



Reason 3: Continued Improvements to Concrete ReinforcementĮvery new version of Revit has included several improvements to the ways in which concrete reinforcing is modeled and documented, and Revit Structure 2017 is no exception. The symbolic connectors can be assigned colors based on these parameters for an easier review and approval process, all of which improves the workflow between design and detailing within the BIM environment. Extended data for schedules and tags, even pictures and links to design reports about the particular connections can be stored with the connections. Once this relationship is established, it can be utilized in many ways, such as applying a Steel Connection, or supplying information about the connection with several built in parameters for approval and code checking status. But now a new system family element can be applied that creates a relationship between multi-material structural framing elements. The category “Structural Connection” has always existed, and this category usually includes the component families of plates, bolts, and mounting parts used to model structural connections. With the introduction of Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit, a new element relationship is also introduced: The Structural Connection. With Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit, design and documentation coordination is improved, with that coordination transforming into collaboration with steel fabricators. Very detailed and specific properties can be applied to the different types of connections, such as: plate, bolt, and hole sizes and shapes reinforcing, shim, and stiffener plates even welding information. Not only will this tool add plates, angles, and bolts for all sorts of steel connections, it will also extend or cope framing members to the connection. This is a tool incorporated into the Revit 2017 interface. This is one of the best enhancements to come to Revit Structure in several versions: the ability to add highly detailed parametric steel connections easily with just a couple clicks.

Reason 1: Autodesk Steel Connections for Revit
