chimp1
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Does anyone know what a home run refers to in Revit and how would you achieve this?
A homerun can be one neutral and phase conductor run back to the panel.A home run is multiple circuits ran in one conduit from the branch circuits back to the panel servicing them.
Correct.A homerun can be one neutral and phase conductor run back to the panel.
Unlike an electrician, the drawing/planning/etc. program Revit only considers it a home run if there is more than one explicitly indicated outlet or device. And it apparently puts in arrows (toward the panel?) to indicate which side of the wiring is the source.Correct.
A homerun is one conduit or cable between first outlet (or junction box*) and the supplying panel.
*Some designers disregard junction boxes.
Whether Revit handles a home run this way...???
Computer-aided drafting software that creates models in three dimensions and that stores information in a database for each component in the entire model. If I put a motor in a room, Revit will ask me to give it the motor hp, voltage, FLA, power source, and a host of other information. Around my office, at least, the architects tend to love this program, the MEs tend to accept it begrudgingly, and EEs tend to hate it.Heck I don't even know what Revit is so I am just talking nomenclature.
And to go along with that, "wiring both outlets on a branch as home runs" would be to bring each back directly to the panel instead of chaining them together.Just to touch all the bases, I've laways considered the home-run to be the bit of wire or raceway between the panel and the first device.
And please be sure to number the parts.I assume I should take this verbal flogging with an open mind. I simply tried to skip explaining the concept of a home run in our eyes according to trade vernacular, based on the fact that the program is a pain and most avoid it like the plague. I'll make sure I split the answer into multiple parts next time for clarification.
I don't see where anyone is giving you a verbal flogging. I accept your explanation for what it is, both initially and with subsequent elaboration. The term "home run" is slang to begin with.I assume I should take this verbal flogging with an open mind. I simply tried to skip explaining the concept of a home run in our eyes according to trade vernacular, based on the fact that the program is a pain and most avoid it like the plague. I'll make sure I split the answer into multiple parts next time for clarification.
how would you achieve this?