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retug January 21, 2022

Revit Rebar Bender

How awesome would it be to have an easy to use, rebar drafting drawing tool in revit, getting minimum bend radii for any type of rebar? For some reason Autodesk has never released one of these and you would think it would be easy low hanging fruit for them to tackle. …

retug January 28, 2022

Sloping K Series Joist

Since my last post on bending rebar in revit, I have been attempting to make a sloping K Series joist in revit that will dynamically update in the most awesome way possible.

K Series Joist in Action

Why is this awesome?!? In the …

retug July 20, 2022

Minimum Joist Bearing Lengths - Revit and Dynamo

A co-worker of mine asked if I could find a way to check min. joist bearing lengths after being burned on a recent project where they had a few beams that worked for strength and deflection, but did not match SJI's minimum flange dimensions for bearing.

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retug October 16, 2023

RAM to Revit (R2R) Part 1

The Tool - Download

For a long time I’ve wanted a quick way to spot check if structural beams in our analysis models like RAM or ETABs matched our Revit model. The gif above shows the beginning of bringing this idea to …

retug March 09, 2024

RAM to Revit - First Update V1.0.1

The beta release of the RAM to Revit tool has gone well. I have a few people using the tool in practice and have heard some good feedback so far. I am actively trying to maintain this and make it better, so if you have any requests, please reach out. …

retug March 13, 2024

Autodesk Platform Services - A First Step

I'm not really sure what Autodesk Platform Services is or why I should use it, but Autodesk is pushing this hard it seems. The tech looks cool so I figured I would follow their first tutorial.

The first example they provide on APS is how …