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00:00
DEEPAK MAINI: Our objective in this part of the course
00:03
is to synchronize Autodesk Revit changes with Autodesk Advance
00:06
Steel.
00:10
As we know, design is a pretty fluid state.
00:14
So the engineers and structural designers
00:17
keep changing the design on a regular basis, which
00:20
means that our Autodesk Advance Steel detail model
00:23
and documentation is out of sync.
00:26
And this is where the power of Autodesk Revit and Advance
00:29
Steel interoperability comes into picture.
00:31
So let's see how we can synchronize our Advance Steel
00:34
model with the changes from Autodesk Revit.
00:37
Let's get straight into Revit first.
00:40
In this model, the structural engineers and designers
00:42
have made some changes.
00:44
So let's start with exporting the structural steel
00:46
data from this Revit model.
00:49
If you remember, we're going to the Add-Ins tab.
00:52
And Under Advance Steel Extension ribbon panel,
00:54
we click on Advance Steel Extension fly out.
00:57
And we are going to click on Export.
01:02
We'll click OK.
01:04
And we can now save this as smlx file.
01:11
Just remember to make sure that nothing
01:13
is selected before you export the smlx file.
01:15
Otherwise, only the selected elements will be exported.
01:19
Let us now switch over to Advance Steel.
01:22
This is our detailed model, and I'm
01:24
going to go into the Export and Import tab.
01:27
And under the Revit ribbon panel,
01:28
I'll click on this option called Synchronize.
01:33
I will load the version two smlx file.
01:37
Now this is a really powerful workflow.
01:40
In this workflow we are going to see every single element that
01:44
has been added, deleted, or modified in Revit.
01:48
So before I do anything else, I'm
01:49
going to expand the dialog box by clicking on the Filter
01:52
option A brilliant feature of this dialog
01:56
box is that the elements are displayed color coded.
01:59
So for example, the elements that are deleted
02:02
are displayed in red color, as shown in beams here,
02:06
the elements that are appended are displayed in green color,
02:10
and the elements that are modified
02:12
are displayed in blue color.
02:14
In my case, I'm going to start with clearing all the filters.
02:19
Now the first thing I want to check
02:20
is if the engineers deleted any beams or columns
02:24
from the design model in Revit.
02:25
So I'll select Beam, Column, Deleted, Apply Filter.
02:32
Now it has come up with this massive list of beams
02:35
that were deleted.
02:36
This doesn't make sense because we did not
02:38
see these many sections deleted in the Revit model.
02:42
So what we are going to do is display
02:44
a column from the smlx file, which
02:46
is the section file column.
02:48
The section file column is blank because these
02:50
are the sections that are not available in the smlx file.
02:54
Let's now display the same column
02:55
from the Advance Steel model.
02:58
And we can see that we've got all these sections that
03:00
are available in the model that are not in the smlx file.
03:04
Most of these sections are the sections
03:06
of the joist that we have added, and also
03:08
the vertical briefings.
03:11
So I'm happy with this.
03:12
I don't have to worry about these.
03:14
Next I'm going to look at all the beams and columns that
03:16
have been appended.
03:20
I can see that there are two beams that have been appended.
03:24
And that's why you can see that these beams are available
03:26
in the section file column, which means that they are
03:29
in the smlx file but not in the section column, which means
03:32
that they are not in the model.
03:34
Now this is important for me because I
03:36
want to bring in these beams.
03:38
I'm going to select the status of both these beams,
03:41
and I'm going to click on Apply All Actions.
03:44
And I can straight away see that there
03:46
are two beams added to the model and they're
03:49
available right here, one and two.
03:52
Next I want to see all the beams and columns that
03:55
have been modified.
03:59
As you can see nothing is displayed
04:02
in the dialog box, which means that there
04:03
were no beams or columns that were modified in the Revit
04:07
model.
04:08
So you can see this powerful workflow lets us synchronize
04:12
our structural design created in Revit with the detail
04:15
model in Advance Steel.
04:18
Let's now copy some connections.
04:21
I'll start copying this end plate connection.
04:30
And similarly at this location you
04:32
can go and add a double side clip angle joint.
04:37
This is the model in which I've added all the connections
04:39
to the new beams that we synchronized from Revit.
04:43
And now if I go into my Document Manager,
04:46
if I expand the Details category and under Up to date category,
04:51
we've got these files that are up to date.
04:54
However, there are some drawings available in the Update
04:57
required category.
04:58
These are the drawings that would
04:60
have changed because of us synchronizing the new beams.
05:04
So if I right-click on any of these files
05:07
I've got this option called Force Update.
05:09
This option is used when the drawings have not
05:12
been released for fabrication so I can update these drawings.
05:15
We also have an option called Update Revision.
05:18
This option is used when the files are released
05:20
for fabrication and we need to update them with that revision.
05:25
In our case, I'm going to force update
05:28
the update required category.
05:29
So it'll update all the drawings in that category.
05:37
What you saw in this course was a really powerful workflow
05:41
where we were able to synchronize changes
05:43
from the design model in Revit with our detail
05:46
model in Advance Steel.
05:48
And then we also were able to quickly update
05:50
all our documentation.
Video transcript
00:00
DEEPAK MAINI: Our objective in this part of the course
00:03
is to synchronize Autodesk Revit changes with Autodesk Advance
00:06
Steel.
00:10
As we know, design is a pretty fluid state.
00:14
So the engineers and structural designers
00:17
keep changing the design on a regular basis, which
00:20
means that our Autodesk Advance Steel detail model
00:23
and documentation is out of sync.
00:26
And this is where the power of Autodesk Revit and Advance
00:29
Steel interoperability comes into picture.
00:31
So let's see how we can synchronize our Advance Steel
00:34
model with the changes from Autodesk Revit.
00:37
Let's get straight into Revit first.
00:40
In this model, the structural engineers and designers
00:42
have made some changes.
00:44
So let's start with exporting the structural steel
00:46
data from this Revit model.
00:49
If you remember, we're going to the Add-Ins tab.
00:52
And Under Advance Steel Extension ribbon panel,
00:54
we click on Advance Steel Extension fly out.
00:57
And we are going to click on Export.
01:02
We'll click OK.
01:04
And we can now save this as smlx file.
01:11
Just remember to make sure that nothing
01:13
is selected before you export the smlx file.
01:15
Otherwise, only the selected elements will be exported.
01:19
Let us now switch over to Advance Steel.
01:22
This is our detailed model, and I'm
01:24
going to go into the Export and Import tab.
01:27
And under the Revit ribbon panel,
01:28
I'll click on this option called Synchronize.
01:33
I will load the version two smlx file.
01:37
Now this is a really powerful workflow.
01:40
In this workflow we are going to see every single element that
01:44
has been added, deleted, or modified in Revit.
01:48
So before I do anything else, I'm
01:49
going to expand the dialog box by clicking on the Filter
01:52
option A brilliant feature of this dialog
01:56
box is that the elements are displayed color coded.
01:59
So for example, the elements that are deleted
02:02
are displayed in red color, as shown in beams here,
02:06
the elements that are appended are displayed in green color,
02:10
and the elements that are modified
02:12
are displayed in blue color.
02:14
In my case, I'm going to start with clearing all the filters.
02:19
Now the first thing I want to check
02:20
is if the engineers deleted any beams or columns
02:24
from the design model in Revit.
02:25
So I'll select Beam, Column, Deleted, Apply Filter.
02:32
Now it has come up with this massive list of beams
02:35
that were deleted.
02:36
This doesn't make sense because we did not
02:38
see these many sections deleted in the Revit model.
02:42
So what we are going to do is display
02:44
a column from the smlx file, which
02:46
is the section file column.
02:48
The section file column is blank because these
02:50
are the sections that are not available in the smlx file.
02:54
Let's now display the same column
02:55
from the Advance Steel model.
02:58
And we can see that we've got all these sections that
03:00
are available in the model that are not in the smlx file.
03:04
Most of these sections are the sections
03:06
of the joist that we have added, and also
03:08
the vertical briefings.
03:11
So I'm happy with this.
03:12
I don't have to worry about these.
03:14
Next I'm going to look at all the beams and columns that
03:16
have been appended.
03:20
I can see that there are two beams that have been appended.
03:24
And that's why you can see that these beams are available
03:26
in the section file column, which means that they are
03:29
in the smlx file but not in the section column, which means
03:32
that they are not in the model.
03:34
Now this is important for me because I
03:36
want to bring in these beams.
03:38
I'm going to select the status of both these beams,
03:41
and I'm going to click on Apply All Actions.
03:44
And I can straight away see that there
03:46
are two beams added to the model and they're
03:49
available right here, one and two.
03:52
Next I want to see all the beams and columns that
03:55
have been modified.
03:59
As you can see nothing is displayed
04:02
in the dialog box, which means that there
04:03
were no beams or columns that were modified in the Revit
04:07
model.
04:08
So you can see this powerful workflow lets us synchronize
04:12
our structural design created in Revit with the detail
04:15
model in Advance Steel.
04:18
Let's now copy some connections.
04:21
I'll start copying this end plate connection.
04:30
And similarly at this location you
04:32
can go and add a double side clip angle joint.
04:37
This is the model in which I've added all the connections
04:39
to the new beams that we synchronized from Revit.
04:43
And now if I go into my Document Manager,
04:46
if I expand the Details category and under Up to date category,
04:51
we've got these files that are up to date.
04:54
However, there are some drawings available in the Update
04:57
required category.
04:58
These are the drawings that would
04:60
have changed because of us synchronizing the new beams.
05:04
So if I right-click on any of these files
05:07
I've got this option called Force Update.
05:09
This option is used when the drawings have not
05:12
been released for fabrication so I can update these drawings.
05:15
We also have an option called Update Revision.
05:18
This option is used when the files are released
05:20
for fabrication and we need to update them with that revision.
05:25
In our case, I'm going to force update
05:28
the update required category.
05:29
So it'll update all the drawings in that category.
05:37
What you saw in this course was a really powerful workflow
05:41
where we were able to synchronize changes
05:43
from the design model in Revit with our detail
05:46
model in Advance Steel.
05:48
And then we also were able to quickly update
05:50
all our documentation.
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