Autodesk Revit MEP

White Papers

Learn more about the technical aspects of Revit® MEP software in these white papers.

BIM and Searching for Building Product Content

The increasing use of BIM is fueling the demand for BIM-friendly product content. Read how new Autodesk search technology enables BIM users to more easily find products to include in their building designs - from within their native design environment.

BIM and Searching for Building Product Content (pdf - 514Kb)

Revit Platform Technical Note

Like any design instrument, the Revit platform’s performance can depend as much on the knowledge, skill and practices of its users as on the hardware environment provided for the software. To address both areas which can affect model performance, the Revit platform team has assembled this collection of hardware requirements, recommendations and modelling best practices as researched by both internal development and our community of dedicated customers.

Revit Platform Technical Note (pdf - 954Kb)

Revit MEP: BIM for MEP Engineering

Revit MEP is the purpose-built building information modelling (BIM) software for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering. This white paper explores how key concepts of BIM improve MEP design processes, both building mechanical and electrical, and how those processes are further enhanced when combined with Revit-based architectural or structural workflows, or both.

Revit MEP: BIM for MEP Engineering (pdf - 1994Kb)

Building Performance Analysis Using Revit

This white paper is the first in a series of papers exploring the usage of the Revit® platform to facilitate faster, more accurate Building Performance Analysis (BPA). This paper covers the conceptual process of converting your Physical Revit Model to an Analytical Model for BPA, as well as the best practices for constructing the Physical Model in Revit for proper transfer to BPA applications.

Building Performance Analysis Using Revit (pdf - 1761Kb)