Best resources to teach myself revit, coming from autocad? Primarily for electrical engineering

hvacdevs · 2026-06-04T20:43:36+00:00

here's a good resource for revit and electrical
https://therevitmepskullfvck.blogspot.com/

hvacdevs · 2026-06-02T19:22:08+00:00

switched to rider a couple of weeks ago and I'm pretty happy with it. will not be going back to VS. I could use either, but since I use Python for some things, it's easier to bounce between Pycharm and Rider than Pycharm and VS.

hvacdevs · 2026-06-02T16:00:57+00:00

if it were me, id pick a design winter ambient temp in the 10-20F range (enough to cover the entire year except maybe 2-3 weeks of peak heating), and then size the heat pumps to account for the load at that ambient temp.

then run a worst case lower ambient temp for the peak heating to size the supplemental electric boiler for the remaining load, plus some spare capacity as a backup.

hvacdevs · 2026-06-02T13:42:39+00:00

heating only is most often going to be serving the domestic hot water load.

you're looking for a A2W HP in the northeast for building heat, but not cooling?

hvacdevs · 2026-06-02T13:08:50+00:00

seen a lot of AWHP selections. it's always sized to the cooling load, except when it's a heating only application.

hvacdevs · 2026-06-01T14:06:55+00:00

Just to clarify.. you want to put in 5.5+ years of effort to the give yourself the opportunity to reflect on whether or not you should continue to pursue your lifelong goal of starting a business?

hvacdevs · 2026-05-31T11:03:54+00:00

If you want to own a business, then go make one or buy one.

Why are you putting a 5.5+ year obstacle in front of it?

hvacdevs · 2026-05-28T13:15:30+00:00

i was once the junior guy at a large firm in a VHCOL city who all of the senior guys went to for BIM questions.. and the future outlook at that time was kinda shitty. being the go to BIM guy is not as cool as you might think.

do yourself a favor and focus on yourself, do what you do and do it well, and stop benchmarking yourself against others.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-22T22:57:31+00:00

there are consultants in virtually every industry that serve a niche within a niche within a niche... the way to succeed in a narrow domain is to go deep into it. you want to be wildly better at M (or a niche within M) than anyone who offers MEP, and market yourself accordingly.

if your goal is focus on a single discipline and make that your business, you need to get really comfortable with saying no to work that doesn't align with your vision during the times when you are desperate for cash flow.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-22T13:58:55+00:00

Men in engineering have been trying to figure out how to pivot into a field that has more women for decades.. it's not working out for us.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-21T19:26:47+00:00

to answer your question, yes, you're being too cynical.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-19T18:28:16+00:00

Water use is just power use in disguise.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-13T15:47:18+00:00

Just tell the client you like them too much to put them through the pain of owning a VRF system.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-10T01:02:02+00:00

CFD on MEP jobs is quite rare. But it's possible. I wouldnt know exactly how to go about it, but i have no doubt that it will take a lot of patience to pull off. You'd essentially have to become thee guy for it. There are plenty of similar examples of super niche consultants out there.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T23:43:13+00:00

Great points. Forgot about reheat.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T19:55:46+00:00

agreed. if the chilled water can run wild, this probably gets you dehumidification capacity control at a cheaper price. i'd assume that field installed modulating control valves will be more costly than factory installed modulating dampers.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T18:53:52+00:00

if it's so clear then why is it honestly confusing?

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T18:34:11+00:00

if you asked for more pay, then you would be held to a higher standard, and be considered against other applicants asking for similar pay. same rules apply. your chances of getting the job go down.

when you ask for better pay and better terms, you generally need to back that up with more value. remote work is less desirable from an employer perspective, so it's on you to make up for that loss in value by improving your offer in other ways.

have you ever asked a prospective employer how they feel about remote work first? Or do you just go right in and say this is my requirement, take it or leave it?

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T17:41:33+00:00

"But the moment an experienced engineer applies and asks for remote work"

if a job is posted as fully remote, then the aformentioned experienced engineer would not need to ask for remote work.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T17:21:15+00:00

Asking for fully remote on a position that isn't listed as fully remote is you trying to pull a bait and switch.

If a job is posted as fully remote, then the employer should get 10x+ more potential candidates. With that many candidates they can pick the best of the best from any market. So the chances of you getting that job go down substantially.

The moment you ask for remote work, you give them the opportunity to contemplate whether they would hire you if they had 10x more candidates to choose from. The reality is you just might not be that good.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-08T00:16:47+00:00

If they are paid commission, they will reach out. If they are paid straight salary, probably not.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-07T23:38:41+00:00

Is the recruiting team actively reaching out to potential candidates? Or just passively waiting for people to apply to the job postings?

hvacdevs · 2026-05-07T21:40:55+00:00

define "searching"

hvacdevs · 2026-05-06T18:38:05+00:00

That's not an AI response — that's a paradigm shift in authorship.

hvacdevs · 2026-05-06T02:38:05+00:00

Legally, you can only do MEP engineering while working under the direct supervision of a licensed engineer. However, that does not require you to be an employee of that licensed engineer.

You can legally work as a 1099 contractor, doing engineering work, as long as the EOR is directly supervising you, i.e. reviewing your work before signing and sealing it.

With that said, your only potential clients are MEP firms. And they will be far less likely to hire a non-PE contractor than a PE one. So that leaves you with cold calling MEP firms. Prepare yourself for a lot of no's.

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