Modeling cable tray vertically

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Transcript

00:01

NARRATOR: Modeling cable tray vertically on a wall in Revit.

00:06

In this video, we're going to show you

00:08

the basics of adding cable tray and how to add a vertical cable

00:12

tray on a wall.

00:14

I'm in the Small Medical Center project on the O1 ground floor

00:19

electrical plan view.

00:21

I'm going to add cable tray down the edge

00:23

of this back wall over here, and then into the electrical room.

00:31

So in the Systems tab in the Electrical panel,

00:36

I'm going to click Cable tray.

00:39

First I'm going to set up my type

00:42

that I want to use, the ladder cable tray,

00:45

then I'm going to change my width.

00:46

We're just going to start with a small one, eight inches.

00:49

We only need a height of two inches for some data cable.

00:53

I'm going to change my middle elevation to 11 feet,

01:02

and then I'm going to come in and start drawing.

01:04

So I'm going to start here in the exam room,

01:07

just pull it over into the next one.

01:09

Just want to show you how you can change the size on the fly.

01:12

So we're going to go and change this one now to 10 inches.

01:17

Going to come on down here to the consulting room,

01:20

pick there.

01:21

Going to change it one more time,

01:23

let it be a little bit larger picking up more cable

01:25

as we go along.

01:27

Then I'm going to come into the electrical room zooming in

01:30

to help you see it a little better.

01:32

I'm going to pick points.

01:34

I'm not going to turn now and pick

01:35

close to the wall exactly where it needs to be isn't exact yet.

01:41

Then I want to go down the wall.

01:43

So what I need to do is come to my middle elevation

01:48

and change that.

01:50

I'm going to do two inches, so it'll

01:51

be two inches off the bottom of the wall.

01:54

Move into my view, and then I come back and click Apply.

01:58

When I move back into the view, it actually

02:01

places the vertical cable tray.

02:03

I'm still in the command and I'm going

02:05

to hit Escape to get out of it because now I

02:08

want to use a line command.

02:10

So modify a line, come against the back wall,

02:14

and align this to the wall.

02:18

Now I want to see that vertical cable tray

02:20

and what it looks like.

02:21

I have a section already created.

02:24

As you can see here, the electrical room South wall

02:27

that's facing the panels.

02:29

I'm going to come in and double click on the arrow

02:33

so I can see my elevation view.

02:37

There's my vertical cable tray.

02:40

If I want to, I can drag this over a little bit.

02:43

If I want it to be closer to that wall,

02:45

I could use the move command, I could use align again

02:48

if I had something to align to.

02:50

And now you can see that the basics of adding cable

02:53

tray it's not much different from other linear elements

02:56

such as duct, pipe, and conduit.

Video transcript

00:01

NARRATOR: Modeling cable tray vertically on a wall in Revit.

00:06

In this video, we're going to show you

00:08

the basics of adding cable tray and how to add a vertical cable

00:12

tray on a wall.

00:14

I'm in the Small Medical Center project on the O1 ground floor

00:19

electrical plan view.

00:21

I'm going to add cable tray down the edge

00:23

of this back wall over here, and then into the electrical room.

00:31

So in the Systems tab in the Electrical panel,

00:36

I'm going to click Cable tray.

00:39

First I'm going to set up my type

00:42

that I want to use, the ladder cable tray,

00:45

then I'm going to change my width.

00:46

We're just going to start with a small one, eight inches.

00:49

We only need a height of two inches for some data cable.

00:53

I'm going to change my middle elevation to 11 feet,

01:02

and then I'm going to come in and start drawing.

01:04

So I'm going to start here in the exam room,

01:07

just pull it over into the next one.

01:09

Just want to show you how you can change the size on the fly.

01:12

So we're going to go and change this one now to 10 inches.

01:17

Going to come on down here to the consulting room,

01:20

pick there.

01:21

Going to change it one more time,

01:23

let it be a little bit larger picking up more cable

01:25

as we go along.

01:27

Then I'm going to come into the electrical room zooming in

01:30

to help you see it a little better.

01:32

I'm going to pick points.

01:34

I'm not going to turn now and pick

01:35

close to the wall exactly where it needs to be isn't exact yet.

01:41

Then I want to go down the wall.

01:43

So what I need to do is come to my middle elevation

01:48

and change that.

01:50

I'm going to do two inches, so it'll

01:51

be two inches off the bottom of the wall.

01:54

Move into my view, and then I come back and click Apply.

01:58

When I move back into the view, it actually

02:01

places the vertical cable tray.

02:03

I'm still in the command and I'm going

02:05

to hit Escape to get out of it because now I

02:08

want to use a line command.

02:10

So modify a line, come against the back wall,

02:14

and align this to the wall.

02:18

Now I want to see that vertical cable tray

02:20

and what it looks like.

02:21

I have a section already created.

02:24

As you can see here, the electrical room South wall

02:27

that's facing the panels.

02:29

I'm going to come in and double click on the arrow

02:33

so I can see my elevation view.

02:37

There's my vertical cable tray.

02:40

If I want to, I can drag this over a little bit.

02:43

If I want it to be closer to that wall,

02:45

I could use the move command, I could use align again

02:48

if I had something to align to.

02:50

And now you can see that the basics of adding cable

02:53

tray it's not much different from other linear elements

02:56

such as duct, pipe, and conduit.

Model a cable tray vertically on a wall - Exercise

Open the Small Medical Center-Cable Tray Vertical.rvt project. You are in the in the 01 Ground Floor Electrical Plan view. We are going to add cable try down the edge of the back wall and into the Electrical Room.
In the Systems tab > Electrical panel, click Cable Tray.
In the Type Selector, select Cable Tray with Fittings: Ladder Cable Tray.
In the Options Bar, set up the size to Width: 8", Height 2", and Middle Elevation 11'-0".
Start modeling the cable tray in Exam 1-4 and draw it into the next exam room.
In the Options Bar, change the Width to 10".
Draw it down into the Consulting Room and change the width to 12", as shown below. Notice how the fittings between the sizes are automatically applied.
Draw the cable tray into the Electrical Room and turn the corner and draw it close to the back wall, as shown below.
In the Options Bar, change the Middle Elevation to 2”. Move into the view and then back to the Options Bar and click Apply. This sends the cable tray down and ends the command run of cable tray.
Press <Esc> to completely end the command.
Zoom in and align the back of the cable tray to the wall, as shown below, before and after.

Before

After
Open Electrical Room South Wall (Panels) Section. You can see the cable tray vertically down the wall, as shown below.
If you want to move it over, you can drag it or use the move command to get it into place.

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