Equipment & Circuits
The articles in this section describe how to model, configure, and otherwise work with distribution equipment, branch circuit devices, feeders, and branch circuits.
📄️ Modeling Special Equipment Configurations
If the internal specifications of your equipment do not significantly impact calculations, you can use notes and manual drafting to indicate them without actually modeling them.
📄️ Panel Edit Command Video
Training video on how to get the most out of the features in the Panel Edit command.
📄️ Configuring Panels Video
Training video on how to configure panels and similar distribution equipment in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Configuring Transformers Video
Training video on how to configure transformers in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Transformer OCP Sizes Video
Training video on how to configure OCP sizing for transformers in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Generators in ElectroBIM
Neither Revit nor ElectroBIM has settings specifically for generators, but you can approximate them using transformers.
📄️ Bus Ducts in Revit
ElectroBIM can work with bus ducts, also called busways, but some additional work is required to calculate feeder lengths properly.
📄️ Bus Ducts in Revit Video
Training video exploring different ways you can model bus ducts, also called busways, and how each method impacts single-line diagrams and calculations in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Family Edit Command Video
Training video on how you can modify your families to work better with ElectroBIM.
📄️ Customizing Families Video ft. Brian Muir
Training video on how to customize your families in ElectroBIM, and more. This training was led by Brian Muir, P.Eng., of Muir Engineering.
📄️ Instance Edit Command Video
Training video exploring the settings you can adjust on branch circuit device instances in your projects.
📄️ Modeling Motor/MEQ Connections With Disconnects or VFDs
There are different methods for modeling circuits for which a disconnect or VFD is circuited to mechanical equipment, each with its own use case and limitations.
📄️ Circuit Edit Command Video
Training video on how to get the most out of the features in the Circuit Edit command.
📄️ Branch Circuits in Revit Video
Training video on how to configure circuit descriptions, breaker sizing, and wire sizing for branch circuits in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Circuit Descriptions in ElectroBIM w/ Video
Training video on how you can use ElectroBIM to manage your circuit descriptions on panel schedules.
📄️ Circuit Breaker Sizing Video
Training video on best practices for sizing your circuit breakers using ElectroBIM.
📄️ Wire Size Customization in ElectroBIM Video
Training video on how to customize the wire sizes used in your project in ElectroBIM.
📄️ Neutrals
Neutrals cannot be added to or removed from feeders and branch circuits using ElectroBIM commands. Whether the software includes a neutral is based upon the Revit settings described below.
📄️ Creating a Revit Feeder Schedule
You can create a feeder schedule separate from the single-line diagram using ElectroBIM shared parameters and standard Revit functionality.
📄️ Adding ElectroBIM Shared Parameters to Revit Panel Schedules Video
Training video exploring panel schedules in Revit. Learn how to customize them with ElectroBIM shared parameters.
📄️ Main Disconnect Type Revit Formulas
The DMEN_Panel_MainDisconnectType shared parameter can be used to write Revit formulas that display different information based upon a panel's main disconnect type.