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[Video] How to use a generic manifold Revit family

21 June 2018

This manifold is created on a lot of user requests for sanitary systems. You can change all necessary sizes and dimensions to fit the family into your project. Valves are optional.

Watch the video and see how to easily configure the manifold to meet your system requirements. Download the manifold family here.

New App release for Revit - 6 Productivity Tools

19 June 2018

What if you can do repetitive tasks in Revit in less than half the time?

Designing MEP systems gets much easier with the Stabiplan Productivity Tools for Revit. Make use of the versatile and easy-to-use tools such as connecting, rotating, and reconnecting Revit families in routing systems to streamline your design workflow. A great help for everyone working in Revit in the MEP domain.

6 improved Revit functionalities in one Productivity Tools ribbon

Whether you want to connect a fitting to a pipe, rotate entire systems in 3D without leaving your current view, or reconnect a disconnected saddle to a pipe, you can now save considerable time by eliminating the redundant steps imposed by the native Revit commands.

To save a lot of time for MEP systems such as ventilation, sprinkler, cable ducts, heating and cooling, and sanitary systems. Sometimes more than 60% of the time can be saved compared to similar, repetitive tasks in Revit. You can find these 6 features under the Productivity Tools ribbon in the Stabiplan tab once you have downloaded the Productivity Tools from the MEPcontent store.

Features of the Productivity Tools in Revit

• Connect elements
  
• Connect & rotate elements
  
• Connect & copy elements
  
• Rotate elements around other elements
  
• Rotate elements in free space
  
• Reconnect elements

Connect elements
Select the connector of the element you want to connect or a point close to it.
Continue by selecting the connector of the reference element you want to connect into or a point close to it. The element will be moved and connected to the reference element.

Connect & rotate elements
Just like Connect elements but also rotate the connected element around the axis of the connector of the reference element within your specified angle.

Connect & copy elements
Select the connector of the element you want to move or a point close to it. Continue by selecting the connector of the reference element you want to connect into or a point close to it.
The element will be moved and placed to the desired reference element. Every next click, the selected element will be copied and connected to the point indicated by you.

Rotate elements around other element
Rotate elements according to your preferences in just a few clicks, regardless of the view you’re in. Specify the angle and click either Clockwise or Counterclockwise buttons to rotate the elements according to your preferences.

Rotate elements in free space
Easily rotate elements such as single Revit families, assemblies, and groups around X, Y and Z axis.
After starting the function, you can specify the desired direction and angle.

Reconnect elements
Select the pipe or duct where the disconnected element should be attached to.
Elements with connectors on top of each other will be connected. Also, disconnected saddles will be
reconnected to pipes or ducts.

Free Trial for the Stabiplan Productivity Tools for Revit
The Stabiplan Productivity Tools for Revit plugin can be downloaded on store.mepcontent.com.Try this Revit App for free for one week and you can also keep using one of six functionalities after the trial. Both to get the most out of it and save tremendous time and frustrations, please upgrade to the full paid version to make sure you can use it for all your Revit projects.

Extensive update for PLS for Geberit, Henrad, Stelrad and IVAR

13 June 2018

In the past weeks, several PLS (Product Line Sheets) have been updated with new product information:

PLS for Henrad Radiators: 4099 articles

PLS for Stelrad Radiators: 6205 articles

5 PLS for IVAR Pipes and fittings: 1285 articles in total. Choose between pipes and fittings from IVAR PRESS-Line, IVAR MPC-Line, IVAR MPL-Line, IVAR MPC-Line or IVAR MP-Line.

PLS for Geberit Mapress pipes and fittings: 996 articles in total. You can choose between copper pipes and fittings, copper gas pipes and fittings, stainless steel fittings, CuNiFe pipes and fittings and Carbon-steel pipes and fittings by Geberit.

How do I use a PLS?

You can import Product Line Sheets (PLS) in your project through Stabicad and have your articles available both in Stabicad for Revit and Stabicad for AutoCAD. After importing, the articles will include properties and dimensions such as type or diameter, which makes it easy to place them in your project.

A MEPcontent subscription for Stabicad is required for working with the PLS. Read more about the MEPcontent subscription.