panelSLD

panelSLD

Win64, English

DQ Projects
panelSLD is a plugin for Autodesk® Revit® that draws and calculates a single-line diagram according to the panelboard selected.

General Usage Instructions

Create single line diagram:

This button indicates to select a point in a ViewSheet to start the drawing of the single line diagram after it shows a window called SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM with all the panelboards in the model.

This only works with a ViewSheet activity.

In the SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM, there is a list box where the user must select a panelboard, once one panel is selected the following information is shown:

Panel name.

  • Distribution System.
  • Total Connected.
  • Total Demand Factor.
  • Total Estimated Demand.
  • Total Estimated Demand Current.
  • All these data are project parameters of Electrical Equipment in Revit.

 

Then the user has the following options:

  • Mains breaker: A combo box, where the user must select the type of the main breaker:

M.C.B: Main current breaker.

M.L.O: Main plugs only.

  • Calculate Rating: Checkbox that calculates the parameter Rating of the Electrical Circuits of the panel selected to the 125% next size up, and the MCB Rating of the panel selected; this MCB Rating will be selected to the 100% next size up and will coordinate to the 150% to the max breaker Rating to the circuits connected.
  • Spare: Checkbox to introduce the number of circuits of 20A Rating and 1 pole that will be drawn as spare.
  • SPD: Checkbox to draw a surge protection device.

 

There are 3 kinds of families that the addin uses, with Generic Annotation category:

  • circuitin: General breaker.
  • circuitout: Branch circuit or load circuit.
  • circuitspd: Surge protection device circuit.

 

The general breaker and load breakers show the values of the project parameters indicated in the images.

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

Additional Information

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: DQ Projects

Author/Company Information

DQ Projects

Support Information

Company Name: DQ Projects.

Company URL: https://sites.google.com/view/dqprojects/home

Support Contact: dqprojectsaddins@gmail.com

Version History

Version Number Version Description

1.0.0

Added support for Revit 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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