Cable Tray Elbow

[Anonymous]

Good day,

In need to create an elbow that starts at a right angle and that has the ability adopt the angle of the routing of the cable tray.  We need to change the shape to suit the shape of trunking.

I have attached a few pictures with examples.  The third picture has an example of an elbow.

Your assistance will be highly appreciated.

Thank you.

[robert.klempau]

Hello @Anonymous,

Do you need a Cable Tray like this?

If so, I can show you how.

[rudi.roux]

Hi @Anonymous, 

Have you used the Electrical (MEP) Fabrication Parts yet? If not, HERE is a very quick video overview, there are quite a few on YouTube. 

To make use of this within Revit 2016 / 2017, simply follow the steps below.

Under you Systems Tab >> Fabrication >> Click on the Icon

This will then open the MEP Fabrication Parts Pallet, but yours would possibly still be empty. 

[1] - Click on Settings... which will open the Fabrication Settings.

[2] - Click on the "Learn how to set fabrication configuration and services", this will open a page which will guide you and provide you with either Metric or Imperial Content for the Revit version you are using, either 2016 or 2017.

[3] - After installing the content (you might need to restart Revit), go to Systems Tab again >> Fabrications >> Settings... (as per [1]). Then select "Revit MEP Metric or Imperial Content". 

[4] - Add Electrical: Wireway from the Unloaded Services to Loaded Services. 

You'll then have all of the fittings which you require at your disposal. 

I hope this helps! 

[Anonymous]

Hi Robert,

This is exactly what I need.  The project is in 2015 so unfortunately we are unable to make use of fabrication parts.

Regards,

Telushia

[Anonymous]

Good day Rudi,

Thank you very much for the advise. I will definitely look into this.  At this stage the project is being modeled in 2015 but this looks very exciting for prospective 2016 project.

Thank you.

Regards,

Telushia

[rudi.roux]

Hi @Anonymous, 

No worries, you could always bookmark this thread for future use. Actually, as I was busy compiling my post I was wondering on which version of Revit you're using.  

I attached a file for you with what you require and it is for Revit 2015. I also included a couple of additional fittings. 

All you would need to do is to Transfer the Project Standards into your existing Project. On the "_Home Screen" you'll find step-by-step instructions on how to do this. (Maybe before doing this, rename the Family Types as per your company/project standards).

OR 

You could simply only Edit Family >> Save As and then Load the Elbow Family which you require into your project.

You'll notice that there are a couple of additional fittings included, as can be seen below.

I hope this helps! 

[robert.klempau]

Hello @Anonymous,

I will upload a video and show you how to do this.

[robert.klempau · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous,

Ok, what I did is I took the M_Rectangular Elbow - Mitered.rfa Duct Fitting and opened it in the family editor.

I changed the type of the family to Cable Tray Fitting and set the Part Type to ‘Channel Vertical Elbow’.

I also changed the OmniClass Number to 23.80.30.17.17.

Then I replaced the Duct Connectors with Cable Tray connectors.

And last I renamed some parameters.

After that I saved the family to ‘CT_Rectangular Vert Elbow – Mitered.rfa’ and loaded it into the Revit Template file.

After that I changed the Part Type in the family to ‘Channel Elbow’ and saved the family to ‘CT_Rectangular Elbow - Mitered.rfa’ and loaded that one also into the Revit Tmplate.

In the Revit template file I opened the cable tray Type that I want to use these families in and selected the ‘CT_Rectangular Elbow - Mitered.rfa’ family for the ‘Horizontal Bend’ and selected the ‘CT_Rectangular Vert Elbow – Mitered.rfa’ family for the ‘Vertical Inside Bend’ and Vertical Outside bent.

You will find both families in the attachment.

You could use the same approach for the Tee, Transition and Union.

[Anonymous]

Hi Robert,

Thank you very much for your assistance it worked perfectly and a thank you for the addition of the two families.

Regards,

Telushia

[robert.klempau]

Hello Telushia,

I really appreciatie that you let me know that it worked for you. 🙂

I am glad that I could help you.

This is why I am active on the forum!

Kind regards,

Robert

[wickedzik]

Hi rklempau.

Thanks for your advice and tips on this matter. Fabrication part Fittings are somewhat similar to what is required in my project.
But how can i filter my trunking i created from
fabrication parts? I have different service types such as trunking for power and trunking for fire alarm and cctv.

I hope you can help me on this concern.

Thank you sir.

[siu-yuen.lee]

thanks

[Anonymous]

Hey! Try contacting them. They are the best in the business.

https://www.cabletraycompany.com/

You'll get all your queries resolved.

[dimitri_tahoulas]

@robert.klempau  how did you get your cable tray to look like that