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Power for Systems Furniture
Wendy is working on a large office building project. The open floor plan
requires systems furniture to be used. She is required to provide a
junction box for each group of furniture, but each cubicle within the
group needs its own power source. By adding connectors to her
junction box family, she is able to show that multiple circuits are
provided to each junction box location.
In another area of the building, she is using quad receptacles. To limit
the load on each circuit, she needs a unique circuit for each pair of
outlets within a quad receptacle. She creates a quad receptacle device
family that has two connectors. The connector voltages are associated
with the device family voltage, and she creates two load parameters,
one for each connector. Keep in mind that there is only one Circuit
Number parameter in the Properties palette when you're selecting a
device. However, she can access all information for each circuit (Circuit
Number, Wire Number, Panel Name, Length, and so on) within a
family by selecting it and going to the Electrical Circuits tab.
The Bottom Line
Select a family template
An important step when creating a device
(or any family, for that matter) is the selection of the family template.
Master It
Stephanie has been assigned to create a new line of
receptacles that matches her company display standards and takes
their functionality to the next level. What family template would be
most appropriate for receptacles?
Model device geometry
The 3D geometry of a device family may not
be its most important component, but there are things you can do to
make the geometry useful for project coordination and accuracy.
Master It
Device families are commonly face hosted because of the
way they are used in a project model. Describe why a device family
