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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Introduction to creating and modifying
Pre-Cast Concrete Components

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Rebar Data: Concrete Beam Schedules

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

13. Displaying ‘Top of Column’ Elevations
in Tags

14. 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

15. Joining Multiple Components

16. 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.
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17. Concrete Expansion Joints

18. Modeling Concrete Waffle Slabs

19. Concrete Tilt up Panels

20. Flat Soffit: Top of Slab Sloped

21. Thickened Slab Edges