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Revit® | Creating Framing Styles for Revit® (Video)

Configure a framing style to create timber frame walls using the framing style editor, inventory aliases and zone configurations.

hsbStickFrame | Framing Styles Editor

This document will show you the way you can work with our framing styles editor.
The editor can be opened from the ribbon in our platform as described below.

Select the Framing Styles Editor and the Framing Styles Editor dialog box will open.

Inventory

The Inventory section has one main button.

Action	Description
Add Alias	Use the add button to add a new Alias

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By adding Aliases, a user is capable of given parts (for example bottomplate) a specific alias name. This alias can be chosen in the inventory tab in the Framing Styles tab.

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Framing Styles

After opening the Framing Styles tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

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By slecting the Add Group you are able to create your own Framing Style groups. With this groups, the user is able to make a difference, for example between Internal and External Walls or between Roofs and Floors.

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By selecting Add framing style you are able to create your first framing style of the group.

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When there is a group and framing style created, this is the screen that you will see.

Inventory

This tab will show the available aliases that are created in the Inventory tab.

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With the dropdown next to the aliases, your able to select a family type that is available in the model (Family: hsbcad Beam > Type: ...).

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The family type that is selected in the alias, will update wherever the alias is in use in the framing style.

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Zones

After opening the Zones tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Name	Description
Name	Short name of the framing style
Description	Description of the framing style

Zone Index	Zone number of the zone filler
Rely On	Extra added zones can be depended on other zone indexes. By giving, for example, zone 1 the ‘Rely On’ zone 0, the material will look for Stud positions of zone 0.
Thickness	Thickness of the material
Description	Description of the material
Zone Filler	Distribution fillers can be selected *
Action	Gives the user the capability to move, copy, or delete zone indexes

* The Zone Filler has a dropdown to select specific distribution fillers for it's zones.

Available distribution fillers for zone 0

Name	Description
BeamDistributionFiller	Distribution for timber profiles
CLTDistribution	Distribution for CLT
PartyWall	Distribution for Partywalls
SteelDistributionFiller	Distribution for Steel profiles

Available distribution fillers for all the other zones:

Name	Description
BeamDistributionFiller	Distribution for timber profiles
CLTDistribution	Distribution for CLT
PartyWall	Distribution for Partywalls
Battern	Distributions for horizontal/vertical batterns
Sheet Distribution	Distribution for sheeting
Sidings	Distribution for horizontal/vertical sidings
SteelDistributionFiller	Distribution for Steel profiles
VoidFiller	–

With the red selected icon above, you are able to add extra zones to the front or back of the framing style

When you select the + icon, this is what you will see.

Edge Details

After opening the Edge Details tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Name	Description
Detail Set Catalog	Save your total set of details that are assigned to the edges of the framing style
Linked Edge Detail	Set edge details to specific edges by clicking on one of the green bubbles

Select Add Detail to add a Edge detail.

This is what you will see if you are going to add a new detail.

When you select OK, the created edge detail will show up in the Edge Detail tab.

The created edge detail will automatically be assigned to the selected edge in the preview.

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If you hoover over a edge detail (with your mouse) an extra options will appear.

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For more details on the detail editor, please select this link: Detail Editor

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With these options you can Edit / Copy and Edit / Delete the edge detail.

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Plug-ins

After opening the Plug-ins tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Connections

After opening the Connections tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

The Connection section has one main button.

Name	Description
Add Connection	Use the add button to add a connection type

When you click on the button 'Add Connection' the next dropdown will appear:

The next connection types are available:

Name	Description
Inside-Inside	Both arrows of the primary and secondary panels are on the inside
Outside-Outside	Both arrows of the primary and secondary panels are on the outside
Outside-Inside	The arrow of the primary is outside and the arrow of the secondary is inside
Inside-Outside	The arrow of the secondary is outside and the arrow of the primary is inside
T-Inside	The connecting panel has the arrow on the inside
T-Outside	The connecting panel has the arrow on the outside

After selecting one of the connection types of the list, this is what you will see:

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Before creating a connection detail, the first thing you need to do, is to drag and drop the framing style groups to the primary/secondary.
Later the Detail Editor will show the detail with a framing style that has the most zones.

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Add or edit a connection type can be done, by clicking on the dropdown of the connection catalog.

Openings

After opening the Openings tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

The Openings section has one main button.

Name	Description
Add Opening Style	Use the add button to add a new Opening Style

After adding a new Opening style, this will be the first thing you will see:

Name	Name of the opening style
Door/Window	This changes the opening style by selecting one of the opening types
Preview Style	When there are more framing styles available, you can choose a specific framing style where the opening should be show it’s preview from

This document will show you the way you can work with our framing styles editor.
The editor can be opened from the ribbon in our platform as described below.

Select the Framing Styles Editor and the Framing Styles Editor dialog box will open.

Inventory

The Inventory section has one main button.

Add AliasUse the add button to add a new Alias

Name	Description
Add Alias	Use the add button to add a new Alias

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By adding Aliases, a user is capable of given parts (for example bottomplate) a specific alias name. This alias can be chosen in the inventory tab in the Framing Styles tab.

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Framing Styles

After opening the Framing Styles tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

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By selecting Add framing style you are able to create your first framing style of the group.

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When there is a group and framing style created, this is the screen that you will see.

Inventory

This tab will show the available aliases that are created in the Inventory tab.

BLOCK_INFO_START

With the dropdown next to the aliases, your able to select a family type that is available in the model (Family: hsbcad Beam > Type: ...).

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The family type that is selected in the alias, will update wherever the alias is in use in the framing style.

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Zones

After opening the Zones tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Name	Short name of the framing Style
Description	Description of the framing Style

Zone Index	Zone number of the zone filler
Rely On	Extra added zones can be depended on other zone indexes. By give for example zone 1 the ‘Rely On’ zone 0, the material will look for Stud positions of zone 0.
Thickness	Thickness of the material
Description	Description of the material
Zone Filler	Distribution fillers can be selected *
Action	Gives the user the capability to move, copy or delete zone indexes

* The Zone Filler has a dropdown to select specific distribution fillers for it's zones.

Available distribution fillers for zone 0

BeamDistributionFiller	Distribution for timber profiles
CLTDistribution	Distribution for CLT
PartyWall	Distribution for Partywalls
SteelDistributionFiller	Distribution for Steel profiles

Available distribution fillers for all the other zones:

BeamDistributionFiller	Distribution for timber profiles
CLTDistribution	Distribution for CLT
PartyWall	Distribution for Partywalls
Battern	Distributions for horizontal/vertical batterns
Sheet Distribution	Distribution for sheeting
Sidings	Distribution for horizontal/vertical sidings
SteelDistributionFiller	Distribution for Steel profiles
VoidFiller	–

With the red selected icon above, you are able to add extra zones to the front or back of the framing style

When you select the + icon, this is what you will see.

Edge Details

After opening the Edge Details tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Select Add Detail to add a Edge detail.

This is what you will see if you are going to add a new detail.

When you select OK, the created edge detail will show up in the Edge Detail tab.

The created edge detail will automatically be assigned to the selected edge in the preview.

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If you hoover over a edge detail (with your mouse) an extra options will appear.

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For more details on the detail editor, please select this link: Detail Editor

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With these options you can Edit / Copy and Edit / Delete the edge detail.

BLOCK__END

Plug-ins

After opening the Plug-ins tab for the first time, this is the screen you will see.

Connections

After opening the Connections tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

The Connection section has one main button.

Name	Description
Add Connection	Use the add button to add a connection type

When you click on the button 'Add Connection' the next dropdown will appear:

The next connection types are available:

Inside-Inside	Both arrows of the primary and secondary panels are on the inside
Outside-Outside	Both arrows of the primary and secondary panels are on the outside
Outside-Inside	The arrow of the primary is outside and the arrow of the secondary is inside
Inside-Outside	The arrow of the secondary is outside and the arrow of the primary is inside
T-Inside	The connecting panel has the arrow on the inside
T-Outside	The connecting panel has the arrow on the outside

After selecting one of the connection types of the list, this is what you will see:

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Add or edit a connection type can be done, by clicking on the dropdown of the connection catalog.

Openings

After opening the Openings tab for the first time, this is the first thing you will see:

The Openings section has one main button.

Add Opening StyleUse the add button to add a new Opening Style

Name	Description
Add Opening Style	Use the add button to add a new Opening Style

After adding a new Opening style, this will be the first thing you will see:

Name	Name of the opening style
Door/Window	This changes the opening style by selecting one of the opening types
Preview Style	When there are more framing styles available, you can choose a specific framing style where the opening should be shown from

Details

Add Detail Set	Save your total set of details that are assigned to the edges of the opening
Add Detail	Allows you to add a new opening detail

Revit® | Creating Framing Styles for Revit® (Video)

hsbStickFrame | Framing Styles Editor

Inventory

Framing Styles

Connections

Openings

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Connections

Openings

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Connections

Openings

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Connections

Openings

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