Specify Schedule Settings

You can select occupancy, lighting, and power schedules for a building type and individual spaces within the model.

By default, lighting schedules are used to specify power schedules. You can create separate power schedules, as needed, when power scheduling does not coincide with lighting schedules. The Schedule Settings dialog is accessed from the Building/Space Type Settings dialog. Revit provides default schedules for building and space types. You can modify a default schedule, or create new schedules based on existing default schedules.

Select a schedule

1. In the Building/Space Type Settings dialog, click the value field for a schedule (Occupancy, Lighting, and Power Schedule), and click .
2. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.

   The shaded areas of the graph in the right panel shows active periods. The table below the graph shows the percentage applied to each of 24 hours in the schedule.

Add a schedule

1. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.
2. Click , and in the Name dialog, enter a name for the new schedule.
3. Enter a values for Factors (0.00% - 100.00%) associated with each hour in the schedule.

   The graph shows active periods.

Copy a schedule

1. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.

   The new schedule is assigned the name of the schedule that was copied with a number appended, and added to the list.

2. Click , and adjust the values for Factors (0.00% - 100.00%) associated with each hour in the schedule.

   The graph shows active periods.

Rename a schedule

1. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.
2. Click , and in the Name dialog, enter a name for the new schedule.

Adjust an existing schedule

1. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.
2. Adjust the values for Factors (0.00% - 100.00%) associated with active/inactive hours.

   The graph changes to show the change.

Delete a schedule

1. In the left panel of the Schedule Settings dialog, select a default schedule.
2. Click , and in the confirmation dialog, click Yes.

   The schedule is removed from the list.