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Adding switches

Adding switches - Revit MEP Tutorial

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Adding switches

- [Instructor] I guess the next thing to do is add a switch. Let's jump into Revit to make sure we're all on the same view. In the project browser, let's go to Electrical- Lighting - Ceiling Plans and let's double click on Level 1. Let's zoom over to where we placed our lights. To add a switch, let's go to the Systems tab, and the Electrical Panel. Let's click the dropdown underneath the Device icon. Let's come down to Lighting. Again, we can place it on vertical face, 3D face, or a work plane. Vertical face is appropriate. In our type selector drop-down, let's see what we've got. We have Lighting Switches, Circuit Breaker, Demmer, Door, Four-way, there's a bunch of them. Since we're right next to a door, let's click Door. Notice our switch voltage is 120 volts. Now I'm going to hover over this wall and it looks as though our detail level is set to fine. We don't want that. So on our View Control toolbar, let's make…

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