Revit Structure software provides improved design workflow and documentation productivity to give you more tools to automate drafting tasks and help you create structural documentation faster.
User Inference Improvements:
Properties Palette
Quick Access Tool (QAT) customization
Status Bar
View Control Bar
Modify Tab/Contextual Switching
Repeat Last Command
Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2011 User Interface improvements allows users more flexibility to the look and feel that they want in order to get the job done by reducing tab switching and clicks, minimize ribbon flickering, and consist command placement to provide you with access to the tools you need, when you need them.
Improvements such as being able to dock the properties palette, customize your quick access tools, and the ability to switch back and forth between the modify tab and contextual tab.
The Type Selector has been removed from the Ribbon and combined with the Instance Properties Palette. The Instance properties can be opened or closed as needed using the Properties Palette button available in the Properties ribbon panel. The Properties Palette and Project Browser can be stacked or moved and docked differently. You can additionally move them to another monitor and can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.
The Quick Access Tool (QAT) customization now has increased the number of default commands out of the box, reflecting most used commands. Customization enhancements via dialog box include up/down buttons, separator mark, and remove option.
Users now have more consistent modify tools with the Modify Tab/Contextual Switching option. Also, modify commands are now available prior to element selection. Available modification tools are enabled during the task, while other tools are disabled (rather than disappearing as in 2010). This minimizes ribbon flickering and tool movement. Additionally all Sketch Mode Finish/Cancel buttons always appear consistently.
The View Control Bar has new display options to view your 3D models with consistent colors scheme or to display the 3D elements with a more realistic representation. Also, within the Status Bar area, the Worksharing and Design Options are now available.
The right-click menu has a repeat last command option for easier access to previous activated tools as well as be able to resize various Revit dialog boxes for better viewing purposes.
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Modeling Enhancements
Many of these modeling enhancements were AUGI wish list items that were included in the Autodesk Subscription Advantage Pack for Revit Structure 2010 (October 2009) and are now part of the 2011 release.
First, selecting objects by “All Instances” now has the option to select those objects within the current view or by project.
Selecting Objects within the current view :
Second, the Structural Framing Length Roundoff parameter can be specified for a beam family, overriding the exact calculation of the beam length to a broader, more applicable length. This reduces calculation and can improve overall performance during modeling. Performance improvement is observed when a model contains a large number of joined beams that differ in length, though by very little. If the beams are within the round off tolerance, they are adjusted accordingly.
Setting the Structural Framing Length Round-off parameter:
Third, users now have the ability to control temporary dimension font size and background to display as transparent or opaque. Also, edited references are remembered allowing users to select the temporary dimension grip locations and place them onto other more important references. This edit is then remembered the next time an object is selected and when temporary dimensions are displayed.
Temporary dimensions improvements:
Fourth, for walls, there is now a Split Walls with Gap tool for easy wall panel creation.
Creating split walls with gap:
Next, improvements to 3D Alignment tool allows user in 3D views to no longer need set a work plane when selecting the elements they want to align using the element’s node, vertex, edge, surface, form or level. Users can use the align tool on vertical surfaces in 3D views such as aligning the tops of elements with one another or aligning surface patterns from adjacent elements to one another.
Aligning elements in 3D views:
Lastly, the span direction for metal deck floors is now controlled within the floor boundary creation tool rather than having it controlled through the annotation tag. Users can now pick or sketch lines to indicate the span direction of the metal deck floor.
Setting span direction for metal deck floors:
First, the beam placement using 3D CAD Geometry allows users to place 3D beams using 3D lines, edges, and curves from geometry that is imported with CAD files. This assists in modeling complex dimensional framing based on the data of an imported 3D lines model. It also minimizes the need to recreate designs from the beginning in both Revit Architecture and Revit Structure.
Beam Placement using 3D CAD Geometry:
Documentation Enhancements
Many of these documentation enhancements were AUGI wish list items that were included in the Autodesk Subscription Advantage Pack for Revit Structure 2010 (October 2009) and are now part of the 2011 release.
First, users can now enable the “A” and “W” user defined parameters for schedule fields within a project. In previous releases of Autodesk® Revit® Structure, the A (Cross-Sectional Area) and W (Weight) parameters were not accessible to use with schedules. Now, these user defined parameters can be used in schedules without the need to convert them into shared parameters for convenience and QTO (to calculate steel tonnage) purposes.
Adding cross-sectional area and weight parameters to schedules:
Second, users can use the conditional formatting in schedules to visually identify parameters that meet or do not meet design standards. If the conditions are met, then the formatting is applied to the schedule cells.
Adding Conditional Formatting to Schedules:
Third, elevation tags are now customizable to display according to your company’s construction documentation standards.
Creating custom elevation tags:
Fourth, users can create new rows in a Sheet List to create placeholder sheets. These placeholder sheets can be used to represent consultant sheets or convert them later into project sheets. In addition, users are now able to display a sheet layout grid system for proper placement of views.
Improvements to Sheets:
Fifth, convert model lines to detail lines and vice version with one simple click. No longer will users need to spend valuable time cleaning up drawings that were incorrectly created due to lack of experience or attention to detail. If imported CAD drawing are accidentally inserted as 3D elements instead of 2D elements (Current View Only), simply select all of the lines and click the Convert Lines button in the Modify Lines contextual tab. Lines will disappear in all views except for the current view. Detail Lines can just as easily be converted to Model Lines.
Converting model lines to detail lines and vice versa:
Lastly, users can place batt insulation within detail views. Insulation is sketched similar to lines. Users can set an offset from the cursor, and you can pick a line on which to sketch the insulation.
Adding Insulation to detail views:
Text and Leaders Improvements
Many enhancements have been made to text and leaders. These enhancements include the ability to display a text box and the creation of bullets and numbering when listing text items.
Also, issues with word wrapping and zoom scaling have now been fixed. Users can use text formatting keyboard shortcuts and be able to find and replace words within their notes.
The leader enhancements include allowing users to specify a more precise location to set the proper justification for the leader within the top, middle, or bottom locations of the right or left side of the text note and the ability to adjust the distance between the leader end and the text note.
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