Suspended T-Grid Ceilings - Creation/Schedules

Suspended T-Grid Ceilings - Creation/Schedules

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Suspended T-Grid Ceilings - Creation/Schedules

Grace.AndersonWBDDB
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Hey all,

I work for a ceiling grid manufacturer and we usually outsource our Revit models but to cut costs, I've now been tasked with creating them.
My engineer "basically" wants a 600x600mm T-Grid suspended ceiling, which architectures can install into their projects, whilst at the same time creating schedules that include costs, lengths, brackets installed, noggins installed, etc.
I have found tutorials using roof sloped glazing with mullions but can't generate accurate schedules from this (or can I? 🤔). I've seen some websites are creating their suspended ceiling grid using model families? Is this perhaps the best option?

Am I asking too much from Revit or is this easier than I think?

Thank you in advance!

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kadmonkee
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I would start at the components supporting the ceiling assembly.

brackets - create a parametric family to allow for length variations widths of brackets etc.

basic profile stuff then you can add shared parameters to generate a schedule.

no need to over model things as too many instances can slow things down.

we  took a similar approach to raised floor families.

ceiling tiles can be made parametric also to adjust for spacing 

 






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syman2000
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You can use roof and create the ceiling with slope glazing. This gives you ability to schedule each panel and mullion as t-bar length.

Check out my Revit youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/scourdx
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RDAOU
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@Grace.AndersonWBDDB wrote:

Hey all,

I have found tutorials using roof sloped glazing with mullions but can't generate accurate schedules from this (or can I? 🤔). I've seen some websites are creating their suspended ceiling grid using model families? Is this perhaps the best option?


 

@Grace.AndersonWBDDB 

 

You have to specify what accurate means...With slopped Glazing  you would be able to schedule the Panels, the Main Channels (Grid 1) and the Noggins/Secondary channels (Grid 2)

 

Other elements such as Brackets, Tapers, screws, suspensions...etc would be virtual and you will need to add a calculated value to quantify them based on an estimate/assumption. Same for the main channels along the continuous Grid if you need to split it and quantify no. of channels instead of length

 

I believe it would be accurate as it could capture everything but not 100% precise considering the elements which you need to calculate based on a formula

 

 

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Grace.AndersonWBDDB
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Thanks everyone for getting back to me, apologies for the delay. My boss basically wants to be able to click on a room and get a 600x600mm suspended grid with hangars every 1200mm and connectors at every intersection. He wants it to be as easy to apply/use as a built in compound ceiling so that customers can just plonk their lights/HVACs into the T-Grid. I would have thought Revit would have this kind of thing but I'm finding it impossible to find online! This is the result of what I've figured out so far, if this helps give any indication of what my boss is needing. 

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RDAOU
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@Grace.AndersonWBDDB 

 

You can model the Cross Connectors, T Connectors, Panel and the Hangers as nested shared components of the Curtain Panel that would make it easier in Placing ad would allow you to schedule all element with a few clicks.

 

Edit see the GIF below and watch the quantities in the schedule

 

Parameteric Sloped Glazing.gif

 

You Could also add the lighting also add the lighting

 

Parameteric Sloped Glazing 1.gif

 

 

 

Otherwise, instead of sloped glazing, work with a Divided surface and a Pattern Based Curtain Panels, where the Panel Board, the Cross Connectors and the Hangers are 3 shared components nested into the Pattern Based Curtain Panel

 

 

 

 

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