are you using the Steel > Fabrication Elements > Bolts tool to place the bolts?
you would need to change the Standard type being used.
unfortunately, I can find any information on creating a custom Standard type for the Bolt Fabrication Elements.
Howard Munsell
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Hi, Thanks for your reply!
Yes I am.
I have tried switching bolt standard, however none of them looks quite right.
And it is the "EN 14399-4" 16mm that we are using in this project, which means it would be perfect to simply be able to customize this.
But ok, if it is not possible to customize this. Is there a way to create an own standard bolt per say? Or would i have to create a completely new family?
What do you reckon is the best way to get the job done?
Best Regards
Robert
If Revit doesn't allow you to make custom Bolts (I'm not sure if it will or wont) I haven't been able to find anything about custom Fabrication Elements. Id say use the tool to make your Holes, then place a custom family for your bolts. if your doing a lot of them that sounds like a pain though ☹️.
Maybe someone else can answer if custom Fabrication Elements for Bolts is possible.
Howard Munsell
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So the Nuts and washers you are showing in your picture come from the "Assembly" part of the bolt properties, Na2W is Nut and 2 Washers, that is why you have a washer under the head of the bolt and then a washer and a nut on the underside
It is possible within a standard to have different types of assemblies, so we can specify the number of washers and nuts etc
The quickest method would be to use a different Standard called "Set screw" thats the only one I can think of, off the top of my head without nuts and washers
All the anchors and bolts are based on those from Advance Steel, thats why @hmunsell you probably havent found anything on customising the families, becuase they are not Revit families.
It would be possible to add a new assembly to EN 14399-4 called "Setless or something"
To add new assemblies to the Advance Steel databases please see the Autodesk Video below, you modify the bolts in the management settings. Before you do any modifications to the Advance Steel anchors i would strongly recommend becing up the Advance Steel data, check out my blog post on how to do that - https://www.graitec.co.uk/blog/entry/are-you-backing-up-your-advance-steel-data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGCvrv2vIVM
Once you have your new bolts you need to get them into Revit, all the Revit bolts and Anchors are taken from the Advance Steel databases which have been copied into the Revit folder Structure, so you need to copy the Advance Steel Database with the new anchors and paste it into the Revit folder structure. Please follow the steps below (Again please note i am working on UK builds so the fodler paths will be different)
1. Shut down Revit and Advance Steel
2. Go to the following folder - C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit Steel Connections 2023\en-UK
3. Rename the AstorBase.mdf to AstorBaseOriginal.mdf (Always best to have a backup)
4. Delete the file AstorBase_Log.ldf
5. Go to the following folder C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2023\GBR\Steel\Data
6. Copy the file AstorBase.mdf and paste it into C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit Steel Connections 2023\en-UK
7. When you reboot your Revit you will now have the Assembly type that you created in Advance Steel available inside your Revit bolts
Rob Merriman, AEC Technical Lead, Graitec
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