Delve deep into the nuances of Revit Structure as we learn how to place and define columns in our basement design. Get hands-on experience of using the structural element placement and understand how it impacts the overall structural analysis.
Key Insights
- The article defines two approaches to create columns in Revit Structure - defining the column at each grid and then setting its height or setting the height first and then placing it.
- After the column is defined, it's copied and placed at each grid intersection, which allows it to build into the wall and form part of the wall, an aspect critical for realistic structural analysis.
- Proper placement of defined elements is emphasized, as it affects how design programs perceive it as a structural element and direct loads to the appropriate areas.
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Hello, and welcome back to Revit Structure. In our previous video, we had placed concrete walls to start our basement. Now we want to place columns.
So let's get started. First thing we want to do is we want to go to Structure, Columns, and we'll pick it. And here we have our rectangular concrete column, which is the one we want to use.
Let's go ahead and place this one first. We're going to place it at the intersection of this grid set. Okay, let's escape out of that.
And the reason I did that is there is two ways of approach to creating these columns. First approach is to create the column at every single grid and then define its height. Or, we can come in and define it first, and again we'll go to the properties, we'll go to the top level, and again we have the 9-inch concrete slab in a future video.
At this point, we want to offset the top of this column to minus 9 inches, okay? And again, the base level is going to be offset to minus 1 foot, so we have uniform elevations for our foundations. We have minus 1, let's place that. Let's go to section here and take a look at it.
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Let's go to section. Let's go to section here, close it up a little bit, escape out of that. When we pick it, we can see we have a column here.
Again, it's 9 inches from level 1 to the top of the column, and it's 1 foot below our basement level. Now what I'm going to do here is I'm going to copy this, as opposed to drawing each one individually. I've already defined it, so now we'll copy it.
We'll make multiple copies of it, and again we'll place them at each grid intersection. As you can see, when you place them, they build themselves into the wall, and they join into the wall. This is exactly what we want to see, because these columns will potentially be cast as a formed part of these walls.
Alright, let's continue and finish getting these set. You see, as we hover over the grids, it captures both the grids as an intersecting point. You'll find later on, as you develop models, they can be used to create base structures for structural analysis programs.
So you want to make sure that your defined elements are in a position that when the design program sees it, it sees it as a proper structural element and draws loads into the proper areas. Okay, there we've got our columns in. That's all for this video.
I will see you in the next one.