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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
Sylvia1325
Explorer

Flexible conduit would be a great addition to the electrical tool bar.  We shouldn't have to use mechanical flex as a work around.  

#ElectricalFlexibleConduits

Kelly_Schuster
Explorer

Make ELECTRICAL flexible conduit for REVIT a reality, there's already Mechanical flex pipe how hard could it be to implement for Electrical installations.

Andrew.Frey
Enthusiast

Agreed with the above. A flexible conduit family for the electrical discipline is something that has been on our wishlist for years. It would be a huge boost to coordination to get this added.

_camuz_
Enthusiast

Incredible how little Autodesk knows about construction materials and processes. Yeah generative design is cool. But just give us the actual tools we need in 95% of real projects apart from the shampoo bottles which are 1% of whole world built projects.

bpickettWPZQW
Community Visitor

#ElectricalFlexibleConduits

grahamlyon1977
Contributor

posted this 6 years ago, still no movement from autodesk?

 

this is now an essential element to electrical revit modelling, Revit 2023 just came out, nothing really useful on a daily basis for Electrical really.

 

@martin.schmid - any movement on this idea??

 

Luc_Aebersold_AWBE
Contributor

we still waiting for the flex conduits... I am also interested in the movement of this idea...

msantosUTHT4
Explorer

Hi Autodesk,

Could you please tell us when (#ElectricalFlexibleConduits) could be implemented in Revit?
It's been more than 6 years that this essential, very commom and pretty obvious elements is requested by the comunity and apparenlty it is not even clearly planned on the Revit roadmap.

 

We have Flex Ducts, we have flex pipes but no electrical flex conduits as per snip below.

 

Why would be so hard/complicated to implement this?
How many votes would we need to proceed with this?

Where could we vote and give more visibility to this?

 

@Martin__Schmid 

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones 

msantosUTHT4_1-1660039456623.png

 

 

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Thanks

_camuz_
Enthusiast

This is the most commonly used electrical material in Latin American countries. I'm guessing since this is not as used in the US, Autodesk just doesn't care. 

poliducto.jpg

Kevin_Laskowski
Contributor

Please add these as well..

Flexible Conduit (FMC/FNC) 

Flex.jpg

robert.francis2
Explorer

I work as BIM manager for one the UK's largest energy providers. I've been Revit user since 2004, certified trainer 2016-2019 and to date there is no cable function. Cables are one of main function of the business. As the business transitions from 2D AutoCAD to Revit the need for a cable function is a must. We build MV, HV and HVDC substation across the UK connecting wind farms, solar farms, battery storage and multi terminal links to other countries. There is a LV, MV, HV cable add-in at $500 for each type but it's just a conduit system and will not perform as needed (Waste of money). Revit hasn't changed that much in 18 years with minor changes year on year. Can the Autodesk Revit developers look into this as the building blocks are already there is just needs to be developed? I hope I'm not searching for solutions 10 years from now. I'm sure I could get most of the business to vote (22,000+ employees) if this would make Autodesk to listen 

hopekYXBDY
Observer

Flexible Conduit for Electrical, please.

rudermann
Enthusiast

I find myself tasked with drawing underground conduits for quite a few of our projects.

The ability to use an arc (or a spline) for conduit would match reality in trenched conduit situations.

Many times the trench is cut in an arc to eliminate elbow fittings underground.

smbrennan
Collaborator

I have never modeled conduits the way you are describing, but I've seen the radius of the bends changed from their default values, to something like 240" (20ft). This gives a more realistic visual of underground conduits. 

 

You can always take this a step further and create a new conduit standard that uses the 240" as a default bend radius, but I feel like a 240" radius may become problematic in some areas where stub ups are closer together, and Revit won't let you reduce the radius to anything less with out of the box content - so it may be a little trial and error determining if this is a good long-term solution or not. 

 

jminnickZFB2X
Explorer

If more of us comment could we maybe get some movement on this? 

Luc_Aebersold_AWBE
Contributor

Also in the New Year we need this, lets move.. Since 2015 we need!

_camuz_
Enthusiast

This is Autodesk listening and taking care of their customers' needs. I've long accepted Autodesk will not bring this into Revit.

Kevin_Laskowski
Contributor

I asked the Electrical manufactures to rename liquid-tight to "Flex duct". It just another work around but at least it puts the onus on another trade for a bit Until Autodesk adds this Family to the Electrical system.

jcgonzalezCSBLS
Observer

Hello, 
Is there an update about this flexible conduit suggestion?

bkoolen
Contributor
Unfortunately no response from Autodesk or what so ever. Just some possible “backdoor options” I don’t want to know about, because the whole idea is use the frontdoor…

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