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Hey there! You are correct, in that wire path is independent of any kind of "wiring" you show - that wiring is really just a graphic representation of what devices are connected together, and has nothing to do with the behind-the-scenes wire path. The wire path appears to just be for a voltage drop calculation - and this is a "feature" that is often criticized. And just like you have noticed, Revit takes the furthest device on a circuit and comes up with a path back to the source, puts the entire load of the circuit at that location, and computes the voltage drop (then upsizes the wire size based upon the criteria that is set up for % loss, etc.). This type of voltage drop calc can actually be useful for a panel feeder or a single piece of equipment. I'd say that it is not Revit's intent for the wire path to provide wire quantity data. However, you could manually edit that wire path to more closely match the actual wiring scheme to approximate the wire/conduit lengths if that is your desire. But great observation - thanks for the feedback! Cheers

Hey there Andrew! Glad to hear this helped you out! Yeah, the way Revit electrical settings are arranged is not super intuitive. Let me know if you run into any other issues! Cheers

You bet! If you search Revit Sample Project Files, you should find, for 2024 and beyond, the "Snowdon Towers" sample files - includes all trades (even an electrical one you can review). Hope that helps!

@@ElectricRob I want to say that Kindly make video on sample electrical project that is available on home page of revit software "Sample System Project".

Hey Rob. Thanks a lot for this video. You are a good man. Is this the last video about the Snowdon Towers or will there be other ones?

Hey there! Appreciate the feedback! And there will be many more episodes about the Snowdon Towers! Will complete power plans for all of the floors and roof, then will continue thru the lighting plans, one-line diagram, panel schedules, keyed notes, symbol list, etc. for a complete professional project!

@@ElectricRob waiting for all the videos about Snowdon Towers. Thank you Mr Rob

You bet! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the episode 2 upload Rob! Love the project episode series, they're immensely helpful.

Very welcome, and I'm glad you find them helpful. I know there are a lot of details in there, so I'll be working up a chapter list to help navigate thru it! Cheers!

​​@@ElectricRob That would be awesome, having a chapter list

Hey there - finishing up the chapter list today!

Sounds like the floor box family you are using actually has 2 electrical connectors in it. If you edit the family, you can remove one.

@@ElectricRob THANK YOU SIR, PROBLEM SOLVED.

Glad that worked!

Most welcome!

Glad you liked it!

Thanks!

Hey there and thanks! Glad you found it helpful. And hope all is well cross the pond!

You bet! I hope you got some value from it! Appreciate the feedback.

Glad it was helpful!

I'm so glad you found it helpful!

Appreciate the feedback! And yes, trying to fill in some gaps, as well as hit the mainstream topics.

Agree - I often just connect even the "remote driver" type LED's as 120V and let a note clarify, but wanted to present this more detailed option for those that do need it. As far as coordination views, some call them "working views", but they are just a separate view that you can set up differently than your actual "production view" or "sheet view" that you would actually place onto a finished sheet for publication. You can turn on other categories or even other linked models like HVAC or Plumbing or Structural to help with clash detection and coordination amongst the trades. Or even for your own electrical coordination - could have lighting, power, and even technology all visible at once. Nice to have this is a separate "view" so you don't forget to switch your "sheet view" back to the proper publish settings.

Hi Rob ! Hope everything is fine with you there. I have something for you. I want to know if we can change the colour of cable Trays Which we can see in the model when import to Naviswork. For example For CT (ITR) I want red colour For CT(power) I want Green colour Like which we can do for piping system in water supply Which can be visible in model not only in layout. Waiting for your reply.

Happy to hear that!

I'm so glad they are helping you out!

Very welcome - glad it was helpful!

Hey there Sam - great question! I have to admit I've not tried this scenario, but I sure will to see what's up. My gut feeling is that like any other 2-pole load, I would expect the loads would report on those 2 phases only, but maybe something crazy happens thru the transformer. Will see what I can find out and report back!

Correct, but a fairly common practice. Many times even with a timer type switch for the EF.

Glad it was helpful!

Hey Colton. Unfortunately, Revit wire sizing is not great, to be honest. I learned early on that I would still be sizing wiring outside of revit. Yes, you can add wire sizes, etc. to panel schedules, but note that revit tries to size wiring based upon its own voltage drop calcs, which have their own issues (lumps all loads of a circuit at the furthest load location, which of course way oversizes all of the wiring), sizes ground wires the same size as phase and neutral, etc. That being said, there are many other reasons to utilize revit - just wire sizing is not one of them. There are 3rd party add-ons that can help, if you want to go the paid route.

Glad it was helpful!

Hey there! Are you asking about physical dimensions for lighting fixtures, receptacle boxes, etc? Those "family" dimensions can be "associated" or "mapped" to family parameters that can be changed within your model if needed for a "parametric" type family. I have a number of videos on this channel that show detailed family editing.

@@ElectricRob yes I need this type video

Check out this video about making a non-hosted receptacle - shows adding labels to dimensions with parameters that you can adjust within your actual model czcams.com/video/f7wNLylEBe0/video.html

Hey there. A number of families in my videos are custom families that I created or edited. I have a whole playlist devoted to these!

Hey there Colton. Ah yes, sounds like a good video idea! I've hinted at a few small electrical changes (removing from circuits, adding to circuits, etc) but not a bigger change like you suggest. I'll definitely put that on my ideas list! Thanks for the feedback!

You bet!

Thanks for the feedback! So glad you enjoyed it.

Indeed - it's in the works soon! In the mean time, I have my previous full-project series here in one mega-video! czcams.com/video/hVH2SoYuxY4/video.html

I am waiting for it

@@ElectricRob Hey, I'm currently starting the first large project you just linked and you mentioned that there wouldn't be any mechanical/plumbing coordination in it since you'll be covering a lot of the basics in that build. Just curious, will you consider the MP coordination in this commercial project series? Thanks for the series, I appreciate it!

Hey there! Yes! Mechanical and Plumbing models are available for this project, so I will be showing coordination of those with the electrical model in this series!

Hey there Juan! In the video at around timestamp 4:05 I show how to duplicate the panel, but also scroll down to the Electrical Circuiting Heading / Distribution System to set it to match the "Panel Voltage" and "Panel Phase" that I set for that instance. Let me know if you can't find that. Cheers

Appreciate the feedback! Lots more to come!

Thanks!

Hey there! That template is not available directly, but I do show how it was created in this video czcams.com/video/hq-psuAb084/video.html - hope that helps!

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it! I have a new project series starting with episode 1 here! czcams.com/video/QWpFmpQU-N8/video.html

Thanks! Yeah, I much prefer when the architectural link is a revit model, but sometimes that just doesn't happen!