Systemair Revit Plugin - MagiCAD

User’s Guide

Systemair Revit Plugin

Contents

Chapter 1. General 1

About this document ...................................................................... 1

Installing the software ................................................................... 1

Required third-party software ...................................................................................... 1 Installation ................................................................................................................... 1

Adding unit to Revit without SystemairCAD ............................. 3

Adding unit to Revit with SystemairCAD ................................... 5

Creating .dmr –file with SystemairCAD ..................................... 7

Systemair Revit Plugin 1

Chapter 1. General

About this document

This document contains instructions on using Systemair Revit plugin.

The purpose of the plugins to add Systemair air handling units selected with

SystemairCAD into MagiCAD for Revit or Revit project and drawing.

Installing the software

Required third-party software

Revit

Revit MEP 2012, Revit MEP 2013 or Revit MEP 2014

MagiCAD (optional)

MagiCAD 2011.11 (with Revit MEP 2012) or

MagiCAD 2012.4 or 2012.11 (with Revit MEP 2013) or

MagiCAD 2013.4 or newer (with Revit MEP 2014)

Installation

Systemair Revit plugin can be used a) without or b) with SystemairCAD. If

SystemairCAD is not installed, it is assumed that user has received .dmr -file

from some SystemairCAD user.

Administrator privileges are recommended for installations.

a) Needed installations when used without SystemairCAD

1. Install SystemAir Revit plugin.

Installation packages can be downloaded from

https://delivery.progman.fi/db_and_plugins.aspx?search=Systemair

&hideDB=1&hideMisc=1

The 32-bit version of the program is installed by running Systemair Revit plugin 2013.10.1 32-bit.msi

https://delivery.progman.fi/db_and_plugins.aspx?search=Systemair&hideDB=1&hideMisc=1


2 Systemair Revit Plugin

The 64-bit version of the program is installed by running

Systemair Revit plugin 2013.10.1 64-bit.msi

b) Needed installations when used with SystemairCAD

1. Install SystemairCAD C2013-12.04.D1 or newer. (If not installed yet)


http://www.systemair.com/Global/Support/Software-tools/SystemairCAD/

2. Install SystemAir Revit plugin.


https://delivery.progman.fi/db_and_plugins.aspx?search=Systemair&hid

eDB=1&hideMisc=1





http://www.systemair.com/Global/Support/Software-tools/SystemairCAD/




Adding unit to Revit without SystemairCAD

Note! It is assumed that you have .dmr file (.dmr file can be created with

SystemairCAD, includes always one unit)

1. Click Add-ins ribbon tab and Air Handling Unit-button and then click Add

unit from local file.

Add unit from local file-function selected.

2. Select .dmr-file from the folder you have saved the .dmr –file and press

Open. Unit will be imported to Revit.

Unit is selected to be imported to Revit.


3. Unit is placed to Mechanical Equipment-group in Revit. You can see unit

information when you click Edit type in Propertie dialog. Now you can

continue working with MagiCAD for Revit / Revit.

Unit is placed to Revit and its Properties dialog is opened.


Adding unit to Revit with SystemairCAD

Note! It is assumed that you have .dvf file (.dvf file is a SystemairCAD project

file)

1. Click Add-ins ribbon tab and Air Handling Unit-button and then click Add

unit using SystemairCAD plugin.

SystemAirCAD Revit ribbon

2. The following dialog will open.

Export file-dialog

3. Open .dvf/dvn-project file by File…Open

4. Selected project will open


5. Select unit to be exported

Unit is selected in Export file-dialog.

6. Press Insert block in drawing –button (note, always 3D model will be

exported)

7. Unit is placed to Mechanical Equipment-group in Revit. You can see unit

information when you click Edit type in Propertie dialog. Now you can

continue working with MagiCAd for Revit / Revit.

Unit is placed to Revit and its Properties dialog is opened.


Creating .dmr –file with SystemairCAD

Note! It is assumed that you have SystemairCAD C2012-01.01.B3 or newer.

Below you can find instructions of how to create .dmr file for Revit user who

wants to add SystemairCAD unit into Revit without having SystemairCAD.

1. Start SystemairCAD

2. Create SystemairCAD project with unit(s) as you do normally with

SystemairCAD.

3. Select File…Export file

4. Export dialog opens up

Unit is selected in Export file-dialog.

5. Selected unit to be exported

6. Press Export Revit file -button and save unit to selected folder.

If you want to export all of the units from project file at once

1) Select File…Export all units to Revit file…


2) Save units to selected folder.

Note! In this case you cannot give name for the .dmr-file, units

names will be according to its description.

All units are exported to folder

7. Deliver file(s) to Revit user.

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