Lighting Schedule - how to add new symbols

[westvale]

Hello friends,

 

I want to create a light symbol that shows up in my schedule.  I have a basic knowledge of how to create a cad block, which I did.  Now I want it to show up in my automated electrical schedule. 

 

 

[DBCooper]

You can't put cad blocks in schedules.  You can create a new electrical symbol that uses the cad block and put that into a schedule.  If you don't care about the 3D, just copy an existing light and change the cad block to the one you want.  If you want both to look right, then you will need to make or import a 3D model of the light fixture you want.

 

Here is a pretty generic tech article about making new symbols:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00809/converting-an-object-into-a-symbol.html

 

Here is one about customizing a light symbol:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01057/customizing-a-light-fixture.html

 

[GeneDavis]

In plan view, draw a CAD "object," a rectangle, circle, polygon, anything closed.  Convert it to a slab or 3D solid.  Now convert that object to a symbol and choose type as Electrical.  Open it, add lights or a single light, set it however you want for placement behavior (on wall, on floor, on ceiling, etc.)  Since it is an electrical object, it will report to the electrical schedule.