The document provides an overview of a presentation on powering up projects with electrical families in Autodesk Revit, covering topics such as understanding electrical connectors, creating custom panel families and schedules, and using spaces and zones to organize electrical systems spatially. The presentation emphasizes the importance of connector parameters for voltage, load, and other attributes when defining electrical elements and shows how to customize panels, schedules, and fixtures for multi-discipline coordination.

1. CROWNE PLAZA
ANAHEIM, CA
April 24-25, 2014
PACIFIC
COAST
Kelli Lubeley
Power Up Your Project
with Electrical Families

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understand the parameters associated with power connectors and
how they relate to panel schedules
• Define connectors for non-power electrical elements
• Understand panel families and how to create panels and devices for
custom electrical systems
• Use spaces and zones to spatially organize systems

3. Understanding Electrical Connectors

4. In the Family Editor…
• System Type
• Number of Poles
• Power State Factor
• Load Classification
• Voltage
• Apparent Load
• Power Factor

5. In the Project…

6. In the Project…

7. What’s Important?
It’s all about Connector Parameters
1. Voltage
2. Apparent Load
3. Load Classification
4. Number of Poles

8. Non-Power Connector Types

9. Data
Fire Alarm
Nurse Call
Communication
Controls
Security
Telephone

10. If we do this…
Why aren’t we doing this…

11. We rely on this…

12. Why not…

13. Special Panel Families
+ =

14. Panel Schedules
Systems &
Circuiting
Coordination &
Details

15. It’s as easy as…
1. Create a family defined as
Electrical Equipment.
2. Select “Other Panel” under
Part Type.
3. Assign the Connector to the
correct System Type.

16. Customizing Panel Shedules

17. General Settings

18. Circuit Table

19. Loads Summary

20. 1. Select a cell in the panel schedule template.
2. In the Choose Category drop-down, select a category.
3. In the Add Parameter drop-down, select a parameter.

21. Using Spaces and Zones

24. Annotation in Electrical Families

25. The problem with wall mounted fixtures:

26. The Fix

27. Ta da!!!

28. Lighting Fixtures for Multi-Discipline
Projects
Placed in MEP Model Appearance in ARCH Model

29. Lighting Fixtures for Multi-Discipline
Projects
Placed in MEP Model Appearance in ARCH Model

30. Thank You!
Kelli Lubeley
Virtual Design Coordinator
Dewberry
klubeley@dewberry.com