dwellingPS

dwellingPS

Win64, English

DQ Projects
This plugin allows the design and calculation of panel schedules of dwelling units without the creation of electrical circuits in the Autodesk® Revit®(.rvt) file, with the NFPA 70 standard.

General Usage Instructions

Create panel schedule:

  • The plugin only works with a ViewSheet activated.
  • Select the point to start the drawing of the panel schedule.

 

In the interface window of the plugin, the user must insert the following data:

-       Panel name.

-       Square feet of area of the dwelling unit (sq. ft) --- This value must be greater than 0.

-       Number of recept circuits (Recep. Circuits) --- This data can be 0 or empty.

-       Number of small appliance circuits with a 1.5 kVA load each (Small appliances) --- This value must be greater than 0.

-       Number of laundry circuits with a 1.5 kVA load each one (Laundry circuits) --- This value must be greater than 0.

-       Number of bath circuits (Bath. Circuits) --- This value must be greater than 0.

-       Schedule with specific loads (The user may not insert any value in the table):

The buttons plus and minus are for increase or decrease rows to the schedule.

In this schedule, there are four data that the user must insert: Load served, kVA load, number of poles (1 or 2 poles), and the type classification of the circuit (General, Heat/Cold, Kitchen, Other or Non-Concurrent).

 

All this data creates the following information:

-       sq. ft:

Create a lighting circuit with 15A 1 pole and 14 AWG wire size for each 500 ft2 area.

3 VA/ft2 load is a load that includes the lighting, receptacles circuits, and bath circuits, mentioned before.

This is a general classification load.

-       Small appliances:

Create the number of circuits inserted with 1.5 kVA load, 1 pole, 20A, with 12 AWG wire size.

This is a general classification load.

-       Laundry circuit:

Create the number of circuits inserted with 1.5 kVA load, 1 pole, 20A, with 12 AWG wire size.

This is a general classification load.

-       Schedule:

Each row is an independent circuit, that will be calculated for 125% of load to select the breaker rating and then the wire size of the NFPA 70 for 60 degrees.

The classification load is for the general estimated demand of the panelboard.

 

The plugin uses the standard method or the optional method once the user draws the panel schedule:

-       Standard method example:

CONNECTED LOAD = 36.1 kVA ------- (Phase A Load + Phase B Load) ---- S1

LTG & RECEP. (3VA/SQ.FT) 2640 FT2 = 7.92 kVA ---- S2

TOTAL CONNECTED LOAD = 44.02 kVA -------- (S3 = S1+S2)

GEN. LTG. + SM. APP + LAUNDRY REC. = 15.42 kVA ---- (S4 = S2 + SM. APP + LAUNDRY REC)  

FIRST 3 KVA @ 100% = 3 kVA ------- (Of S4) ---- S5

REMAINDER @ 35% = 4.347 kVA -------- (Of S4) ---- S6

OTHER LOADS BY 220.53 @ 75% = 9.3 kVA -------- (Load kitchen classification) ---- S7

ALL OTHER LOADS @ 100%    = 5 kVA --------- (Other loads classification) ---- S8

A/C LOAD (COLD/HEAT) @ 100%   = 11.2 kVA ------ (Cold/Heat classification) ---- S9

NON-CONCURRENT (NC) = 8 kVA ------ (Non-Concurrent load classification)

TOTAL DEMAND LOAD = 32.847 kVA ---- S10 = S5+S6+S7+S8

DEMAND AMPERES = 136.86 A --- S10/(240 Vots)

 

-       Optional method example:

CONNECTED LOAD = 36.1 kVA ---- (Phase A Load + Phase B Load) ---- S1

LTG. & RECEP. (3VA/SQ.FT) 2640 FT2  = 7.92 kVA ---- S2

TOTAL CONNECTED LOAD = 44.02 kVA --- (S3=S1+S2)

TOTAL CONNECTED LOAD LESS A/C = 32.82 kVA --- S4

FIRST 10kVA @ 100% = 10 kVA ---- (Of S4) --- S5

REMAINING @ 40% = 9.128 kVA ---- (Of S4) --- S6

A/C LOAD = 11.2 kVA ---- S7

NON-CONCURRENT (NC) = 8 kVA

TOTAL DEMAND LOAD = 30.328 kVA ---- (S8=S5+S6+S7)

DEMAND AMPERES = 126.37 A ---- S8/(240 Volts)

The panel schedule consists of several instances of a family's generic annotation type, each value of these families can be manually changed if the user wants.

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Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from the 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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