AG MEP 3D Router lets you route pipes, ducts, conduits and cable trays directly in a Revit 3D view. At the open end of a run, a half-sphere of direction lines appears. Click a line and the run continues that way, with the elbow or bend added for you.

 

How it works

1. Open a 3D view and click AG MEP 3D Router in the MEP panel on the Add-Ins tab.
2. Select a pipe, duct, conduit or cable tray, or click it near the open end you want to continue from.
3. Direction lines appear at that end: yellow goes straight on, red turns 45° and green turns 90°.
4. Click a line. The next piece is drawn in that direction and connected with an elbow or bend.
5. The new piece stays selected, so you can drag its end to the length you need. Run the tool again to keep going from its free end.

Tip: give the command a keyboard shortcut (KS). Routing then becomes: shortcut, click a direction, drag to length, repeat.

 

Features

• Works with pipes, round and rectangular ducts, conduits and cable trays.
• The new piece keeps the type, system, size, level and parameters of the piece you continue from.
• Rectangular ducts and cable trays turn the way a real bend does: the cross-section stays square to the bend, and cable trays keep their open side facing the right way on vertical bends.
• Elbows and bends come from your own setup: Routing Preferences for pipes and ducts, and the type's fittings for cable trays and conduits.
• Clicking straight on extends the same piece instead of adding a new one.
• Each step is a single Undo, and the direction lines are temporary, so nothing extra is left in your model.

 

Requirements

• Compatible with Revit 2020 to 2027.
• Works in 3D views of project files (not in the Family Editor).
• The direction lines are drawn as temporary model lines, so Lines must be visible in the 3D view. If a view template hides them, turn them on in the template.
• Each pipe, duct, conduit or cable tray type needs an elbow or bend assigned.