MEP electrical design

Look at several important features of what makes a powerful lighting fixture family, including shared parameters, model geometry and photometric files.

This content takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

• Add shared parameters to a face-based lighting fixture template.
• Insert model geometry into a new lighting fixture family.
• Apply the correct photometric IES file for the light source in the new lighting fixture family.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

• Introduction to Creating Lighting Fixtures (1:34 min)
• Preparing to Create Lighting Fixture Families (4:02 min)
• Setting Up a Lighting Fixture Family Base File (5:51 min)
• Creating New Lighting Fixture Families From a Base File (6:02 min)
• Creating Lighting Fixture Families in Revit - Quiz
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Review the basics of placing cable tray, add vertical cable tray and place cable tray and fittings horizontally on a wall. We are also modifying cable tray fittings to work in tight spaces.

This content takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

• Model cable try vertically and horizontally along a wall.
• Modify cable try fittings in tight spaces.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

• Introduction to Adding Cable Tray in Revit (1:05 min)
• Modeling Cable Tray Vertically (3:09 min)
• Modeling Cable Tray Horizontally (6:07 min)
• Modify Cable Tray Fittings in Tight Spaces (4:03 min)
• Adding Cable Tray in Revit - Quiz
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Explore preparation of wiring diagrams for permit drawings. It starts with creating electrical circuits and then adding wires and annotation.

This content takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the ende, you should be able to:

• Create and update electrical circuits.
• Add wires to electrical circuits.
• Annotate a wiring diagram.

Prerequisites

This content requires user-level knowledge of Revit and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

• Built-in tutorials, available via in-product Help
• eLearning Partners
• Authorized Training Centers

About the author

This content was created by Martha Hollowell Orcutt.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

• Creating Electrical Wiring Diagrams: Introduction (0:55 min)
• Creating and Updating Electrical Circuits (4:09 min)
• Adding Wires to Electrical Circuits (4:24 min)
• Annotating Wiring Diagrams (4:32 min)
• Creating Electrical Wiring Diagrams in Revit - Quiz
• Learn More or Get Help on This Topic

Learn about Lighting Plans that are needed for permit drawings. They show the lights with tags, connections to switches, and schedules and legends that provide information about the lighting fixtures. 

This content takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to: 

• Create ceiling plan views using a view template.
• Draw detail lines showing switch connections.
• Add lighting fixture tags and legends.

Prerequisites

This content requires user-level knowledge of Revit and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

• Built-in tutorials, available via in-product Help
• eLearning Partners
• Authorized Training Centers

About the author

This content was created by Martha Hollowell Orcutt.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

• Introduction
• Creating Ceiling Plans Using View Templates
• Drawing Detail Lines Showing Switch Connections
• Adding Lighting Fixture Tags and Legends
• Creating Lighting Plans using Revit - Quiz
• Learn More or Get Help on This Topic