Circuit between devices on multiple floors

[jimk]

What is the best way to circuit between floors. We have some situations where lights or devices will span floors and still be on same circuit. Since the circuiting doesn't happen within the same view, I was unsure how to get them connected or span those floors.

Thanks

Jim

[CoreyDaun · Accepted solution]

Anytime I have to do that, I open the Views for both floors. Then, in the View that has already been circuited, select an element of the desired circuit and go to Electrical Circuits contextual tab » Edit Circuits. Hit CTRL+TAB to navigate to the other floor and select the fixtures to add to that circuit. This method has proven simple enough for us.

[albert33L2M]

In our project we got 4 panels per floor.  The method you mentioned could take a while if we were circuiting items one by one. Is there a method where we can replicate all the items on each floor while have the panel schedule reflect the circuiting?

[fabiosato]

Hello,

You will have to add the electric circuits in the set of elements to be copied.

[albert33L2M]

Currently the 2nd floor has all the circuiting complete. Lets say my building is going to have 10 similar floors (hotel), I would like to know how to "replicate" the panel on the 2nd floor and apply it to all the other floors.


fyi, I got 4 panels for the 2nd floor name 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D

[PatsIt]

Depending on how similar the floors are, you may have luck performing all the circuiting on one floor then copying all the elements (panelboards, receptacles, lights, et cetera) to the next floor. When I'm working on a core and shell project, while I usually have a typical floor sheet, I will do all the element layouts on a single floor then just copy them up/down a level. 

Another way is to create throw-away elevations if the repetitive area is small enough.

[albert33L2M]

I have tried that , but the problem we're having is I want the panel to reflect on this.


Yes, copy and pasting will represent what I want visually, but the panel system itself (ie. circuiting panel) will not be copied over using this method. The goal is to replicate the circuiting on 2nd floor, without actually circuiting the typical floors and have it appear the the respective electrical panels.


To give you a clear idea of what we're aiming for is this:


2nd floor panels Panel: 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D

3rd floor panels Panel: 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D...

4th floor panels Panel: 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D...

5th floor panels Panel: 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D...with all circuiting the same as 2nd floor


so on and so forth

[PatsIt]

Ah okay. I haven't tried doing that before, and I don't know if that is possible in Revit to just "increment" already created systems...