EVOLVE Electrical Customer Ideas
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Add clearance zone to the Cable Tray, changeable from 4" to 6"
Will allow you to control space above Data cable tray during model coordination so that field personal have the room needed to install wire and or cable.
Add weight calculations to all the components.
This would be helpful when making conduit racks, duct banks, frames/cubes for prefab electrical rooms. Determine how to install, transport, lift to another level.
Needs more information or votes
New Feature
Automate Conduit strap fitting on trapezes
It'll be helpful to allow Purchasing to know how many straps and sizes they will need. This also will be part of the prefab so they will know the types of straps ...
Back-to-back 90s family
Should work just like stub-90s, kick 90s, and offsets.
Either auto-dimensioning or a better solution for dimensioning
On spool sheets it remains extremely challenging to dimension conduit and conduit fittings quickly. Having to change the template to medium quality in order to ...
Voltage Drop Calculation
It would be very useful to have a voltage drop calculation built into the evolve Conduit Run Schedule so we can verify a feeder is sized for its length.
Needs more information or votes
ConduitFill
Fiberglass Conduit Elbows
Fiberglass conduit elbows have become a common item when running PVC. They are used in place of the sometimes required RMC elbows in the underground. They should be ...
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5 Degree PVC Coupling
I would like to see a 5 Degree PVC Coupling that allows for the insert of the Conduit in to the fitting.
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Assign Run Id tool needs some serious optimization
Out of hundreds of Run Ids listed in the project, it is very hard to scroll down and select the desired Run id value while assigning runs. It feels like an ...
Planned (Added to Roadmap)
Change conduit type and preserve parameters
When changing conduit type using "Change Type" in the edit section of the modify ribbon any parameter entries get reset to empty.
When running multiple types of ...
Needs more information or votes
Wall Hangers for Cable Tray/Conduits
Reduces having to create hangers out of strut lengths and fittings. Could also show up with hanger schedules without special filtering to capture strut lengths used ...
Convert engineers devices to prefab assemblies
converting the devices (receptacles, switches, data, etc) to user defined in-wall assemblies.
Sheet Template Auto-Selection by Spool Content
Spool sheet creation would be much faster if there were a setting that allowed us to assign sheet templates (title blocks) to specific families/types. This would ...
Needs more information or votes
Spooling
Factory Elbows Length Parameter
All factory elbows need the overall length parameter like the prefab bends families. This is needed when calculating length of runs when utilizing factory bend families.
"Enter" as a quick key for "Finish" on all tools
Having the ability to hit "Enter" on the keyboard instead of having to use the mouse to locate and click the "Finish" button across the entire eVolve ecosystem would ...
Done
Enhancement
Make Conduit Connect to Couplings on Bends Correctly
I would like to see conduit connect to couplings on converted bends correctly. Right now they connect directly to the conduit on the bend and not in the correct spot ...
Planned (Added to Roadmap)
Renumbering Utility
This feature will allow users to custom make rules in order to apply a numbering value to elements.
This feature is the result of the following suggestions: ...
Gutter/ Trough above and below panelboards
Having a gutter/ trough above and below panelboards will help in the prefabrication and wiring of panels. Gutters with adjustable dimensions as well as 2 nipples ...
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Panelboard dimensions to be instance based rather than type based
Allowing instance based control of dimensions rather than type based, allows more flexibility with each type rather than having a large list of types to choose from.
Done
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Concrete encased option within Duct Spacers tool
Show geometry that can represent concrete along conduit ductbank run. Potentially down to a checkbox in the set up window. Coordination often needs to be done using ...
Needs more information or votes
New Feature
Add point loads Estimation to Evolve Electrical for conduit racks and Electrical Equipment
Since Evolve Mechanical seem to have this feature available, is there a way to make (estimated)point loads available in Evolve electrical as well. GCs (General ...
Orient views to match Spools or Prefab Package
Orient the views created by eVolve to the spools or prefab package IF not following cardinal coordinates (north, south, east, west). For example a building that is ...
Done
Export points with layers
In the points manager there is a layer column however it seams like I cant enter any information into it and that column does not export when I export to csv.
We ...
Done
Layout Points
Add tagging as an action for the Element Filter
As there currently is no way to easily tag layout points in a single step with eVolve, adding the option to Create Tag as an action on Element Filters would be a ...
Needs more information or votes
True Back-To-Back 90s
The ability to add 2 bends in one stick of conduit would be useful. Similar to kick 90s.
In Progress
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boxes with the rapid ring plaster ring system
The Eaton rapid ring system is a great prefab tool, and would be nice to have 4x4 boxes with that option for rough in.
Run Schedule Remember Path per Project
Currently when importing a run schedule the folder path is set to the last path used to import a feeder schedule. For users that work on multiple projects this ...
Needs more information or votes
Feature Enhancement
Redi Rail Cable Tray unequal Cross
Many projects require the cable tray cross to have unequal sizes for the cross openings. This is a catalog item.
Done
Place Connectors Button
Automatically size and place connectors on selected end of conduit run.
I see this being a huge time saver when we have multiple conduits entering / exiting a ...
Planned (Added to Roadmap)
Feature Enhancement
Rigid PVC Coated Conduit and Fittings (Robroy)
Would be beneficial for meeting certain specs. required on some projects
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Redi Rail Cable Tray fittings with 36" Radius
We have many jobs that spec a 36" radius.
Done
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Redi Rail Cable Tray unequal T
Many times a cable tray T needs to have unequal widths for the openings.
Done
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Parameter that calculates total bends of a conduit run
List an additional parameter on a Conduit Run that reports total amount of bend
Done
Feature Enhancement
Auto insertion of conduit couplings every 10 feet
A tool for inserting conduit couplings at every 10 feet in a conduit run will save a considerable amount of time when modeling.
This tool should automatically detect ...
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Masonry In-Wall Assemblies
Masonry assemblies for inside CMU walls. Include masonry box options, conduit sizes 3/4" - 1-1/4", 30" or 40" conduit cut increments, set screw or compression, ...
Able to adjust different elevations for 3 point and 4 point saddle
Sometimes a three or four point saddle will begin at a defined elevation but need to come back down to a different elevation. For instance one might need a four point ...
Needs more information or votes
ConduitBends
Conduit bends need a parameter that tell you either TOC or BOC
Since kicks and offsets have different heights at either end it is difficult to use a single tag to label conduit ID, Size and height. This is especially hard to tag ...
Please make Female adapters work in factory elbow
We have visibility parameters for female adapter in conduits fitting but we don't see it when we check the boxes for female adapter. I have checked in family editor ...
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Add the ability to offset down vs up, the MEP rotate does not work if the conduit is not paralell to
We seem to have a lot of projects that are not square and have column lines the run at crazy angles, when you need to offset around something sometimes you have to go ...
Done
Tip & Trick Supplied
Show the slotted strut in the trapeze family or set the formula into Rod offset parameter
currently there is no way to set Rod offset value to just a right amount such that the rod slides through the slot in the strut. Neither the trapeze family shows the ...
auto numbering through eVolve_CustomId parameter
run a function similar to auto number of points for hangers (or any family). User defined Prefix/suffix.
Hanger Sub Category
Make hangers families a sub Category of Conduit Fittings. I get requests from Mechanical contractors who are running clash detection to put the hangers on a separate ...
Needs more information or votes
Modifying Packages - Nested Elements
When modifying a package, if you remove an element that has nested components, those components are not removed from the package and needs to be selected manually. ...
eVolve_Length of Offset family is not accurate in Kit BOM
Even after having different Overall_Bend_Length Offset families have same eVolve_Length i.e. 10'. Please update family parameters to show accurate conduit length for ...
Done
Tip & Trick Supplied
Seismic bracing to trapeze hangers
ability to add seismic bracing to trapeze hangers
Add liquid filled transformer family
site underground models can be accurate
Normalize the direction of conduits in a run
Add a tool to normalize the direction (start and end) of all conduits and all bends (Nose and tails) of a selected run or runs.
The tool could ask the user to pick a ...
Needs more information or votes
Align Couplings on Bends Tool
This should work similar to the align conduit/spacing tool where you pick the stationary conduit and either you select spacing for individual, or all same spacing, or ...
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