REVIT Structure Learning Curve: CADClips

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010

CADClips Temporary Dimensions - Video Tutorial

CADclip - REVIT Structure 2011 Temporary Dimensions

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

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Training topics listed below:

REVIT Architecture

REVIT Structure

REVIT MEP

AutoCAD Architecture

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

MAP

Inventor

Sketchup

Navisworks

MS Office

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Revit 2011 Roof Basic CADClips Video Tutiorials

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Training topics listed below:

REVIT Architecture

REVIT Structure

REVIT MEP

AutoCAD Architecture

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

MAP

Inventor

Sketchup

Navisworks

MS Office

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Revit Stepped Footings (Foundations)

I found this over on Revit Rocks a little while ago and have been meaning to post about it.....

CADclip - 01 REVIT 2011 Stepped Footing Family

CADclip - 02 REVIT 2011 Stepped Footing Family

CADclip - 03 REVIT 2011 Stepped Footing Family

CADclip - 04 REVIT 2011 Stepped Footing Family

Whilst these videos are very instructive on how to create the family, this form of construction would not be permitted iin the UK. We have some very basic rules for dealing with stepped foundations.

So if you are a technician in the UK here they are:-

Here is a Detail of the Stepped Foundations

Saturday, 10 April 2010

CADclips - Parametric Room Size Label

Originally posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 over at Revit Rocks! by Daryl Gregoire, these nice little series of video tutorials about creating nested families and parameters and building a fmaily that will also save you a ton of time if you ever need to label room sizes.

Daryls' posting generally got missed because of all the hype about Revit 2011.

In the videos Daryl will teach you how to nest an annotative family (with instance parameters) into a model family. How to then link up the two sets of parameters in the model family and tie it all together with reference planes that result in downstream shape handles at the project level.

Once the family is loaded into the project you can 'align and / or lock' the nested / controlling reference planes to walls or parallel edges and the room size label updates. Use the 'align tool' or select the family and use the shape handles.

The lessons learned here on nesting an annotation family within a model family and being able to nudge or move 'the annotation' part of the model family at the project level is NOT widespread knowledge.

On Revit Rocks! You will find an embedded playlist with 1 CADclip demonstrating the family in action and 3 more CADclips showing you how to build the family yourself from scratch.

These are also available on YouTube and are hyperlinked below

CADclip Lab - Room Size - RAC-10-LA-07-01 - Demonstration
CADclip Lab - Room Size - RAC-10-LA-07-02 - Annotation Family
CADclip Lab - Room Size - RAC-10-LA-07-03 - Generic Model Family
CADclip Lab - Room Size - RAC-10-LA-07-04 - Flex In Model

In Addition to the Free Video Tutorials that Daryl releases on Revit Rocks! There are volumes of Revit Structure, Architecture and MEP Video Tutorials that can be purchased on the CADclips website.

Monday, 1 March 2010

CADclips - Operable Overhead Door Family Video Tutorials

As indicated in the image above, the 5 CADclip tutorials below demonstrate how we can easily and quickly convert an out of the box REVIT overhead door to have the option to be open.

This CADclip is packed with custom family tips that you can use in your own family creation.
Posted by Daryl Gregoire over at Revit Rocks!

Operable Overhead Door Family

CADclip Lab - OVERHEAD DOOR - RAC-10-LA-06-01 - Introduction

CADclip Lab - OVERHEAD DOOR - RAC-10-LA-06-02 - Create-and Apply Visibility Parameters

CADclip Lab - OVERHEAD DOOR - RAC-10-LA-06-03 - Create Open Door Panel

CADclip Lab - OVERHEAD DOOR - RAC-10-LA-06-04 - Flex in the Model

CADclip Lab - OVERHEAD DOOR - RAC-10-LA-06-05 - Opening Transparency Options

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Parametric Garage Magic in Revit Architecture 2010

Released Date: December 22, 2009

Well, it's time to learn 'Parametric Conceptual Massing'. In this 3 hours of video training we take it two BIG steps further and incorporate the Building Maker Tools and Material Takeoffs.

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Wednesday, 17 February 2010

CADclips - Live Editing Fun ~ Video Tutorials

Monday, 15 February 2010

CADclips - Lab Exercises Double Car Garage

---Below is series of FREE CADclip 'Lab Exercises' on how to model and document the drawings for a double car garage. This is a great training aid / resource for anyone who is teaching REVIT or learning to use REVIT (Architecture or Structure).

Daryl Gregoire has these as a single playlist on Revit Rocks! The playlist starts at Lesson 1 and moves on. Listed below are links to the tutorials posted on YouTube.

Remember, these are 'Lab Exercises' and not a Tutorial. They are best utilized after getting familiar with REVIT. For more detail tutorials visit CADclips.

The Lab Exercises start with grid lines and levels, then walls, doors, windows, footings and a roof. Then a sloping slab and notched foundation wall at the overhead door. Then we put the plans, elevations, section on a sheet and annotate them for documentation. The we will create Schedules and Material Takeoffs that include Totals and Costs.

We also constrain and align the walls, grids, roof and slab to establish a nice neat parametric project.

Move a grid line and the entire project updates right down to the sheets, schedules and costs.

YouTube Listing

01 - Startup (1:26)
02 - Grid Lines (2:58)
03 - Dimension Grid Lines (1:16)
04 - levels (2:46)
05 - Walls and Wall Types (6:05)
06 - Roof (5:06)
07 - Foundation Walls (6:05)
08 - Footings (3:32)
09 - Wall Roof Cleanup (2:19)
10 - Constrain Model and Flex (8:44)
11 - Windows and Doors (6:22)
12 - Constrain Windows and Doors (5:32)
13 - Lower Garage Door (3:02)
14 - New Floor Type (1:30)
15 - Create Sloping Slab (6:57)
16 - Slab Overhead Door Detail (4:28)
17 - Crop Regions and Sheet Placement (8:17)
18 - Annotate Floor Plan (4:12)
19 - Annotate and Cleanup Foundation Plan (7:11)
20 - Annotate East Elevation (5:49)
21 - Annotate Other Elevations (6:53)
22 - Annotate the Section (6:57)
23 - Materials Investigation (7:45)
24 - Material Takeoff Foundation Walls (2:36)
25 - Material Takeoff Footings (1:51)
26 - Material Takeoff Roof Plywood and Shakes (3:13)
27 - Schedule Wall Studs (7:05)
28 - Material Takeoff Walls (4:58)
29 - Material Takeoff Floor Slab (2:50)
30 - Cost Foundation Wall Schedule (4:40)
31 - Cost Footing (2.24)
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Friday, 5 February 2010

CADClip Video on Wood Framing Walls Extension

Daryl Gregoire over at Revit Rocks! saw my posting about the Wood Framing Wall Extension available for free to all REVIT subscription members.

It took him a solid 15-20 hours of tinkering before he could get it to create what he wanted in a single attempt, however there were MANY failed attempts.

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I feel really responsible for the solid 15-20 hours of tinkering Daryl and hope you’re not in the dog house with your wife?

He suggests in his video that there are a few things that need to get 'fixed' with this REVIT extension before it's 100% ready for the market but it has amazing potential.

He went from being excited to being disappointed no less than 5 times but is back to being excited again . . .(Glad to hear that Daryl)

Pop over to his blog to view the CADClip Tutorial he has produced.

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Thursday, 21 January 2010

CADClips ~ Video Tutorials January Sale

Click here to visit the CADclips web site
Click here to see the CADclips on Youtube
Click Here to see the FREE CADClips on CADClips.com
Click Here to visit Revit Rocks!
Click Here to see CADClips Purchase Options (link Updated).
NEW = Since the last time I updated this list

Listed below are the Video Tutorials on YouTube:-

CADclip - REVIT Parametric Garage Magic - The Series ~ 20th Dec 2009

CADclip - REVIT MEP 2010 - Use Filters to Show Duct Centerlines ~ 18th December
CADclip - REVIT Parametric Garage Magic ~ 9th Dec 2009
CADclip - Building Maker Magic ~ 4th Dec 2009
CADclip - RAC 2010 CUSTOM FAMILY CHAMFERED COLUMN ~ 2nd Dec 2009
CADclip - More Samples of Unlimited Versions of a Single Column Family ~ 2nd Dec 2009CADclip - Custom Architectural Column Family with Sweep and Reveal ~30th Nov 2009CADclip - REVIT Parametric Massing Study ~ 27th Nov 2009
CADclip - Void Visibility Trick ~ 25th Nov 2009
CADclip - Massing Study Demo RAC 2010 ~ 23rd Nov 2009CADclip - REVIT Family Type Catalog Files ~ 17th Nov 2009
CADclip - REVIT 2010 Solids Sweep Tips ~ 10th Nov 2009
CADclip - Part 1 - REVIT Architecture 2010 Sloping Eyebrow Dormer ~ 9th November 2009CADclip - Part 2 - REVIT Architecture 2010 Sloping Eyebrow Dormer ~ 9th November 2009CADclip - Tapered Roof Cricket With In-Place Sweep Blend ~ 13th August 2009CADclip - REVIT Architecture - Schedule Door Swing ~ 30th July 2009
CADclip - REVIT 2010 Parkade ~ 13th May 2009CADclip - REVIT Architecture 2010 Walkthrough Up Stairs with 3D Edit Controls
CADclip - REVIT Architecture 2009 Tapering Roof / Floor by In-Place Solid Extrusion and Void Blend
CADclip - REVIT - Elevation View Tags
CADclip - HD - REVIT ARCH - Stair Constrain Opening
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Flared Bottom Tread
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Top Riser Cleanup
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Stair with winder and no Railing
CADclip - HD - REVIT Stair Tutorial with a Winder
CADclip - REVIT Arch importing Images
CADclip - ARCAT BIM and Architectural Specifications
CADclip - REVIT Yes No Parameter to Control Visibility
CADclip - REVIT House Kit 2008 ~ Advert Only
CADclip - REVIT Architecture Keynote Schedules ~ Revit Architecture 2008
CADclip - REVIT Architecture Keynotes By Number
CADclip - REVIT Nested Scope Box Demonstration
CADclip - REVIT to Sketchup Video CADclip - REVIT Structure - Dependant Views in Plan ~ using Revit Structure 2008
CADclip - REVIT Structure Annotation Crop Region ~ Using Revit Structure 2008
CADclip - REVIT Massing - Using Sketchup Skippy Files
CADclip - REVIT Architecture Massing Void Trick
CADclip - REVIT Sloped Flat Floor and Roof by Shape Handles
CADclip - REVIT Structure 2008 Coping Buttons ~ Revit Structure 2008 Update
CADclip - REVIT Keyboard Shortcuts Video Tutorial ~ Revit Structure 2008
CADclip - REVIT MEP 2008 - HVAC DEMO

CADclip - 7 free REVIT Custom Family Videos
CADclip - RAC Arch'l Beam Family Lesson 1 Introduction
CADclip - RAC Arch'l Beam Family Lesson 2 Parameters and Reference Planes
I Can't Find Lesson 3 but you can download from Revit Rocks see below
CADclip - RAC Arch'l Beam Family Lesson 4 Model the Abutments and Flex the Model
CADclip - RAC Arch'l Beam Family Lesson 5 Yes No Parameters to Control Visibility
I Can't Find Lesson 6 and 7 but you can download from Revit Rocks see below

Downloads from CADClips.com

Lesson 1: The Completed Beam Family Introduction
Lesson 2: Parameters and Reference Planes
Lesson 3: Modeling the Main Beam and Flex
Lesson 4: Modeling the Abutments and Flex
Lesson 5: Using Yes / No Parameters to Control Object Visibility
Lesson 6: Use Model Lines and the Linework Tools
Lesson 7: Mental Ray Materials and Rendering

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Friday, 25 September 2009

Tips and Tricks ~ Stairs

As I surf my way around the internet and find tips and trick, articles, blog postings about Stairs in Revit that may be useful I'm adding links to them here as a reference resource

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Steve Stafford ~ Revit Oped ~ Dutch Stair with Revit ~
Blog Posting / Video
Describes the unique Dutch stair winder conditions in some buildings

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Steve Stafford ~ Revit Oped ~ Dutch Stairs - In-Place Stringers
Blog Posting / Video
In-Place family technique to make stringers for a stair when the default boundary/stringers aren't satisfactory.

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Steve Stafford ~ Revit Oped ~ Revit Stair - End in a Landing
Blog Posting / Video
Shows how to sketch a concrete stair that ends in a landing

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Steve Stafford ~ Revit Oped ~ Stair Labels Up Dn and Wall Editing
Blog Posting / Video
Brief explanation of the Up Dn arrow and label issues with Revit Stairs as well as editing a wall profile

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Steve Stafford ~ Revit Oped ~ Revit Activate Dimensions
Blog Posting / Video

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Revit Kid ~ Stair Basics
Revit Kid ~ Stair Question

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Troy Mifsud Web site http://www.mycadd.com/
Vol 4 ~ 16 ~ Stairs (46:06) 9 minute extract on YouTube from his Revit Essentials Course

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Easy Revit (2009) ~ Video Tutorials by ddufon
24-Create StairsCreate Stairs (using the "by Run" method. Define properties for a basic stair, and cut a shaft opening for the stairs.

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Pentagon Solutions ~ Video Tutorials
Pentagon Solutions is an independent company, owned exclusively by its founder members, and is based in Belfast. Their website is currently being rebuilt.
Custom Stairs in Revit Architecture Stage 1 creating custom stairs in Revit Architecture

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CADClips Click here to visit the CADclips web site Click here to see all the CADclips on Youtube
CADclip - HD - REVIT ARCH - Stair Constrain Opening
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Flared Bottom Tread
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Top Riser Cleanup
CADclip - HD - REVIT Architecture Stair with winder and no Railing
CADclip - HD - REVIT Stair Tutorial with a Winder

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Friday, 30 November 2007

Modelling the Lift Pit – Part 1

Here is a hand drawing of a typical lift pit associated with this scheme.

This profile has been used so as to miss the foundations to the existing lift shaft structure.

The draughtsman did not bother to indicate the existing foundations on this section, but they are there.

With nothing in the way, the section in the other direction is symmetrical about the centre line of the lift shaft.

Lots of drainage and electric cables and gas services pipes were found on site so a few dimensional modifications to the Tender Drawing extract details shown above have been made, however this gives you a basic idea of what It is I’m trying to model.

At some stage in the future I want to add the reinforcement details.

Here is a screen dump of my first floor plan.

I altered the scale from 1:100 to 1:50 to reduce the size of the grid bubbles so they became a little smaller on the screen and more in keeping with the size of the detail.

Whilst taking this screen dump I noticed that the Grid Line Bubble (A) did not line up with the others, so I fixed it, now they all line up.

The bending / moving of the Grid Line to move the Bubbles apart was shown in a CADClip so I followed the example I had seen.

Having seen Daryl take sections in his CADclip videos, I then decided to cut a section between grid lines 1 and 2 looking up the page. The section is shown below

To begin with the columns looked short and stubby. Until I realised that I had to drag down the view area so that I could see the Ground Level. In fact I dragged the box down further so that I could see the pit and top of the pile foundations that I was about to model.

I selected the Ground Level Structural Wall then Basics and Structural Wall

Looking at the walls available, the best fit I could find was Basic Wall: Exterior – 300mm Concrete.

The wall I wish to detail is only 200mm thick, so I clicked on the Element Properties button

This gave me the Element Properties dialogue shown above

I then selected Edit / New… to get the Type Properties dialogue below

Hitting the Duplicate Button

I named the Type as Exterior – 200mm Concrete and hit the Value Edit… button to alter the width from 300 to 200

I forgot to alter the Base Offset from -4000 to -1200, so once drawn and viewed in 3D, I had to select the walls, then right clicked, Properties and altered the Base Offset dimension.

Now at least my structure is starting to look as if something might be holding it up

Looking at this view there are a couple of things that went through my mind:-

1) The tops of the concrete columns Top Offset needs to moved down so that the columns protrude into the concrete slab by 50mm – Ummm need to check that this actually will show in a section.

2) This then also starts me thinking about showing or modelling the kicker to the walls….. Ummmm something else to look at.

3) Must recall how to turn off the structural framing lines in the view – seen it in one of the CADClips but can’t recall which one

4) I have drawn the steel columns as having a joint at each floor level. Actually they are much longer (just over two floors high) and have connections above the floor level not in line with it. Is it worth tweaking? Can I model the connection details? How and would it affect the design model?

5) At the moment the 1st floor slab is the wrong material and the wrong profile, as it has a sloping bottom. I know this, but wanted to get something drawn and will come back to this later.

Here is what the profile of the slab should look like looking at Flank Elevation.
6) I also will need to tweak the bottom of the steel columns and add baseplates

So I feel like I’m climbing this big knowledge tree. I’m kind of getting up the trunk and can now see all these main branches with many other branches off them and twigs coming off

Next time…..

The base slab, pile cap, and piles then adding the beam thickening to the top of the walls…

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Real Dads Don’t Read Instructions

OK I’m sitting at my computer playing with Revit Structure wearing a tee shirt my kids bought me for Fathers Day which says “Real Dads Don’t Read Instructions”.

Well I do……. Well kind of………Well sometimes…….. Kind of a scan read…..

I’ve printed out the Users Guide and the Metric Tutorials which also come as adobe pdf files in a hand A4 format for us Brits, I bound these up with a comb binder, and have them at hand for downtime, you know for when you are not at the computer and your sitting in a doctors or dentist waiting room or having to spending some time in the living room with the wife. (See I can and do read instructions)

I’ve done the Getting Started Steel Project, and read the Concrete Project that comes with the disks, whilst on the train (one of those down times I was talking about) I use F1 –Help a lot

But…. I want to get cracking with Revit…….I want to fly it and I want to fly it now….. (I sound just like the little girl in Willy Wonka)
I did find a web site where you can download the tutorial manuals that come with the trial DVD in pdf format as well. (Link to tutorials)

I have been building the Revit Links page at my cadalot web site, and whilst surfing found Daryl Gregoires’ blogs:- Revit Rocks!, CADClips, Learn ADT, Learn AutoCAD, Sketchup Rocks! and CADClips University.

Daryl is a CAD Trainer and Architectural Designer based in Calgary, Alberta Canada. He has been using Autodesk products since 1988 . Revit Rocks! and CADClips, are MUST VISIT web sites - so much information.

I bought a full site subscription for three months to CADClips so that I could get my paws on his training videos to help me climb that learning curve. It took some time to get them all downloaded but they are now sitting on my hard disk and backed up on five DVD’s (3x Architecture and 2 x Structure) so that I can view at work or home.

I’m dipping in and out of The CADClip Video Tutorials and they are worth their weight in gold. I will go back and review the lot, but for now I’m trying to fast track my learning for a project I have at the moment, and I want to learn on something live and real.

The scheme I’m learning on is an extension to a number of six storey blocks of flats in Kensington & Chelsea that need new lifts fitted. The existing shafts are too small for modern lifts, so we are bolting on a structure which provides new landings and access to new lift shafts.

The design is a mixture of reinforced concrete and structural steelwork, and it’s a small scheme, that has concrete pile foundations with pile caps, reinforced concrete columns between the pile caps and the first floor cantilevered reinforced concrete profiled slab

Then from the first floor slab we switch to a steel frame with a holorib steel decking slabs. There are also a lot of novel, non-typical tutorial types of real life details that will need to be modelled. i.e. PFC and steel angles bolted to existing walls etc.

Jumping in at the deep end, my thought process for attacking this project based on my limited knowledge of Revit so far, kind of run in this order:-

* Load AutoCAD drawing as a reference

* Grids

* Levels

* Place Steel Columns Level 2 (Second Floor)

* Concrete Slab 1st Floor

* Concrete Columns (Level 1 – Ground)

* Masonry Load Bearing Walls

* Concrete Slabs (2nd Floor Level 2 – Roof Level 6)

* Beams

* Ground Level Topography

* Pile Cap Foundations

* Piles

* Lift Pit

* Roof Structure

* Drawing Sheets
This is a learning project so once completed I will review what I’ve done and learnt and probably do things completely differently on the next project, but Hay!, that’s what learning and gaining experience is all about …right?

More later, I’m now off to play with revit……..