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C2S_M8A_SA2

Assignment
Creating Kitchen Units, Workspaces, and Optimizing Assemblies
and Layouts Using AgaCAD

120 minutes
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󰜼What to do PARTA
Create Kitchen Unit Image 1 Image 2

1. Open your User Spine model on which you

have been working for previous assignments
2. Open Floor Plan: L2 > navigate to the Living
Space of any apartment unit > will be
creating open Kitchen in the living room as
shown in image 1
3. Firstly, create Kitchen Slab > create a new
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floor type of ‘FL_KIT001_100ʼ > update its
Structure as shown in image 2
4. Create Slab Profile of 3230  600; refer
image 3 at a Height offset from level: 935 >
create an opening in the Slab for Sink; refer
image 4
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󰜼What to do PARTA

Create Kitchen Unit

Image 5
5. Download NVT_Base Cabinet-Single
Door & Drawer, NVT_KitchenStove_3D,
NVT_Sink_Kitchen_1, Image 6
NVT_SP_Refrigerator, NVT_Upper
Cabinet-Double Door-Wall Revit family files
from the LMS resource folder
6. Load the downloaded families in your
User Spine Revit Model
7. Place the Sink (above the opening in the
slab) & Stove on the slab and Refrigerator
as shown in image 5
8. Place the Base Casework below the slab;
refer image 6
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󰜼What to do PARTA

Create Kitchen Unit

9. Place the Upper Casework at an offset of 1500; refer image 7

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󰜼What to do PARTA

Create Home Workspace

10. Download NVT_Office_Chair, NVT_office_workstation_1,
NVT_office_workstation_2 revit family files from the LMS resource
folder
11. Create a Home Workspace by placing Workstation and Chair in the
room according to your design choice; refer image 8
12. Update the Family Parameter to adjust the family into the space

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󰜼What to do PARTB

Create Wall Partition Frame using AGACAD

1. Make sure you have installed AGACAD for this Assignment
2. Open L2 Floor Plan > Create a new Architectural Wall Type of 75mm; refer image 9 >
Model Wall at the specified location as shown in image 10
3. Go to T4R Wood Framing tab > click on Wall > click on Settings > click on Load
Families; refer image 11 > tick on Main Families > click Ok; refer image 12
4. Families will be loading > this may take time, be patient

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󰜼What to do PARTB

Create Wall Partition Frame using AGACAD

5. Go to T4R Wood Framing tab > click on Frame Wall drop down > click on Framing Configuration; refer image 13
> update the settings as shown in image 14 > click on Save
6. Go to T4R Wood Framing tab > click on Frame Wall > select the Partition Wall modelled > Report dialog box will
open > select the wall type > click on Ok > Select dialog box opens, from the drop down select Frame > click on
Ok > Partition Wall Frame will be created

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󰜼What to do PARTC

Create Floor Frame using AGACAD

1. Open L2 FLoor Plan > navigate to the Bedroom >
Duplicate the existing Floor Type; create floor type as
shown in image 15
2. Floors will overlap > update the height from offset
125mm > update the offset of the model elements
according to the floor level; refer image 16
Image 15
3. Load Floor Families as you did for Wall Families
4. Update the Floor Frame Configuration then Apply the
Floor Frame

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󰜼What to do PARTD

Create Floor Assembly using AGACAD

1. Now, again go to the T4R Wood
Framing tab > click on Create
Assembly drop down > click on
Drawing Configuration; refer
image 17 > Drawing Configuration
dialog box will open > update the
settings as shown in image 18

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󰜼What to do PARTD

Create Floor Assembly using AGACAD

2. In the Drawing Configuration dialog box, Click on the three dots > click on Duplicate > rename the Configuration
to New Assembly Configuration > click on Ok > then click on Save & Close; refer image 19

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󰜼What to do PARTD

Create Floor Assembly using AGACAD

3. Now, click on Create Assembly > select the Floor Framing; refer image 20 > Create Assembly dialog box opens
> select the New Assembly Conf. > click on Create; refer image 21 > Assembly will be created (see in Project
Browser); refer image 22

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󰜼What to do BONUS

Create Electrical Layout : Pre Requisites

1. Go to “Level 2 RCP Layout.ˮ

2. Open the Living Room area
3. Download all the resources related to Electrical Layout
4. Follow the lighting fixture plan in next slide. From the downloaded
resources, place all electrical component as per the provided
information in next slide.
5. Enable the “System Browserˮ from View tab > User Interface >
System Browser to view all the electrical component from the
schedule. Refer image 0

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󰜼What to do Single Phase Panel

- 120V MCB -
BONUS
Duplex Duplex
Receptacle Surface
Receptacle
Lighting - Top Lighting
- Top
Switches Switched Switches
Switched

M_Ceiling
Note : Before Light - Flat
moving forward Round
download all
these electrical M_Ceiling Light -
component from Linear Box
resources and
place them on
the Level 2 RCP
layout

Duplex
Duplex
Receptacle
Receptacle
- Top
Image 1 - Top
Switched
Switched
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󰜼What to do BONUS

Create Electrical Layout

1. Go to “Systemsˮ tab and then in Electrical option select “Electrical Equipmentˮ refer figure image 1

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2. Go to “Manageˮ tab and then“ Electrical

settingsˮ refer figure image 3

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3. “Voltage Definitionˮ and “Distribution Systemsˮ need to be filled so that we can develop the electrical load
calculation schedules and wiring connection.For now follow Image 4 and Image 5 settings for this task.

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4. Select placed “Single Phase Panel- 120v

MCBˮ and enter the Distribution System value
- 120v. Refer image 6

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5. Now letʼs connect lighting fixtures to the lighting switches. Select all the “M_Ceiling Light - Linear
BONUS
Box” lights and click on “Switchesˮ as shown in image 7.Similarly connect all the “M_Ceiling Light - Flat
Round” light with switch

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5. Select all the “M_Ceiling Light - Linear Box” lights along with “Lighting Switches” and click on “Powerˮ as
BONUS
shown in image 8.You will see the wires will be connected from light to switch.

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5. Now letʼs connect the circuits .Click on any one of the “Duplex Receptacle - Top Switched” and click on
BONUS
“Power” as shown in Image 9
6. After that click on “Panel” dropdown and select “100a,120v,Single Phase,2 wires” as shown in image 10

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BONUS

7. Select “Duplex Receptacle - Top Switched”

and click on “Edit Circuit.” Refer Image 11

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BONUS
8. Now you will see that the screen will be greyed out. Click on “Add Circuitˮ and select all the
“Duplex Receptacle - Top Switched” circuits in the layout.

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8. You will see.Wiring will be created throughout all the circuits and now the layout is created for
BONUS
the particular room.You create the same for other rooms as well. You can also view all the
component in the schedules on right side.

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󰜼What to do
Submit on the LMS
1. Take a Screenshots or Snips of the Kitchen Unit & Home Workspace PARTA, Wall Framing Partition
PARTB, Floor Framing Partition PARTC) and Floor Assembly PARTD
2. Screenshot of the Electrical Plan (BONUS)
3. Create a folder and place all the screenshots in the folder along with your Revit File
4. Compress/Zip the folder
5. Submit the folder on the LMS