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The Setup File

In this video we will be going over the WireWorks setup file.

So, first thing's first. We need to draw some conduit elements in order to get Revit to build the conduit database to reference.

Now we go to the Add-Ins tab, under the GTP WireWorks group, and click the setup button.

The setup file is were all shared setting are stored. This file may be copied and placed locally or on a file server in order to be shared by multiple users.

The local settings are stored in a file that is located on and specific to the user's computer.

The setup file path is where you choose the setup file location.

We click file, and can now browse to a different setup file which may have different shared settings.

Once the setup file and the project are saved, this path data will be mapped to the project so that the correct settings are always associated to the correct project.

Thank you for your time and we'll see you later.

Conduit Cleanup

[Use Complete Setup File]

In this video we will be going over the WireWorks Conduit Cleanup Feature.

The Conduit Run Cleanup command performs data synchronization across all parts of a conduit run and is found in the GTP WireWorks ribbon panel on the Add-Ins tab inside Revit.

[Open Conduit Run Schedule]

When using the conduit without fittings type in Revit, you have access to a conduit run schedule that pairs connected conduit parts to a length line item in the schedule.

[Enter conduit run data with auto off]

The core issue happens when data applied to the conduits and conduit fittings never makes its way into the conduit run schedule. And so, there is a disparity in the data where you cannot easily relate conduit runs to their correct lengths.

[Run Manual Conduit Cleanup]

Conduit Cleanup using WireWorks resolves this by synchronizing selected parameter values along the run elements, and up to the conduit run schedule.

[Draw off Conduit End.. Then Trim Some Together]

This will work when drawing off of the end of a conduit as well as when trimming conduits together.

[Use Parallel Conduits Tool]

It even works when using Revit's native parallel conduits tool.

So let's get you running Conduit Cleanup like a pro.

[Open WireWorks Settings]

Open the WireWorks setup file by clicking Setup in the GTP WireWorks ribbon panel on the Add-Ins tab.

[Open Blank Setup File]

Now I am going to map over to a blank setup file so that that we can do this one from scratch.

Now let's take a look at the conduit parameters here.

These are the available instance parameters that WireWorks can synchronize.

[Add parameters in setup.. Add one extra to be removed]

We can map them for cleanup by selecting the desired parameters on the left hand table and clicking these arrows to bring them to the right hand table.

[Remove extra parameter]

You can remove parameters by selecting them on the right hand table and clicking these arrows to remove them

[Click OK to save]

Let's click OK to save, and verify that we do in fact have data synchronization happening.

[Run manual cleanup and show in run schedule]

Now you can run this manually such that WireWorks synchronizes the data on demand, but we prefer to run it automatically.

[Open WireWorks Settings]

Let's go back into the WireWorks setup and check out a few of the other options

[Turn on Auto Cleanup and click OK]

Down in the local settings I am going to turn on Automatic Conduit Run Cleanup and click OK to save.

[Draw off conduit end for data propagation]

[Trim pieces together for data propagation]

Now you'll see that as I draw off of the end of my conduit or trim the pieces together, data is synchronized automatically as I work.

[Run Revit parallel conduits tool]

It also works with Revit's parallel conduits tool and adds the data from the anchoring run to the new parts.

[Open WireWorks Settings]

Back in the setup we see these conduit cleanup by view and conduit cleanup by project checkboxes that enable you to specify whether running the conduit cleanup command only processes runs in the view or across the entire project.

[Turn on Workset Sync and click OK]

Workset synchronization enables a conduit run to maintain its original workset even if I am active on another workset and adding or editing elements or data along that run.

[Show Workset Sync Feature]

Let's give that a test by drawing a conduit run on one workset, changing my active workset, splitting that run and adding an offset in the middle, and verifying that the new parts are in fact on the correct original workset.

[Open WireWorks Settings]

Going back into the WireWorks settings one last time, let's look at the Master Conduit feature.

This allows users the ability to define a segment of a conduit run as the master conduit that controls and drives the data for the entire run.

[Turn on Master Conduit and click OK]

I am going to check this box, click OK, and see what that means.

[Show master conduit feature]

Drawing a conduit run, and then selecting an ending piece, I check the Master Conduit parameter and add some conduit run data to it.

[Edit downstream parameter and show it resolves]

You can see here that trying to edit the information downstream of the master conduit results in the conduit data reverting to the values in the master conduit.

[Zoom extents]

So that's it for Conduit Cleanup in GTP WireWorks.

Thank you for your time and we'll see you later.