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Do you know if there’s a way to round off slight differences? Sometimes the count doesn’t work because a bent ductbank will have its outer conduits run a tad further than the inside conduits, thus the distances are not exact and the itemize feature won’t lump them together.
@@theelectricaldepartment If you go into Formatting > Length > Field Format, you can round all of your lengths to whatever measurement you want, and that will group everything together automatically. For instance, if you have one conduit that's (5' - 1 1/4") and another that's (5' - 1") and you choose to round to the nearest 1/4", those two conduits will be considered the same in the schedule and you will have a count of 2. Mine was set to 1/32" by default and I had to uncheck "Use project settings". As a guy that was just the one installing the stuff a couple months ago, we always said one inch and one and an eighth are the same thing, so that feels like a comfy measurement to use.
Excellent video, I just have a quick question in regards when you have conduit fittings in the whole run, if Revit will count the length of that particular fitting? because I was doing that, and I realize it do not do correctly when we have fittings.
Oh that’s a great point…I had assumed it does measure the fitting as part of the run, I’ll have to go back and test/check this. Thanks for pointing this out!
The most likely reason is because you've used "conduits with fittings". Revit only recognizes conduit runs when they are done with "conduits without fittings" category. This doesn't make too much sense to me but it is what it is - it's just Revit being Revit. :)
Hey we have some exciting news! We are partnering up with MEP Guy to launch the most effective REVIT courses for MEP designers and engineers! Check out the Electrical course preview and sign up here: www.mepguy.com/electrical
As a special bonus, we're offering a free download of an Electrical Clearance family that anyone can use to designate a "no fly" zone or clearance zone that must be maintained in front of electrical equipment. Drop it anywhere you need folks to keep clear of zappy things!
thanks for sharing this, a true life saver.
You can uncheck the itemize button and add the "Count" field to get a count on conduits in the same run faster and with less clutter.
Do you know if there’s a way to round off slight differences? Sometimes the count doesn’t work because a bent ductbank will have its outer conduits run a tad further than the inside conduits, thus the distances are not exact and the itemize feature won’t lump them together.
@@theelectricaldepartment If you go into Formatting > Length > Field Format, you can round all of your lengths to whatever measurement you want, and that will group everything together automatically. For instance, if you have one conduit that's (5' - 1 1/4") and another that's (5' - 1") and you choose to round to the nearest 1/4", those two conduits will be considered the same in the schedule and you will have a count of 2. Mine was set to 1/32" by default and I had to uncheck "Use project settings". As a guy that was just the one installing the stuff a couple months ago, we always said one inch and one and an eighth are the same thing, so that feels like a comfy measurement to use.
That’s awesome! I gotta try this out.
Excellent video, I just have a quick question in regards when you have conduit fittings in the whole run, if Revit will count the length of that particular fitting? because I was doing that, and I realize it do not do correctly when we have fittings.
Oh that’s a great point…I had assumed it does measure the fitting as part of the run, I’ll have to go back and test/check this. Thanks for pointing this out!
Conduit fitting can’t check length
Do you or have you used any add ons for MEP work in Revit, such as Evolve?
Yes a few but haven't touched Evolve yet. I have used Elum tools, LayoutFast, Enscape and tried RF tools but company didn't continue the license :(
@@theelectricaldepartment dude RF Tools are definitely still going? one of my biggest used tools. Love it, have you seen BIMBusway? super nice for Bus
What happen if the schedule isn't showing any of the conduits?
Might have the wrong phase selected. Just today we realized our receptacle schedule was set to Shell and didn’t show anything we put in Fit Out 😅
The most likely reason is because you've used "conduits with fittings". Revit only recognizes conduit runs when they are done with "conduits without fittings" category. This doesn't make too much sense to me but it is what it is - it's just Revit being Revit. :)