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brian.rouse540440
2011-03-28, 08:05 PM
I'm extremely new to Revit. We have a little down time in the office right now and I have decided that I'm going to really start diving into Revit. I find the best way to dive into something is to be really interested in the project, so I'm designing a house. I've seen in a couple images that you can get stud counts and see the studs in the walls and I would love to know how to do this. I've messed with editing the types of walls adding different layers like "Vapor Barriers, Dry wall...etc" but I just don't see where I can add top and bottom plates. Any help would be awesome
Revitaoist
2011-03-28, 08:29 PM
The wood framing feature is an add on that you may need subscription to get.
antman
2011-03-28, 09:59 PM
The wood framing feature is an add on that you may need subscription to get.

StrucSoft also offers one that will generate wood or metal studs. I haven't used it, but it appears to actually create structural column objects, whereas the subscription tool generates generic models (I think).
http://www.strucsoftsolutions.com/products.asp#mwf
rl.bryant
2011-03-28, 11:24 PM
StrucSoft MWF will allow studding of the walls (both wood and steel) in your project. It works well as long as the walls are not profile modified and are kept fairly basic. It's a work in progress but produces fairly credible results and since it is "fully" Revit the results can be modified with standard Revit tools. It's not cheap but it can pay for itself if your company requires it.
scowsert
2011-03-29, 10:59 PM
While you can model each stud I'd skip this addon and start with the basics. Most people don't model each stud and I could see someone getting bogged down and totally not understanding how Revit works by jumping into this (not really necessary) detail. Well... unless you actually need to know the number of studs. I suppose someone does.

Model one of your buildings and get them on sheets first.
brian.rouse540440
2011-03-30, 03:48 PM
Main reason I'm looking at stud counts is for cost estimation. I thought it would be really cool to have a idea of how much lumber you would need. Its more of a fun test because my wife has picked out a floor plan she likes for our next and wants me to modify it to suit our needs. Thank you all for the replys