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00:01
In this lesson we will cover creating and editing circuits and adjusting circuit properties.
00:10
In this model, lighting fixtures have been placed along with some of the electrical devices.
00:18
At this point you can begin creating circuits.
00:22
You can create circuits for power systems along with some low voltage systems such as data, telephone and fire alarm.
00:33
In this lesson, we'll look specifically at power systems.
00:37
And the important thing to keep in mind is that only compatible devices can be connected,
00:43
and that means that they have the same distribution system which is made up of the voltage definition and the number of poles.
00:52
We could take a quick look at that.
00:53
If we switch to the systems ribbon and in the electrical panel will click the dialog box launcher,
01:00
and then we'll look at the distribution systems settings
01:05
and you can see that it's made up of the phase configuration, a number of wires and L. L. Voltage and an L. G. Voltage
01:13
and those voltage come from the voltage definitions here and so there is a minimum and maximum voltage.
01:21
So there's a range here to make up these voltages and then once again they can be selected here to make up the distribution system.
01:31
Now when we take a look at the components that can be added to a circuit,
01:38
the important thing to keep in mind is that they must have an electrical connector.
01:43
So I'm going to select this receptacle and click Edit Family.
01:48
And when I look at the family I can see the electrical connector here,
01:53
and when I select it you can see that there is a system type parameter and so this one is set to power unbalanced.
02:01
But as I described earlier you can create circuits for several other types of systems such as data, telephone security, so on,
02:10
and once again power, power is the main one we're focusing on.
02:15
And the important thing to keep in mind with power circuits is the voltage.
02:20
And so here's a voltage.
02:22
All of the electrical connectors will have a voltage parameter,
02:27
and this one in particular is associated to a family parameter which is the switch voltage.
02:33
And so that's where the voltage of this receptacle can be controlled.
02:39
Okay, So once again to be added to a circuit, it must have an electrical connector,
02:46
and you need to pay attention to the voltage and the number of poles and the system type for each connector.
02:55
Okay. We'll close that family and go back to the model and let's create a circuit for these receptacles.
03:03
So if I select a receptacle, you can see that in the contextual ribbon.
03:08
There's a create systems panel and power is available and that is due to the electrical connector that we just looked at.
03:18
When I click power, a circuit is created and right now that only that single receptacle is added to the circuit.
03:27
But at this point we can click edit circuit and go into edit circuit mode,
03:32
and then there are a couple options here add to circuit and remove from circuit.
03:38
So with add to circuit selected, I can begin selecting other receptacles,
03:44
or even other once again other compatible devices that could be on the circuit.
03:49
So in this case I could add lighting fixtures that are 120 volt.
03:54
I'm simply going to continue selecting receptacles.
04:02
And in a minute I'm going to get a warning and there it is.
04:04
So it's now it's telling me that the total connected load for the circuit is exceeding 80 of the defined rating.
04:11
And so right now the rating for the circuit is set to 20 amps and I'm exceeding 80 of that capacity.
04:19
And so Revit is going to warn me of that.
04:23
So I can select remove from circuit and I'll remove a few of these devices,
04:30
and so you'll notice that as I'm adding components as I'm adding these receptacles to the circuit they are becoming bold,
04:38
and the ones that are removed they are now dimmed and so that will tell me which components have been added to the circuit.
04:47
Once I have the all of the fixtures that I want on this circuit I can select the panel.
04:55
There is a drop down and I can expand that drop down and I can select the panel,
04:60
or if I wanted to if it was visible in the view which in this case it is I want to I want to assign it to L. P. one.
05:09
I can click Select Panel and then select the panel in the drawing area.
05:15
Once again I can I can select it from the drop down or click select panel and then select it,
05:22
and then once I have that finished I'll click Finish Editing Circuit and all of my receptacles that I selected are now added to the circuit.
05:32
And when I select them you can see the electrical circuits contextual ribbon and the ones that I removed those are obviously no longer on the circuit.
05:42
Another way to create a circuit is to select those components beforehand.
05:48
So I'll select a handful of lighting fixtures,
05:51
and when I do once again power is available and the contextual ribbon and I'll click Power and only the selected devices are added to the circuit.
06:04
I can select one of the fixtures in the circuit and switch to the electrical circuits contextual ribbon,
06:11
and I can click Edit Circuit and add additional fixtures if I wanted to
06:16
and also be aware that those were added to panel L. P. One and that's because panel L. P. One was the last panel that I used for a circuit.
06:25
And so Revit will remember that and continue to add circuits to that panel.
06:32
And so if you wanted to change that panel you could do so by expanding that drop down and selecting another panel,
06:40
and then Revit would use that for the next one.
06:45
All right. So we have two circuits created.
06:48
We added the electrical fixtures and the lighting fixtures to a circuit.
06:54
Now let's take a look at.
06:55
We could we could obviously continue doing that throughout the building.
06:58
A couple more things I want to cover is we can circuit panels to other panels.
07:03
So in this case we have panel L. p. one and when I select it, the power button appears in the contextual ribbon,
07:11
and I can create a circuit for that and we can connect it to the transformer,
07:17
so I can expand the panel drop down in the contextual ribbon and select the transformer.
07:23
And then we can do the same thing, create a circuit for transformer and connected to panel M. D. P. one.
07:33
All right.
07:34
Last note I'll make about circuits is when you're connecting them two panels and specifically panels to other panels,
07:45
there's the option to control the connection type and it can either be through a breaker or feed-through lugs.
07:53
And if you want to use feed-through lugs the that option must be enabled.
07:59
And so just for example, I will copy this panel and when I selected I'll click Power and it's set to M. M. D. P one.
08:11
And since the connection, the feed through types, sorry, feed-through lugs option was enabled, I can select that for the connection type.
08:22
So pay attention to that.
08:26
So just to summarize, the components must be of the same distribution system,
08:32
and we did not cover panels that they do have a distribution system parameter so you can control that,
08:40
and then transformers, they actually have a secondary distribution parameter and you can control that as well.
08:49
And so pay attention to the voltage number of poles, which make up the distribution system so that you can create circuits.
00:01
In this lesson we will cover creating and editing circuits and adjusting circuit properties.
00:10
In this model, lighting fixtures have been placed along with some of the electrical devices.
00:18
At this point you can begin creating circuits.
00:22
You can create circuits for power systems along with some low voltage systems such as data, telephone and fire alarm.
00:33
In this lesson, we'll look specifically at power systems.
00:37
And the important thing to keep in mind is that only compatible devices can be connected,
00:43
and that means that they have the same distribution system which is made up of the voltage definition and the number of poles.
00:52
We could take a quick look at that.
00:53
If we switch to the systems ribbon and in the electrical panel will click the dialog box launcher,
01:00
and then we'll look at the distribution systems settings
01:05
and you can see that it's made up of the phase configuration, a number of wires and L. L. Voltage and an L. G. Voltage
01:13
and those voltage come from the voltage definitions here and so there is a minimum and maximum voltage.
01:21
So there's a range here to make up these voltages and then once again they can be selected here to make up the distribution system.
01:31
Now when we take a look at the components that can be added to a circuit,
01:38
the important thing to keep in mind is that they must have an electrical connector.
01:43
So I'm going to select this receptacle and click Edit Family.
01:48
And when I look at the family I can see the electrical connector here,
01:53
and when I select it you can see that there is a system type parameter and so this one is set to power unbalanced.
02:01
But as I described earlier you can create circuits for several other types of systems such as data, telephone security, so on,
02:10
and once again power, power is the main one we're focusing on.
02:15
And the important thing to keep in mind with power circuits is the voltage.
02:20
And so here's a voltage.
02:22
All of the electrical connectors will have a voltage parameter,
02:27
and this one in particular is associated to a family parameter which is the switch voltage.
02:33
And so that's where the voltage of this receptacle can be controlled.
02:39
Okay, So once again to be added to a circuit, it must have an electrical connector,
02:46
and you need to pay attention to the voltage and the number of poles and the system type for each connector.
02:55
Okay. We'll close that family and go back to the model and let's create a circuit for these receptacles.
03:03
So if I select a receptacle, you can see that in the contextual ribbon.
03:08
There's a create systems panel and power is available and that is due to the electrical connector that we just looked at.
03:18
When I click power, a circuit is created and right now that only that single receptacle is added to the circuit.
03:27
But at this point we can click edit circuit and go into edit circuit mode,
03:32
and then there are a couple options here add to circuit and remove from circuit.
03:38
So with add to circuit selected, I can begin selecting other receptacles,
03:44
or even other once again other compatible devices that could be on the circuit.
03:49
So in this case I could add lighting fixtures that are 120 volt.
03:54
I'm simply going to continue selecting receptacles.
04:02
And in a minute I'm going to get a warning and there it is.
04:04
So it's now it's telling me that the total connected load for the circuit is exceeding 80 of the defined rating.
04:11
And so right now the rating for the circuit is set to 20 amps and I'm exceeding 80 of that capacity.
04:19
And so Revit is going to warn me of that.
04:23
So I can select remove from circuit and I'll remove a few of these devices,
04:30
and so you'll notice that as I'm adding components as I'm adding these receptacles to the circuit they are becoming bold,
04:38
and the ones that are removed they are now dimmed and so that will tell me which components have been added to the circuit.
04:47
Once I have the all of the fixtures that I want on this circuit I can select the panel.
04:55
There is a drop down and I can expand that drop down and I can select the panel,
04:60
or if I wanted to if it was visible in the view which in this case it is I want to I want to assign it to L. P. one.
05:09
I can click Select Panel and then select the panel in the drawing area.
05:15
Once again I can I can select it from the drop down or click select panel and then select it,
05:22
and then once I have that finished I'll click Finish Editing Circuit and all of my receptacles that I selected are now added to the circuit.
05:32
And when I select them you can see the electrical circuits contextual ribbon and the ones that I removed those are obviously no longer on the circuit.
05:42
Another way to create a circuit is to select those components beforehand.
05:48
So I'll select a handful of lighting fixtures,
05:51
and when I do once again power is available and the contextual ribbon and I'll click Power and only the selected devices are added to the circuit.
06:04
I can select one of the fixtures in the circuit and switch to the electrical circuits contextual ribbon,
06:11
and I can click Edit Circuit and add additional fixtures if I wanted to
06:16
and also be aware that those were added to panel L. P. One and that's because panel L. P. One was the last panel that I used for a circuit.
06:25
And so Revit will remember that and continue to add circuits to that panel.
06:32
And so if you wanted to change that panel you could do so by expanding that drop down and selecting another panel,
06:40
and then Revit would use that for the next one.
06:45
All right. So we have two circuits created.
06:48
We added the electrical fixtures and the lighting fixtures to a circuit.
06:54
Now let's take a look at.
06:55
We could we could obviously continue doing that throughout the building.
06:58
A couple more things I want to cover is we can circuit panels to other panels.
07:03
So in this case we have panel L. p. one and when I select it, the power button appears in the contextual ribbon,
07:11
and I can create a circuit for that and we can connect it to the transformer,
07:17
so I can expand the panel drop down in the contextual ribbon and select the transformer.
07:23
And then we can do the same thing, create a circuit for transformer and connected to panel M. D. P. one.
07:33
All right.
07:34
Last note I'll make about circuits is when you're connecting them two panels and specifically panels to other panels,
07:45
there's the option to control the connection type and it can either be through a breaker or feed-through lugs.
07:53
And if you want to use feed-through lugs the that option must be enabled.
07:59
And so just for example, I will copy this panel and when I selected I'll click Power and it's set to M. M. D. P one.
08:11
And since the connection, the feed through types, sorry, feed-through lugs option was enabled, I can select that for the connection type.
08:22
So pay attention to that.
08:26
So just to summarize, the components must be of the same distribution system,
08:32
and we did not cover panels that they do have a distribution system parameter so you can control that,
08:40
and then transformers, they actually have a secondary distribution parameter and you can control that as well.
08:49
And so pay attention to the voltage number of poles, which make up the distribution system so that you can create circuits.
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