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Adding switches

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Adding switches

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- [Voiceover] Well, we have no way to turn these lights on or off, so what I would like to do is add some switches to our model. I want to roll down to my Ceiling Plan, Level 1. I want to zoom into these areas where we have lights, and we're going to add some switches. I want to go to my Systems tab. Now on my Electrical panel, I'm going to click my Device drop-down, and I'm going to go down to Lighting. I have an M_Lighting Switch Three Way. Now if we hit the drop-down here, we'll see we have quite a few of them. So I'm going to come down here, and I'm going to grab Door. I'm going to put mine right next to the door. Don't worry about that big, ugly DR, we're going to get rid of that. I'm going pick a spot, like right about here, and I'm going to hit Esc a couple times. Now, these automatically tag themselves, but I'm not a big fan of it. So I'm going to select my lighting switch, I'm going to click on Edit Type, and for my Label right here, I'm going to get rid of DR. I'm hit the…

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