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andersen

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Hi-

I'm trying to create a family for wood shear walls.  I've figured out how to add the sheathing (easy), but I can't figure out how to add top & bottom plates to my wall family.  Is there an easy way to do this?  It seems like there should be a simple way to extrude a few 2x plates inside the wall family & constrain them to the top & bottom of the wall... no?  I just can't figure out how to modify the wall families to do this.

Any help would be much appreciated.  It'd save me from having to re-draw or re-model a bunch of stupid 2x lumber again & again & again in every single wood detail that I ever do (isn't this one of the reasons we're using BIM in the first place?).

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All the threads I've found on RevitCity seem to be people looking for ways to show every single stud in their walls (arraying 2x members, vertically orienting framing systems, etc).

I'd rather not show the studs - the wall is already made of wood & dimensioned to the proper size, which is all I could ask for.  What I'm trying to do is add plates that will appear in section cuts & details, whenever I need to show wall connections.

Any suggestions?

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There is no way to add plates to the wall family.  Just add your plates as a detail element in your sections.

You will find that most model elements are created to show the components in a coarse view and will render.  For any larger scale sections or details, you add more refined detail components. 

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Well, I'm bummed.  There's got to be some way to modify a wall family so that the a couple of lines will show up in section views - preferably only when the detail level is "Fine".  Right?  I'm pretty new to Revit, but I've modified the beam, column, window & door families enough to know that adding lines like that should be pretty simple...  I just can't figure it out on those silly "Wall" families.

If WWHub is right, who do I complain to?  I mean - to whom do I address the helpful suggestions?

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Couldn't you just create a profile and add the 2x detail component in the profile, then add the profile as a sweep into the wall.  That way when you cut your wall section the 2x would show up.  I do this for wall cap flashing.

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ditto, to what pwiklund said. and you can set it to display in fine detail only

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Thanks, guys - that worked perfectly.  I added the double top plate & the bottom plate with the profile sweeps.  Exactly what I was looking for.

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