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Steel Structure system

A Commercial Building – A
Steel Structure system

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Contents
Objectives .................................................................................................................................... 3

Start a new project ........................................................................................................................ 4

Add Grids ...................................................................................................................................... 5

Set Levels ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Add Structural Wall ....................................................................................................................... 6

Placing Beam ................................................................................................................................ 7

Add Columns ................................................................................................................................ 7

Add a beam system ...................................................................................................................... 9

Adding Floors .............................................................................................................................. 11

Copy systems ............................................................................................................................. 12

Add Footings ............................................................................................................................... 12

Add Tags..................................................................................................................................... 12

Add Take off schedules .............................................................................................................. 13

Create BoQ Document- Spreadsheets of the materials take-offs ................................................ 14

Create Sheets ............................................................................................................................. 15

MARKING CRITERIA ........................................................................................................................ 16

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A Commercial Building – Adding

Steel Structure system
AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

TOTAL WEIGHT 15% - 60 MARKS

Due (Friday April 21 @ 11:59 PM)

Objectives
Students will learn how to build a 3D model for a Commercial Construction project
using the Architecture and structure elements and will learn how to create schedules
quantities and export materials take-offs spreadsheets.

*Participating and attendance in the lab is highly expected. It is your

responsibility to check your progress and follow-up with your instructor- check
SAIT Policy- Student Code of Conduct.1

• A weekly follow up will be conducted to check the progress of every student.

• Your instructor should see your progress to make sure that you are on the right
track

• Working on this project will be during lab time and it is expected that you will put
few working hours at home to keep your progress on track.

Required Submissions ( 3 files):

1) Revit Project file (.rvt)
2) Takeoffs excel file (.xlsx)
3) Check for interference report (HTML) file

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AC-3-4-1_Student Code of Conduct

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STEPS

Start a new project

Use a new structural template

Change unites for the “length” to “meters” and rounding 2 decimal places

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Add Grids

• Open your 1st level floor plan view

• Go to structure Tab – Datum Panel>>Create Grids: Add Horizontal grids : 1,2,3, & 4 and
vertical grids A, B, &C -Spacing: 8m (8000mm)

FLOOR PLAN -GRID

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Set Levels

• Go to one of the building elevation views

• Under Datum panel: select level
• Add all four levels, rename them and
adjust their height as shown in the image.

Add Structural Wall

For the Core : Go to structure Tab: structural wall use: foundation Concrete
walls 300mm (you may start with the generic wall then you must use duplicate
to change the material to concrete)

• Line location: Wall Center

• Top constraint: level 3
• Base constraint: level 0

ELEVATION -EAST- LEVELS

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Placing Beam
• Go to structure tab→ structural framing Beam→ Use: UB-406x178x60 . [NOTE: Student may
need to load the beam system if it does not exist in the template].

• In Level 1 Floor plan view place your beams. [Note: Students may need to change the detail view level to :
Fine to make the beams visible].

3 3

Add Columns

• On level 1 floor plan view place your columns. Use structural Columns – vertical
Columns-Type: UC- Universal Column- Column 305x305x97UC. NOTE: Student may need to load
the column system if it does not exist in the template].

• Adjust the levels from level 0 to level 3: Set levels constraints: Bottom: L0 and Top :L3.

• NOw change your view style to " Shading".

• Go to 3D view to adjust the beams with the columns using “Notch” tool
in the Geometry panel: Under the modify tab.
• Remember: Beam first then the column!
• Remember to do this step again when creating the typical floors.

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Add a beam system

You need to go back to level 1 floor plan view

Structure tab: Beam system
Use beams size: 254-102x28UB (use
structure Framing→ Steel beam→UB-Universal- 254-102x28UB*

- Use Sketch Beam System:

- Set boundary lines ( you may use pick line)
- Use trim and extent to adjust your drafting lines for the boundary lines

Determine the direction of your beam system

- Add spacing 1.60m
Click on the check mark to finish the command.
* NOTE: Student may need to load the beam system if it does not exist in the template [ same pathe you used for uploading
the main beams system above].

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Now….
Adjust the secondary beams system beams over the main big beams

• Go to the east elevation view to chech your beam system. Note that you need to
change the view style to “wireframe” to see your secondary beam system.
• Select your beam system and in the properties add offset to all the beam system
[ elevation from level] with value = to 0.26 m.
• Go to your 3D to see your changes

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ADDING FLOORS
Go to level 1
Structure→ Add floor→ Use “160mm Concrete on metal deck with corus ComFlor 46”.
Note: the direction of the floor system must be perpendicular to the beam system

Adjust the floor level

• Create a building section and measure the floor depth
• Go to the properties and use 0.47m as the height offset from level .

Before After

Edit the floor boundary [ columns & floors adjustment]

• Select your floor and use edit footprint to adjust the floor
around each column at the perimeter of the floor slab.
• See a snapshot of a sample editing .

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Copy systems

• Now copy and past to levels 2, and 3 both: the beams

system and the floor
• Offset the concrete core 2 meter up.

Add Footings
• Add isolated foundation pads:
• Add Isolated pads size: rectangular 1800x1200x450mm
• Add strip footing (300x600x450mm)
• Edit type: change materials and finishes >> Concrete cast in place 20 MPa

Check for any interference

B/w Structural columns and
structural framing ( Beams)
Submit your report with your
final submission Report

Add Tags on levels 1 & 2

• Go to annotate>> Tag by Category. Add tags to
the structural columns and the structural beams.
for each floor.

• Change the view detail to coarse in the floor

plan views.

• Do the same for the other levels.

Level 1 _ Beam System with adding tags

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Add Take off schedules

o Create material take off schedule for the structural components: Beams, Multi Category a
Create a schedule for all structural components: Columns, Walls, floors, and Foundations
systems
Create Graphic Column Schedule
o
An Example for a summary of structure components

Element Type
1. Wall foundation for the core (Concrete - 300mm)
2. beams system (Main beams: UB-406x178x60
Beam System: 254-102x28UB)
3. structural columns (305x305x97UC)
4. floors (160mm Concrete With 50mm
Metal Deck)
5. isolated foundation pads: load family 1800x1200x450mm
use rectangular
6. strip footing 300x600x450mm

Material Takeoffs- Steps

Create a schedule for the project: Multi categories Structural Systems (Multi categories): as
shown in the image below:

- Use the required fields shown on the snapshots below to complete your schedules

Attributes and how to create schedules:

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- Use Sorting and grouping by “family and type” add “Grand totals”

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 Create BoQ Document : Create spreadsheets of the
materials take-offs
Export a Schedule to excel

Create sheets for each structural component as shown below (Total 1+5=6 schedules…6
sheets):

Tip: use filter in excel

Supportive materials-
How to Export a Schedule _ Visit Autodesk online help:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-lt/learn-
explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2022ENU/RevitLT-DocumentPresent/files/GUID-
B2CCAC4F-1D38-4D5D-B4D1-95619D1B7EBE-htm.html

Create Sheets
Use sheet size (A0) 2 sheets are required :
• Create sheets for the structure beams system:
o S101_ Structure System_: Required views are with scale 1/100: 3D, Level 1,
North and East elevations, and Structural columns materials takeoffs.
o S102_ Schedules – Multi Categories

See next page : required sheets and schedules

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MARKING CRITERIA

Grading
Components
(points)
Using a Structural template
2
Adjust units to Meters
Create Grids: Horizontal 1,2,3, & 4 and vertical A, B, &C (Spacing: 8m): use
4
correct offset

Add the core structural walls ( correct family and type in all three floors)
Set levels 5
offset the core wall 2m above the 3rd level

Placing Main Beams (correct family and type in all three floors) 6
Add structural columns (correct family and type in all three floors) 6
Add a beam system (correct family and type in all three floors) 6
Add floor (correct family and type in all three floors) 3
Add isolated foundation pads: load family _ use rectangular 1800x1200x450mm 4
Add strip footing (correct family and type)- Material: Concrete cast in place Mpa 20 2
Run "Check for Interference" (Columns Vs Framing systems) and 3
export the HTML report
Add tags 4
Create material take offs schedules for (multi categories- Structural system)- Correct 5
Sorting and grouping)

Create your Bill of Quantity :

(Develop a tabulated sheets for the material takeoffs of structural 5
components in excel )- 6 spreadsheets ( one sheet/ system)
Create sheets for the project:
• Use the correct Sheet A0 Size
Create new sheets _ 2 sheets are required:
o S101: Structure System multi views(S101): Level 0, Level 1, 5
Building Section, 3D view, graphical column schedule.
o S102: Structural systems schedules _ 5 schedules (S102)
• Add correctly all the required project information
Total 60
Best ……Dr. / Samia Ebrahiem

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