Smart Documentation has a function that allows you to tag elements in batch. In the view below, I have dimensioned all the ducts with just a few clicks. It’s for creating dimension chains between selected elements. The second mode for dimensioning elements using Smart Documentation is Quick Dimensions. It is very flexible and allows for automating dimensions in just about any scenario. Keep in mind that the above use-cases are just a few ways of using Predefined Dimensions. And in case the dimensions are very close to each other, they are automatically moved out. (Those elements were inserted using our Cut Opening Revit plug-in.) With Smart Documentation’s ‘Dimension Selected Elements’ command, I get the sizes of the openings and the distances between them. In the example below, I’m dimensioning the openings for the MEP services.

Not only can Predefined Dimensions place dimensions to the closest structure, but it can also place dimensions between elements. When the Air Terminal is flush with the wall (bottom left air supply grille), only one dimension is placed. Here, I’m running a configuration that places a horizontal and a vertical dimension to the closest wall for every Air Terminal. And that works with linked elements as well. It has a function that lets you dimension all families to the closest structure (Wall, Floor, Roof, Column, or other), to Levels, or to Grids. Predefined Dimensions allows for large-scale dimension placement for elements in a view. There are 2 ways to dimension elements using Smart Documentation: Predefined Dimensions and Quick Dimensions. Dimensioning Elementsĭrawing creation often begins with placing dimensions. Without further ado, here are 9 MEP project documentation tasks done automatically in Revit using Smart Documentation.

Smart Documentation works with elements of most Revit categories and has many settings to help automate lots of unique scenarios.

In this blogpost, I have tailored my examples for MEP engineers, but our software can just as easily be used by architects or engineers of other disciplines.Īlso, I’d just like to note that the examples shown below are only a small fraction of what the add-on is capable of. It works by configurations that can be saved and used later, meaning that you only need to create the logic once, and then all the work will be done for you automatically in the future.

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