Showing posts with label electrical settings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electrical settings. Show all posts

September 15, 2016

Revit 2017: Electrical Apparent Load Calculation Options

One of the new MEP design enhancements in Revit 2017 is the Electrical Apparent Load Calculation options to help better communicate the engineering data.

With the option to choose the default method, which is sum the true load and reactive load, or sum the apparent load which is a more simplified approach, you now have more control over the method you prefer to use to calculate the electrical loads with Apparent Load Calculation Options.
Sum True Load & Reactive Load Sum Apparent Load
Here is a short video demonstrating how new electrical calculation options enable you to design more efficiently and choose the calculation options for your needs.

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Vasudha Dixit
ENI Application Specialist 
Vasudha is an MEP Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. based on San Francisco office. She has a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago where she specialized in HVAC design, green buildings and energy analysis. Prior to Ideate, she interned at a few multinational companies where she performed finite element analysis for design validation of components. Vasudha provides Revit MEP training and support for various AEC firms.

October 9, 2015

Revit MEP 2016 Circuit Sequence Options


In Revit 2016, one of the new Electrical Enhancements is Circuit Sequencing Options. This has been added to the Circuit Sequence drop down menu in the Electrical Settings dialog to provide users the ability to specify the sequence in which the power circuits are created.

In order to set the sequence:

Open the Electrical Settings window (via the Manage tab > Settings panel, MEP Settings drop list > Electrical Settings). On the left side, select General, then go to the Settings column on the right. In the Settings column, find the row for Circuit Sequence.


Under the pull down menu, users can now set the sequence to:

• Numerical (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12): The standard way Revit has circuited elements.


• Group by Phase (1,3,5 / 2,4,6 / 7,9,11/8,10,12)


• Odd then Even (1,3,5,7,9 ,11/ 2,4,6,8,10,12)


Once the selection is made on how the circuit needs to be created, the electrical device is then selected and the circuits will be added in the way the circuit sequence is specified to help improve productivity.


Revit MEP 2016 Circuit Sequence Options
 
...View video below...
 



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Vasudha Dixit

MEP Application Specialist

Vasudha is an MEP Application Specialist at Ideate, Inc. based on San Francisco office. She has a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago where she specialized in HVAC design, green buildings and energy analysis. Prior to Ideate, she interned at a few multinational companies where she performed finite element analysis for design validation of components. Vasudha provides Revit MEP training and support for various AEC firms.