MEP Tools

What it does

Services modelling is a lot of small, fiddly moves that Revit makes harder than they should be. These tools do them properly: each pick is its own transaction, so a riser can be worked down one turn at a time and a single failure leaves the rest alone.

Set Parallel aligns a run to a wall or another service and offsets it. Add Step inserts a rolling offset around a clash. 2x45° replaces a 90° bend with two 45s. Delete Segment heals the gap. System Insulation insulates a whole system to NCC bands, and Systemiser assigns system types in bulk.

Highlights

• Pick a wall face or another run as the reference — no reference-type toggle to get wrong.
• Offset measured to the centreline or the face, so dimensions mean what you intend.
• Step around a clash by picking the obstruction, with real clearance between radii.
• Match the height of another service — centre, top or inverted.
• Split a 90° into two 45s with an exact gap, read from the fitting's own radius.
• Delete a segment and have the neighbours reconnect automatically.
• Insulate a whole system by NCC temperature band, from one selected element.
• Place toilet exhaust grilles in rooms, snapped to the ceiling grid, tagged and with airflow calculated.
• Assign system types to selected pipes or ducts in bulk.

Before you start

• Most of these repeat until you press Esc — the dialog stays open while you keep picking.
• Lengths are typed in millimetres and angles in degrees, whatever your display units.
• Add Step and Systemiser work on pipe and duct; cable tray and conduit have no system to assign.

Quick start

1. Open the tool from the MEP Tools panel.
2. Set the distances, ratios or types in the dialog.
3. Pick in the model — and keep picking. Esc ends the run.

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