BIM ARC MODELLING GUIDE

WALL OPENING CHANGE PIPE SIZE USING DE TOOLS

By: Athira
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1 When to use this?

After you have done auto wall opening using the Plugin. This is to change the size
of opening made for pipes.

Please note that the automatic wall opening plugin will only cut an opening that follows the pipe size.
But, we need to change the size of the opening to have bigger clearance to fit the pipe sleeve.

It will be easier to change pipe opening diameter using DE Tool.

To do this, you need to create wall opening for all services that have pipes ACV, CWS, FPW,IRR, SYF, SAN
using the plugin.

Once plugin cutting was done, DE Tool can be used to generate list of pipes with its diameter and opening
size. From here, we can change the size of opening to match the pipe sleeve size requirements.

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2 Click SW Core Add Ins DE Tools

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3 FILTER GENERIC MODELS

DOUBLE CLICK ALL UNTIL ONLY

M_ROUND FACE OPENING IS LEFT

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4 CLICK PARAMETER TO GENERATE

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5 PARAMETER TO GENERATE Select these categories

GENERATE TO EXCEL
7 SAVE TO YOUR PREFERED
FOLDER/ DESKTOP FILE
NAME:
DE Tool Revit Data_Pipes

6 NAME THE PRESET TO WALL OPENING

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8 Open the Excel File

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SORT DIAMETER SMALLEST TO
LARGEST

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IF YOU FOUND ANY VALUE THAT IS

MORE 500, CHANGE IT TO 0
THESE OPENINGS IN REVIT MODEL
BECAUSE THEY WERE WRONGLY
CREATED BY THE PLUGIN.

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DELETE THESE OPENINGS IN REVIT

MODEL BECAUSE THEY WERE
WRONGLY CREATED BY THE
PLUGIN.

YOU WILL NOTICE BIG OPENINGS

LIKE THIS FROM PLAN VIEW.

DELETE THIS!

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DELETE THESE OPENINGS IN REVIT

MODEL BECAUSE THEY WERE
WRONGLY CREATED BY THE
PLUGIN.

IN 3D VIEW, IT WILL BE IN ORANGE

COLOUR LIKE THIS.

DELETE IT

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ADD THESE 3 NEW
COLUMN.
NAME THEM ACCORDING
TO THIS

CV CV

PIPE SIZE (mm) PIPE SLEEVE SIZE (mm)

25 50 FINAL CUT OFFSET FORMULA:
32 65 INSULATION FORMULA:
(Pipe Sleeve Diameter)/2 +
40 80 Insulation
ENTER PIPE SLEEVE (Diameter D)/2
50 80
VALUE ACCORDING =(G2-Table1[@Diameter])/2+H2
65 100 TO DIAMETER = (Table1[@Diameter]-Table1[@D])/2
80 150 VALUE.
100 150
FOLLOW TABLE
150 200
200 250

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SAVE THE FILE
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COPY THE FINAL CUT
OFFSET VALUE INTO THE
COPY AND PASTE INTO CUT OFFSET COLUMN
CUT OFFSET COLUMN

CV 12 CV

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Open DE TOOL IMPORT EXCEL DATA

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Import the Excel File you saved just now

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Click OK and close DE Tools

Now, the pipe openings size have been changed.

You can further check any Interference / Clash
between pipes and walls using Interference Check

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