Revit Tutorial - Electrical Panel Board & Schedule

Why It Matters

The demo provides actionable Revit workflows that reduce modeling friction and errors, speeding electrical design and documentation for building projects and improving coordination between designers and engineers. Accurate panel setup and circuiting in Revit also streamlines downstream scheduling and construction deliverables, saving time and rework.

Summary

This tutorial excerpt from Rev X instructor John Chan walks through placing and configuring electrical panel boards in Revit, covering the Systems tab, family types (hosted vs. unhosted), clearance rules, sizing and alignment, and powering a 120/240V split-phase load center. Chan demonstrates practical tips—hotkey setup, flexible hosted families, adjusting clearance depths, true-to-size dimensions, and how to edit or remove circuits—while showing 3D view and section-box techniques. The clip is drawn from a larger MAP series course that includes sample files, templates, and advanced electrical content (circuiting, receptacles, lighting, cable trays) available at bimpmper.com/me. He emphasizes best practices for modeling accuracy and coordination with electrical engineers or utilities when specifying poles and voltages.

Original Description

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This is a sample lesson from our new Revit Electrical Modeling course with Jon Chan, an electrical engineer, Revit expert, and RevX co-founder.

Jon shows how to place a panel board on a wall, configure its key electrical settings, and create a panel schedule from the model.

00:00 - Intro

00:34 - Tools

02:24 - Panel Board

03:47 - Clearance

05:14 - Position

06:26 - Circuiting

07:24 - Voltage

09:23 - Breakers

09:47 - Schedule

11:38 - Spares

12:33 - Naming