For those of you that didn’t use Revit 2013 or earlier releases the shape handles allowed a steel, precast or timber framing member to have its physical length changed graphically. See the image below.Īnother interesting feature is an existing tool from Revit 2013, the humble shape handle. The change Reference tool is perhaps my favourite new framing tool in Revit 2015, this tool allows the user to select a new reference for the end of a joined beam and then cycle between these references by using the Change Reference command. This is a much easier way of offsetting the structural framing members. The offset command will reposition the framing member graphically in the Y and Z axis. The tool can be used equally well in plan, elevation and sections as well as 3D views. This will only reposition the physical position of the member and leave the analytical model unchanged. This is essentially an ease of use improvement to an existing set of tools to offset steel, timber or precast member both laterally or vertically from the original position to predefined points. We will begin by looking at the justification point tool. This year Revit 2015 has seem some great interface improvements with regards to the justification points on steel and precast members and member offsets.
The only other Autodesk product was AutoCAD Structural Detailing which I would imagine will start to disappear from the various Autodesk suites that included this as there have been very few developments with this software for the past couple of years
A few months back Autodesk purchased Graitec Advance Steel and Advance Concrete to extend their offering in the steel detailing & fabrication industry. This will be a very interesting year with regards to steel detailing, fabrication and Autodesk software.