Better Electrical Panel Name Handling

[MuirEng]

a basic problem with panel naming in revit is that in order to tag circuits properly it is necessary to enter the panel name in short form, so Panel ABC will be entered as ABC. Otherwise the circuit tags will be PANEL ABC-22 instead of ABC-22, and the long form simply doesn't fit on drawings.

No big deal, except now that panel shows up everywhere else as ABC and not "Panel A"

a few examples:

if you connect Panel ABC to an upstream panel the circuit will default to ABC, not PANEL ABC, which we believe is preferred. (yes, a bit of typing solves this)

if you tag the panel it will tag as ABC when maybe you want it to tag as PANEL ABC (ok, that one easily solved with a modified tag, which is what we do, and arguably ABC is fine)

a basic setting to tell revit to add a prefix to the panel name when it calls up the panel would do the trick nicely. I imagine there are many other solutions.

[Anonymous]

You're onto something there.  That would be a nice usability perk that wouldn't be too hard to implement.  If you power a panel, default the load to Panel XXX"

Powering thru transformers is something of a totally non-automatic hassle in Revit.  You have to power the transformer set the breaker, then name the load in the panel based on the transformer.  Then you set the secondary distribution system on the transformer and then power your Low voltage panel to it...the load name there and circuit rating doesn't matter because you don't make panel schedules for transformers.  You can make this slightly less painful by naming a transformer after the low voltage panel it's serving, then when u power it the name can show up pretty well.  But Revit should be waaaay better at doing this stuff.

Revit should know that a panel should be called a "panel XXX" in the upstream panel schedule.  It would also be nice if it could try to size the breaker for you upsteam....say if you're powering a 125A MLO panel, it could default to a 125A breaker (rather than a 20A).  Eh, I'm starting to devolve into my diatribe about how electrical should work in Revit.  

[mmeinert]

What about "Switchboards", "loadcenters", Motor control center "MCC".  Hard coded text "Panel" , "Panelboard" seems too limiting. How will Revit handle 100 other languages than english? If configurable in general settings and communicate to the panels,switchboard, MCC schedules then that may work.