Tutorial - Revit® Integrator (Revit Only) For Revit Versions Prior to 2024

Note: This tutorial is for Revit versions prior to 2024. If you are using Revit 2024, see Tutorial - Revit® Integrator (Revit Only) For Revit 2024.

This tutorial describes how you can use Revit Integrator if you do not have EasyPower installed but want to export a Revit file for importing into EasyPower. For example, you might use this if you are a Revit electrical designer and need to provide EasyPower engineers with a file on which they can run design or analysis tasks. Later, you can import new changes the EasyPower engineers have made back into Revit.

Exporting the Revit Project to a File

  1. In Autodesk® Revit®, open the Sample Systems Project.

    2. The Sample Systems Project icon in Revit is shown.

  2. Click the Add-Ins tab, and then click Export to File.

    3. On the Add-Ins tab, the Export to File button is highlighted.

  3. Select the name and location where you want to save the export file. You can change the name, but do not change the .rvt2ezp file extension. Click Save.

    4. In the Save EasyPower Export Data dialog box, the export file is shown in the File name box.

  4. You can provide this file to EasyPower users for import into EasyPower.

Importing an EasyPower File Back Into Revit

After the EasyPower one-line has been created and modified, an EasyPower user can create an export file of updated information (including fault current and short circuit, power flow, and equipment sizing), which can then be imported back into Revit.

Note that you can configure whether information is imported and also control which parameters are used by clicking the Configure Import button prior to importing.

On the Add-Ins tab, the Configure Import button is highlighted.

The Configure EasyPower Import dialog box is shown, with all options selected.

To import the file:

  1. In Revit with the Sample Systems Project open, on the Add-Ins tab, click Import.

    2. On the Add-Ins tab, the Import button is highlighted.

  2. Select the file that was exported from EasyPower, and then click Open. For the purpose of this tutorial, you can use the Example_rme_basic_sample_project.ezp2rvt file stored in C:\Users\{username}\Documents\EasyPower 25.0\Onelines\Samples\Revit.

    3. The import file is shown in the File name box.

  3. Select panelboard LP-1B on the drawing and then look at the Properties pane on the left. Notice all of the EasyPower values under the Electrical Engineering heading.

    4. The Properties pane in Revit is shown. Under Electrical Engineering, the EasyPower values are shown.

Linking a DXF file to Revit

EasyPower can create DXF files that you can then link to in your Revit project. We have created a sample DXF file to demonstrate this feature.

  1. In Revit, from the View menu, click Drafting View.

    On the View menu, the Drafting View button is highlighted.

  2. Provide a drawing name and set a scale value, and then click OK.

    In the New Drawing View dialog box, the name Drawing 1 has been entered. The OK button is active.

  3. On the Insert menu, click Link CAD.

    On the Insert menu, the Link CAD button is highlighted.

  4. We have already created a drawing file for you to use in the example. In the Link CAD Formats dialog box, browse to the Revit samples folder located at: C:\Users\{username}\Documents\EasyPower 25.0\Onelines\Samples\Revit, change Files of type to DXF Files (*.dxf), and select the Example_rme_basic_sample_project.dxf file, and then click Open.

    In the Link CAD Formats dialog box, the Files of type has been set to DXF Files.

  5. The one-line drawing is displayed in Revit. You can zoom in to view the one-line details.

    The one-line drawing in Revit is shown.

Conclusion

This has been a brief overview of EasyPower’s Revit Integrator. The EasyPower Help topics cover this and other features in greater depth. To open Help, click Help in the upper-right corner of the EasyPower window or press F1.

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