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Conduit Cleanup

Synchronize Conduit Parameters

The list of Available parameters comes from the active Revit project content. The list of Selected parameters indicates those which will be updated to have matching values for all parts within a conduit run. Use the right and left arrows to add or remove parameters in the Selected list.

• Some parameters may have the same name in Revit. In order to have full control over which parameters are synchronized and to ensure that only matching parameters share values, the ID must also be matched.
• While most parameters are listed in the available list, it may not make sense to select them for synchronization. For example, Length and Bend Angle don't make sense to match.

Cleanup by Conduit Cleanup by View or Project

This option enables synchronization of parameters either by the entire project or only the elements in view and their connected components when the conduit run cleanup button is clicked.

Workset Synchronization

This option enables synchronization of the Workset setting across all parts within each conduit run.

Apply Master Conduit

This option enables the use of the 'Master Conduit (GTP)' parameter to specify which part within a run controls the synchronized parameter values for all subsequent parts within the run.

Electrical Schematic

Feeder Schedule Import Configurations

The default configuration may be specified from the available list.

Click the Edit button to specify the field mappings necessary to read a feeder spreadsheet into GTP WireWorks and display using the Schematic feature. With <New Configuration> selected, click Edit to create a new configuration. With an existing configuration selected, click Delete to remove the configuration from your setup file.

• For additional information, see the in-app help reference - Feeder Schedule Configuration or the Electrical Schematic section of this document.

Lookup Parameters

The list of Available parameters comes from the active Revit project content. It provides the list which may be selected for inclusion in each list on the right of the dialog.

• For each of the lookup parameter lists, click the right and left arrows to add or remove parameters. Click the Up and Down buttons to reorder the parameters into the appropriate search order. Note, the first parameter found with a value will be used.

Panel Name / Room Number

The Panel Name / Room Number list is an ordered search list for parameter names to use as recognized node names in the schematic diagram. These names will also be referenced by the specified From and To parameter values.

From

The From list is an ordered search list for parameter names to use as references to node names in the schematic diagram. The From list refers to the origin or source of the run.

To

The To list is an ordered search list for parameter names to use as references to node names in the schematic diagram. The To list refers to the destination or target of the run.

• Parameters found in the From and To lists are typically included in the conduit cleanup list as well. This ensures each component in the run holds onto the same value.

Conduit Connection Tolerances

• The schematic tool does not rely on Revit connectors to determine connections between conduit runs and electrical equipment or rooms. Instead, it relies on the proximity of the open end of the conduit to the electrical equipment or rooms. To validate the connections, these tolerances are used.
• All tolerance values are specified in inches.

Extend To Panel

This tolerance refers to the distance the conduit could extend or shorten and reach the edge of the electrical equipment.

• Panel connections will not be detected if the conduit terminates inside the equipment, outside the edge tolerance.

Radius To Panel

This dimension refers to the distance measured perpendicularly from the end of the conduit to the electrical equipment.

Extend To Room

This dimension refers to the distance the conduit could extend or shorten and reach the edge of the room.

• Room proximity will be evaluated only if the proximity to electrical equipment is not found. If the open conduit end is inside a room volume, it will be assumed to be connected to the room. Otherwise, the following tolerances will be utilized.

Radius To Room

This dimension refers to the distance measured perpendicularly from the end of the conduit to the room.

Include Linked Models

This option searches linked Revit models for electrical equipment while reconciling the feeder schedule. It relies on the specified panel name parameters. This feature can have a negative impact on performance, as searching linked models is not a fast process.

Persistent 3D View for Proximity Checks

This option creates a 3D view in the model named [GTP WireWorks Proximity Checks] that is reused for proximity detection between conduit and equipment. It may provide improved performance in large Revit models.

Include Revit Only Connections

When checked, the application will include conduits with from-to defined in Revit but not in the feeder schedule on the schematic. Otherwise, it will ignore items only in Revit and display progress based on the feeder schedule only

Use Legacy Schematic Appearance

Uses the original layout algorithm which does not display redundancies if checked, otherwise displays redundancies on the schematic. Requires a reload of the schematic to update the display

Categories

Equipment

Toggle on all Revit Categories to consider as electrical equipment categories for the feeder schedule and schematic tools.

Connections

Toggle on all Revit Categories to consider as electrical connection categories for the feeder schedule and schematic tools.

Wire Pull Calculator

Wire Database Path

This folder specifies where all wire database spreadsheet files reside. It may be set to a network path, so all files are shared by users at the company.

Generate New Wire Database File

This button will create and open a new wire database file using Excel. The name given to this file will be displayed as the wire database name in the software.

Maximum Total Bend Angle

Enter the maximum total bend angle allowed for a conduit run before a failure should be reported.

Safety Factor

Enter the desired safety factor to apply for the wire pull calculations.

Allowable Fill

Enter the maximum allowable percent filled for the conduit here.

Jam Ratio Range

Enter the minimum and maximum values for the allowable jam ratio range here.

Coefficient of Friction

Enter the default coefficient of friction for the conduit.

Reel Resistance

Use Multiplier

This option applies the multiplier value to the wire weight per foot assigned to the conduit to approximate the expected wire reel tension.

Use Reel Tension Parameter

This option allows the tension value to be set individually for each conduit run.

Offsets

Offset Settings

Default Offset Angle

This will be the default angle used when running the Draw Offsets commands.

Value Formatting

When Identifying Offsets, the Value Formatting is how WireWorks will input the offset data into parameters

Offset Parameters

These are the parameters that GTP WireWorks will populate using the Identify Offsets command for tagging and identification.

Rise

Rise will be the value input for the offset distance or the rise of the offset from centerline to centerline of the parallel conduits.

Run

Run will be the value input for the run distance from the center of bend to center of bend of the offset. It is the aligned distance between the centers of offsetting bends

Length

Length will be the value input for the length distance of the offset from the center of bend to the center of the bend. It is the linear distance between the centers of offsetting bends

Rotations Angle

For a rolled offset, the Rotation Angle of the offset is measured clockwise from the nearest cardinal direction.

Bend Summary

The Bend Summary gives a parameter for GTP to pump in the bend angles used in the geometry as well as the roll direction when bending the kick.

Write Data to Offset Tails

Controls whether parameter data is written to offset tailpieces.

Offset Settings

Standard Offset and Kick Bend Angles

This is the configurable list of available bend angles for use in the draw kick, draw offset, and connect offset tools.

Conduit Spacing

Matrix File

The spacing matrix file is where we store project and conduit type-dependent conduit spacing specifications. We work this off the conduit types in your project. The file has an extension of “.spacing”. The idea is that you will have a separate spacing file for each project.

File

Use the File button to map over to a spacing file. Since you can have a spacing file per project, this is how you first associate them. If you have the file stored on a network per project, then the mapping should stick from project to project.

Clone

Use the Clone button to duplicate the current mapped spacing file in place. This is preferred to copy/pasting the spacing file in your file browser.

Conduit Type

The Conduit Type dropdown list will show you all available type in the spacing file. This can be updated to show current project types by clicking the refresh button

Apply to All Types

If you want to set a standard for conduit in general, you can check this box and whatever standard is selected will be applied to all conduit types.

Refresh

This will refresh the Conduit Type list with the available types from the current project. This is the only way to associate conduit types with a spacing specification

Matrix Table

This table is relative to the Conduit Type that is selected.

Trade Size

Shows the nominal diameter for the conduit standard chosen.

Minimum Horizontal Spacing

Defines the edge-to-edge spacing between conduits running in the horizontal plane

Minimum Vertical Spacing

Defines the minimum edge-to-edge spacing between conduits running in the vertical plane. If their elevations are separated by less than the Minimum Vertical Spacing, conduits will be aligned, if greater than, the conduits will be treated as their own tier.

• When using the Conduit Spacing tool, conduits that aren’t aligned perfectly top-to-top or bottom-to-bottom will be aligned based on the Vertical Orientation setting.

Vertical Orientation

Conduits that aren’t aligned perfectly top-to-top or bottom-to-bottom, will be aligned based on the Vertical Orientation setting as well as the Minimum Vertical Spacing.

Show Elevation Override Window

When spacing conduits this will pop a dialog up to enable the user to specify conduit spacing in the vertical plane as an override.

Warn On Fitting Under 25°

There is a bug in Revit only shows up if you have an offset in the vertical plane that is using an angle less than 25°. When this is the case, an elevation change to either the top or bottom conduit will affect the elevations on either side of the offset.

• When an angle greater than 25° is used, Revit allows tops and bottoms of the offset to be manipulated independently. This setting just warns the user when we are about to make a change to a run including a <25° bend angle.