Revit Structure 2018 Essentials
Adding Beams and Beam Systems
Exercise 7-1
1. Start Revit 2018
2. Open the file Exercise 7-1.rvt
3. Go to 01 First floor plan view
4. Set Detail Level to Medium
5. Start Beam command, select M_ Concrete-Rectangular Beam 300 x 600mm
6. Draw a beam from B1 to C1, and from D1 to E1
7. From context tab, click On Grids button
8. Select A, then hold [Ctrl] key, and select B, C, D, E and, F
9. Keep holding [Ctrl] key, select 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
10. Hide all gridlines
11. Start Beam System command
12. Make sure that in context tab Automatic Beam System button is selected
13. Set Beam Type = 150 x 400mm, Justification = Center, Layout Rule = Fixed
Distance, and set the distance = 1250mm
14. Add the beam system horizontally to all areas like the following:
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15. Select the two beam system indicated in the figure below:
16. From Properties select set the Fixed Spacing = 1000mm
17. For the bottom area, start Beam System command
18. From context tab, select Sketch Beam System button
19. While Boundary Line is selected, from Draw panel, select Pick Supports option,
select the horizontal beam first, then the beams in the arc (make sure the
magenta shape is closed and continuous), when done click ( ) to end the
command (if tags appear, delete them)
20. Select everything in front of you except the beams in the arc along with its
beam system
21. From context tab, click Filter, click Check None button, and then select
Structural Beam Systems, Structural Framing (Girder), Structural Framing
(Joist)
22. From Clipboard panel, click Copy to Clipboard button
23. From Clipboard panel, click Paste: Aligned to Selected Levels, when the dialog
box comes up select from 02 Second, to 06 Roof
24. Since we have slanted columns, we need to fix two floors
25. Go to 05 Fifth floor plan view
26. You will find two vertical beams extending from F2 to F4, select one of them,
click Move command, and move it to G gridline
27. Go to 06 Roof floor plan view
28. You will find two vertical beams extending from F2 to F4, select one of them,
click Move command, and move it to H gridline
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29. Go to 3D view to see the final result:
30. Save and close the file
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