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November 2017
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How is content generated? From PIM to BIM

Insights into the content factory: how does the MEPcontent team process product from manufacturers into 3D content for use in BIM projects? Read this article or watch the webinar to discover how the content factory works.

The MEPcontent team collaborates closely with leading manufacturers to guarantee actual and useful content for BIM projects. In an efficient workflow, product data from the manufacturer is transformed from PIM data to BIM data.

The road to BIM starts with PIM
The content creation starts with PIM, which is the product information management system for manufacturers. This where product data is stored. The data in this system is the source for all of the content in our BIM library. Either by supplying the MEPcontent team with data sheets or technical documentation of actual products, manufacturers provide the input for generating 3D content representing real products.

Match to BIM standards
After the MEPcontent team receives the manufacturer data, the data is matched to local standards such as ETIM, VDI, COBie and NL-SfB, depending on the country the content is meant for. Additionally, the data is matched to the EMCS, to ensure content that is easy to use, lightweight and contains the right information that engineers need in their projects.

Recreate the object in 3D
From the geometric data supplied by the manufacturers, which includes information about for instance diameters, lengths and connection types, the MEPcontent team creates a standard family. From this family, a 3D object is automatically generated which can be used in BIM-projects. This object can be created in various file formats such as RFA, IFC, PLS or DWG.

Testing and publishing
After content creation, the content is thoroughly tested and reviewed by the MEPcontent team. When the content has passed the testing phase, it is published in the MEPcontent library and ready to use. The BIM files can now be accessed through www.mepcontent.com or via the MEPcontent browser, which engineers can access from within their design platforms. This way, engineers can design with actual 3D objects from leading manufacturers in their BIM projects, easy and for free.

Do you want to create BIM files for your products? Please contact our content team to find out more. Are you missing products on our platform? Let us know which manufacturers you miss by filling in this form, and we will contact the manufacturer.
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BIM World München 28 en 29 Nov - ontmoet ons op stand 74-76

Na een succesvolle première vorig jaar komt BIM World München er weer aan, het gezichtsbepalend event voor BIM in de Duitstalige DACH regio.
Georganiseerd op 28 en 29 november in het Internationales Congress Centrum München worden meer dan 3000 bezoekers uit 22 landen verwacht. Naast een tweedaags internationaal congres en open forum voor alle bezoekers zullen 100 exposanten Duitsland’s grootste BIM beurs bemannen om de laatste trends op het gebied van digitalisering in de bouw te tonen.

Oplossingen voor installateurs
Tijdens deze beurs kunt u ook onze innovatieve BIM oplossingen voor de installatiebranche ontdekken. Met Stabicad for Revit, MEPcontent en Revit Apps, kunnen engineers sneller en gemakkelijker hun werk gedaan krijgen en BIM projecten afronden. Ontmoet onze BIM experts op stand 74-76 en ontdek de juiste software, data en tools om uw BIM proces vorm te geven. Wat ontwerp tot detail, met het juiste informative niveau voor u en uw samenwerkingspartners. We zien er naar uit om u te ontmoeten in München!
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Generieke terugslagklep toegevoegd

Een generieke terugslagklep is toegevoegd in onze bibliotheek.

Een terugslagklep wordt gebruikt om een vloeistof in een pijp naar de juiste kant te laten stromen.
De stroom door een terugslagklep zorgt voor een relatief grote daling van de druk, waarmee rekening gehouden moet worden tijdens het design proces.

De generieke terugslagklep kan gedownload worden als RFA en DWG file.
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Wissel Revit- en Excel data uit via een handige Revit app

Revit en Excel: twee programma’s die u waarschijnlijk dagelijks gebruikt. Helaas werken de programma’s niet altijd fijn samen, waardoor u vaak handmatig allerlei data moet overtypen. Dat is vanaf nu niet meer nodig.
Wist u dat u Revit en Excel met elkaar kunt laten communiceren op een manier die tot vandaag niet mogelijk was?

Stabiplan lanceert een nieuwe Revit App die precies dat doet. De Stabiplan Export and Import Excel App. Combineer de functionaliteiten van Revit en Excel met deze krachtige App. Download de Revit App om data te exporteren naar een Excel bestand, maak (bulk-) wijzigingen en importeer data terug naar uw Revit-project. Maak zelf een selectie van de data: kies voor het gehele project of een selectie ervan.

U kunt uw Schedules ook exporteer in de Revit look-and-feel naar Excel. Gemakkelijker te delen met collega's of uw klant. Selecteer alle elementen en parameters uit uw Schedule om het overzicht sneller te krijgen en pas de waarden in uw Schedule aan met behulp van de importfunctie.

Waarom interessant voor MEP engineers, ontwerpers en modelleurs?
De App bespaart u veel tijd omdat u uw model met Excel-data kunt verrijken en updaten.
Of exporteer data naar Excel om het te delen met projectpartners die geen Revit-licentie hebben. Zo is altijd de juiste data op de juiste plek beschikbaar.

Gratis proefperiode
De Export and Import Excel App kan gratis worden uitgeprobeerd via store.mepcontent.com. Via deze App kunt u veel tijd besparen en het helpt bij samenwerking binnen uw project.
Deze App werkt uitstekend in combinatie met Stabicad for Revit.
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BIM Insights Session Nov 16th 2 pm ECT – Product Line Placer for Piping and nodesolver functionality

Next Thursday, November 16th, another BIM Insights Session is hosted by the MEPcontent webinar team. The topic of this session: How to work with the Product Line Placer for Piping in Revit and solve nodes created by custom fittings.

The SANHA Product Line Placer and MEPcontent Product Line Placer for Piping will be featured including a new functionality, the nodesolver.

The nodesolver helps you identify nodes in Revit and provides you with possible solutions to choose from. A great way to replace custom fittings to complete your system with actual existing manufacturer specific products.

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What content is offered on MEPcontent?

In the construction industry the role of digital 3D content is getting more and more important, as content is used at the start of almost every construction project. If the content used in a project is not correct, this will impact the quality, the calculations and the eventual realization of the project. To ensure engineers work with high quality project content, MEPcontent offers more than 500,000 3D objects in different file types.

What content types are there?
The objects on MEPcontent are offered in different file types, namely IFC, DWG, RFA and PLS. RFA files can be used in Revit, DWG in AutoCAD and IFC is a platform-independent file type, which can be used to exchange information between different parties working on different design platforms. The PLS is a file type which is particularly useful in BIM projects. PLS stands for Product Line Sheet and is actually an Excel sheet with data that can be used as a source for generating BIM content, for example for apps. The Product Line Sheet is filled with parametric information about the geometrical model. It’s lightweight, fast and therefore easy to use in BIM-projects, while still providing a realistic representation of the product with the right connectors and information that is valuable to MEP engineers.

Quality guaranteed with EMCS
Regardless of the file type, the quality of the content is guaranteed by the EMCS: the European MEP Content Standard. This ensures that the data attached to 3D-content is correct and in line with the engineers expectations and needs. The EMCS helps the engineer and the manufacturer to see how the content is being built, what kind of information is attached to it, and how it can be used in different kinds of projects. It ensures content is compact, small and easy to use which makes it faster to use in large projects. The EMCS is also matched to various BIM standards such as ETIM and VDI, to ensure content complies to leading European BIM standards.

Ready to order
In addition to enriching content with technical data, such as technical manuals, the content is also equipped with manufacturer-specific trade and product data. So besides all the technical parameters, also deeplink URLs to the manufacturer website are added, or GTIN numbers and in some cases even a connection to wholesaler databases. This way, MEP engineers can access details from their preferred supplier directly from the BIM model. This makes it easy to order products and get prices directly from the model, already in the design stage. This is the real added value of BIM, as engineers can access all the information they need directly from within the model, and information is used efficiently throughout the entire project.

Want to discover all content MEPcontent offers you? Browse our platform for content or downloads apps for MEP engineers from our store.
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SANHA Ref HP system voor SANHA Product Line Placer

Het SANHA Ref HP systeem is klaar om te gebruiken in de SANHA Product Line Placer (PLiP) for Piping. De PLiP werkt als een add-in voor Revit. Door de in-app auto routing functionaliteit kan het SANHA Ref HP systeem eenvoudig en snel aan uw Revit project worden toegevoegd.

Het SANHA Ref HP systeem omvat soldeer fittingen uit koper-ijzer voor koper-ijzeren buizen speciaal ontwikkeld voor gebruik in hoge druk koelsystemen tot 130 bar.

Download de app vanaf de store.
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Design fabrication ready Pegler Yorkshire piping systems in Revit

Are you working with Pegler Yorkshire piping systems in your MEP projects? You can now directly design piping systems in Revit for this leading UK manufacturer using the MEPcontent PLiP for Piping app. Multiple product ranges for this manufacturer have been added to the app, which can be downloaded from the MEPcontent store.

About the app
Drawing piping systems from leading manufacturers such as Geberit, Georg Fischer, Pegler Yorkshire, Rehau, SANHA, VSH, Viega and Wavin is done in a blink of the eye with the MEPcontent PLiP for piping app for Revit. With this app, engineers design piping systems at lightning speed while working with specific product data from their preferred suppliers. And always connected to the actual product databases in the cloud.

Fabrication ready families
The app allows engineers to go through the entire BIM workflow using only Revit. With the content in the app, users can create fabrication ready piping systems. Finally, 3rd party fabrication tools are no longer required, which will massively increase the engineering productivity.
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BILT review – MEPcontent in Denmark

BILT, formerly known as the Revit Technology Conference (RTC), has been held in Aarhus Denmark from 5 to 7 October. A great event, which was very well organized by the BILT team, offered many interesting opportunities for RTC EUR Delegates. Opportunities to meet-up with industry peers, to learn more during the knowledge sessions, to visit our MEPcontent stand for an app demonstration at the exhibition venue and to get to know us better during one of the social events.

In case you missed this event, don’t worry.

A key innovation that was introduced at BILT were our apps for Revit. And there are still plenty of opportunities to learn more about them. You can still get in touch with the MEPcontent apps team via marketing@mepcontent.com to schedule a demonstration for an app. You can also subscribe to our BIM Insights Sessions webinars to learn more about BIM, MEPcontent, trends and apps/plugins.

Save time and money with our new app
One app in particular gained a lot of interest during the exhibition. Did you know we have a tremendous time and money saver in the MEPcontent store?

Try our new Revit plugin for designing manufacturer specific piping systems! With the MEPcontent Product Line Placer (PLiP) app you can design piping systems from leading piping manufacturers in Revit in no time. The in-app autorouting functionality lets you draw piping systems in the blink of an eye: the right fittings, components and bends are added fast and automatically. The app is equipped with product data from manufacturers such as Geberit, Georg Fischer, Rehau, SANHA, Viega, VSH and Wavin. Your piping system is 100% reliable, both in the design and the realization stage. You get access to fabrication ready families and can draw and place piping systems (including all relevant components you use for pipework projects) in no-time.

Want to see how apps can help you work faster in Revit? How to get more out of the content you download from MEPcontent? Please go to store.mepcontent.com and download the Plugins for Revit that will help you in your BIM projects.
Oktober 2017
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Bezoek MEPcontent at Interclima + Elec

MEPcontent and Stabiplan will again participate in the new edition of Interclima + Elec, the biggest trade fair for comfort and energy efficiency in France.

Visit our stand E.033 in Hall 2 at Interclima + Elec from November 7th to 10th and discover our software and data solutions for MEP engineers. Our BIM experts are at your disposal: they will be able to present a live demo and answer all your questions about BIM content, Stabicad for Revit, applications for Revit etc.

You can get your free entry badge here.
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Generiek parkeerbord beschikbaar

Een generiek parkeerbord is beschikbaar gemaakt op MEPcontent. De Revit family kan vanaf nu gedownload worden.

De generieke content is speciaal beschikbaar gemaakt op het platform om gemakkelijk de juiste bestanden te downloaden in Revit en AutoCAD projecten. Het totale aanbod van generieke content is hier. te vinden.
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BIM-content voor BWT waterontharder

Modelleurs en designers die op zoek zijn naar wateronthanders, stop met zoeken. Download de Revit families en 3D-dwgs voor de BWT Rondomat Duo waterontharders.
BWT’s Rondomat Duo reeks industriële waterontharders worden toegepast in gebouwen of industriële toepassing om bescherming te bieden tegen kalk vorming en de schade aan waterleiding systemen en de gekoppelde systemen. Download de content van MEPcontent en garandeer de waterkwaliteit voor uw volgende BIM-project.
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Download de Weishaupt boiler nu

Download de Revit family voor de Weishaupt WTC-GW 15-B W condensatieketel vanaf nu van het MEPcontent platform.

Weishaupt gas-condensatiesystemen gebruiken bijna het volledige energiegehalte van de brandstof en zetten het efficiënt om in warmte. Het norm-rendement stijgt naar ongeveer 110% in vergelijking met lagetemperatuursystemen van onder 100%.