Revit Tip - Placing Rebar and Stirrups (Revit Rocks)

Daryl, over at Revit Rocks (and CADClips) published a nice post breaking down some tips for creating Rebars and stirrups in Revit:

Image: http://revitrocks.blogspot.com/2014/05/tips-on-placing-revit-rebar-and-stirrups.html

Placing Rebar in a concrete column in plan view can be a quite a frustrating experience. . . . that is until you read read post. 

 We get the 'stop sign' symbol (seen below) on our cursor when the rebar cannot be placed and it can be a real pain in the butt. A few tips on Placing Rebar....

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Revit Structure Tip - 3D Reinforcement

I think I found this post because Marcello tweeted it... Not fully sure, but it was in my drafts here on the blog.  Anyways, some awesome stuff for Revit Structure... Or, I guess anyone using One Box??

First, a little about the publisher (Håvard Vasshaug):

"My name is Håvard Vasshaug and I’m a Digital Design Manager at Dark. I have a passion for the way digital 3D allows my imagination to play, and work out this passion using Revit. I also enjoy distributing knowledge, and often feel I’m in my element when I’m teaching Revit. I work worldwide with anything that relates to this from my base in Oslo, Norway. If you’re interested in learning something about Revit or BIM, please do not hesitate to contact me! "

 And now... Onto the goodies!...

Revit Tutorial: Revit 2014 – New Rebar Tools

Great little write-up on the new rebar enhancements for Revit 2014.

http://revitstructureblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/revit-2014-new-rebar-tools/

There was also a video linked in the post worth checking out...

Tutorial - Rebar Detail Component

Here is a cool little tutorial.  I found it useful in school when my teacher wanted to see a section drawn with the rebar looking as it does in the tutorial.

Topics Covered:

• Creating a Detail Component - Line based
• Using Array Parameters
• Applying a formula to the Array Parameter
• Drafting the Rebar

Tutorial - Rebar Detail Component