How to create Tstud Dowel-webbed truss family from 2d section views in Revit

How to create Tstud Dowel-webbed truss family from 2d section views in Revit

iamignoringyou
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How to create Tstud Dowel-webbed truss family from 2d section views in Revit

iamignoringyou
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Greetings,

 

I'm having a nightmare of a time turning CAD blocks of a product called Tstud into a 3d framing/structural family.  

 

I need to create it so I can enter structural/thermal parameters.  I know it's essentially a webbed truss, but for the life of me the offset asymmetry and family type is killing me.  I'm new to Revit (but very familiar with Fusion 360) and the section and plane view constructions are killing me.

 

I've included a link to the page that has cad files

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james.roberts4XGGU
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Did you manage to create a solution for this. i am having similar issues for a larsen / twin wall stud family

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RPTHOMAS108
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What would be the motivation for modelling the dowels?

 

In the end isn't this just insulation sandwiched between two timber plys i.e. three rectangular extrusions?

 

My understanding of this product is from the below:

First Look at Tstuds – Peter Yost – Building Wright (building-wright.com)

 

You specify the product and I assume it is delivered in that final form (three plys). If you had to show the dowels in hidden form in elevations (not sure why) then it is likely more efficient to do so as symbolic lines or detail items. In terms of avoiding cutting more than one consecutive dowel I'm assuming that such positions have to be surveyed on site because there is no setting out of them i.e. would assume shorter lengths are cut from longer stock lengths etc. meaning there is no explicit start point to the array of dowels (beyond ensuring you don't start by cutting through one perhaps)

 

I'm no expert on this product however. Just trying to save you from a lengthy view regeneration of hidden items.

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