04:12

In this case, I'm going to duplicate the Gas Piping.

04:18

I select the New Filter, click Duplicate, and then

04:24

select the New Filter again and rename it

04:27

to Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

04:31

I'm going to be a little bit more precise in my naming

04:34

and setup here.

04:40

Since this is piping as well, I don't

04:43

need to make any changes to my categories.

04:46

I'm going to change the parameter to System Type,

04:49

contains to equals, and now, because I

04:53

had specified a parameter that has values,

04:56

I can choose from the list, and I'm

04:58

going to choose Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

05:02

I click OK, and those filters are added to my project.

05:11

Now I want to apply the filters to my view.

05:14

In this view, I'm typing VV and then selecting the Filters tab.

05:20

New filters are not automatically added

05:22

to the view, so I need to do that now.

05:25

I'm going to click Add, and in the Add Filters dialog box,

05:30

I'm going to select my Gas Piping and Liquid Refrigerant

05:33

Piping and click OK.

05:38

Now, I want to have those filters visible,

05:40

but I do want to turn off my Sanitary Domestic Cold Water

05:44

and Domestic Hot Water.

05:46

And then I'm going to create overrides to these.

05:50

For the Liquid Refrigerant Piping,

05:53

I want to create a line graphics override

05:56

and I'm going to use the pattern dash and then an orange color.

06:10

I click OK.

06:12

And then, for Gas Piping, I'm not

06:14

going to change the pattern, but I

06:16

am going to specify a different color, and I'll pick a purple.

06:20

And click OK again and OK until I am out of the dialog box.

06:28

Now there's a noticeable difference

06:30

in the colors of the different systems.

Video transcript

00:02

MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Creating MEP Filters

00:04

for Views within Revit.

00:06

In this video, we're going to create

00:08

filters for gas and liquid refrigerant piping systems.

00:12

We are then going to add the filters to a view

00:15

and apply overrides to the filters

00:17

so that you can distinguish the difference between the two

00:20

systems.

00:23

I've opened the small medical center on the O1 ground floor

00:27

HVAC plan.

00:29

As you can see, we have supply, return,

00:31

and exhaust duct work in this view

00:34

and also two types of piping.

00:37

So I'm going to zoom in on some of the piping

00:40

and turn on Thin Lines so that we

00:42

can see there are two of them.

00:45

When I select some of the piping and then scroll down

00:49

into Properties, you can see that this has a System

00:57

Type of Gas Refrigerant Piping.

01:00

When I click on the other, you can

01:02

see that its system is Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

01:06

Now I know the type of filters I need to create.

01:10

In the View tab, I'm going to Filters.

01:13

This Filters dialog box is where I can create and modify filters

01:17

on a project-wide basis.

01:19

Then I can add them to views.

01:22

First, let's look at an existing filter, Domestic Cold Water.

01:26

As you can see, a filter is made from categories of elements--

01:31

in this case, piping--

01:43

and then Filter Rules.

01:46

Filter Rules are based on one of two types of conditions--

01:50

AND, where all rules must be true, or OR,

01:54

where any rule can be true.

01:56

You can have several rules applied.

01:59

Just be sure to keep track of the OR and AND options.

02:04

In this case, there's only one rule.

02:07

Since I've selected several categories,

02:09

I can only pick on the parameters that are

02:12

assigned to all the selected.

02:15

As you can see here, System Classification is chosen,

02:19

but there are others you can choose from as well.

02:26

The next step is to choose an operator.

02:28

This example uses contains, but you can see from the list

02:33

that there are a lot of options as well.

02:36

The final step is adding a value.

02:40

When you use contains, you need to type in that information.

02:44

In this case, Domestic Cold is typed in.

02:48

Now let's make a filter of our own.

02:52

At the bottom of the dialog box, I'm clicking New.

02:56

Then, in the Filter Name dialog box,

02:59

I'm going to type Gas Piping.

03:04

With Defined Rules selected, I will click OK.

03:14

Now we need to make it useful.

03:16

First, I want to specify which categories this filter

03:20

is applied to.

03:21

I have the Filter list set to Piping.

03:24

And I scroll down and select all the various piping categories.

03:31

Next, I move to the Filter Rules section.

03:34

I'm going to use AND, so all the rules must be true.

03:38

I'm going to select the System Name.

03:48

And then I'm going to set the Operator to contains and type

03:55

in the word "Gas."

03:57

In this project, this filter will pick up

03:59

all the gas refrigerant piping, but it

04:02

could pick up any piping system that contains the word

04:05

"Gas" in its name.

04:09

Now I'm ready to create the next rule.

04:12

In this case, I'm going to duplicate the Gas Piping.

04:18

I select the New Filter, click Duplicate, and then

04:24

select the New Filter again and rename it

04:27

to Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

04:31

I'm going to be a little bit more precise in my naming

04:34

and setup here.

04:40

Since this is piping as well, I don't

04:43

need to make any changes to my categories.

04:46

I'm going to change the parameter to System Type,

04:49

contains to equals, and now, because I

04:53

had specified a parameter that has values,

04:56

I can choose from the list, and I'm

04:58

going to choose Liquid Refrigerant Piping.

05:02

I click OK, and those filters are added to my project.

05:11

Now I want to apply the filters to my view.

05:14

In this view, I'm typing VV and then selecting the Filters tab.

05:20

New filters are not automatically added

05:22

to the view, so I need to do that now.

05:25

I'm going to click Add, and in the Add Filters dialog box,

05:30

I'm going to select my Gas Piping and Liquid Refrigerant

05:33

Piping and click OK.

05:38

Now, I want to have those filters visible,

05:40

but I do want to turn off my Sanitary Domestic Cold Water

05:44

and Domestic Hot Water.

05:46

And then I'm going to create overrides to these.

05:50

For the Liquid Refrigerant Piping,

05:53

I want to create a line graphics override

05:56

and I'm going to use the pattern dash and then an orange color.

06:10

I click OK.

06:12

And then, for Gas Piping, I'm not

06:14

going to change the pattern, but I

06:16

am going to specify a different color, and I'll pick a purple.

06:20

And click OK again and OK until I am out of the dialog box.

06:28

Now there's a noticeable difference

06:30

in the colors of the different systems.

Creating MEP filters for views within Revit - Exercise

Open the project 002-Small Medical Center–Create Filters.rvt.
In the View tab> Graphics panel click Filters.
Review several of the existing filters such as the Domestic Cold Water filter shown below.
In the Filters dialog box select New and name the filter Gas Piping, as shown below. Click OK.
In Categories, select the various Pipe related items.
In Filter Rules, specify the System Name contains Gas, as shown below, and click Apply.
Duplicate the Gas Piping view and rename it Liquid Refrigerant Piping.
In Filter Rules, specify the System Type equals Liquid Refrigerant Piping as shown below and click OK.
Open the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog box again and select the Filters tab.
Click Add and add the new Gas Piping and Liquid Refrigerant Piping filters to the view.
Add Line Overrides to the new filters, as shown below.
Save the project.

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