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Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

norman — Wed, 31 May 2023 06:52:06 GMT

Good day

I am looking for a base electrical template based on South African standards. If there is a link to such a template, it would be a great help.

Many thanks.

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iainsavage — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 07:23:50 GMT

There appear to be templates in the content packs:

Type "Revit content packs" in a search engine and it should give you links to the various software versions.

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

norman — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:03:12 GMT

Thanks very much Ian. However, I have tried that and it appears to only be a structural template.

Appriecate the assistance.

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

iainsavage — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:55:32 GMT

From what I can see online electrical systems in SA appear to be based on UK systems, 230v/50Hz, but with a mixture of the the older UK 15A roundpin sockets and type N sockets used in Brazil? I would have thought you could maybe start with a UK template and modify it to your needs and @fabiosato could maybe direct you to families for Brazilian receptacles?

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

fabiosato — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 12:54:32 GMT

Hello,

Which standards you are looking for?

Voltage settings, wiring sizes and symbols?

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

HVAC-Novice — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:11:15 GMT

The templates Revit provides are just a starting point. Ultimately you have to create your own for your company's needs and local requirements. Same applies to oob families (or families provided by manufacturers) etc.

I'd pick the one closest to my needs and start from there. As you progress designing in Revit, you will find yourself changing your template to what you actually need.

If there are 1 million users, I'm willing to bet there are 1 million ways Revit is being used. No way for Autodesk to make it right for everyone and it also would limit what we can do.

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

norman — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:30:50 GMT

Morning Fabio

I was mainly looking for the wiring standards. But I'll failing that, I will investigate what these are and manually enter them into the template electrical settings.

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

norman — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:31:56 GMT

Thank you very much Enkus, I appreciate the help.

Re: Revit Electrical Template - South African Standards

fabiosato — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:43:44 GMT

Hello,

Depending on the wire gauge you use.

If you use AWG, you start from the American template.

If you use mm², you start from the UK template.

This is a big difference.