Cable Tray and Conduit

Add cable tray and conduit to your design with or without fittings.

Fittings can also be added after drawing a segment or run. Select cable tray, conduit, or fittings when you want to make a modification.

Topics in this section

Video: Place Cable Tray
Place tray cable in your model to design an electrical power system.
Draw Cable Tray
Modify Cable Tray
Change the Bend Radius for Cable Tray
Split Cable Tray
About Upgrading Fittings for Cable Tray
When you draw cable tray with fittings, you can upgrade the existing fittings.
Change an Elbow to a Tee for Cable Tray
Change a Tee to a Cross for Cable Tray
To upgrade a tee to a cross, you must first add cable tray to one side of the tee.
About Cable Tray Settings
Use the following settings on the ribbon while drawing conduit.
Cable Tray Placement Options
When the Cable Tray tool is selected, the Modify | Place Cable Tray tab provides options for placing cable tray.
Justification Settings for Cable Tray
Add Cable Tray Fittings
As you draw cable tray, Revit automatically adds fittings. Use the following procedure to manually add cable tray fittings to an existing segment or run.
About Cable Tray Sizes
Revit comes with a set of predefined cable tray sizes.
Add a Cable Tray Size
You can add a cable tray size to the list of standard cable tray sizes that come with Revit.
Modify a Cable Tray Size
You can modify the size of a cable tray as requirements change.
Delete a Cable Tray Size
You can delete a cable tray size in the Electrical Settings dialog.
About Drawing Conduit
After you draw the main conduit run, you can add new segments to it, or modify segments of the run.
Video: Place Conduit
Add conduit to your model to create an electrical power system.
Draw a Conduit Run
Modify Conduit
Changing the Bend Radius for Conduit
Split Conduit
About Upgrading Fittings for Conduit
When you draw conduit with fittings, you can upgrade the existing fittings.
Change an Elbow to a Tee for Conduit
Change a Tee to a Cross for Conduit
To upgrade a tee to a cross, you must first add conduit to one side of the tee.
Video: Place Parallel Conduit
Place conduit parallel to an existing conduit run.
Draw Parallel Conduits
You can add parallel conduits to an existing conduit run that is connected through a surface connector on a piece of equipment or connected to a cable tray.
Conduit Settings
Use the following settings on the ribbon while drawing conduit.
Conduit Placement Options
When the Conduit tool is selected, the Modify | Place Conduit tab provides options for placing conduit.
Justification Settings for Conduit
Add Conduit Fittings
As you draw conduit, Revit automatically adds fittings.
Connect Conduit to Equipment
You can connect conduit to electrical and mechanical equipment that has a connector available.
About Conduit Standards and Sizes
Revit comes with a set of conduit standards and associated sizes.
Add a Conduit Size
Modify a Conduit Size
Delete a Conduit Size
You can delete a conduit size in the Electrical Settings dialog.
Add a Conduit Standard
Delete a Conduit Standard
Change the Type for a Run
You can change the type for a multi-selection run of duct, pipe, cable tray, or conduit.

Parent topic: Working with Electrical Components