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Adding welds and symbols

Adding welds and symbols - Revit Tutorial

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Adding welds and symbols

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- [Instructor] I thought it was odd that Revit has added an actual weld to the library. I mean, why would we want to actually model a weld? And so what, I already have a weld symbol. Well, for one, we can add any information to a weld that we would normally put in a weld symbol, so since Revit has added actual welds, it has of course added weld tags, which of course can be customized to look like a weld symbol. So in Revit, let's start a new project using the structural template. Let's go to the Structure tab, let's click on Beam, and then we're just gonna draw a little beam in here. Set your detail level to Fine. I want to put a plate on top of that, so let's go to the Steel tab, go to Plate, click on Rectangle, and I'm gonna put this plate up on here. Hit Escape a couple times. Click Finish. Now let's go to a 3D view. Set the detail level to Fine. Set the visual style to Hidden Line. I want to put a little weld right here. Click on Welds. Now I want to connect the plate, hold down…

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