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Create the super-structure

Learn how to select which walls and floors are to be considered part of the structural frame, from the architect’s model, and copy them over to the structural model. You will then learn how to add the building core, beams, columns, and braces.


Module overview

Learn how to select which walls and floors are to be considered part of the structural frame, from the architect’s model, and copy them over to the structural model. You will then learn how to add the building core, beams, columns, and braces.

This content takes approximately 25 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

  • Copy the elevator core and floor slabs.
  • Cut holes in the floor slabs to accommodate the elevator mechanism and a services riser shaft.
  • Add a slab edge to the ground floor concrete slab to thicken its perimeter.
  • Add beams and columns.
  • Add braces.

Before you start

  • Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
  • If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support

Module downloads

These downloadable resources will be used to complete units in this module:

Module outline

  • Introduction to creating the super-structure

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