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MEP Electrical Cable Length Calcultion

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hunaiz
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MEP Electrical Cable Length Calcultion

Hello Everyone!

 

I am a fresh Electrical Engineer. I have given a task to make an estimation of Autocad MEP Electrical drawing. I have done with all other products but i am feeling difficulty in calculating length of Electrical Cables. If anyone can please guide me, i will appreciate.

 

Thankyou 🙂

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Martin__Schmid
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It would be difficult to measure what you don't model... so, unless you are modelling the cables in some way, calculating the length will be difficult at best.

 

One method to do this may be to simply use 3D Polyliknes, and associate a Property Set with them to allow scheduling of their lengths:  http://screencast.com/t/pVgcsSIEpgr 

 

You could potentially use the Conduit objects and the RUNLENGTH command, but scheduling that would prove a challenge.

 

 



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

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jtm2020hyo
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Can you calculate the total wiring?

 

for example, I need to calculate the total length of cables in 2 conduit pipes:

conduit 1= 10 meters length

conduit 2= 20 meters length.

 

inside conduit 1= I have 8 electrical cables

inside conduit 2= I have 4 electrical cables

 

then the total should be 160 meters.

 

this is possible calculate in AUTOCAD MEP?

 

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