Revit 2024 - economical wire mesh reinforcement consumption

[SabinaK4RXQ]

Dear all, 

Is there any way Revit can utilize wire mesh reinforcement consumption more economically? I mean, often when I reinforce, I tend to save some costs by trying to use reinforcement remaining (of course in accordance to design code rules like overlapping, etc.). 

The only way I came across so far was to make another type in the wire mesh family, which is again not the outcome that I hoped for - I need the way to use wire mesh remaining that would be the part of the wire mesh cut scheme, to minimize material waste. 

I hope you could understand my explanation. 

Thank you in advance! 

[jay_colcombe]

Obviously you have the option to Disable or Enable the Starting edges (Tick Boxes) to try and achieve an economical layout

I can only thing I can think of is manipulation with Calculated Parameters in a Fabric Sheet Schedule where you calculate the area of the cut sheet in a percentage and then review where it can be used in other places and put your own or override Mark references on those sheets to have the same as the other cut sheet.

[SabinaK4RXQ]

Thank you for fast response, but I am afraid I was not fully understood. I will give you an example. 

Single footing of dimensions 3,50m x 3,50m needs to be reinforced with wire mesh (upper layer).

The way I would like to reinforce this footing with mesh (standard dimension 6,0mx2,20m) is by making pieces of dimension 2,20x3,0m and 2,20x1,0m + 2,20x2,0 and 2,2x2,0 with 0,50 overlap in each direction. Here is the sketch explaining my question. So, is it possible to make custom pieces of standard wire mesh without making new types within existing family?

In addition, please pay attention to overlaps in both direction - there must not 4 meshes overlap in one place, only 3 or 2 is allowed. What can I do, when making my shop drawings in Revit, to respect that rule? 

Also, please could you give me a bit detailed explanation on "put your own or override Mark references on those sheets to have the same as the other cut sheet"? 

Thank you very much, your answers are so much appreciated. 

[jay_colcombe · Accepted solution]

This makes more sense now it has been explained and it is known it does not necessarily relate to Fabric Areas.  Unfortunately you cannot place Fabric Reinforcement in Structural Foundations so unless you use slabs you cannot use Fabric Area Tools!

You could use Structural Foundations and in Section or Elevation utilise the Fabric Sheet > Bend Sketch Tool and place it without a Bend

From here you can control the Width (A) and Length (Longitudinal Cut Length) and arrange your Fabric Sheets to the exact sizes specified without creating new families 

As regards Mark References you can manually assign a Mark to a sheet so it could be refenced as a single sheet of many parts with all the Same Mark

If you did want to use Slabs and Fabric Areas you would need to create Duplicate Fabric Sheet Families to the sizes you require place using Fabric Area and manipulate the layout to Suit (No more than 4 overlaps as shown below) > Remove the Fabric Area and change the Fabric for the exact sizes as required.