Display electrical loads using filters

Step-by-step guide

Create and apply view filters for electrical and lighting layouts.

1. Open the project E06_02.rvt.
2. Ensure the current view is Lighting > Floor Plans > 1 – Lighting.
3. On the View tab, select Visibility/ Graphics.

4. In the Visibility Graphics Overrides for Floor Plan: 1 - Lighting dialog box, select the Filters tab, and click Edit/New.

5. In the Filters dialog box, create a new filter by clicking the New button.
6. In the Filter Name popup, name the new filter “Phase A”. Click OK.

7. From the list of categories, select Lighting Fixtures.
8. Set the Filter Rules to Circuit Number.
9. Set contains to A.

Two similar filters for Phase B and C have already been created.

10. Click OK.
11. Click Add in the Visibility Graphics Override window.
12. Select the Phase A, Phase B, and Phase C filters.
13. Click OK.
14. For each filter, set an override for the pattern. Set the Pattern to Solid Fill and the colors to yellow, green and cyan as shown.

15. Click OK.

Note that the color applied to the filters is not shown in the view.

16. Highlight and select any of the lighting circuits, using the TAB key and the mouse button.

Note the phase allocation in the circuit properties.

17. Open the view Power > Floor Plans > 1- Power, and then select panel board LP-1.
18. In properties, under Electrical – Circuiting, change the value for Circuit Naming to By Phase.
19. From the Analyze tab, click Panel Schedules and create a panel schedule for panel board LP-1.
20. The circuits now contain the phase letter, which is the criteria for the view filters.

21. Open the view 1 – Lighting. The view filters have now been applied, and phase allocation is clearly seen.

22. Open the panel schedule for panel board LP-1.
23. Click Move Down to move circuit B1 to A3.

24. Open the view 1 – Lighting. The view filters have now been updated to show that all lighting circuits are connected to the same phase.

25. Open the view 1- Power, and then select panel board LP-1.
26. In the properties, under Electrical – Circuiting, change the value for Circuit Naming to Standard.
27. In the panel schedule, circuit numbering is now displayed correctly.

28. Save the project.