Adding rebar to a column

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Add rebar to a column - Exercise

Let’s throw some rebar in a column.

  1. Open Revit then the file STRUCTURAL.RVT (or open any Revit project you are working in).
  2. Open the Section 13.
  3. On the Quick Access toolbar, click the Section button.

  4. On the Type selector, select the Detail type of section.

  5. Hit ESC.
  6. Double click on the section head to open the section.
  7. On the View Control Toolbar, set the scale to ½"=1'-0".
  8. Select and adjust the crop region, as shown below.

  9. Select the column.
  10. Click the Rebar button.
  11. In the Rebar Shape Browser, select Rebar Shape: T1.

  12. On the Placement Plane panel, select Current Work Plane.
  13. Set the Layout Rule to Maximum Spacing.
  14. Set the Spacing to 1'-0".
  15. Hit ESC.
  16. Select the column again.
  17. Click the Rebar button.
  18. Chose Rebar Shape: 00.
  19. For Placement, select Perpendicular to Cover.
  20. Set the Layout Rule to Fixed Number.
  21. Set the number to 2.
  22. Place the bars as shown.

  23. Hit ESC.
  24. Select one of the bars.
  25. Pick the grip and slide the bar into a better location, as shown below.