by Garry Stockton
One of the most consistent problems facing Duct and Pipe designers is “missing end caps” during a calculation.
This functionality has been enabled since Revit 2014 and covered on all our Revit MEP training courses. There are two methods in which this functionality can be used. The first method is to select pipe/duct content and then use the ribbon button “Cap Open Ends”. This method will add cap(s) to all open ends of the selected content. The second method is to right click on a pipe/duct connector and select “Cap Open End” from the popup menu. This method will cap the open end of the connector that was selected.
The routing preferences will be used in conjunction with the ‘Cap On Open End’ functionality to determine which cap will be added to the open end of the pipe/duct content.
While this feature could probably be used for other reasons, it was built targeting the following use cases:
Use with Pipe
Use with Duct
Use with both Duct and Pipe fittings
Use with both Duct and Pipe accessories