topic Re: Beam with variable section in Revit Structure Forum

Beam with variable section

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:13:09 GMT

Hi,

Please I want to know how can I create beams with variable section.

Thank you

Re: Beam with variable section

Revit_Whisperer — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:30:52 GMT

Will you please provide a bit more information on what it is you are trying to accomplish so we can be of better assistance.

Re: Beam with variable section

A_MAQ — Mon, 01 May 2017 06:45:36 GMT

Hi lebabyo

the best thing is to use model in place for such case , taking into consideration the structural framing category

Best,

Re: Beam with variable section

loprast711 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:51:12 GMT

Hello,

I need a help for creating a beam with a rectangle variable section. I want to give the start section, bi x hi and the final section, bf x hf and it automatically creates the beam with those descriptions.

Re: Beam with variable section

Revit_Whisperer — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:13:45 GMT

I would start by opening one of the out of the box beams...the HSS is probably a good start, save it to your custom library with a new name. Delete the sweep in there and the existing reference planes. You can rename the existing H and B parameters or create new ones....if you want them to schedule then make them shared.

Create a Blended Sweep and draw the profiles and assign an equality parameter first, then the H or B parameter. Edit the other end and do the same with those parameters.

I did a simple example which I attached....Revit 2017