SÁCH REVIT STRUCTURE V.2009

MASTERING
Revit
®
Structure 2009
Weir
Wing
Richardson
Harrington
Structure Your Designs the BIM Way
Whether you’re a structural engineer, designer, or draftsperson making the
move to BIM, you’ll dramatically increase productivity and become a Revit
Structure expert with the techniques, workfl ows, and previously undocumented
tips and tricks in this thorough reference and tutorial.
The expert authors combine their years of Revit and engineering experience to
offer you a solid foundation in Revit Structure concepts, before moving to the
structural modeling of such elements as walls, frames, and slabs. You’ll learn
advanced family creation, standards development, and model documentation
and presentation—as well as such crucial topics as annotation, dimensioning,
exporting data, 3D visualization, templates, publishing, collaboration, and
more. With detailed tutorials and real-world solutions you can implement
right away, this is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to master Revit
Structure 2009.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
• Understanding how parametric modeling frees you to focus on your designs
• Exploring the broad array of tools in Revit Structure’s user interface
• Viewing and referencing plan, section, elevation, and model views—
simultaneously—while you design
• Applying scheduling, annotation, and dimensioning info as you go, for
speedier workfl ows
• Creating and presenting 3D visualizations that bring your designs to life
• Using analytical models to test and simulate, then refi ne your designs

• Adding custom content and building your own component libraries
Increase Your Productivity,
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Create Dynamic Structural
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Design, Draw, Detail, and
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Thomas S. Weir is the Director of BIM and CAD Operations at Brandow & Johnston in Los Angeles. He is President and founder of the L.A.
Revit Users Group, moderates the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Structural forum, teaches Revit Structure at Autodesk
University, and wrote the fi rst Autodesk Offi cial Training Courseware for Revit Structure. Eric Wing has been in the AEC fi eld for fi fteen
years and has been managing, teaching, and presenting Autodesk applications for ten of them. Eric is AUGI’s Autodesk Training Program
Director and is also a columnist for AUGI’s HotNews monthly newsletter as well as for AUGIWorld magazine. Jamie D. Richardson is an
Associate and a CAD/BIM manager for Ericksen Roed & Associates located in the Twin Cities area. He speaks at Autodesk University, is
active in his local Revit User Group, and mentors students at local technical colleges. David J. Harrington, former president and former
board member of AUGI, is currently a structural designer for Walter P. Moore. He also writes for industry publications, is the technical
editor for AUGIWorld magazine, teaches at Autodesk University, and maintains a popular blog (caddhelp.blogspot.com).
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Structure 2009
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Eric Wing
David J. Harrington
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To my Dad, William Weir, and my Grandfather,
Clayton Sanford. I wish they were here to see how
my journey has turned out.
—Thomas S. Weir
To my big brother, Shon, and my best friend, Baley,
whom I think about and miss every day.
—Jamie D. Richardson
To my mom, Susie, because she never gets credit but
no doubt made me who I am today.
—David J. Harrington

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Acknowledgements
Thanks to my wonderful wife, Aida Gonzalez, for all the love and support she has given me this
year while I worked all these odd hours writing this book. A wonderful photographer, she also
took my photo! Thanks also to Sally, Dylan and Janice, and Josie and Steve. This is also for my
grandson, Josh, so he knows that anything is possible if you are willing to work hard and really
want it to happen. And as always I thank my mom, Estelle, for her constant and wise support.
I want to thank my colleagues David, Jamie, and Eric for their great effort over these last six
months in creating this text. There was no blueprint to follow since no other books on this sub-
ject have been published, but our combined creative forces made it happen.
I want to thank all my valued colleagues at Brandow & Johnston for supporting me through
this venture. I want especially to thank Gabriel Lopez and Gautam Shenoy for their talented assis-
tance in preparing the glossy color insert pages. I also want to thank our friend Paul Anderson
for his assistance in preparation of the first chapter. And thanks to my colleague Ken Gebhart for
letting me use his house model.
Thanks to Nicolas Mangon for helping create the last five amazing years, and to all the dedi-
cated, imaginative crew at Revit Structure in Waltham. They are true revolutionaries in our field.
This whole venture also has to give a nod to the people at our publisher, Wiley, who gave us
the chance and provided great professional editors who have helped us to craft a first-rate text.
—Thomas S. Weir
To my wife Katie: I can’t thank you enough for giving me the support I needed and for always
being there to provide encouragement when it was needed. Yes, there were days early on when
I didn’t think I could do this. I also want to thank my daughter, Avery, and son, Layton, for
understanding why Dad was always so busy. I hope that someday this book will inspire you to
attempt things you didn’t think were possible. Never have the “I can’t do it” attitude.
Thanks to my fellow authors Tom, Eric, and David for giving me the opportunity to be part of
the team. It has been great getting to know you better and working with you. A special thanks to
Tom for hanging on in the beginning to help make this happen.
Thanks to Ericksen, Roed and Associates for supporting me throughout my writing efforts

and our Revit Structure user base for challenging me every day as well as maintaining great atti-
tudes. You are the ones who help keep me motivated and encourage me to learn more.
Thanks to the Revit Structure team (the Factory) for listening to their user base and continu-
ally adding functionality to each new release. There are too many names to mention, but you
have all listened to my comments and have provided support when I needed it.
Thanks to the AUGI forum community and those who blog for creating such a great source
of information. It is great to see so many people sharing as well as expanding their knowledge.
Thanks to the entire Wiley team; you have been great to work with. I will be the first to
admit that I was a bit overwhelmed with my first round of edits. In the end they all made sense.
I appreciated your comments and suggestions.
This book has been a great experience.
—Jamie D. Richardson
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Acknowledgements
Of course I would like to thank my family for allowing the weeknights and weekends to become
“leave Daddy alone time” and for also allowing the house to fall into disrepair as I toiled in the
office. You may now cash in on all of the “Soon, I promises.”
—Eric Wing
First off, thank you to the best wife a man could have. Carla has made this writing effort the
best ever, with all the encouragement and support that I needed. Second, I need to thank the
kids for giving me the time away to write: Kara, Ricky, Kaitlin, Kaylee, Krista, and Christopher—
yes, I now have time to go into the pool. And as always I thank my dad John, who even though
he hasn’t been here for over 10 years is still my inspiration to write about what I know.
To my fellow authors Eric, Jamie, and Tom, it has been a pleasant and challenging experience.
Thanks for not giving up at the outset! Even though the team changed as we went along, the
very real need for this book to be made kept it going.
To my fellow coworkers at Walter P. Moore, thank you. I am the first to admit that what I know
is because of the people I work with and the projects I work on. We share our skills and knowledge

freely, and it makes us collectively so much better for it.
To Autodesk and the Revit Structure team, thank you. Your continued efforts to provide a
solution to the structural field gave us something to write about! Not to mention, it is fun model-
ing buildings! Thank you, Nicolas and Wai, for your support and enlightenment.
To the publisher, Willem, thanks for your encouragement and belief in our concept and desire
to write this book. Without our advocate none of this would be possible. Special thanks to Tom
for the guidance as I ramped up and began the work and for the patience as I struggled to finish!
—David J. Harrington
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About the Authors
Thomas S. Weir
Tom is associate principal and director of BIM & CAD Operations
at Brandow & Johnston, Inc., a consulting structural and civil engi-
neering firm in Los Angeles, California. He has almost 30 years
of structural design experience on numerous architectural-
engineering building projects both large and small.
An early adopter of Revit Structure modeling software and
a longtime modeling enthusiast, Tom continues to be in the
vanguard of those seeking to help transform the AEC industry
as it transitions into the new BIM design era. He is cochairman
and founder of the Los Angeles Revit Users Group, one of
the most dynamic user groups in the United States. Tom also
helped start the AUGI Revit Structural forum.
His first book is used widely for training, Autodesk Official
Training Courseware (AOTC) Revit Structure 4 Essentials. Tom is a
frequent lecturer on Revit Structure and building information
modeling (BIM) and has taught classes at Autodesk University
for the last several years.
Tom grew up north of Boston, Massachusetts. After high school
and some college, he did a tour in the U.S. Army, leaving as a

sergeant in the military police corps. He then studied at UMASS
Amherst, where he received his BA in philosophy with minors in
english and education. With few jobs available for philosophers,
he went to engineering school at Northeastern University in
Boston, got married, started a family, and eventually moved
cross-country to California, where he began his 27-year tenure
at Brandow & Johnston.
In his spare time Tom likes to camp with his family. Music
and Astronomy are his main hobbies. He likes to play all sorts
of American roots music on his Martin D-18 guitar.
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Jamie D. Richardson
Jamie is an associate and CAD/BIM manager at Ericksen, Roed
and Associates, a structural engineering firm based in Saint
Paul, Minnesota. He has collaborated with several of the archi-
tectural firms in the Twin Cities on multiple Revit Structure
projects. Jamie joined Ericksen, Roed and Associates in 1996 as
a structural designer and, over time, completely modernized its
AutoCAD customization.
Throughout his 14 years of using Autodesk products, Jamie
has been instrumental in the rollout of several versions of
AutoCAD as well as the implementation of Revit Structure. His
responsibilities include oversight of all Revit Structure produc-
tion. Jamie has been a beta tester since RS2, an avid speaker
on Revit Structure at Autodesk University, and a contributor
to the Revit Structure forums on AUGI.
His local Revit Structure involvements include being a member

of the Minnesota Revit User Group (MNRUG), participating in
other speaking engagements on building information modeling
collaboration efforts, and mentoring students at local technical
colleges.
Outside of work, Jamie enjoys spending time with his family
at their cabin in northern Wisconsin. There he likes to fish, play
on the water, and relax by late-night campfires.
Eric Wing
Eric Wing is a CADD/BIM support specialist for C&S Compa-
nies in Syracuse, New York. Eric has been in the architectural
engineering industry since he graduated from Delhi University
in 1991. Eric is also the director of the AUGI Training Program
(ATP) and is a monthly columnist for various publications. He
is also a popular speaker at Autodesk University and many
other national events.
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David J. Harrington
David is a senior associate with Walter P. Moore and Associates,
one of the premier consulting structural engineering firms in
the United States. He has over 21 years of structural drafting
and design experience on projects ranging in size from a con-
venience store to an NFL stadium and convention center cover-
ing millions of square feet.
He has been working with Autodesk products since 1987,
starting with AutoCAD and later delving into 3D Studio Max
and Architectural Desktop, and with Tekla Xsteel (Structure).

David has also been customizing the AutoCAD working envi-
ronment with AutoLISP and other interfaces to aid in controlling
and managing standards for Walter P. Moore. He began using
Revit Structure at version 1 and conducts in-house training and
customization for this application.
David has written or coauthored for many years. He created
the PaperSpace newsletter produced first by the North America
Autodesk User Group (NAAUG) and then by Autodesk User
Group International (AUGI). He then began assisting in the
editing arena and is the current technical editor for AUGIWorld
magazine. Books he has worked on are Inside AutoCAD R14,
Inside AutoCAD 2000, Inside AutoCAD 2000i, Inside AutoCAD
2002, and Inside AutoCAD 2005.
Back in 1994, David was elected to the board of directors
of NAAUG, where he served as the local user group represen-
tative. Later he was elected as the AEC industry chair; then
within AUGI he was elected to the position of president and
served in 1998–1999. Other major contributions during these
times are the AUGI Guild, an email-based support system for
Autodesk users, and the formalization of the Wish List into a
web-hosted system for real-time voting.
He has also been an instructor at Autodesk’s annual training
event, Autodesk University, teaching classes on Revit Structure
adoption and other Structure-related subjects.
David has lived nearly all of his life in the Tampa area of
Florida. In his spare time David enjoys wine and an occasional
cigar. His hobbies are limited to relaxing and computer gaming.
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Contents at a Glance

Introduction xxvii
Part 1 • Basics of the Modeling Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1•Inside Revit Structure 3
Chapter 2•Setting the Project Environment 37
Chapter 3•Starting to Model Your Project 75
Part 2 • Developing Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 4•Structural Columns 117
Chapter 5•Floor Slabs and Roof Decks 171
Chapter 6•Walls 207
Chapter 7•Structural Framing 235
Chapter 8•Foundations 273
Part 3 • Documenting Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Chapter 9•Model Documentation 307
Chapter 10•Modeling Rebar 343
Chapter 11•Schedules and Quantities 371
Chapter 12•Sheets 403
Part 4 • Sharing Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Chapter 13•Worksharing 441
Chapter 14•Visualization 477
Chapter 15•Revit Structure Analysis 507
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Part 5 • Advanced Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Chapter 16•Project Phases and Design Options 543
Chapter 17•Standards: Increasing Revit Productivity 569
Chapter 18•Family Creation: Beyond the Built-In Libraries 605
Chapter 19•Advanced Structural Families 643
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Appendix A•The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Appendix B•TheGalleryUpClose 711
Index 747

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Introduction xxvii
Part 1•Basics of the Modelling Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1•Inside Revit Structure 3
Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 4
Menu Bar 5
Toolbars 5
Options Bar 6
Type Selector 7
Design Bar 7
Project Browser 8
Drawing Area 11
View Control Bar 13
Status Bar 14
Shortcuts 14
Right-Click, or Context, Menu 14
Elements 16
Model Elements 16
Datum Elements 16
View-Specific Elements 17
Element Organization 19
Categories 19
Families 20
Types 21
Instances 21
Element Properties Dialog Box 21
Project Views and Display 22
Plans 23
View Range 24

Callouts 26
Sections 26
Elevations 27
Drafting 27
Legends 27
Schedules 27
3D 27
Sheets 28
Plan Region 28
Visibility/Graphic Overrides Dialog Box 28
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Graphic Standards 29
Object Styles 30
Material Styles 30
Line Styles 31
Line Weights 31
Line Patterns 33
Fill Patterns 33
The Bottom Line 35
Chapter 2•Setting the Project Environment 37
Working with Project Templates 37
The Ingredients of a Good Template 38
Using the No Template Option 40
Creating a New Custom Project Template 40
Starting a Project from a Template 41
Project Information 42
Adding Project Information to a Title Block 44

Project Location 47
Project Position and Orientation 47
Project Units 53
Common Units 53
Structural Units 54
Structural Settings 55
Symbolic Representation Settings 55
Analytical Settings 62
Rebar Settings 62
Adjusting the Cover Distance 62
Abbreviation for Tagging 63
Options 63
Project Browser Organization 65
View Naming Conventions 65
Common Methods of Organization 68
Transferring Project Standards 72
The Bottom Line 74
Chapter 3•Starting to Model Your Project 75
Importing and Linking 75
Data Formats 75
Linking Revit Architecture 89
Creating a Structural Grid 104
Modifying the Gridline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Creating Levels 108
Creating Floor Plans 109
Modifying the Level Line 110
Changing the Elevation 111
The Bottom Line 114
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Part 2•Developing Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 4•Structural Columns 117
Getting to Know the Column Families 117
Columns 119
Structural Columns 121
Family Loading and Duplication 125
Adding Structural Columns to Your Project 131
Placement 131
Copying Columns to Other Levels 136
Top and Bottom Attachment 139
Adding Sloped Columns to your Project 143
In-Place Family Creation 145
External Family Creation 146
Using a Graphical Column Schedule 151
Setting the Appearance 152
Annotating 157
Displaying Structural Columns 161
The Bottom Line 169
Chapter 5•Floor Slabs and Roof Decks 171
Floor Slabs and Decks 171
Slab Properties 172
Slabs-on-Grade 174
Slab Edges at the Ground Level 178
Floor Deck Creation 183
Making a New Composite Deck Type 184
Adding a Cantilever to a Floor Deck 185
Roofs 186
Roof Deck Properties 187

Adding and Editing Roof Sub-Elements 198
The Bottom Line 205
Chapter 6•Walls 207
Placing a Wall in Your Model 207
The Draw Option 209
The Pick Option 209
Top/Bottom and Height/Depth Constraints 211
Location Line (Loc Line) 212
Sketch Tools 215
Element Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Creating a New Compound Wall 221
Modifying the Wall 229
Creating a New Stacked Wall 231
Attaching to a Roof 232
The Bottom Line 233
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Chapter 7•Structural Framing 235
Structural Framing Families and Properties 235
Working with the Framing Libraries 238
Floor and Roof Deck Constraints 239
Adding Floor Framing 242
The Beam Options Bar Settings 242
Beam Element Properties 245
Adding Floor Framing to Your Virtual Model 246
In-filling Bays with the Beam System Tool 247
Using Curved Beams 251
Other Important Types of Floor Framing 252

Adding Roof Framing 256
Attaching Sloped Framing to a Flat Plane 257
Warped Roof Type Framing 258
Adding Steel Braced and Moment Frames 264
Moment Frames and Cantilevered Beams 264
Braced Frames 267
The Bottom Line 270
Chapter 8•Foundations 273
Foundation Walls 273
Piers and Pilasters 274
Footings 276
Isolated Footings 284
Caissons, Grade Beams, and Piles 287
Grade Beams 292
Foundation Slabs 293
Piles and Pile Caps 295
Elevator Pits 297
Modeling an Imported Site 300
Visibility Settings 300
Pads 301
The Bottom Line 302
Part 3•Documenting Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Chapter 9•Model Documentation 307
Drafting Tools 307
Datum Elements 308
Dimensions 308
Spot Dimensions and Coordinates 312
Grids 314
Reference Planes 316
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Annotation Elements 317
Tags 317
Beam Annotations 322
Text 324
General Notes 327
Keynotes 329
Symbols 329
Detail Elements 333
Detail Lines 333
Filled Regions 334
Repeating Details 335
Masking Regions 335
Detail Components and Groups 336
Typical Details Sheets: Creating and Managing 338
Save to Library 340
Insert from File 340
The Bottom Line 341
Chapter 10•Modeling Rebar 343
Drafting a 2D Rebar 343
Line Styles 344
Drafting in the Model 345
Placing 3D Reinforcement 348
Object Styles 348
Cover Settings 350
Adding Bars Parallel to the Current Work Plane 351
Adding Bars Perpendicular to the Work Plane 354
The Rebar Shape Browser 355

Sketching Rebar 357
Area Reinforcement 359
Path Reinforcement 362
The Bottom Line 369
Chapter 11•Schedules and Quantities 371
Scheduling Basics 371
Schedule Properties 373
Calculated values 382
Schedule Keys 383
Material Takeoff Schedules 387
Editing Schedules 390
Exporting Schedules to a Spreadsheet 392
Keynote Legends 398
Adding a Keynote Tag 400
The Bottom Line 401
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Chapter 12•Sheets 403
Getting to Know Your Sheets 403
Creating a Titleblock 405
Adding Information to Your Sheets 414
Placing and Working with Views on Sheets 415
Working with View Titles 421
Key Plan Strategies 424
Creating a Sheet Index 427
Keeping Track of Revisions 431
Placing a Revision Cloud 431
Tagging a Revision Cloud 433

Setting the Display of Revision Clouds and Tags 433
Understanding the Sheet Issues/Revisions Dialog 434
The Bottom Line 438
Part 4•Sharing Your Structural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Chapter 13•Worksharing 441
Understanding the Worksharing Concept 441
Knowing the Workflow 442
Speaking the Language 443
When to Use Worksharing 444
Enabling Worksharing 446
User-Defined Worksets 447
Explaining Default Worksets 448
Creating the Central File 450
Staying in Sync 455
Saving to Central 455
Reloading Latest 456
Working with Worksharing 456
Moving Elements Between Worksets 456
Taking Ownership 459
Improving Performance 464
Using the Worksharing Monitor 466
Observing the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 467
Maintaining Your Project 468
Accessing Backup Files 468
Detaching from Central 470
Upgrading the Central File 470
Auditing Your Project File 471
The Bottom Line 475
Chapter 14•Visualization 477
How Much Do You Need? 477

Modeling Beyond the Paper Documents 477
Model Creep 479
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Materials 481
Synthetic 481
Real World 482
Rendering 484
Quality 486
Output Settings 488
Lighting 488
Background 490
Dealing with Images 491
Controlling Display 494
Sun Studies 497
The Walkthrough Command 499
Exporting for Outside Rendering 501
AutoCAD DWG 502
3ds Max (FBX) 503
Outside Rendering 503
The Bottom Line 505
Chapter 15•Revit Structure Analysis 507
Creating Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Structural Settings 508
Analytical Model Settings 513
Placing Loads 529
Line Load with Host 531
Area Load (By Sketch) 533

Exporting for Structural Analysis 536
Transfer of Data 538
The Bottom Line 539
Part 5•Advanced Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Chapter 16•Project Phases and Design Options 543
Working with Project Phases 543
The Properties of Phases 545
Assigning Elements to Phases 548
Linked Revit Structure Models and Phasing 549
Displaying Phases in Views 550
Working with Design Options 557
How Design Options Work 557
Creating Design Option Sets 558
Adding and Editing Design Option Elements 560
Displaying Design Options in Your Views 561
Other Design Option Considerations 565
The Bottom Line 568
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