Advanced electrical modeling options - Create connection using feed through lugs

Step-by-step guide

Understand the difference between feed through lugs and breakers.

Open the project E02_02.rvt. Ensure the current view is Power > Floor Plans > 1 – Electrical Room.
Select panel board LP-1, right-click, and choose Create Similar.

In the Revit interface, in the 1-Electrical Room view for the project, the context menu for panel board LP-1, with Create Similar selected.

In the plan view, the new panel board placed, with the tag edited to LP-2.

From the Project Browser, open the 1- Lighting view.
Select the lighting fixtures in the three rooms to the lower right, and from the Electrical Circuits tab, Create Systems panel, click Power.
Use the Panel drop-down to create a circuit connected to panel board LP-2.

In the floor plan, selected lighting fixtures in 3 rooms highlighted in red, and in the Panel drop-down, LP-2 selected.

In the Create Panel Schedules dialog box, panel board LP-2 selected.

Open the view 1 – Electrical Room.
Select panel board LP-2 and create a circuit connected to panel board LP-1.

In the plan view, LP-2 is selected, and in the Panel drop-down, panel board LP-1 is being selected.

Because there are available slots on LP-1, you can choose Breaker or Feed Through Lugs for the Connection Type. Choose Breaker.

The expanded Connection Type drop-down, with Breaker selected.

Open the panel schedule for LP-1, and panel board LP-2 appears at circuit 7 connected through a breaker.

The panel schedule for LP-1 showing panel board LP-2 connected through a breaker at circuit 7.

Open the view 1 – Electrical Room and select the circuit between LP-1 and LP-2 using the TAB key and the mouse button.
In the ribbon, change the Connection Type to Feed Through Lugs.
Open the panel schedule for LP-1 and note that LP-2 is no longer connected through a breaker.

The panel schedule for LP-1 no longer showing panel board LP2 connected through a breaker.

Open the panel schedule for LP-2 and note the circuit numbering. It is connected to LP-1 using feed through lugs, and the circuit numbering for both panels is the same even though they are connected.

The panel schedule for LP-2 showing the circuit numbering starting at 1.

In the properties for panel board LP-2, change the Circuit Numbering Option to Continue Numbering.

In the properties for panel board LP-2, the Circuit Numbering Option set to Continue Numbering.

A final review of the panel schedule for LP-2 shows the circuit numbering now continues from the last circuit number shown on the panel schedule for LP-1.

The panel schedule for LP-2, with the circuit numbering continuing from the last circuit number on the LP-1 panel schedule.