Adding Insulation and Lining to Duct

To add insulation and lining to a duct in Revit MEP 2012 do the following:

1.  Select the duct.

2.  Go to the duct insulation panel and select "Add Insulation" and or "Add Lining".

3.  When the "Add Duct Insulation" menu pops up, select the Insulation Type and add the insulation  thickness.

 

4.  To edit a duct that already has insulation or lining, you select the duct and go again to the duct insulation panel and select "Edit Insulation" or "Edit Lining".

 5.  Then under the "Properties" panel change the insulation or lining thickness.

NB: You ca also edit the type of insulation or lining by selecting the "Edit Type" button on the top of the property panel.

Duct before Adding Insulation and Lining

Duct after Adding Insulation and Lining

Filled Region

Create a filled region in Revit that can be used to represent a material or a designated area of a detail. It is very useful.

1. Go to the Annotate tab and click the Filled Region button. 

     2. Select a Line style for the Filled region under the Line Style drop down menu. For example,   hidden lines, center lines etc...

    3.  Now draw the shape of the filled region.  The shape must form a closed loop, just like creating a hatch in AutoCAD.
    4.  When you are finished, select the green check mark button to accept the created filled region or click the red X button to discard it and select yes when Revit prompts "Quitting cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to discard filled region?".
    5.  Once finished creating the region, you can change the shape of it by selecting it. That will activate the grips. You simply have to drag and pull the edges to change the shape.

    6.  To change the pattern of the filled region go to its properties and select Edit type, and click on Fill pattern to change the pattern type.

   7.  To modify the boundary of the created Filled region select the edge of the region and click on the Edit boundary button. That will take you back to the sketch mode area where you first created the region. There you can modify the border line type of the region again.