Annotating Wiring Diagrams (4:32 min)

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NARRATOR: Annotating wiring diagrams.

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In this video, we'll add tags and other annotation

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to a wiring diagram view and place the view on a sheet,

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and then add a legend to that sheet.

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I'm working in the Small Medical Center project in the ground

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floor Electrical devices view.

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This view has some of the wires placed

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which are we're now going to annotate

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to create a power plan.

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First I'm going to rename the view to ground floor power

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plan.

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In the project browser, in the electrical power floor plans

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group, I'm going to double click slowly on ground floor

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electrical devices plan, and then

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I can rename it to ground floor power plan.

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We also don't need to see the structural information

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in this view.

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So I'm going to type VV to open the visibility

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graphic overrides dialog box, and then

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in the Revit Links tab in the visibility column,

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I'm going to uncheck Small Medical Center s

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and then click OK.

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First I'm going to zoom in on the exam room

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section of the plan, and we're going

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to add tags to show the circuits.

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In the Annotate tab on the tag panel,

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I'm clicking tag by category.

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I want to make sure our leaders are off,

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and I'm going to select the Home run arrow of my circuit.

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I want to move it away I use a little move control

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and drag it to the side.

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So that's what I'm going to do with each of these,

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I'm going to tag the home run arrow,

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and then I'm going to move the tag to where it fits best.

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Then I'll click Modify to stop that.

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The next thing I want to do is check

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the height of the outlets.

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When I select this outlet here and then look in properties,

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you can see the elevation from the level

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as 1 foot 6, or 18 inches.

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But when I select the outlet that's on the casework,

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the outlet elevation is three foot or 36 inches.

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These outlets need to be labeled with a different height using

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text.

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So in either the Quick Access toolbar

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or in the Annotate tab text panel, click the text button.

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Verify that the size of your text is what you're expecting.

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Pick two points to place the text,

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and then I'm going to type in 36 inches,

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and then click outside the box.

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I'm going to click Modify to stop the text command,

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and then I can zoom in and see this text.

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If I need to, I can move it, make sure you use the control.

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And now I want to copy it to the other places

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where the outlets are 36 inches.

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So I'm going to go to the Modify and click Copy,

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make sure it's set to multiple.

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Pick a base point, and then a second point.

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And I'll move around the entire plan.

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I'll click Modify, and I've got my outlets in there.

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And again, if I want to, I can move each of these

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and get them in place better.

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So now let's get this view on a sheet.

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So I'm going to expand the sheets category

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and then I'm going to select E102 ground level power plan

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and double click to open that view.

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Now I'm going to use my ground floor power plan

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and drag and drop it onto the sheet.

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Pick a point where I want to place it,

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and there's my view just as you had seen it before.

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I also want to add a legend to the sheet that has notes on it.

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This is one that's already been created in this view.

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So here's my general electrical nodes,

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and I'm going to drag and drop that to the sheet as well.

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Using a legend view for notes lets you place them

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on more than one sheet.

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So I could have this exact same legend on the second floor

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sheet for example.

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I don't need to see the viewport title.

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I'm going to the type selector and selecting no title.

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So as you have time you could finish

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filling out the wiring diagram in this view with wires, tags,

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and text.

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The changes will automatically update on the sheet,

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and then you'll be ready with permit drawings.