Footing Host

Im quite irratated at the moment.  In my project, I have put in my foundation walls, my columns, my floor slabs and my wall foundations.  I am needing to add a "pier" to my column to get the spread footing to the right elevation.  Well, Revit, you are supposed to let me add the concrete column as a pier.  First off, I hate the way columns are put in at the moment.  Why can I not adjust the insertion elevations in the properties box when I put in a column.  The whole depth, height, level thing is TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE.  Well, after dealing with this issue and putting in the pier (Much more difficult than it should be)  Now I cant get the columns to attach together and the footing to automatically move to the bottom of the pier.  So I have to see what the slab elevation is and offset my footing from this elevation.  THIS IS AWFUL. This one's for you Autodesk.

 

Update:  Well, I don't really take any of it back, but you can use ALIGN to move the spread footings to the same elevations as the wall ftg which helps

Picking an End to Extend

So you want one end of your bar joist seats to extend to the deck edge.  Visually, Revit doesn't provide you with any visual clues to determine which side is the end and which side is the start.  There is a way to determine which end is which without trial and error.  Im sure this is dumb and you've been there and done that and why am I talking about it. Well, maybe Im stupid, but either that changed something with Revit 11 or I've just gotten gotten it into my workflow.

When you select the member, to open the properties, hover over one of the end elevations, it will tell you whether it was the start or end.  Still not perfect.  (This one is pointed at you autocad, make the damn thing color coded or something.  I mean shit, is it really that hard.  I have seen where I can do this on my own, but really I pay you way to much money for that. Rant over)  If you have put in a beam system or several joist simlarly it should work out pretty well and you can handle multiples at once.

So there it is.  I'll add some pics later, but it's late and wanted to get something written down. 

Cam Newton "Posterizing" an LSU defender on the Goal Line

WAR CAM EAGLE! Currently Auburn ranked #1 in BCS and Cameron Newton is a FREAK.  He is a really special player and no matter what happens in the win/loss column the rest of the year, if he stays healthy, he will be Auburn's 3rd Heisman Trophy winner. 

Quik Tip - Placing and Working with Views on Sheets

Gonna take this one straight from Mastering Revit Structure 2010.  My bible for Revit.  If you have Revit, you should have this book.  Hats off guys!  Gotta have one in 2012. Ok, here it is.

Within the (Project Browser), RIGHT CLICK the sheet onto which you will be placing a view, and select ADD VIEW.  This action automatically opens to the selected sheet view and displays the Views dialog box shown in Figure 12.17.   This dialog box shows a list of views that are not yet placed (the important part) onto any sheet.  Choosing a view and clicking the ADD VIEW to sheet button allows you to place the selected view onto the sheet.  By using this method you can avoid having to search thru the other views that are already placed on sheets.

There you go.  A little explanation from me might help.  I don't name my sections, we never did in autocad, but it didn't matter really due to the non linking nature of autocad.  For Revit, it's probably a smart thing to do, at least a real quick name. "S Wall Porch Section" etc.  That's taking it one step past this tip though.  At least you can eliminate used sections without any work (Boom free money).  It is difficult to discern section 32 from section 14, so at least this will eliminate some choices.

Todays Video:

 

This pretty much sums up my life the last month or so, in a good way though

INSPIRATION and MOTIVATION

Be Thankful and Work Hard