# How to create a beam pocket?
## 1. Set up Cut Opening configs
1. Navigate to **T4R Create/Modify** tab in the Revit ribbon and find the **Cut Opening** application
2. Drag and drop the **Cut Opening** app into the view area (recommended)
3. In **Cut Opening**, navigate to **Configs** and open the dialogue:
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**Note**: you can create **Cut Opening** configuration for clashes with other line-based elements like **MEP** (ducts, plumbing, conduits, etc.)
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4. In the browser on the left, scroll down to **Beams**
5. Adjust the **offsets**:
Example with 0 offsets
Example with 25mm offsets
6. **Save** and close the dialogue
## 2. Insert the opening around the beam
1. Navigate back to **Cut Opening**
2. Click on **Insert Openings**
3. In the dialogue, click on **Find Clashes**
4. Click on **Insert Openings**
## 3. Frame/update frame
### Walls are not framed:
1. Navigate to **Wall+M**
2. Click on **Frame Wall**
3. Select a wall:
### Walls are already framed
1. Navigate to **Wall+M**
2. Click on **Update Frame**
3. Pick any framing element in the selected wall:
4. If the frame is not properly framed, use the **Update Frame** again:
## 4. Modify frame
### Extend sill/header to the nearest studs
Follow the workflow in the article below:
How to extend sill/header to the nearest vertical studs of a beam pocket?
### Blocking/nogging
You can stop **blocking/nogging** short before the opening **king/jamb studs**:
### Cripple studs
You can increase the number of cripple studs to support the beam:
1. Navigate to **Wall+M**
2. Click on **Modify Frame**
3. Select the cripple stud
4. Make adjustmens and click **OK**:
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