Concrete Modeling in Revit Structure Shruti Harve, Senior Application Specialist Ideate,Inc

Course Objectives Modeling Precast Concrete Components Documentation: Schedules & Tags Tips and Tricks to Model Concrete Structures

What best represents your role? Principal /Project Manager Structural Engineers CAD/BIM Specialists CAD/BIM Manager General Contractor/Design-Build Professional

Your experience with modeling Concrete Structures in Revit Structure Never Modeled Concrete structures using Revit Structure Anticipate modeling concrete for an Upcoming Project We model Concrete Structures all the time using Revit Structure

Your experience with creating Precast Concrete Component Families and using the Family Editor Never Modeled Precast Concrete Structure in Revit Structure, never used the Family Editor Never Modeled Precast Concrete Structure in Revit Structure, but modeled other custom components using the Family Editor Modeled Precast Concrete Structures in Revit Structure and created several custom component Families in the Revit Family Editor

Introduction to creating and modifying Pre-Cast Concrete Components

Documentation: Schedules &Tags Rebar data in Concrete Beam and Column Schedules Rebar Schedules: Displaying Rebar Host information in schedules & Ideate BIMLink Display Heights, Volume and area in Tags

Tips and Tricks to Model Concrete Structures Understanding Join Geometry in Revit Structure Joins & vs./ attachment Joining Multiple items at once Graphic appearance of joined vs. non joined concrete elements Concrete Expansion Joins Modeling Concrete Waffle Slabs Pre cast Tilt up Panels Flat Slab with Sloped Soffit Slab Edges (does a line appear at the interface or not?  When should it? When shouldn’t it?) when should walls & columns be attached to slabs (I have found it’s generally better to not attach them and have more direct control over column and wall heights() – I have figured this out now, but a primer on profiles and slab edges would have been useful earlier

Modeling Precast Double Tee Beam Family in Revit Structure Create the custom Parametric Double Tee Profile Family Open the out of the box Precast Double Tee Beam Family Load the Custom Double Tee Profile Family into it Flex and test to make sure everything is working correctly

Documentation: Schedules &Tags Rebar data in Concrete Beam and Column Schedules Rebar Schedules: Displaying Rebar Host information in schedules & Ideate BIMLink Display Heights, Volume and area in Tags

Rebar Data: Concrete Beam Schedules

Ideate BIMLink 2013:Rebar Schedules: Rebar Host Data in Schedules

Displaying ‘Top of Column’ Elevations in Tags

Tips and Tricks to Model Concrete Structures Understanding Join Geometry in Revit Structure Joins & vs./ attachment Joining Multiple items at once Graphic appearance of joined vs. non joined concrete elements Concrete Expansion Joins Modeling Concrete Waffle Slabs Pre cast Tilt up Panels Flat Slab with Sloped Soffit Slab Edges (does a line appear at the interface or not?  When should it? When shouldn’t it?) when should walls & columns be attached to slabs (I have found it’s generally better to not attach them and have more direct control over column and wall heights() – I have figured this out now, but a primer on profiles and slab edges would have been useful earlier

Joining Multiple Components

Graphic Appearance of Joined vs. Not Joined Concrete When you join geometry in the Family Editor, you create a union between different shapes. In a project, however, one of the joined elements actually cuts the other according to the following scheme: Walls cut columns. Structural elements cut host elements (walls, roofs, ceilings, and floors). Floors, ceilings, and roofs cut walls. Gutters, fascias, and slab edges cut other host elements. Cornices do not cut any elements. To join geometry: Click Modify tabEdit Geometry panelJoin. If you want to join the first selected geometry instance to several other instances, select Multiple Join on the Options Bar. If you do not select this option, you must make a first and second selection each time. Select the first geometry to join (for example, a wall face). Select the second geometry to join to the first (for example, an edge of a floor). If you selected Multiple Join, continue selecting other geometry to join to the first. To exit the tool, click Modify or press ESC. NoteIf you join solids in the Family Editor, you can apply a Visibility (on/off) parameter only to the entire joined geometry, not to the sub-elements that were joined. Use TAB to toggle to the combined geometry. Please send us your comment about this page

Concrete Expansion Joints

Modeling Concrete Waffle Slabs

Concrete Tilt up Panels

Flat Soffit: Top of Slab Sloped

Thickened Slab Edges