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00:01
Now that we have these bridge components fully brought in the Revit,
00:04
and they're mapped to something Revit can understand, we can start adding reinforcing.
00:09
In this segment, I'd like to reinforce a single Pier using cage reinforcing.
00:14
Let's jump into Revit, open the model you've been working in.
00:18
The project browser, let's make sure in the south elevation.
00:23
Now let's go to the View tab.
00:26
Let's click the "Section" button.
00:27
In the properties, let's click the dropdown. Let's make sure we have detail selected.
00:34
Zoom into an area right about here, I'm going to pick a point right here.
00:39
I'm going to move my cursor to the left, and pick a point about here.
00:44
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
00:45
Now, I'm going to double click on this bubble right here to open it up.
00:50
I can see one of my Piers, but I'm going to select my little crop region.
00:55
I'm going to drag it up.
00:56
I think we have to drag it up, so we can see our other one.
00:60
Maybe tighten this up a little bit.
01:04
I'm going to change my scale down here to 3/4 of an inch equals a foot.
01:12
And in my properties, I'm going to change the name.
01:14
So, let's scroll down till we find our name.
01:18
View name, set the details to zero.
01:21
Let's call it Pier one hyphen plan detail, click "Apply".
01:26
Okay, looking good.
01:28
Now, go ahead and select your Pier, which when we hover over, it says structural columns Pier 1 when we click that.
01:36
Now, let's click the "Rebar" button.
01:39
We better shape definitions to include hooks, and we'll ignore end treatments.
01:42
Okay, that's fine. Click "OK".
01:44
Now the next thing we want to do is click on "Sketch Rebar".
01:49
It's going to make you select your Pier again, so go ahead and click the Pier.
01:53
Same message. That's fine. Click "OK".
01:58
All right. Now what we can do is I'm going to zoom into here, and I'm going to sketch out some Rebar.
02:04
Notice that we have our cover settings, we can use these lines as alignment.
02:07
I want to pick the endpoint here.
02:11
I'm going to come to this endpoint.
02:13
I'm going to click my start and radius arc button.
02:18
I'm going to come over to here, pick that point, go back to my line button.
02:25
I'm going to pick a point right here.
02:28
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
02:31
Now let's make sure that the Rebar itself is a number 10, Big Hoss.
02:38
Once it's in there, let's click on "Finish" for finish edit mode.
02:44
We've even added a shape to our Rebar shape browser.
02:48
Let's set the detail level to fine.
02:52
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
02:53
Now let's select the Rebar we just added. We're going to set our layout.
02:57
So instead of single, let's go maximum spacing.
03:01
For the spacing, let's say 12 inches.
03:06
There we go. Now, hit "Escape" a couple of times.
03:09
Let's do it again. Let's just put another one in here.
03:11
This would be a little harder to draw in, but we'll get it.
03:13
Go ahead and select your Pier.
03:16
Click "Rebar".
03:18
Let's "Sketch Rebar".
03:21
Select your Pier again.
03:23
Now, this time I'm just going to offset, so I'm going to click my pick lines button.
03:28
Click my offset. I'll go two inches.
03:30
We might need to adjust it, but that's fine.
03:32
Offset this line in two inches here.
03:36
Offset that over two inches from there.
03:40
"Escape" a couple of times.
03:41
On the draw panel, click your "Start-End-Radius Arc" button.
03:46
Click a point here.
03:50
I'm just going to click a point down here.
03:54
Now, if we select all three of these items, you kind of nudge it down until it hits that cover.
04:03
"Escape" a couple of times, click "Finish".
04:09
Go ahead and select this bar.
04:13
For the layout, let's go maximum spacing.
04:16
For the spacing, let's go 12 inches.
04:19
Excellent.
04:23
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
04:26
Let's put more reinforcing in here. Select our Pier, click "Rebar".
04:34
This time let's go up to our shape 01.
04:39
Notice that we can put it in like this, so I'm going to put one here like this.
04:44
Now, if you hit your spacebar, look at that, you can flip it.
04:47
You can hit your spacebar to flip it down like that.
04:52
I'm going to put it in like that.
04:55
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
04:58
Select both of these by hitting the "Control" key.
05:01
And for our layout, maximum spacing.
05:05
For the spacing, we'll say 12 inches.
05:09
Excellent.
05:11
Okay, let's put some towels in here.
05:13
So, select your Pier again.
05:17
Click the "Rebar" button.
05:20
Now, it's grabbed the shape double aught.
05:23
This time let's go perpendicular to cover.
05:28
Now for our Rebar set, for our layout, let's just go fixed number.
05:34
We'll add 3 in the here.
05:37
Now, if we hover kind of over this way here, I'm going to put it in here.
05:40
We're going to adjust it. Don't worry.
05:43
Pick that point right there.
05:45
Hit Escape, let's just put two more in single you know.
05:49
Select your Pier, click the "Rebar" button, perpendicular.
05:55
This time, I'm just going to drop one here.
05:59
I'm going to drop one here.
06:02
"Escape" a couple times.
06:03
Now let's select this Rebar.
06:06
Notice that we can just drag these in, so I'm just going to drag this in a little bit here.
06:12
And I'm going to drag that up like that.
06:15
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
06:18
Now for practice on your own, do the same thing in that Pier, okay?
06:22
All set. That's how we add Pier reinforcing.
Video transcript
00:01
Now that we have these bridge components fully brought in the Revit,
00:04
and they're mapped to something Revit can understand, we can start adding reinforcing.
00:09
In this segment, I'd like to reinforce a single Pier using cage reinforcing.
00:14
Let's jump into Revit, open the model you've been working in.
00:18
The project browser, let's make sure in the south elevation.
00:23
Now let's go to the View tab.
00:26
Let's click the "Section" button.
00:27
In the properties, let's click the dropdown. Let's make sure we have detail selected.
00:34
Zoom into an area right about here, I'm going to pick a point right here.
00:39
I'm going to move my cursor to the left, and pick a point about here.
00:44
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
00:45
Now, I'm going to double click on this bubble right here to open it up.
00:50
I can see one of my Piers, but I'm going to select my little crop region.
00:55
I'm going to drag it up.
00:56
I think we have to drag it up, so we can see our other one.
00:60
Maybe tighten this up a little bit.
01:04
I'm going to change my scale down here to 3/4 of an inch equals a foot.
01:12
And in my properties, I'm going to change the name.
01:14
So, let's scroll down till we find our name.
01:18
View name, set the details to zero.
01:21
Let's call it Pier one hyphen plan detail, click "Apply".
01:26
Okay, looking good.
01:28
Now, go ahead and select your Pier, which when we hover over, it says structural columns Pier 1 when we click that.
01:36
Now, let's click the "Rebar" button.
01:39
We better shape definitions to include hooks, and we'll ignore end treatments.
01:42
Okay, that's fine. Click "OK".
01:44
Now the next thing we want to do is click on "Sketch Rebar".
01:49
It's going to make you select your Pier again, so go ahead and click the Pier.
01:53
Same message. That's fine. Click "OK".
01:58
All right. Now what we can do is I'm going to zoom into here, and I'm going to sketch out some Rebar.
02:04
Notice that we have our cover settings, we can use these lines as alignment.
02:07
I want to pick the endpoint here.
02:11
I'm going to come to this endpoint.
02:13
I'm going to click my start and radius arc button.
02:18
I'm going to come over to here, pick that point, go back to my line button.
02:25
I'm going to pick a point right here.
02:28
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
02:31
Now let's make sure that the Rebar itself is a number 10, Big Hoss.
02:38
Once it's in there, let's click on "Finish" for finish edit mode.
02:44
We've even added a shape to our Rebar shape browser.
02:48
Let's set the detail level to fine.
02:52
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
02:53
Now let's select the Rebar we just added. We're going to set our layout.
02:57
So instead of single, let's go maximum spacing.
03:01
For the spacing, let's say 12 inches.
03:06
There we go. Now, hit "Escape" a couple of times.
03:09
Let's do it again. Let's just put another one in here.
03:11
This would be a little harder to draw in, but we'll get it.
03:13
Go ahead and select your Pier.
03:16
Click "Rebar".
03:18
Let's "Sketch Rebar".
03:21
Select your Pier again.
03:23
Now, this time I'm just going to offset, so I'm going to click my pick lines button.
03:28
Click my offset. I'll go two inches.
03:30
We might need to adjust it, but that's fine.
03:32
Offset this line in two inches here.
03:36
Offset that over two inches from there.
03:40
"Escape" a couple of times.
03:41
On the draw panel, click your "Start-End-Radius Arc" button.
03:46
Click a point here.
03:50
I'm just going to click a point down here.
03:54
Now, if we select all three of these items, you kind of nudge it down until it hits that cover.
04:03
"Escape" a couple of times, click "Finish".
04:09
Go ahead and select this bar.
04:13
For the layout, let's go maximum spacing.
04:16
For the spacing, let's go 12 inches.
04:19
Excellent.
04:23
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
04:26
Let's put more reinforcing in here. Select our Pier, click "Rebar".
04:34
This time let's go up to our shape 01.
04:39
Notice that we can put it in like this, so I'm going to put one here like this.
04:44
Now, if you hit your spacebar, look at that, you can flip it.
04:47
You can hit your spacebar to flip it down like that.
04:52
I'm going to put it in like that.
04:55
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
04:58
Select both of these by hitting the "Control" key.
05:01
And for our layout, maximum spacing.
05:05
For the spacing, we'll say 12 inches.
05:09
Excellent.
05:11
Okay, let's put some towels in here.
05:13
So, select your Pier again.
05:17
Click the "Rebar" button.
05:20
Now, it's grabbed the shape double aught.
05:23
This time let's go perpendicular to cover.
05:28
Now for our Rebar set, for our layout, let's just go fixed number.
05:34
We'll add 3 in the here.
05:37
Now, if we hover kind of over this way here, I'm going to put it in here.
05:40
We're going to adjust it. Don't worry.
05:43
Pick that point right there.
05:45
Hit Escape, let's just put two more in single you know.
05:49
Select your Pier, click the "Rebar" button, perpendicular.
05:55
This time, I'm just going to drop one here.
05:59
I'm going to drop one here.
06:02
"Escape" a couple times.
06:03
Now let's select this Rebar.
06:06
Notice that we can just drag these in, so I'm just going to drag this in a little bit here.
06:12
And I'm going to drag that up like that.
06:15
Hit "Escape" a couple of times.
06:18
Now for practice on your own, do the same thing in that Pier, okay?
06:22
All set. That's how we add Pier reinforcing.
Adding Pier Reinforcing
Now that we have these bridge components fully brought into Revit and they are mapped to something Revit can understand, we can start adding reinforcing. In this segment, I’d like to reinforce a single pier using cage reinforcing.
- Open the model you have been working in.
- Go to the south elevation.
- On the View tab, click the Section button.
- In the Properties dialog, select the Detail option.
- Place the section similar to the spot shown below, and in the direction the arrow is indicating.
- Select the crop region and drag it up so you can see the two piers as shown below:
- Change the scale to ¾” and rename it to PIER-1 PLAN DETAIL.
- Select the pier.
- Click the Rebar button.
- Click OK if you get a dialog talking about Rebar shape definitions.
- Click Sketch Rebar.
- Select the pier again.
- Change the bar to a #10
- Sketch in a bar similar to the one shown below (or if you want a different configuration altogether, go right ahead).
- Click the green Finish checkmark.
- Set the Detail Level to Fine.
- Select the rebar you just added.
- Change the layout to Maximum Spacing and the Spacing to 1’-0”.
- Repeat the steps 8 – 18 and add a bar that looks like the illustration below:
- Select the pier, and click the Rebar button.
- In the Rebar Shape Browser, select the shape 01 as shown below.
- Place two bars in the configuration below (to get the horizontal one, place the vertical one first then hit the space bar).
- Select the bars and change the spacing to Maximum Spacing at 12”.
- Let’s add some vertical bars now. Select the pier and click the Rebar Button.
- In the Rebar shape Browser, select the 00 shape.
- Click the Perpendicular to Cover button.
- Under Rebar Set, change the Layout to Fixed Number and select 3
- Place the bars as shown below.
- Now add two bars set to single spacing as shown below
- Once they are placed, select the bars with the spacing of 3, and drag the bars inside of the other bars. See below:
- For practice repeat these steps on the other pier.
- Save the project.
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