Circuits and Conduits

[Anonymous]

Hello all!

So, first of all I'm not an Electrical Engineer, I'm just the BIM guy and I'm trying to work Revit into serving the engineer's needs here at the company.

Well, here is the thing. I've got beaten up multiple times trying to get panel schedules and circuiting everything, but I've got it done. I place all my sockets, switches and light and then I add'em to the circuits, the panel gives me the schedule, all is well. BUT as soon as I place my conduits and start connecting stuff to the cable trays, Revit begins to put everything together in the same circuit and well, all the panel thing is basically useless.

Am I doing something wrong? It seems unlikely that Autodesk wants me choose: either I model or I circuit, can't do both.

Thanks in advance!

[dzanta]

typical approach is the following:

- go to electrical settings and set the parameters/options to what you want 

- place all components that make up the system within the model

- place the main equipment the components tie back to into the model

- create the system

- size/adjust the system to function within design tolerances

- complete the creation of the system

- now go to the panel and create the schedule

- schedule should show all data properly

[fabiosato · Accepted solution]

 Hello,

Whenever you have 2 electrical loads connected by a conduit, if you change the circuit in one of them, the other follows.

My suggestion is to create all circuits and in the end connect the conduits.

If you need to change one load circuit, remove a conduit segment, usually I remove a bend, change the circuit and then reconnect the conduit.

[Anonymous]

this is a bummer 😕 thanks, though

[DieSwys]

Thanks @fabiosato but really hope they change it in the future.

[timlove]

We had this issue as well.  When you add/change circuit information on one of the conduit connected elements it will add all connected elements (this is accompanied by a warning when the other elements are already on a circuit).  You can then remove those elements you do not want added from the circuit.  If they were already circuited they will remain on their original circuit.