topic RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon in Revit Structure Forum

RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:44:21 GMT

Hi,

When I place a steel connection the default material for plates seems to be "Steel - Carbon" which doesn't make sense. Can I adjust the default setting somewhere? I tried to open the connection family in browser, but I can't edit it.

I can press tab to select the plates and manually change to the material, but if I have multiple connections it is tiring.

Re: RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon

sampie — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 07:11:13 GMT

Hello @Anonymous

This is a huge problem! Even if you assign a default material in Object Styles, it doesn't work. What we do is to filter all plates, select them and then manually change the material.

Re: RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon

sampie — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 07:12:53 GMT

Can Autodesk please fix the assignment of materials to steel connections!!!

Re: RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon

Gernot.Jeromin — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:33:37 GMT

Hi,
we will have a look at it.

Gernot

Re: RVT 2020 - steel connection - structural material steel carbon

sampie — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:53:51 GMT

I have created an Idea for this issue:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/steel-connection-material/idi-p/9181608