Create and update MEP openings in Revit with EZ Wall Penetration
See how to configure clearances and opening families, preview and place MEP openings, then scan again after the design changes.
Recorded in Revit with English narration and English and Spanish captions.
Workflow transcript
EZ-VDC. Wall Penetrations. Open EZ Wall Penetrations on the EZ-VDC ribbon. It places sized openings where MEP runs cross walls and floors. MEP source models lists the active project and any loaded links. Choose model color tints every opening from one model. Clear model color returns it to Not set, so each discipline keeps its own color.
Scan scope covers the entire project, the active view, or the elements selected when the tool opened. Level scope limits the levels. Choose Walls, Floors or both, and optionally exclude angled intersections. Each opening gets an ID with the prefix EZP-. Combine nearby items merges openings on the same face when their edges are within the maximum gap, here 4 inches. Discipline rules set a color and clearance per discipline. Duct, conduit and cable tray get 1 inch; pipe gets 2 inches.
Family mappings sets the family for four slots: wall and floor, round and rectangle. Leave Family name blank to use the plug-in default. Below, map the size and host depth parameters, plus coordination values such as the penetration ID, review status and firestop system.
Preview and report lists every opening before anything changes. Scan / refresh preview finds 26 openings to create. Each row shows the host, source IDs and sizes. Zoom to row finds a row in the model, and Export CSV saves the report. Apply selected places the checked rows as one undo step. 26 applied, none failed, with no Revit warnings. In 3D, each opening is sized to its run, with clearance added. The openings use the discipline colors: blue for duct and yellow for conduit. Nearby conduit shares one rectangular opening.
Now the MEP design changes. Ducts are resized and moved, and conduit and cable tray runs are edited. Openings do not follow automatically, so scan again after MEP changes. Reopen the tool; your settings are kept. The new scan shows 20 unchanged, 5 updates, 1 replace and 2 creates. Only changed rows are checked. Apply selected confirms the counts first. Replacements try a compatible type change, and the batch is one undo step. 8 applied, none failed. The updated openings follow the new duct sizes and positions. Review them in 3D, and rescan whenever the MEP model changes.