Tuesday 27 August 2013

How to Identify Uncircuited Connections with Filters

You can quickly find uncircuited elements using System Browser.  Under the Unassigned > Electrical section, you can find connections that are not circuited.
Under the Electrical section, you can find connections that are circuited, but not connected to a panel... these will have the circuit indication of <unnamed>.
Connections that are circuited will show the circuit number.
You can select any connection in System Browser, right click, and select Show to 'zoom' to the associated object in the model.

If you want to visually identify this in the model canvas as you are working more dynamically, you can use View Filters to color these conditions.
On the ribbon View tab, Graphics panel, click Filters.
I've defined three filters for three conditions as shown below.

Uncircuited


Circuited




No Panel


With these filters defined, you can now apply them to a view as shown below.

The resulting view will look something like that shown below.

The System Browser can reliably be used to find uncircuited connections, however, since only the primary electrical connector in the familly is tracked by the Panel / Circuit properties of the instance, the View Filter may not accurately show the circuited color state of all connectors for elements with more than one connector.

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Revit Electrical Workflow


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Monday 19 August 2013

Worksharing Monitor for Autodesk Revit 2012


The Worksharing Monitor for Revit 2012 facilitates the use of Revit software in a file-based worksharing environment, in which multiple people work on one project. For workshared projects, the Worksharing Monitor answers questions like the following:
  • Who is currently working on this project?
  • Is my local copy of the project up to date?
  • When will my Synchronize with Central operation finish?
  • Has my request to borrow elements been granted?
  • Are any issues interfering with my work on a Revit project?
NoteThe Worksharing Monitor is not useful for standalone Revit projects, which do not use worksharing to divide the work for a project among several people.
The Worksharing Monitor works with all Revit products, including Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, and Revit Structure. If you are working on one or more workshared Revit projects, install the Worksharing Monitor on your computer. When you open a workshared project in the Revit software, also start the Worksharing Monitor. (Using the Worksharing Monitor with worksharing projects is not required, but it is strongly recommended.)
For information about setting up, using, and managing workshared projects, as well as terminology and concepts related to worksharing, see “Working in a Team” in the Revit Help.

Top 10 Reasons You Can't See an Element in Revit

  1. Is the correct Workset being used?
  2. Is the view range set correctly to see the particular element?
  3. Is the object hosted on an incorrect surface like a floor instead of a ceiling?
  4. Is there a filter applied to the view that is causing the element to be hidden?
  5. Is the detail level of the view set correctly?  Some families are set not to show at Coarse.
  6. Try using the "Reveal Hidden Elements" tool in the view control bar.
  7. Is there a plan region in the view?
  8. Is the view "Discipline" set correctly?
  9. Is the element in the correct phase and is an appropriate phase filter set in the view to make it visible. 
  10. Is the element part of a design option and perhaps that isn't the current option for that particular view?