Smart Assemblies is a third-party add-on that allows Revit Structure users to create assemblies and corresponding views from selected architectural or structural elements and automatically generates shop drawings with required schedules and dimensions in views.
Revit users just need to select structural beam, column, wall, floor, or other structural element, then the application will collect all the rebar and other hosted concrete or steel elements and make an assembly with predefined views and schedules.įigure 1: Front view of a wall assembly created with the Smart Assemblies application Smart Assemblies provides a set of intuitive tools for the generation of shop drawings. Would you like to count how long it takes to prepare shop drawings of all assemblies if there are 50 or 100 different elements in Revit model? It’s scary to think about this.Ī productivity enhancing BIM solution was developed that saves Revit Structure users a huge amount of time. Therefore, creating shop drawings is time wasting activity for structural engineers because they have to manually create all assembly sheets one by one. If I need to add dimensions or dimension notes on every element face, rebar, hosted, or nested element, I feel constrained to do that manually.įurthermore, plain Revit allows for the preparation of a shop drawing just for one assembly at a time. I do not like that plain Revit doesn’t have enough automatic tools for the preparation of shop drawings.
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Using plain Revit software in the preparation of shop drawings takes outrageous time inputs because engineers need to perform a lot of manual operations. Every structural engineer who uses Autodesk Revit Structure knows very well the headaches that come from working with Revit assemblies. Preparation of Shop Drawings Could Be Easyīuilding design is one of the construction industry sectors with a great need to make the design process faster and economically efficient. So, what are the products I am talking about? I will focus on two BIM solutions that address the most painful design processes for structural engineers: Modeling of wood or metal framework and shop drawing of reinforced concrete assemblies. Properly speaking, the functionality of those applications was expanded so much that we call these ultra-high-performance products “BIM solutions” because, according to their volume, they do not correspond to the notion of “add-ons.” I would like to describe some of the AGA CAD 28 different productivity enhancing tools vital for Revit users. These apps are being developed and continually improved due to the high number of Autodesk Revit platform users who are willing to step up and facilitate project preparation work. Since 2009, I have been furthering the development of AGA CAD applications for Revit. In this article I will present some third-party add-ons that are used in Revit Structure to increase the performance of professionals who prepare structural engineering projects. My architectural drafting experience and skills acquired by working with Revit and in high education (I hold a Master’s degree in Engineering and Computer Graphics) help me to be a part of the staff that develops BIM solutions and extensions for Autodesk Revit software. I have experience on a variety of building projects in the roles of designer and software consultant as well. Back July 23rd, 2014 Simplify Structural Engineers’ Workflow with Add-onsīefore achieving the status of Autodesk® Revit® software lecturer and a project manager for an Autodesk Authorized Developer, I had been working in the architectural design company for some years.
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