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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I used Revit MEP 2008 about a year. Per my experience, the mechanical part of Revit MEP is ok to use. The major difference between Revit MEP and AutoCAD is that everything is based on 3D. The big challenge for me is that I can’t find the similar commands I used to have in AutoCAD. And Revit makes my pc very slow because it recommends having 4GB memory. You can download the most of families (similar to the "block" in AutoCAD) from Autodesk website. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, you still need to spend lots of time customizing the "family" per your equipment selection. The fast way to learn it is to setup in-house training and work on real projects instead of going through the tutorials. In the first couple of weeks, you maybe want to throw your pc on the street because you are so angry
with Revit. In short, AutoCAD is a good drafting tool but Revit MEP makes your 3D drawings look so cool. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Good Luck!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>Shaojie <BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 8/18/08, Ryan Lacey <I><ryan@petersenengineering.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Ryan Lacey <ryan@petersenengineering.com><BR>Subject: [Equest-users] Do you have Revit MEP & associated energy modeling software experience?<BR>To: equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR>Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 3:20 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi everyone,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sorry for the cross posting…</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our office is thinking about buying a license Revit MEP. Does anybody out there have any experience using it? Any comments about it? I heard that it still has a lot of bugs to be worked out and may be a bit of a headache until the “issues” are resolved.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also, does anybody have experience working with the supplemental energy modeling programs that work with the Revit MEP models such as IES or any other softwares? How do they compared to eQuest or HAP? Do the supplemental energy modeling programs available today simulate the actual systems drawn in Revit MEP or do they just share building envelope geometry?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for the input,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ryan</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ryan Lacey</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ryan@petersenengineering.com</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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