Learning Autodesk Revit Structure 2016

Explore what's new in Revit Structure 2016, including new dimension parameters for columns and frames, elevation parameters, enhanced member forces, truss rotation, LCS displays, and improved rebar scheduling.

Open a Revit Structure project, choosing between collaborative central-file workflows and standalone files. Learn to locate, open, convert older versions, and save or save as in the project interface.

Explore viewing a 2D model, managing section views and crop regions, and organizing views by type and discipline in Revit Structure 2016.

Learn to view and navigate a Revit 3D model, including panning, zooming, rotating with mouse and keyboard, making slices through the model, and using the view cube to switch angles.

Explore the structure tab to place beams, walls, columns, floors, and trusses, and configure symbolic representations and load cases. Configure load combinations and boundary conditions in structural settings.

Explore the structure tab foundations in revit, including isolated foundations, structural walls, and slabs with slab edges, plus the opening panel for openings in floors, walls, shafts, and dormers.

Explore the reinforcement tools in the Revit structure tab, including area and path creation, fabric sheets, and rebar cover settings, plus general reinforcement options.

Learn to select elements in Revit Structure 2016 by zooming to columns, using dashed or solid selection windows, and applying filters, or using previous, visible view, or entire model selections.

Learn to use filters to refine selections in Revit by isolating columns at grid intersections and excluding grid lines, then save, load, and edit custom selection sets.

Use the tab key to cycle through overlapping elements in Revit structure 2016. Select chains of walls and mechanical system components with the tab key.

Learn how to move and copy columns in Revit by selecting an element, choosing move or copy, picking start and destination points, and using options for constraints and multiple copies.

Copy to the clipboard and paste across views and levels, aligning to the same position or specific levels, using the clipboard panel and Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V.

Learn to use the rotate command in Revit, selecting objects, picking a reference line or angle, setting the center of rotation, and copying rotated positions with numeric input.

Use the mirror command to create a mirror image about a plane or line, using an existing grid line as the axis or drawing a temporary mirror axis.

Discover how to create a linear array in Revit Structure, define spacing from the first to the second or to the last element, and adjust or group the array.

Learn how to use the radial array command to copy elements around a center point, control angle and distance, set center of rotation, and edit quantity and grouping.

Learn to extend and trim structural walls using trim and extend commands in Revit, including corners, single and multiple element trimming, and defining cutting edges.

Use the align tool to move walls to a chosen reference edge, then lock them with the padlock to keep them aligned.

Apply the offset tool to walls and other elements, selecting a five-foot distance numerically or graphically, copy the offset to create new walls, and tidy corners.

Learn how to re host elements in Revit by binding components to new hosts, such as moving a desk from floor level 1 to level 2, and addressing orphans.

Create and manage model groups in Revit Structure 2016 by naming groups, adding elements, and using move, copy, and rotate to move grouped objects.

Explore groups in Revit Structure 2016 and learn best practices for placing and constraining model groups, walls, floors, and other elements to avoid level binding and errors.

Start a new structural project in Revit Structure 2016 by selecting a template such as Structural Analysis default. Review project browser, views and families, and adjust settings before saving.

Link an architect's Revit model into your structural project, manage links, and control visibility graphics to override host view settings.

Set up copy monitor to track levels and grids across linked Revit projects. Link the architect's model, align level names and elevations, and monitor or copy missing elements between projects.

Use copy monitor to transfer architect's columns from a linked model into your structural project, mapping original to new column types and monitoring the results.

Examine plan views in a linked Revit project, and learn how visibility graphics, hosted vs custom settings, and discipline (structural vs architectural) determine which walls, doors, windows, annotation categories appear.

Understand the coordination review message for linked architectural and structural models. Notify on changes, then postpone, accept difference, or move levels to align, and generate a report.

Explore how to configure project information in Revit, including name, location, and settings on the Manage tab; set materials, object styles, snap settings, cad standards, energy analysis, phases, and links.

Save your structural project in standalone mode with no central synchronization. Use save or save as to name and locate the file.

Learn how to enable work sharing in Revit structure by creating a central file, defining work sets, managing ownership and edits, and synchronizing changes across a team.

Learn to create a local file from the central project, manage work sets and ownership, draw elements, and synchronize changes back to the central project with backups and history.

Learn how to link CAD files into a Revit project, selecting formats and layers, and preserving colors and units. Manage linked CADs and adjust visibility to integrate terrain data.

Link 2d CAD files into a central revit project to view them in three-dimensional form as floor plans and elevations, enabling architectural collaboration.

Link CAD files to establish architectural floor plans in Revit Structure 2016, align them to correct levels, and use the 2D CAD as an underlay to create grids.

Link CAD files to a Revit Structure project and place exterior elevations on grid lines, align elevations to levels, and insert DWG elevations into a 3D view.

Master visibility control in revit views by cropping regions, using hide and isolate, and tweaking visibility graphics and view templates for detail, shading, and line settings.

Explore three duplication view types in Revit Structure 2016: duplicate, duplicate with detailing, and duplicate as dependent, and learn when to use each for text, detailing, and sheets.

Create a building section by drawing a section line in a floor plan, adjust the crop depth, flip the direction, and apply a view template to control section visibility.

Learn how framing elevations reveal beams, columns, and bracing bound to grid lines. Create, crop, and apply a view template from the View tab.

Create call outs in Revit structure 2016 to enlarge areas in plan, elevation, or section views. Move and resize the call out, adjust the crop, and apply a view template.

Explore how floor plan view range controls visibility in Revit Structure 2016. Use top, bottom, cut plane, and view depth to display elements above and below the current level.

Learn how ceiling plan view range uses top, bottom, cut plane, and view depth to control visibility above the level, and how to edit these settings in the properties.

Discover how to create and apply view templates in Revit Structure 2016, capturing view settings like visibility graphics, crop regions, scale, and annotation for reuse.

Learn to create match lines in Revit to split large architectural plans into cropped views, duplicate them as dependents or with detailing, and place on sheets.

Create a scope box in the parent view to define a crop region for dependent views, then apply it to dependent views and resize the box to update crops.

Activate the section box in a 3D view to crop your model three-dimensionally with drag handles, then save the view; use visibility graphics to keep cropping without displaying the box.

Learn to set up levels in Revit Structure 2016 using the Architecture tab, creating new levels with a 10-foot offset or by picking lines, automatically generating floor plans.

Modify levels in the east elevation by adjusting level symbols on sides, locking or unlocking levels for unified or independent moves, renaming floors, changing heights, and adding jogs or elbows.

Learn to create and manage grids in Revit using the architecture tab, the grid tool, and pick lines with offsets, labeling grids with numbers or letters to align columns.

Modify grid lines in revit structure 2016 by repositioning bubbles, editing labels, and resizing lengths. Lock grids with a pushpin to prevent movement; unlock to create jogs or elbows.

Place vertical structural columns at grid intersections using a W 10 by 49 type. Choose rotation after placement, load a family, and place single or multiple columns with tagging.

Modify structural columns by adjusting their properties, base and top levels, and offsets, then copy and paste to multiple levels and verify in 3D view.

Change a column size by selecting the column and using the property area dropdown to choose a new size, such as 8 by 10, updating the model.

Learn to load new structural column types into a Revit project, browse steel columns, and switch existing columns to imported HSS hollow structural sections via load from family.

Attach columns to elements using top or base attachments, selecting cut and justification options to align columns with floors or beams.

Place slanted structural columns in an elevation or section by setting the work plane to grid one, drawing between level lines at a chosen angle, and viewing in 3d.

Place slanted structural columns in a 3D view by clicking points across levels with 3D snapping, drawing from level 1 to level 2 and from level 2 to level 3.

Place structural walls by selecting structural wall in the structure tab and drawing from level 1 to level 2, choosing a wall type, depth, and finish faces.

Select a structural wall, flip its orientation, and resize with drag handles. Adjust justification and constraints, switch wall types, view wall editor for assembly details, and duplicate before edits.

Learn how to create wall footings in Revit Structure 2016 by defining a structural wall and placing the bearing footing beneath it, with review in the east elevation.

Learn to create step footings by editing a wall profile in Revit, adjusting foundation depth with the draw and trim tools, and ensuring a continuous stepped footing beneath the wall.

Create isolated footings under columns by duplicating a footing type and setting it to 48 by 48 by 18, then place under selected columns and review in 3D.

Create a custom footing by editing a Revit family, offset reference planes, and add instance and type parameters (length, footing cover, footing height) to control dimensions.

Learn to build a custom footing family in Revit by defining instance and type parameters, adding a formula, modeling with reference planes and extrusion, and saving as a family.

Place piers beneath vertical columns in a three-dimensional view by duplicating a 12 by 18 concrete column to 24 by 24 and placing them at grid intersections.

Learn to create slab foundations in Revit using the structural foundation slab command, pick existing walls, flip orientation outside, and set a 12 inch slab in 3D view.

Select the slab in the 3d view, duplicate a type to create an 18 inch slab foundation, and adjust its thickness and sketch boundary as needed.

Use the slab edge command in a 3d view to create, edit, and place edges along the foundation slab, then join edges to the foundation for a single solid mass.

Explore how structural reinforcement works in Autodesk Revit Structure 2016 through rebar placement inside walls, footings, and columns. Learn to use stock rebar families and settings to control coverage.

Explore structural reinforcement settings in Revit Structure 2016, including rebar coverage, reinforcement parameters and tagging, presentation options, routing, fabric reinforcement, and reinforcement numbering schemes.

Add rebar to the lower part of a structural beam. Use the structure tab's reinforcement area to select M_T-1 and place it inside the beam, then resize with drag handles.

Master multiplayer rebar by drawing a single rebar on one plane, copying it to the opposite plane, and connecting the two on a beam, then review in 3D.

Select the rebar in a section view and set its view visibility to show unobscured in 3D. Open the default 3D view to confirm the rebar is visible inside the beam.

Modify rebar placement by resizing and repositioning with drag handles, edit the rebar sketch to redefine boundaries, and relocate the rebar host to a new beam.

Explore rebar types in Revit by inspecting the rebar properties and hook lengths, viewing shapes in the rebar shape browser, and loading new structural rebar shapes from the insert tab.

Learn to edit rebar shapes in Revit Structure 2016 using the family editor, adjusting major segments, rebar lines, reference lines, and dimensions, and assign rebar types.

Place rebar reinforcement in walls, floors, or slabs using section, plan, or elevation views, set spacing, and verify visibility in the structural plan.

Learn to place area reinforcement in Revit by defining a rectangular boundary on a floor, setting offsets and rebar type, and specifying major direction for layout.

Learn to create a path reinforcement around floor openings with the path reinforcement tool, selecting the host floor, drawing an open path, and adjusting rebar type, length, offset, and hooks.

Modify area and path reinforcements by selecting, dragging, and using edit and boundary tools to adjust paths and boundaries, then set bar type, spacing, hooks, and other properties, and apply.

Use fabric reinforcement as an alternative to rebar in slabs and floors, defining the boundary and loading symbols, tags, and properties in Revit.