With the conduit we use today, it´s not possible to design true BIM Projects (Plan as built). With three significant improvements, we could avoid most of our Problems we have today.
1. Flexible Conduit
In concrete buildings most of the conduits are flexible. To draw realistic Models, electrical engineers need a flexible conduit, like the flex pipe.
Picture of flexible conduits in a concrete ceiling
2. Systems for Conduit
Conduit can contain different Type of media, for example a data-cable or a lighting-connection. To specify what’s the conduit used for, we need the possibility to classify them into Systems.
Sample of an electrical plan with different Systems in different colors
3. Wire in Conduit
Conduits contain different wires (single or multiple). For true calculations there must be a possibility to add wires in our conduits.