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Adding structural columns using the CAD drawing

Adding structural columns using the CAD drawing - Revit Tutorial

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Adding structural columns using the CAD drawing

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- [Narrator] We're staying in our 05_Simple Building Project.rvt file, and in the previous video we looked at the datum levels set up in the south elevation, and they're all set up and look nice, and neat, and tidy now, and we've gone back to our 00_GND Floor Plan. What we're going to look at now is adding some structural columns based on the information given in our linked CAD file. What I'd like you to do is zoom into the top left of the linked CAD file, the floor plan. So we're going to zoom in on this area here. So we'll get in like so, and when you zoom in can you see there's some squares there coming off of the grids? Those are structural columns. Now I don't want you to go and do the whole floor. You can do that later when you're experimenting and learning how to use all of this information that you've gained from the course more completely. Now, we're going to place some structural columns. Now the columns themselves are very easy to place because what you'll find is when you…

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