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Flexible conduits

Flexible conduits

Here in Australia we are modelling more and more 'sweeping bends' conduits, mainly due to the new NBN (National Broadband Network)

Revit does not allow us to draw a conduit with a radius in one go, we have to attach bends etc, this does not work in this scenario, we need to have one element but this is not possible without drawing an 'in place' family each time, which is totally unviable due to time constraints/changes.

Surely it would not be too hard to draw a conduit from point 'A' to point 'B' as you would a spline in CAD?

88 Comentarios
grahamlyon1977
Contributor

Thanks very much! the more votes the better!!

MuirEng
Collaborator

Disappointing. Only four additional votes. I will be pointing this one out again in my presentation today. 

_camuz_
Enthusiast

I was about to start a new idea... but I see it is already here. Yesterday I got an email from Autodesk to let them know about which features should be included in next revit version. Well, here it is!... please allow us to have out-of-the-box flex conduits with materials and/or colors to differentiate visually all types of circuits (lighting, outlets, lightning)... This would greatly improve Revit performance!

dsevieri10
Explorer

Another vote to add this feature for all the electrical modelers out there!

_camuz_
Enthusiast

I'd even suggest to have electric systems such as plumbing and HVAC have, to have a more complete tool.

_camuz_
Enthusiast

Lighting, outlets, lightning, solar, eolic, coming from battery... systems.

Anonymous
No aplicable

Searching for an answer to this problem (newer modeler) and was disappointed to see that a post from 2016 still has no good solution. This definitely has my vote, having a hell of a time modeling massive amounts of conduit racks that transition from rigid to flex multiple times. Hope we will see this is a new version before too long, seems pretty critical. 

Anonymous
No aplicable
@Martin__Schmid for displaying purposes- yes it works either flex duct or flex pipe. However, there is something _*terribly*_ wrong about suggesting that as the reason autodesk would _not_ implement the change as suggested. Something that makes BIM pointless. The whole appeal of BIM is that I can obtain supplementary info such as costs, material lists, and _very important_ information for integrators such as what is what is shown, what discipline does it belong, etc. Conduit and pipe, while pretty much similar in nature, not only do they follow very different construction guidelines, _they are used for very different systems_ . Conduit is used as a raceway for cabling, ducts are for transporting air in HVAC and pipes are for fluids (liquids or gasses). Not only is suggesting to use a type of material that is not the correct one antithetical to BIM, but: 1. Filters would not work as intended. I do _not_ wish to lose half of my raceways in a view because what I wanted to filter out were the other disciplines. 2. In the real world, ALL conduit may be bent with the adequate use of tools; having the program adding fittings not only makes listing materials harder, it limits what the model shows in comparison to the real world. Case in point: you need to make small bends to a conduit in order to couple it seamlessly to a junction box of _any_ height. The fittings create a minimum height for these transitions that is limited by the bending radius of the fitting. 3. Flexible types of conduit (FMC and LFMC) have their own accesories- again it makes listing materials harder and unallows the model to draw the adequate accesories.
Anonymous
No aplicable
5 year for a simple request? YES we need flex conduit that comes with 1-price schedules 2-connectable to assets panels lights switches pull box 3-pvc and metallic type 5-benable and free form draw 6-work with offset 7-have hanging placement for ceilings 8-most important part is wire type inside it we put wire in conduit not water so wire type and gage is important part and again 5 year for this handy feature is not right
Kevin_Laskowski
Contributor

How much more traction is needed for this to finally get into Revit? Holographic design tools might be invented by the time this gets implemented :cara_con_la_lengua_fuera:

fabian.brunner
Participant

This idea is a need in Switzerland aswell. I have a similar idea,  would appreciate your Votes to :cara_con_una_leve_sonrisa:

 

New improved Conduits - Autodesk Community

_camuz_
Enthusiast

If Autodesk Developers were actual builders they would understand the need for such basic conduit functionalities. Yeah generative design is cool, but to truly bring the BIM into Revit, they should listen to such basic needs. This has been a request for several years now.  

Until when Autodesk??!!? Until when indeed!!????

bkoolen
Contributor

It would be really nice to finally have flexible conduits added to the Electrical system families. This is a very common product for Electrical Engineering. It is very usefull for prefabrication an for power cables in or beneath the foundation.Flexibele Buis Elektra.png

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grahamlyon1977
Contributor

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones, you have linked in my original post on your thread :cara_con_una_leve_sonrisa:

This is my original post and I posted this in frustration 6 years ago! still not implemented by AutoDesk, with over 342 votes!!

Kevin_Laskowski
Contributor

I will post again next year. Let's keep flexing our comments......

#FlexibleConduits

Luc_Aebersold_AWBE
Contributor

Maybee we have to comment much more..

 

#FlexibleConduits

Kevin_Laskowski
Contributor

We want to use Synchro 4D, problem now is, when using automatic Filters to place 3D content into scheduling fragnets. All of our flexible electrical conduit has to be filtered under "Mechanical". If we were at the GC level putting this together, All of our content would be accidently placed under the Mechanical subcontractors timeline. If there was a family named electrical flexible conduit, no work arounds would be required. Please consider this post having value. Mechanical Flex alone will not compliment 4D scheduling anymore.

@grahamlyon1977 , thank you for pointing that out!

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