WireWorks v6.4 updates.

Summary of Changes

1. Draw your initial conduit runs.
2. Select at least a piece of your run(s) and click the Check Rows based on Selection button in the Data Manager. This will check the corresponding rows in the Data Manager.
3. Use the Data Manager (on your current view) to start entering identifying data into the conduits. This data propagates into the conduits, conduit fittings, and conduit runs.
4. Split your conduit runs using our suite of splitting and coupling related tools.
5. Use the Auto Numbering routines to give each segment a unique and useful value. This can be done as you split, in the data table on selected conduit rows, or on clicking to control the sequencing.
6. Using a grouping of choice like an area parameter or a selection from the model, isolate the conduit bend sheets that you want to generate and click the View Selected Bend Sheets button
7. Use the Bend Sheets to quickly and accurately bend conduits designed in Revit

Workflow

1. Conduit Routing - Draw your initial conduit runs.

   
   
   
2. Finding Your Conduit - Select at least a piece of your run(s) and click the Check Rows based on Selection button in the Data Manager. This will check the corresponding rows in the Data Manager. You can also run this function in the inverse by checking rows in the Data Manager and then clicking the Locate Selected button.
   
   
   
   
3. Conduit Run Data - Use the Data Manager to start entering identifying data into the conduits. This data propagates into the conduits, conduit fittings, and conduit runs.
   
   
   
4. Conduit Splitting - Split your conduit runs using our suite of splitting and coupling related tools.
   
   
   
5. Auto Numbering - Use the Auto Numbering routines to give each segment a unique and useful value. This can be done as you split, in the data table on selected conduit rows, or on clicking to control the sequencing. The way you use it will depend on how you like to process your conduit naming. Some like to do it as they split, others like to do them in bulk afterwards. 
   
   
   
6. Preparing for Bend Sheets - Using a filtered search, grouping of choice like an area parameter, or a selection from the model, isolate the conduit bend sheets that you want to generate. Now just click the View Selected Bend Sheets button.
   
   
   
7. Bend Sheets - Use Bend Sheets to quickly and accurately bend conduits designed in Revit.
   

Dock

1. The Dock gives users the ability to quickly see and access all the available tools and settings from one elegant location. This is broken down into two tabs along the bottom where you can manage either placing couplings or managing data and producing bend sheets. This dockable window can be disconnected from the active Revit window to give you all the real estate you need. The blue expander arrows allow you to limit the dock down to just the commands or can give you access to the on-demand Conduit Length values.
   
   
2. Supports native access to on-demand conduit length data. These can be accessed by selecting conduit parts and runs and clicking the refresh button.
   
   
   

   1. Conduit Run Length - Displays the full length of the selected conduit runs including couplings, bends, and unions. For example, this could be from panel to panel or equipment to junction box. It is the length as if you had tab-selected the run.

   2. Conduit Stock Length - Displays the length of the selected conduit straights and bends, excluding gaps from couplings and unions.

   3. Length of Selection - Displays the lengths of the items selected.
      
      

3. Data Manager - By using the Data Manager, you can drive the data you want into the parameters of your choice. You can also bi-directionally switch between the data table and back to the conduits in the model. The Data Manager is furthermore the place from where you will generate Bend Sheet files.
   
   
   

Application Settings

1. Built to support almost all user types when speaking about conduit in Revit. Conduit with or without fittings is supported, minus a few things like the on-demand Conduit Length data.
   
   
   

2. All you need to do is tell us which parameters from your elbow families contain the length of straight conduit coming off the bent radius. In the stock Revit conduit fitting families this is called “Conduit Length”, so if that’s what you use just make your settings look like the settings above.
   
   
   

3. In the Data Management tab of the Application Settings, you can choose which parameters are visible on the data table as well as give them custom column header names. You can choose a primary sorting column from here by checking the box next to your parameter of choice.  Use the arrows to move a parameter up or down and the trash can icon to remove one entirely.
   
   
   

4. You can see in this screenshot that the defined parameters show up in their respective orders in the Data Manager. In addition to that, you will always see the Size, Length, and Bends columns.
   
   
   

5. The Bend Options settings are all about controlling how dimensions are going to be referenced in the Bend Sheet text files. This table gives you control based on the conduit Type and Size. If you need more than one Offset per material and size, you will need to create another type.
   
   
   

6. Most people like their bend marks to be drawn at the end of the bender shoe hook. In this image, a zero length Offset would get you a mark at the location of the arrow on this bender. A zero-length offset represents a bend mark exactly where the radius of the bend starts. If you wanted your mark to show up at the end of the hook on the left, you would need to measure your tooling and determine that offset length.
   
   
   

Split Settings

1. Built to support both imperial and metric unit Standards. This can be toggled with the radio buttons in the Split Settings.
   
   
   

   1. The Minimum Length setting gives the user control, when placing couplings, of the minimum length of conduit that will be left connected between the connector of the conduit bend and the connecter of the coupling once placed. So how much of a tangential piece of conduit is left on the end of the conduit bend before the coupling.

   2. The Maximum Length setting gives the user control, when placing couplings, of the maximum length of conduit and conduit fittings between two couplings or between couplings and conduit ends. You can think of this like the stock length setting which is the length we are trying to hit when placing couplings.

   3. The Round Conduit Length setting give the split tools a goal for rounding conduit run lengths between couplings. This establishes more of an affinity for those nice rounded lengths when you cannot get a full Maximum Length out of a section of conduit but will be bound to the geometry.

   4. If you draw a piece of conduit that is 11' 8-3/64" long with a Maximum Length setting of 10', you will have at least one 10’ segment. The rounding will not change the fact that the second segment will be 11' 8-3/64" long.

Align Couplings

The Align Couplings tool allows you to align a set of selected couplings on parallel conduits to a reference coupling.

To use the Align Couplings tool:

1. Select multiple couplings on parallel conduit runs.

2. Click the Align Couplings button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.

3. Select a reference coupling to converge the other selected couplings to the reference coupling's plane.

Decouple Run

The Decouple Run tool will remove any selected couplings from conduit runs. It has the added benefit of reconnecting the split conduits in Revit 2021+ since they will no longer heal themselves as with previous versions. Parameter data through the reconnected pieces will behave as if they had been trimmed back together using standard Revit functionality.

1. Select any number of couplings that you want to remove.
2. Click the Decouple Run button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.

Dock Toggle Settings

Supports the needs of both the installer in the field as well as the modeler creating the content.

1. The Multi-Align Couplings toggle setting will force the application to place couplings aligned to the same plane on parallel conduits when turned on. This setting is applied automatically when running the tools from the ribbon suffixed with the word “Aligned”.
2. The Limit Selection to Conduits toggle setting will only allow selection of the conduits category when inside of a split command. This is so that you don’t have to work around the conduit fittings.
3. These settings only take effect when using multiple conduit tools and when initiating those tools from the dock interface.

Conduit Splits

Supports the workflow that fits best into your processes. This works with your content in the way that you want it to.

1. The Single Split tool will place a single coupling on a single selected conduit.
2. The Split Multiple tool will place a single coupling on each of the selected parallel conduits. Just like the Single Split tool, but for multiple conduits.
3. The Split To Fitting tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit in increments of the Maximum Length until a conduit fitting is reached. This tool does not consider conduit bend lengths.
4. The Split Multiple To Fitting tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit in increments of the Maximum Length until a conduit fitting is reached. This tool does not consider conduit bend lengths. Just like the Split to Fitting tool, but for multiple conduits.
5. The Split Run tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit run in increments of the Maximum Length until the conduit run ends. This tool does consider conduit bend lengths.
6. The Split Run Multiple tool will place couplings on multiple selected conduits in increments of the conduits from the conduit runs until conduit run ends. This tool does consider conduit bend lengths. Just like the Single Run tool, but for multiple conduits.

Single Split

 The Single Split tool will place a single coupling on a single selected conduit.

How to Use the Single Split Tool

1. Click the Single Split button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.
2. Select an end of a conduit opposite to the direction that you want to place a coupling (so if you have an open-ended conduit run, clicking the open end will keep that end and place a coupling downstream from that point).
3. Couplings are placed.
4. Repeat Step 2 if desired.
5. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard to leave the tool.

Split Multiple

The Split Multiple tool will place a single coupling on each of the selected parallel conduits. Just like the Single Split tool, but for multiple conduits.

How to Use the Split Multiple Tool

1. Click the Split Multiple button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.
2. Select the conduits from the conduit runs that you want to place couplings on.
3. Click the Finish button on the lower left side of the ribbon.
4. Click on any object opposite to the direction that you want to place a coupling (usually that piece of conduit or a conduit fitting or coupling nearby).
5. Couplings are placed.
6. Repeat Steps 2-4 if desired.
7. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard twice to leave the tool.

Split to Fitting

The Split To Fitting tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit in increments of the Maximum Length until a conduit fitting is reached. This tool does not consider conduit bend lengths.

How to Use the Split To Fitting Tool

1. Click the Split To Fitting button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool. 

2. Couplings are placed.

3. Select an end of a conduit opposite to the direction that you want to place couplings (so if you have an open-ended conduit run, clicking the open end will keep that end and place couplings downstream from that point). 

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   Repeat Step 2 if desired. 
5. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard to leave the tool.

Split Multiple to Fitting

The Split Multiple To Fitting tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit in increments of the Maximum Length until a conduit fitting is reached. This tool does not consider conduit bend lengths. Just like the Split to Fitting tool, but for multiple conduits.

How to Use the Split Multiple To Fitting Tool

1. Click the Split Multiple To Fitting button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.

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   Select the conduits that you want to place couplings on.
3. Click the Finish button on the lower left side of the ribbon.
4. Click on any object opposite to the direction that you want to place couplings (usually that piece of conduit or a conduit fitting or coupling nearby).
5. Couplings are placed.
6. Repeat Steps 2-4 if desired.
7. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard twice to leave the tool.

Split Run

The Split Run tool will place couplings on a single selected conduit run in increments of the Maximum Length until the conduit run ends. This tool does consider conduit bend lengths.

How to Use the Split Run Tool

1. Click the Split Run button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.
2. Select an end of a conduit opposite to the direction that you want to place couplings (so if you have an open-ended conduit run, clicking the open end will keep that end and place couplings downstream from that point).
3. Couplings are placed. 
4. Repeat Step 2 if desired. 
5. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard to leave the tool. 

Split Run Multiple

The Split Run Multiple tool will place couplings on multiple selected conduits in increments of the conduits from the conduit runs until conduit run ends. This tool does consider conduit bend lengths. Just like the Single Run tool, but for multiple conduits.

How to Use the Split Run Multiple Tool

1. Click the Split Run Multiple button or use your mapped keyboard shortcut to initiate the tool.
2. Select conduits from the conduit runs that you want to place couplings on.
3. Click the Finish button on the lower left side of the ribbon.
4. Click on any object opposite to the direction that you want to place couplings (usually that piece of conduit or a conduit fitting or coupling nearby).
5. Couplings are placed.
6. Repeat Steps 2-4 if desired.
7. Tap the ESC key on your keyboard twice to leave the tool.

Auto Number

Auto numbering in comes in a few different flavors, but all use the same framework that is configured in the Auto Number Options.

1. Auto Number on Split - This will apply your numbering values into your target parameter for conduit segments as they are split. These will be sequenced in the order that the conduits are split.
2. Auto Number in the Data Manager - This will apply your numbering values into your target parameter for conduit segments based on the checked box selection in the table. These will be sequenced in the order that the conduits per conduit run from start to finish.
3. Auto Number on selection - This will apply your numbering values into your target parameter for conduit segments as they are selected in the model. These will be sequenced in the order that the conduits are selected.

Data Manager

The Data Manager is the place you both enter and manage your conduit run data. It is also the place you go to when you need to generate the text bend files. That will be covered in more detail in the Bend Sheets section.

Features of the Data Manager

1. A data table where you can enter conduit run data that transmits into the conduits, conduit fittings, and conduit runs.
2. Collect your data in meaningful ways with Group By parameter selection.
3. A search filter to easily find conduits by the data they contain.
4. Ability to select conduits in the model with a locate selected button for checked rows.
5. Find selected conduits in the Data Manager with a check rows of based on selection button.
6. A switch to limit table processing to either the entire model or to the current active view.
7. Easily export your data to a CSV.
8. Auto numbering selected allows you to apply a naming convention with the parameter data and strings you want and an incrementor at the end.
9. Produce conduit bend sheet text files that contain the measurement lengths, rotation, and bend angles needed to fabricate your conduit sticks.

Conduit Data

A data table where you can enter conduit run data that transmits into the conduits, conduit fittings, and conduit runs.

1. Select the conduit that you want to enter data into
2. Click the Check Rows Based on Selection button to find the related row in the Data Manager table
3. Enter the data into the table instead of into the conduit elements
4. This data will go into the conduits, conduit fittings and the corresponding conduit run

Group By

Collect your data in meaningful ways with Group By parameter selection. By choosing a parameter from which to group by, you can arrange your conduit data by the specified parameter.

Search Filter

A search filter to easily find conduits by the data they contain. Using search terms, you can easily identify conduit segments.

Locate Selected

Ability to select conduits in the model with a locate selected button for checked rows.

1.Check the box for the corresponding row you wish to find in the model.

2.Click the Locate Selected button to select those elements in your active view.

Check Rows Bases on Selection

Find selected conduits in the Data Manager with a check rows of based on selection button.

1. Select the conduit that you want to enter data into.
2. Click the Check Rows Based on Selection button to find the related row in the Data Manager table.

Limiting the Table Contents

A switch to limit table processing to either the entire model or to the current active view. Using the Current View option can both speed up the processing of the data table as well as limit the amount of content you are pulling into the table. This is how we recommend you use the tool.

Data Manager

Easily export your current data table to a CSV file by clicking Export Data Manager Table to CSV button.

Generating Bend Sheets

Produce conduit bend sheet text files that contain the measurement lengths, rotation, and bend angles needed to fabricate your conduit sticks.

1. Either use a selection from the model to find the related conduit rows in the table or select them directly from the data table by checking the corresponding check box.
2. Click the View Selected Bend Sheets button.
3. Pick a location to generate the files.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are our recommended keyboard shortcuts. The logic for splits is as follows:

• S = Single Split
• F = To Next Fitting
• R = Run
• 1 = Single Selection
• 2 = Multi with Aligned
• 3 = Multi with Staggered

Installation

TBD