Be.Smart Technical Documentation
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  • PRODUCTS
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  • 3D Modeling & Design
    • CLT Panels
      • Introduction
      • User Interface
      • Workflow - Step by Step
      • Wall Wood Framing
        • Frame Wall
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Nailers, Siding
          • Validate Walls
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Wall Framing
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing or Window/Door Join Framing
          • L Connection
          • L, T, V, End Connections
          • Ridge Studs
          • Blocking/Nogging
          • Secondary Stud
          • Brace
          • Stud Holes
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Stud
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration
        • Modify
        • Select Elements
        • Family - Siding Profile Modification
      • Floor Wood Framing
        • Frame Floor
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Flooring
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Floor Framing
          • Opening Framing – General
          • Opening Framing – Edit
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Blocking/Nogging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Select Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration
      • Roof Wood Framing
        • Frame Roof
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Roofing
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Roof Common Joists
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Horizontal Joist/Rafter/Bridging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Select Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration
      • Elements
        • Requirements for Families and Categories
        • How to Use a Sample Project
        • Configuration Window
        • Detail Priorities Window
        • Detail Priority
          • Detail
          • Layout & Array Axis
          • Adjust Layout by Searching for other Elements
        • Inserting – and Auto Inserting – Elements
        • Update Elements, Update Parameters, Update by DC
        • Multi-Rule Manager
        • Modify Elements
        • Delete
        • Gravity Point
        • Configuration Files' Location
        • Template Project Location
        • Project Family Browser
        • Special Parameters
        • Schematic images of Host faces
      • Numbering
      • Views
      • Assemblies
      • Sort&Cope
    • Curtain Walls and Panels
      • Introduction
      • Getting Started
    • Cut Opening
      • Opening Configurations
        • MEP Openings Configurations
          • Main Settings
          • Insulation Settings
          • MEP settings
        • Door/Window Openings Configurations
        • Fire Damper Insertion Configuration
      • MEP Opening Creation
        • Interference Check
        • Application of Configuration
        • Insert Openings
        • Controlling the Opening Table
      • Opening Updates/Modifications
        • Join/Unjoin Openings
        • Opening Revision (Updates)
      • Export/Import MEP Openings
      • Insert Door/Window Openings
      • Insert Fire Dampers
      • Smart Dimensions
    • MEP Hangers
      • Getting Started
      • Resolving Common Issues
      • Families of Hangers and Supports
        • Introduction, Features, and Functionality
        • Adding New Sizes for Unistruts, Rods, Cantilevers or Other Parts
        • Criteria for Creating Your Own Families of Hangers/Supports
        • Scheduling and Bills of Materials
        • Drilling Points
        • Specifying Unistrut Increments for Fabrication and Family-based Hangers
      • Configurations
        • Hanger Configurations
        • Split Configurations
      • Commands
        • Insert Hangers
        • Split Elements
        • Update Hangers
        • Modify Elements and Multi-Rule Manager
        • Delete Hangers
        • Replace IFC
      • Sort Mark
      • Placing Hangers On Linked MEP Elements
    • Metal Framing
      • Introduction
      • Workflow - Step by Step
      • Wall Metal Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Wall
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Siding
          • Validate Walls
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialogue
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Wall Framing
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing or Window/Door Join Framing
          • L Connection – General
          • L, T, V, End Connections
          • Blocking/Nogging
          • Secondary Stud
          • Brace
          • Ridge Studs
          • Stud Holes
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Stud
          • Add Vertical Block
          • Add/Modify Bracing
            • Main Features
            • Modify Brace
            • Modify Brace Group
          • Add/Modify Details
            • General
            • Details Configuration
          • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements[]
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements[]
          • Split Elements[]
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features[]
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration[]
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features
          • Drawing Configuration
            • Assembly Views
            • Schedules
            • Sheets
          • Part Assembly Menu
          • Smart Dimensions
        • Load Families
        • Link Wall
        • Multi-Framing
        • Framing in Groups
        • Modify
        • Select Elements
      • Floor Metal Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Floor
          • ADD MAIN FRAME
          • ADD SECONDARY FRAME, FLOORING
        • Load Families
        • Link Floor
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Floor Framing
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit[]
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Bridging/Nogging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Multi-Framing
        • Framing in Groups
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features[]
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Add/Modify Bracing
          • Main Features
          • Modify Brace
          • Modify Brace Group
        • Add/Modify Details
          • General
          • Details Configuration[]
        • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements[]
          • Split Elements[]
        • Select Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features[]
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration[]
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features[]
          • Configuration
            • Assembly Views[]
            • Schedules
            • Sheets
          • Part Assembly Menu
          • Smart Dimensions
      • Roof Metal Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Roof
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Roofing
        • Load Families
        • Link Roof
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Roof Common Joists
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing[]
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Horizontal Joist/Rafter/Bridging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Multi-Framing
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Add/Modify Bracing
          • Main Features
          • Modify Brace
          • Modify Brace Group
        • Add/Modify Details
          • General
          • Details Configuration[]
        • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Elements[]
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements[]
          • Split Elements[]
        • Select Elements
        • Insert Rafters
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features[]
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration[]
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features[]
          • Drawing Configuration
            • Assembly Views[]
            • Schedules
            • Sheets
          • Smart Dimensions
        • Part Assembly Menu
      • Truss Metal Framing
        • Introduction
        • Load Families
        • Truss Database Manager
        • Truss System Configuration
        • Truss Design Settings
        • Element Mark Configuration
        • Modify Roof/Floor Truss Type Parameters
        • Insert Truss System Grid
        • Modify Truss System Grid
        • Update Truss System Grid From Roof
        • Insert Valley Set Grid
        • Generate Trusses
        • Delete Trusses By Grid
        • Select Trusses From The Same Group/Grid
        • Select Identical Trusses From The Same Group
        • Insert Roof/Floor Truss By Selected Model Lines
        • Modify Truss Inserted By Model Line
        • Create Roof Truss Type From Model Lines
        • Create Piggyback Roof Truss Type From Model Lines
        • Modify Roof Truss Type
        • Replace Roof/Floor Truss From Database/Model
        • Update Roof/Floor Truss
        • Copy/Array/Auto Array Roof/Floor Truss
        • Auto Copy Two Roof/Floor Trusses
        • Modify Truss Ends
        • Update Truss Roof/Floor Connections
        • Cut/Cope Roof/Floor Truss Members
        • Select Roof/Floor Truss Webs And Chords
        • Frame Two Beams
        • Scheduling And Sorting
        • Shop Drawing Configuration
        • Create Assembly From Truss
        • Update Truss Assembly
        • Smart Dimensions for Trusses
        • Typical Workflow For Floor Truss
      • Smart Connections
      • Smart Walls
      • Floor Panel Layout
      • Roof Panel Layout
      • Sort Mark
      • Smart Assemblies
      • Sort&Cope
        • Cope Structural Elements
      • Common
        • Wood/Metal Framing
          • Custom Join
          • Framing Configuration
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Modify Settings
            • Opening Framing – Edit
            • End Connection
            • Rigde Stud/Joist
            • Blocking/Nogging
            • Brace
            • Stud/Joist Holes
          • Add/Modify Elements
            • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
            • Add Additional Stud/Joists
          • Add/Modify Bracing
            • Modify Brace
            • Modify Brace Group
          • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
            • Sheathing Configuration – Sheathing Layout
            • Paneling Configuration – Paneling Layout
          • Shop Drawings – Smart Dimensions – Configuration
          • Framing Configuration - Configuration Visibility
        • Smart Dimensions
        • Smart Tags
      • Configuration Files
        • Introduction
        • Manage Configuration Files
        • Sharing Configurations
    • Post & Beam Framing
      • Introduction
      • Workflow - Step by Step
      • Wall Wood Framing
      • Floor Wood Framing
      • Roof Wood Framing
      • Truss Wood Framing
      • Smart Connections
      • Smart Walls
      • Floor Panel Layout
      • Roof Panel Layout
      • Cut Opening [to be created]
      • Sort Mark
      • Smart Assemblies
      • Smart Views
      • Sort&Cope
      • Common
    • Precast Concrete
      • Introduction
      • Smart Walls
      • Floor Panel Layout
      • Floor Concrete Slabs
        • Workflow
        • Load Families
        • Configuration Window
          • Overview
          • Longitudinal Flooring
        • Link Floor
        • Add Flooring
      • Smart Connections
      • Wall Reinforcement
        • Wall Reinforcement Workflow
        • Wall Link
        • Create Rebar
        • Rebar cover reference
        • Update Rebar
        • Partially Update Rebar
        • Update by Wall Link
        • Modify Rebar
        • Delete Rebars
        • Configuration Files Location
        • Rebar Configurations - Common Settings
        • Perimeter Reinforcement
        • External/Internal Reinforcement
        • Additional Edge Rebar
        • Opening, Door, Window Reinforcement
        • T Connection Reinforcement
        • L Corner Reinforcement
        • Fabric Sheets - Fabric Area
        • Additional Reinforcement
        • Face Rebar Configurations
      • Column Reinforcement
        • Workflow
        • Rebar Configurations
        • Cover settings
        • Rectangular
        • Stirrups
        • Rebar Configurations Corbel
        • Create Rebar
        • Modify Reinforcement
        • Update Rebar
        • Update by Column Link
        • Delete Rebar
        • Column Link
        • Configuration Files Location
        • Rebar Configurations Main rebar Crank
        • Bend
        • Round
      • Beam Reinforcement
        • Beam Reinforcement Workflow
        • Rebar configurations
        • Cover settings
        • Main rebar
        • Stirrups
        • Modify Rebar
        • Update rebar
        • Update by Beam Link
        • Delete Rebar
        • Beam Link
        • Configuration Files Location
        • Rebar configurations Main Rebar Ends
        • Rebar configurations Support
      • Sort Mark
      • Smart Assemblies
      • Smart Views
    • SIP Panels
      • Introduction
      • Workflow - Step by Step
      • Split & Cut SIP Parts
      • Wall Wood Framing
      • Floor Wood Framing
      • Roof Wood Framing
      • Truss Wood Framing
      • Smart Connections
      • Smart Walls
      • Floor Panel Layout
      • Roof Panel Layout
      • Cut Opening [to be created]
      • Sort Mark
      • Smart Assemblies
      • Smart Views
      • Sort&Cope
      • Common
    • Smart Connections
      • Introduction
      • Workflow
      • Requirements for Families and Categories
      • How to Use a Sample Project
      • Configuration Window
      • Detail Priority
        • Detail
        • Layout & Array Axis
        • Adjust Layout by Searching for other Elements
        • Placement Control
      • Inserting – and Auto Inserting – Elements
      • Update Elements, Update Parameters, Update by DC
      • Multi-Rule Manager
      • Modify Elements
      • Delete
      • Gravity Point
      • Configuration Files' Location
      • Template Project Location
      • Project Family Browser
      • Special Parameters
      • Schematic images of Host faces
    • Ventilated Facades
      • Introduction
      • Getting Started
    • Wood Framing
      • Wall Wood Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Wall
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Nailers, Siding
          • Validate Walls
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Wall Framing
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing or Window/Door Join Framing
          • L Connection
          • L, T, V, End Connections
          • Ridge Studs
          • Blocking/Nogging
          • Secondary Stud
          • Brace
          • Stud Holes
        • Add/Modify Bracing
          • Main Features
          • Modify Brace
          • Modify Brace Group
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Stud
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Add/Modify Details
          • General
          • Details Configuration
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Split Parts by invisible lines
          • Paneling Configuration
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features
          • Drawing Configuration
            • Assembly Views
            • Schedules
            • Drawing Configuration – Sheets
          • Main Features
          • Part Assembly Menu
          • Smart Dimensions
        • Load Families
        • Link Wall
        • Multi-Framing
        • Framing In Groups
        • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Modify
        • Select Elements
        • Family - Siding Profile Modification
      • Floor Wood Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Floor
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Flooring
        • Load Families
        • Link Floor
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Floor Framing
          • Opening Framing – General
          • Opening Framing – Edit
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Blocking/Nogging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Multi-Framing
        • Framing In Groups
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Add/Modify Bracing
          • Modify Brace
          • Modify Brace Group
          • Main Features
        • Add/Modify Details
          • General
          • Details Configuration
        • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Select Elements
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features
          • Drawing Configuration
            • Assembly Views
            • Schedules
            • Sheets
          • Part Assembly Menu
          • Smart Dimensions
      • Roof Wood Framing
        • Introduction
        • Frame Roof
          • Add Main Frame
          • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Roofing
        • Framing Configuration
          • Dialog
          • Configurations
          • Common Settings
            • Configuration Settings
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Elements Mark Definitions
            • Modify Settings
          • Roof Common Joists
          • Opening Framing
            • General
            • Edit
            • Edit Window/Window Join Framing
          • End Connection
          • Edge Joist
          • Horizontal Joist/Rafter/Bridging
          • Secondary Joist
          • Brace
          • Joist Holes
        • Load Families
        • Link Roof
        • Multi-Framing
        • Add/Modify Elements
          • Main Features
          • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
          • Add Additional Joist
          • Add Vertical Block
        • Add/Modify Bracing
          • Main Features
          • Modify Brace
          • Modify Brace Group
        • Add/Modify Details
          • General
          • Details Configuration
        • Add/Delete Additional Details
        • Modify
        • Align/Trim/Extend
          • Align Elements
          • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
          • Split Elements
        • Select Elements
        • Insert Rafters
        • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
          • Main Features
          • Sheathing Configuration
          • Paneling Configuration
        • Numbering
          • General
          • Numbering Configuration
        • Shop Drawings
          • Main Features
          • Drawing Configuration
            • Assembly Views
            • Schedules
            • Sheets
          • Part Assembly Menu
          • Smart Dimensions
      • Truss Wood Framing
        • Introduction
        • Load Families
        • Truss Database Manager
        • Truss System Configuration
        • Truss Design Settings
        • Element Mark Configuration
        • Modify Roof/Floor Truss Type Parameters
        • Insert Truss System Grid
        • Modify Truss System Grid
        • Update Truss System Grid From Roof
        • Insert Valley Set Grid
        • Generate Trusses
        • Delete Trusses By Grid
        • Select Trusses From The Same Group/Grid
        • Select Identical Trusses From The Same Group
        • Insert Roof/Floor Truss By Selected Model Lines
        • Modify Truss Inserted By Model Line
        • Create Roof Truss Type From Model Lines
        • Create Piggyback Roof Truss Type From Model Lines
        • Modify Roof Truss Type
        • Replace Roof/Floor Truss From Database/Model
        • Update Roof/Floor Truss
        • Copy/Array/Auto Array Roof/Floor Truss
        • Auto Copy Two Roof/Floor Trusses
        • Modify Truss Ends
        • Update Truss Roof/Floor Connections
        • Cut/Cope Roof/Floor Truss Members
        • Select Roof/Floor Truss Webs And Chords
        • Frame Two Beams
        • Scheduling And Sorting
        • Shop Drawing Configuration
        • Create Assembly From Truss
        • Update Truss Assembly
        • Smart Dimensions for Trusses
        • Typical Workflow For Floor Truss
      • Smart Connections
      • Smart Walls
      • Floor Panel Layout
      • Roof Panel Layout
      • Cut Opening
      • Sort Mark
      • Smart Assemblies
      • Smart Views
      • Sort&Cope
        • COPE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
      • Common
        • Wood/Metal Framing
          • Custom Join
          • Framing Configuration
            • Modify Configuration Settings
            • Modify Settings
            • Opening Framing – Edit
            • End Connection
            • Rigde Stud/Joist
            • Blocking/Nogging
            • Brace
            • Stud/Joist Holes
          • Add/Modify Elements
            • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
            • Add Additional Stud/Joists
          • Add/Modify Bracing
            • Modify Brace
            • Modify Brace Group
          • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
            • Sheathing Configuration – Sheathing Layout
            • Paneling Configuration – Paneling Layout
          • Shop Drawings – Smart Dimensions – Configuration
          • Framing Configuration - Configuration Visibility
        • Smart Dimensions
        • Smart Tags
    • Smart Select
      • Select & Hide
      • Quick Select
    • Archive
      • (Archive) Setup: Sample Families & Configurations
      • (Archive) Workflow Overview
      • (Archive) Setup: Sample Families & Configurations
      • Wood Framing (work in progress)
        • Workflow - Step by Step
        • Wall Wood Framing
          • Introduction
          • Frame Wall
            • Add Main Frame
            • Add Secondary Frame, Nailers, Siding
            • Validate Walls
          • Framing Configuration
            • Dialog
            • Configurations
            • Common Settings
              • Configuration Settings
              • Modify Configuration Settings
              • Elements Mark Definitions
              • Modify Settings
            • Wall Framing
            • Opening Framing
              • General
              • Edit
              • Edit Window/Window Join Framing or Window/Door Join Framing
            • L Connection
            • L, T, V, End Connections
            • Ridge Studs
            • Blocking/Nogging
            • Secondary Stud
            • Brace
            • Stud Holes
          • Add/Modify Bracing
            • Main Features
            • Modify Brace
            • Modify Brace Group
          • Add/Modify Elements
            • Main Features
            • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
            • Add Additional Stud
            • Add Vertical Block
          • Add/Modify Details
            • General
            • Details Configuration
          • Align/Trim/Extend
            • Align Elements
            • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
            • Split Elements
          • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
            • Main Features
            • Sheathing Configuration
            • Split Parts by invisible lines
            • Paneling Configuration
          • Numbering
            • General
            • Numbering Configuration
          • Shop Drawings
            • Main Features
            • Drawing Configuration
              • Assembly Views
              • Schedules
              • Drawing Configuration – Sheets
            • Main Features
            • Part Assembly Menu
            • Smart Dimensions
          • Load Families
          • Link Wall
          • Multi-Framing
          • Framing In Groups
          • Add/Delete Additional Details
          • Modify
          • Select Elements
          • Family - Siding Profile Modification
        • Floor Wood Framing
          • Introduction
          • Frame Floor
            • Add Main Frame
            • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Flooring
          • Load Families
          • Link Floor
          • Framing Configuration
            • Dialog
            • Configurations
            • Common Settings
              • Configuration Settings
              • Modify Configuration Settings
              • Elements Mark Definitions
              • Modify Settings
            • Floor Framing
            • Opening Framing – General
            • Opening Framing – Edit
            • End Connection
            • Edge Joist
            • Blocking/Nogging
            • Secondary Joist
            • Brace
            • Joist Holes
          • Multi-Framing
          • Framing In Groups
          • Add/Modify Elements
            • Main Features
            • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
            • Add Additional Joist
            • Add Vertical Block
          • Add/Modify Bracing
            • Modify Brace
            • Modify Brace Group
            • Main Features
          • Add/Modify Details
            • General
            • Details Configuration
          • Add/Delete Additional Details
          • Modify
          • Align/Trim/Extend
            • Align Elements
            • Cut/Delete/Move/Rotate Elements
            • Split Elements
          • Select Elements
          • Sheating And Paneling Layouts
            • Main Features
            • Sheathing Configuration
            • Paneling Configuration
          • Numbering
            • General
            • Numbering Configuration
          • Shop Drawings
            • Main Features
            • Drawing Configuration
              • Assembly Views
              • Schedules
              • Sheets
            • Part Assembly Menu
            • Smart Dimensions
        • Roof Wood Framing
          • Introduction
          • Frame Roof
            • Add Main Frame
            • Add Secondary Frame, Battens, Roofing
          • Framing Configuration
            • Dialog
            • Configurations
            • Common Settings
              • Configuration Settings
              • Modify Configuration Settings
              • Elements Mark Definitions
              • Modify Settings
            • Roof Common Joists
            • Opening Framing
              • General
              • Edit
              • Edit Window/Window Join Framing
            • End Connection
            • Edge Joist
            • Horizontal Joist/Rafter/Bridging
            • Secondary Joist
            • Brace
            • Joist Holes
          • Load Families
          • Link Roof
          • Multi-Framing
          • Add/Modify Elements
            • Main Features
            • Add Additional Bridging/Nogging/Blocking
            • Add Additional Joist
            • Add Vertical Block
          • Add/Modify Bracing
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  3. Families of Hangers and Supports

Criteria for Creating Your Own Families of Hangers/Supports

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If you can't find the required product in our provided library of Revit families of hangers and supports, you have the option to create your own families. These will automatically resize when inserted using the MEP Hangers software if they are created correctly. In this article, I will outline the standards for creating families for MEP Hangers. Additionally, these standards can be used against your current library of hanger families to check if they are compatible with our software.

Some important points to note:

  1. Intermediate knowledge of Revit families is required.

  2. There are multiple ways to create Revit families; this is not a step-by-step guide but rather a set of requirements, guidelines, and tips.

  3. If you need to create new sizes for existing families (e.g., rods, unistruts, clamps, etc.), refer to covering that specific topic.

  4. Creating everything from scratch is often unnecessary. You can use a complete hanger family as a template and modify only the necessary component (e.g., a clamp) before integrating it into the template family. Other components (like rods and anchors) may remain unchanged or require minimal adjustments.

Our Revit families of hangers and supports consist of smaller components (bolts, nuts, washers, unistruts, rods, clamps, etc.) organized as nested families. This article will focus on complete hanger families rather than the components within.

Work Plane-Based Families

The primary requirement is that the family must be a Work Plane-Based family, allowing its use for various applications.

You can make a family Work Plane-Based by ticking a checkbox in the Family Editor. Additionally, make sure that the 'Always Vertical' option is unchecked to enable placement of the family on sloped MEP elements:

A family is also Work Plane-Based if it is created using a face-based template:

Our provided families of hangers and supports are face-based. If you are creating a family from scratch, we recommend starting with a face-based template. Alternatively, you can modify our existing families, as they already include the necessary parameters that will be covered later.

If unsure whether your existing Revit family is face-based, you can check that here:

For internal components (nested families), there are no specific criteria, as they are typically controlled through associated parameters within the parent family. However, being face-based often proves beneficial, though not mandatory.

Supported Categories

MEP Hangers can insert elements from these categories: Duct Accessories, Pipe Accessories, Electrical Equipment, Generic Models, Mechanical Equipment, Structural Connections, and Structural Framing.

But when choosing a category, there are more things to consider. If you will need to create multi-level structures, it’s important to look at structural elements that MEP Hangers software can find to attach the hangers to.

These categories include Structural Framing, Structural Connections, and Mechanical Equipment.

Alternatively, if using nested elements, the family can be from Duct Accessories, Pipes Accessories, Electrical Equipment, or Generic Model, with nested elements from Structural Framing, Structural Connections, or Mechanical Equipment categories. This way, you can have more flexibility to choose your category but it will still work for multi-level arrangements.

We recommend creating hanger/support families using Mechanical Equipment, Structural Framing, or Structural Connections categories.

Elements of the Mechanical Equipment category are visible floorplans even when above the cut plane which can prove helpful as well.

Parameters

Next, we look into the required parameters.

Our software sizes each hanger by extracting data from the MEP element and measuring the distance from the MEP element to the specified structural element.

Diameter, Outside Diameter, Width, Height, Insulation Thickness

To read data from MEP elements, create instance parameters with names corresponding to the relevant property ('Diameter', 'Outside Diameter', 'Width', 'Height', 'Insulation Thickness') and group these parameters under the Model Properties group:

  • The example above shows a pipe support so the Width and Height values aren’t needed here.

  • Values will not be populated if these parameters are grouped under a different group.

It's advisable to create these parameters as Length-type parameters under the Common discipline:

These values populate when the Insert or Update commands are executed. This ensures that a clamp or a horizontal metal member sizes according to the MEP element's size.

Distance To

To size a vertical hanger member (rod, unistrut, etc.) according to the distance from the structure, use the 'Distance To' parameter. This is an instance length-type (Common discipline) parameter which must be placed under the Construction group:

When the Insert or Update commands are executed, the software calculates the distance from the hanger insertion point to the structure and writes that value to the 'Distance To'.

The hanger insertion point, from which the 'Distance To' is calculated, is specified in the configuration ('Placement Side' setting).

If a pipe or duct is insulated, the hanger insertion point is the pipe/duct edge, not the insulation.

However, this alone doesn't size the hanger. The 'Distance To', 'Diameter', 'Outside Diameter', 'Width', 'Height', and 'Insulation Thickness' are usually processed through a formula in a different parameter that influences the geometry or the nested families.

For instance, in one of our hanger families, the 'Distance To' value drives the 'Rod Top Extension' parameter:

Our calculations account for many more parameters to make hangers work in diverse situations. Your formulas can be simpler and still be effective.

Finally, the 'Rod Top Extension' parameter drives the 'Top Extension' parameter, controlling the geometry of the nested rod family:

This is just an example. Your hanger families may contain no nested elements, and the geometry can be controlled directly.

The MEP Hangers software can also measure the distance from MEP to the structural elements in directions other than upward. This capability enables the utilization of the 'Distance To' parameter for various applications, such as rooftop supports or wall hangers.

Any other parameters

MEP Hangers can also extract additional values from MEP or structural elements and incorporate them into families of hangers.

This can be accomplished through the use of the # and ## functionality.

To extract data from structural elements and write it to hanger families, create a family or a system parameter with a name corresponding to the relevant property and add '##' at the beginning of the parameter name. This new parameter must be an instance parameter and must be grouped under the Construction group.

For instance, consider a multi-level hanger structure where each unistrut is of a different size, controlled by a 'b' type parameter in the unistrut family.

The software populates the '##b' value, driving the position of washers and hex nuts in the hanger family. This ensures that washers and nuts are positioned precisely at the top and bottom of the unistrut automatically, regardless of the unistrut size.

  • The type of the parameter, whose value is being read, must match the type of the destination ## parameter. In this example, 'b' is a Common/Length-type parameter, so '##b' must be of the same type.

  • In the example, the software attempts to read the 'Slope' value, but the unistrut family lacks such a parameter, resulting in no returned value (defaulting to 0.00°).

This functionality enables hangers to be automatically sized according to the structural element size.

A similar workflow can be applied to extract any parameter for MEP elements. The only differences are that only one '#' symbol is needed before the parameter name, and the parameter must be grouped under the Model Properties group.

The # and ## functionality extends to text-type parameters as well. Ensure that the Discipline and the Type of the parameter match:

This functionality proves valuable for scheduling in Revit, as it can extract useful parameters from hosts (MEP elements) or structural elements.

  • Use the '#Family Name' parameter to distinguish which MEP service each hanger has been placed on.

  • To control the visibility of hangers in your Revit views, create the '#System Name' project parameter and assign it to the category of your hangers. This will populate values from each MEP element, and system parameters can be used for view filters, making it easier to filter out unwanted hangers.

Conclusion

If you already have a collection of hangers you want to use with our software, the key is to modify them to be Work Plane-Based if they aren't already. This makes it easier to align them with MEP Hangers standards. Ensure the family is populated with the required parameters for automatic sizing.

If you're starting from scratch without a library, the recommendations are quite similar: begin with an existing family and modify it as needed. Regularly import the family into the project, even if it's not finished, to ensure everything works as expected. You can also start with an empty face-based template if you'd like to create it without the constraints and parameters of existing families.

Before diving into creating or modifying families, consider that our provided hanger/support families are designed for customization; they might already meet your needs. Check out these two articles on our families for more guidance: and .

Introduction, Features, and Functionality
Adding New Sizes for Unistruts, Rods, Cantilevers, or Other Parts
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