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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Introduction, Features, and Functionality

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General

This guide describes features and functionality of Revit families of hangers and supports, which were created specifically for MEP Hangers software.

Families of hangers and supports can be downloaded through the Load Families button in the MEP Hangers toolbar in Revit.

Library of Hangers and Supports

The library of Revit families for MEP Hangers consists of generic products that are common for supporting and hanging ducts, pipes, cable trays, and conduits.

This library can be supplemented with additional content if there are a significant number of user requests for specific products.

Revit families of hangers and supports are created using hanger components (as nested families) – that enables easy customization and accurate bills of materials (if using the Structural Connections library) through Revit schedules. That also means that these components are uploaded to the project alongside the main hanger family. Complete Revit families of hangers and supports have names that begin with 'Hanger_'.

Deleting hanger components from the Project Browser might affect the appearance and features of main families.

We have metric and imperial versions of Revit hanger families available.

Visibility control

Visibility of hangers can be controlled via Visibility/Graphic Overrides. All complete hanger families and most of the components (unless using the Mechanical Equipment library) are elements in the Structural Connections category; only unistrut channel and cantilever arm families are Structural Framing.

Small components (such as bolts, hex nuts, washers, anchors, etc.) are assigned to the 'Bolts' subcategory. This means that their visibility can be disabled without turning off the entire category. The same thing can be achieved by setting the Detail Level of the view to Coarse.

Extensions and Offsets

Most of the two-rod (unistrut hangers) or two-leg (rooftop supports, rigid unistrut frames) families have the functionality to be extended to either side. Families with such functionality have the Extension Left' and 'Extension Right' instance parameters under the Dimensions group. Negative values can be entered here as well. Unistrut and rod lengths are updated accordingly.

The length of the cantilever arms can be extended as well. This is controlled by the 'Cantilever Extension' parameter. Cantilever families have a small default value (10mm for metric and 3/8” for imperial) for the extensions. Cantilever extension can be useful when another MEP service needs to be supported by the same cantilever or to allow another hanger to attach to it from either above or below.

Our Revit families of rooftop supports, rigid unistrut frames, and unistrut hangers come in two versions: 'Above MEP' and 'Under MEP'. This simply means that these hangers and supports can be inserted below MEP services (so that MEP elements rest on it) or above, allowing another hanger to attach to it from below. For 'Above MEP' families, an offset from the MEP service to the hanger bottom is needed to have enough space to place another hanger. This offset is provided by the 'Unistrut Offset from MEP' parameter. Default offset values for 'Above MEP' families are 100mm for metric and 4” for imperial versions.

'Under MEP' families also have the 'Unistrut Offset from MEP' parameter. This parameter can come in handy when the hanger or support is placed for other hangers to attach to it from above.

'Unistrut Offset from MEP' for individual hangers or supports can be changed any time after insertion, and all the supporting elements (vertical rods or unistruts) adapt accordingly. Default values of offsets can be changed by modifying the family.

Although cantilever supports also have an offset parameter, they donʼt come in 'Above MEP' or 'Below MEP' variants. Cantilever positioning is controlled by other means – more on that below.

Yes/No Parameters

Our Revit families of hangers and supports are created to cover as many situations as possible while designing MEP systems. For that reason, families have Yes/No parameters that control their appearance, size, and positioning in the project. Here, we will cover what other parameters are available for users to design and customize hangers and supports in Revit.

Some parameters are created as instance parameters (enables users to modify parameters separately for every instance) or type parameters (applies to all instances of the same type). Users are free to change type parameters to 'instance' if there is a need to control a certain aspect individually.

'Over Insulation' (type parameter) defines if the hanger should be dimensioned according to the outer layer of insulation of a pipe or a duct. Every hanger family has this option, and the value is 'true' by default. Setting it to 'false' means that the insulation will be ignored.

Adding insulation after a hanger has already been inserted wonʼt change the size of the hanger, even if 'Over Insulation' is on. Thatʼs because the 'Insulation Thickness' value is only transferred to the family when specific MEP Hangers commands (Insert, Update, Modify) are used.

'Use Unistrut Increments' (type) is only available for unistrut hangers. When 'true', the unistrut part of the hanger is being sized by the increment specified in the 'Unistrut Increment' parameter.

'Ignore MEP Slope' (type) – controls how rods or unistruts (if itʼs a unistrut frame hanger) behave. By default, this parameter is 'false', which means that rods of the hanger (or unistruts of a unistrut frame support) will always be vertical, even if on a sloped MEP service. If set to 'true', rods will be placed perpendicular to the MEP service.

'Flip Cantilever Side' and 'Rotate Cantilever 90deg' (both instance) can be found only in cantilever families. 'Flip Cantilever Side' moves the cantilever to the opposite side of the MEP service. 'Rotate Cantilever 90deg' places it in a way that the base is in a horizontal position.

'Cantilever Profile Facing Down' changes the appearance of the cantilever by flipping the profile. 'Open Side Up' does the same but for unistrut hanger families.

'Reverse Slope', 'Cross Slope', 'Reverse Cross Slope' – all these parameters are created to help with sloped surfaces (such as roofs or floors). MEP Hangers software can read the slope value of the structure (if it has one) and push it to the families where it is used to calculate additional changes in rod length. However, the software cannot determine the direction of the slope (yet). For now, this can be fixed by user input.

'Reverse Slope' (instance) uses the opposite value of what the software initially thought the direction of the slope is. It is only needed when both the MEP service and the structure are sloped and their slope directions are opposite.

'Cross Slope' (instance) parameter is needed when an MEP element is under a sloped surface and the slope direction is perpendicular to the direction of the MEP element, causing the rod lengths to be different according to the slope value. 'Reverse Cross Slope' (instance) changes rod lengths – it is needed when the surface slope is going in the opposite direction.

Vertically modeled rectangular Revit MEP elements (rectangular ducts and cable trays) can sometimes have opposite width and height values but look identical. Thatʼs because Revit assigns width and height values based on the view that the element was modeled in (plan view, section view). If hangers appear incorrectly when placing them on a vertically modeled rectangular duct or a cable tray, that might be because of this issue. To fix it without remodeling' the MEP services, simply use the 'Reverse Width and Height' (instance) parameter.

'Drilling Points Visible' (type) controls the visibility of marks that represent drilling points. Drilling points are created as nested families inside hanger families and turning off this parameter will remove their presence inside of the main family. This can slightly improve the speed of hanger insertion.

Families can also be found in our sample projects on .

Click to read more about drilling points and how to use them.

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