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00:00
MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Adding electrical fixture tags
00:03
and legends.
00:03
We are continuing to create lighting plans
00:06
for Electrical permits.
00:08
In this video, we'll set up light fixture tags
00:10
and add them to the plans.
00:12
We'll also review and create electrical legends
00:15
and then place the view, a schedule,
00:18
and legends on a sheet.
00:21
I'm working in a small medical center project in the O1 ground
00:24
floor lighting plan view.
00:27
This reflected ceiling plan view shows the light fixtures,
00:30
switches, and the detail lines that show the switch
00:33
to light connections.
00:35
We're now going to add lighting fixture tags.
00:39
In the Annotate tab, tag panel, click tag by category,
00:46
select one of the light fixtures.
00:47
Notice this is showing the circuit number rather than
00:50
the light fixture number.
00:53
So I'm going to undo this, I'm going
00:55
to go back now to the tag panel title
00:60
and select loaded tags and symbols.
01:03
I want to make sure my filter list is set to electrical
01:06
and then I'm going to scroll down
01:08
until I see lighting fixtures.
01:10
And you can see here, lighting fixture circuit
01:12
tag is what selected.
01:16
I need to load the family so I'm going to come back
01:19
here and click Load family.
01:21
Then I'm going to navigate to the annotations, electrical,
01:26
and then fine lighting fixture tag.
01:30
The RFA, I'll click open.
01:33
Now I've got my lighting fixture tag as in my selections.
01:37
I don't want to boxed one so I'm going
01:39
to choose lighting fixture tag standard and click OK.
01:43
Now I use tag by category and select a couple of lights.
01:49
And you can see that it's putting in the lighting fixture
01:52
tag this time.
01:54
Now I don't want to go around and do every single tag
01:57
so I'm going to use the tag all not tagged command.
02:01
I want to make sure all objects and current view are selected,
02:04
I'll choose a lighting fixture tags,
02:07
make sure it's lighting fixture tag standard and click OK.
02:11
So all my lighting fixture tags are placed.
02:15
Now in this case, the A1 is fairly
02:18
readable with this particular design
02:20
but the B is not so I'm going to move the lighting fixture
02:24
tag slightly underneath this and that's pretty typical.
02:28
What you need to do next once you've
02:30
placed especially a tag all, make
02:32
sure all your tags are readable and move them as needed.
02:37
We now want to create the sheet that shows the lighting plan
02:40
as well as other typical documentation, a schedule
02:44
and some legends.
02:45
In the project browser, expand sheets all and double
02:49
click on E102, the ground level lighting
02:52
plan to open the sheet.
02:54
First, we're going to drag and drop the electrical lighting
02:57
ceiling plan, O1 ground floor lighting plan,
03:01
and place it on the sheet.
03:05
Now in the schedule quantities area,
03:07
I'm going to drag and drop the lighting fixture schedule
03:10
onto the sheet.
03:12
Make sure that this fits where I need it to be
03:15
and if I need to move it over slightly I can do that.
03:19
Now I want to add some legends.
03:22
You'll see that I have two legends here,
03:24
an electrical general notes and this is basically just text.
03:29
It's easier to have it as a legend
03:32
so I can put it on multiple sheets.
03:34
Then I also have an electrical legend.
03:37
Now you'll notice that this legend is not necessarily
03:40
a typical Revit item.
03:42
In this case, I chose to draw using
03:45
detail lines and regions the actual electrical legend items.
03:50
This is because if I try to annotate with a legend
03:55
component, as you can see here I have legend components.
03:58
And I put in one such as electrical fixture
04:02
or my switches so here's my lighting switch,
04:05
if I put that in it comes in with a piece of wall
04:09
and included on it because this is hosted
04:12
and so Revit only sees this as hosted.
04:15
I found it much easier to create an S with a line
04:18
through it to show my switch as opposed
04:21
to trying to use a legend component.
04:23
Now there are other legend components that are useful.
04:27
So I'm going to come up again to my components
04:30
and choose legend component.
04:33
And this time, I want to show my lighting fixtures.
04:37
So I'm going to put in a copy of each of the lighting fixtures.
04:40
These are coming in at full scale when you create a legend,
04:44
they're actually set up to a certain scale
04:46
and I would come through and I'd add
04:48
each of my light fixtures here as needed.
04:52
Now I'm going to move these down slightly
04:55
and I'm going to copy electrical legend,
04:56
that text move it down and call this lighting fixture legend.
05:01
I'm also going to copy some of the text beside the symbols
05:07
and place it.
05:09
I'm just saving myself some time by using existing items here
05:13
and then I would type in the name of the lighting fixture.
05:17
I don't know that what that is right at the moment
05:19
so I'm just going to do a little placeholder of XXX
05:24
for each of these.
05:25
Now I realize that I don't want to have this lighting fixture
05:28
legend in my electrical legend.
05:30
I might need them on separate sheets
05:32
so I'm going to grab all of the information in my lighting
05:35
fixture legend information here and I'm
05:37
going to cut it to the clipboard.
05:41
Next, I'm going to create a new legend.
05:43
Right click, new legend, and I'm going to call this lighting
05:47
fixture legend.
05:48
Notice there, it does have a scale to it,
05:50
so 1/4 inch equals a foot.
05:53
Now I'm going to go to my modify tab,
05:56
click paste, paste from clipboard,
05:59
and place my lighting fixture legend.
06:03
So now I have a separate legend from my electrical legend.
06:07
Let's go back to our sheet and add these legends to the sheet.
06:13
Here's electrical general notes, electrical legend
06:19
with the symbols, and lighting fixture legend
06:24
with the lighting fixtures.
06:28
I'm going to select all of these viewports
06:33
and change the type of viewport to viewport
06:37
no title because these items have titles
06:39
in the legend themselves and don't
06:41
need a title of the viewport.
06:43
And there I have my base plan for my electrical permits.
Video transcript
00:00
MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Adding electrical fixture tags
00:03
and legends.
00:03
We are continuing to create lighting plans
00:06
for Electrical permits.
00:08
In this video, we'll set up light fixture tags
00:10
and add them to the plans.
00:12
We'll also review and create electrical legends
00:15
and then place the view, a schedule,
00:18
and legends on a sheet.
00:21
I'm working in a small medical center project in the O1 ground
00:24
floor lighting plan view.
00:27
This reflected ceiling plan view shows the light fixtures,
00:30
switches, and the detail lines that show the switch
00:33
to light connections.
00:35
We're now going to add lighting fixture tags.
00:39
In the Annotate tab, tag panel, click tag by category,
00:46
select one of the light fixtures.
00:47
Notice this is showing the circuit number rather than
00:50
the light fixture number.
00:53
So I'm going to undo this, I'm going
00:55
to go back now to the tag panel title
00:60
and select loaded tags and symbols.
01:03
I want to make sure my filter list is set to electrical
01:06
and then I'm going to scroll down
01:08
until I see lighting fixtures.
01:10
And you can see here, lighting fixture circuit
01:12
tag is what selected.
01:16
I need to load the family so I'm going to come back
01:19
here and click Load family.
01:21
Then I'm going to navigate to the annotations, electrical,
01:26
and then fine lighting fixture tag.
01:30
The RFA, I'll click open.
01:33
Now I've got my lighting fixture tag as in my selections.
01:37
I don't want to boxed one so I'm going
01:39
to choose lighting fixture tag standard and click OK.
01:43
Now I use tag by category and select a couple of lights.
01:49
And you can see that it's putting in the lighting fixture
01:52
tag this time.
01:54
Now I don't want to go around and do every single tag
01:57
so I'm going to use the tag all not tagged command.
02:01
I want to make sure all objects and current view are selected,
02:04
I'll choose a lighting fixture tags,
02:07
make sure it's lighting fixture tag standard and click OK.
02:11
So all my lighting fixture tags are placed.
02:15
Now in this case, the A1 is fairly
02:18
readable with this particular design
02:20
but the B is not so I'm going to move the lighting fixture
02:24
tag slightly underneath this and that's pretty typical.
02:28
What you need to do next once you've
02:30
placed especially a tag all, make
02:32
sure all your tags are readable and move them as needed.
02:37
We now want to create the sheet that shows the lighting plan
02:40
as well as other typical documentation, a schedule
02:44
and some legends.
02:45
In the project browser, expand sheets all and double
02:49
click on E102, the ground level lighting
02:52
plan to open the sheet.
02:54
First, we're going to drag and drop the electrical lighting
02:57
ceiling plan, O1 ground floor lighting plan,
03:01
and place it on the sheet.
03:05
Now in the schedule quantities area,
03:07
I'm going to drag and drop the lighting fixture schedule
03:10
onto the sheet.
03:12
Make sure that this fits where I need it to be
03:15
and if I need to move it over slightly I can do that.
03:19
Now I want to add some legends.
03:22
You'll see that I have two legends here,
03:24
an electrical general notes and this is basically just text.
03:29
It's easier to have it as a legend
03:32
so I can put it on multiple sheets.
03:34
Then I also have an electrical legend.
03:37
Now you'll notice that this legend is not necessarily
03:40
a typical Revit item.
03:42
In this case, I chose to draw using
03:45
detail lines and regions the actual electrical legend items.
03:50
This is because if I try to annotate with a legend
03:55
component, as you can see here I have legend components.
03:58
And I put in one such as electrical fixture
04:02
or my switches so here's my lighting switch,
04:05
if I put that in it comes in with a piece of wall
04:09
and included on it because this is hosted
04:12
and so Revit only sees this as hosted.
04:15
I found it much easier to create an S with a line
04:18
through it to show my switch as opposed
04:21
to trying to use a legend component.
04:23
Now there are other legend components that are useful.
04:27
So I'm going to come up again to my components
04:30
and choose legend component.
04:33
And this time, I want to show my lighting fixtures.
04:37
So I'm going to put in a copy of each of the lighting fixtures.
04:40
These are coming in at full scale when you create a legend,
04:44
they're actually set up to a certain scale
04:46
and I would come through and I'd add
04:48
each of my light fixtures here as needed.
04:52
Now I'm going to move these down slightly
04:55
and I'm going to copy electrical legend,
04:56
that text move it down and call this lighting fixture legend.
05:01
I'm also going to copy some of the text beside the symbols
05:07
and place it.
05:09
I'm just saving myself some time by using existing items here
05:13
and then I would type in the name of the lighting fixture.
05:17
I don't know that what that is right at the moment
05:19
so I'm just going to do a little placeholder of XXX
05:24
for each of these.
05:25
Now I realize that I don't want to have this lighting fixture
05:28
legend in my electrical legend.
05:30
I might need them on separate sheets
05:32
so I'm going to grab all of the information in my lighting
05:35
fixture legend information here and I'm
05:37
going to cut it to the clipboard.
05:41
Next, I'm going to create a new legend.
05:43
Right click, new legend, and I'm going to call this lighting
05:47
fixture legend.
05:48
Notice there, it does have a scale to it,
05:50
so 1/4 inch equals a foot.
05:53
Now I'm going to go to my modify tab,
05:56
click paste, paste from clipboard,
05:59
and place my lighting fixture legend.
06:03
So now I have a separate legend from my electrical legend.
06:07
Let's go back to our sheet and add these legends to the sheet.
06:13
Here's electrical general notes, electrical legend
06:19
with the symbols, and lighting fixture legend
06:24
with the lighting fixtures.
06:28
I'm going to select all of these viewports
06:33
and change the type of viewport to viewport
06:37
no title because these items have titles
06:39
in the legend themselves and don't
06:41
need a title of the viewport.
06:43
And there I have my base plan for my electrical permits.
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