Current Revision posted to Structural Analysis and Design - Wiki by Seth Guthrie on 7/21/2015 11:28:47 PM
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| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | RAM Revit Link | ||
| Version(s): | ALL | ||
| Environment: | N/A | ||
| Area: | Import/Export | ||
| Original Author: | Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
Editing Revit Joist Families TN
This will show you how to add joist designations that are applied to designed joist in RAM Structural System to the Revit Joist families. This includes SP, CS and joist girders. The joists that will be created are only to represent the joists imported from RAM and they do not necessarily have the correct configuration of the real joist.
The first thing you need to do is to navigate to your Revit Joist family. The default location in Windows XP would be:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RST 2011\Content\Imperial Library\Structural\Framing\Steel
There you will find 2 K series joist families. Rod web and angle web joists. Associated with each of the Revit “*.rvt” files is a text file with the same name. Right click the text file and select Properties. On the General tab page uncheck the Read Only checkbox and click Apply. Then close the properties dialog. Make a copy of the text file and rename it so that you do not lose the original file. Open the text file with Notepad. Scroll down until you find a joist the same size as the one you want to add.
Copy the line for the existing joist and paste it below the original. Edit the name to match the RAM designed joist name. (SP, CS, etc.)
You can use this same method you add joist girders with designations such as: 28VG5N9.1K. Remember these are only to represent the girders in the RAM model and do not necessarily match the actual girder layout.
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