Question about Structural Schedules

[Anonymous]

Hi! So how do I make schedules/charts like these in Revit? Are these actually achievable in the software or am I better off using Autocad to make these schedules? I tried doing a really simple one and this is all I got, I can't seem to imagine how to add reinforcement details into the schedule. As I won't be modeling the actual reinforcement, I'm actually ok with "dumb text" being in the schedule. 

[Anonymous]

Revit can schedule items that have been modelled, so you won't be able to show a schedule like that without modelling it.  Can you confirm what you would like to see in the schedule?  If its something like Footing 1 - 20kg of steel them you could add detail to the footing which could be scheduled.

[Anonymous]

If you look at the bottom photo you can see that there are details (or should I say parameters in "revit-sense") in the schedules which are not easily or even possible to schedule like footing depth, stirrup/ties spacing etc. There are no such parameters in Revit. I kind of found out about key schedules just now and I feel like this is the only option OOTB that's available in Revit. However by using key schedules, you have to create tons of "empty parameters" just to type-in the details that you want which will only add to the things to be managed in your project. Another option would be linking an excel file through Autocad then linking the CAD file to Revit, but this option involves 3 softwares and  just adds another layer of management into your workflow.

[ToanDN]

You juat need to add a text parameter field to the beam schedule and type in value however you want, granted you actually have those beams modeled. Key schedule is a wrong tool for this task.

[Anonymous]

Like I said this would involve making tons of "empty parameters" just to input the text into the schedule. Anyways, do you guys know how to format a cell like this?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Yes. Just highlight 2 column headers and group.

[Anonymous]

Oh so that's how you do it. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Soooo, you can't repeat parameter names. I guess I just have to give the parameters unique names. This also defeats the purpose of grouping headers.