There are a few points I wanted to remind everybody this week:

1.     Here is the link to the walk through for the arced beams at the entry area, http://constructiondocumentsspring2013.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-02-16T21:15:00-08:00&max-results=7

2.     Here is the link to the settings I’ve used to make the structural views used in class, http://constructiondocumentsspring2013.blogspot.com/2013/02/structural-view-settings.html

3.     The elements you’re modeling this week are important to the overall success of your drawings. Take your time and work through any areas that give you trouble. The more time you spend prepping your drawings, the easier it will be to model these elements. Hopefully you did not miss this week in lab. It was very quick and we packed a lot of instruction into the lab time; if you attended hopefully the method/process shown in class made sense. All told, you’re modeling about 390 elements this week, but using the tools shown in lab Revit will do all the hard for you and leaves you basically placing a dozen or so elements and the rest will fill itself in.

4.     Remember the end goal is to match the drawings provided, so reference them anytime you have a question on this project.

5.     Annotate all the elements you model. Do this so that Daniel knows you modeled the correct sizes and so you get credit for the work you’ve done. For the beams, go to Annotation>Symbol>Beam.

With this tool selected, simply hover over areas that have different beams and click. Revit will automatically annotate the beams and control the length of the beam span annotation symbol.

6.     Refer to A2.01 and A3.00 for wall types and wall locations 
7.     Regarding the joists, our drawings simply make references like 11-7/8" TJI 360. The actual dimensions of these joists are not given in the drawing since its a standard size. However, we need to have specific information to model the building correctly. Like I mentioned in lab, the easiet way to get the information is to Google the manufacturer... or click this link and look at the top of page three: http://parr.com/PDFs/TJ-4000_ijoist_guide.pdf