METAL FRAMING FLOOR+

SHOP DRAWINGS

Shop Drawings

Finish your modeling with built-in shop drawing

generator and deliver your floor framing

estimation at the same hour. Build your

complete shop drawings with dimensioning,

part lists and material take-off automatically.

Solution will collect all elements from one floor panel and make assembly with

predefined views, add dimensions, add tags, make sheets and put the views

into the sheets.

Shop Drawings

Shop drawing workflow consists of following steps:

1. Floor+M → define Shop Drawing Configuration

2. Floor+M → make shop drawings for one floor using Create Frame Assembly

3. Floor+M → sort frame members

4. Add shop drawing views into the sheet for one floor and save it as a template for future floors

5. Floor+M → make shop drawings for other floor segments

6. Floor+M → update shop drawings if there are any changes in the model

Shop Drawing Configuration – Views

Assembly tab:

Create Assembly Views – predefine assembly views,

graphical view presentation, framing layers you want to

present and schedule.

Sheet View Settings – define settings of sheet titleblock,

sheet template, structural framing tag.

Shop Drawing Configuration –

predefine the settings for shop drawing

creation.

Shop Drawing Configuration – Views

Create View – select the views you

want to create in the assembly

View – select view type to create in the

assembly. The list of view types comes

from Revit. It can be: section, elevation,

3D view etc.

View Name – enter view name for

selected view

Framing Layer – select framing layer type you want to present in the view. It can be: frame, sheathing, etc.

View Template – select view template for every assembly view. View templates bring such information to the view, like scale,

graphical presentment etc. The list of view templates comes from your current Revit project. You can find and modify your project view

templates in Revit → View → Graphics → View Templates → Manage View Templates.

Shop Drawing Configuration – Sheet

Titleblock – select the titleblock family to apply for assemblies. Titleblock

family list comes from your current project.

Sheet Number – sheet number will get the Mark values from the floor.

Shop Drawing Configuration – Sheet

Sheet Template – select existing assembly sheet to be as a template for

future assembly sheets. Create first assembly → add views to the sheet

manually → open Shop Drawing Configuration → select a sheet to be

as a template.

F-6 Sheet

Newly created

assembly sheet

Shop Drawing Configuration – Schedules

Part List Template, Material Takeoff Template and Schedule

Template – select a schedule from your current project to be a

template for the assembly part list, material takeoff schedules.

Shop Drawing Configuration – Schedules

Sample schedules will be loaded with Load Families &

Schedules. You can modify it or create your own with your

own columns, filters etc.

The software automatically create additional parameters that

can be used in the schedules. For example, Framing

Member Mass – will show the mass (weight) for every

frame.

Shop Drawing Configuration – Tags

Structural Framing Tag – select structural framing tag family from

your current project that will be added to the Front views. Sample

tags are loaded to your project using Load Families & Schedules.

Also tags can be added for structural connections, sheathing panels in every individual view:

Shop Drawing Configuration – Dimensions

Frame Top/Bottom, Sheathing Top/Bottom, Frame&Sheathing

Elevation Front – define dimension types and position for every view.

Dimension types come from your project.

Relative Distance to Frame – enter the factor to define a

gap between the frame and the first dimension line. The

software takes Dimension Line Snap Distance value from

the dimension type and multiplies it by factor value.

Create Frame Assembly

Create Frame Assembly – makes shop drawings for selected floors. Select any frame from the

floor, press Create Frame Assembly and the software will create shop drawings according to

predefined configuration.

Update Frame Assembly

Update Frame Assembly – updates assembly of selected floor if any changes were made in

Shop Drawing Configuration.

For example, dimension type was changed in configuration. Result after update process.

Sort Structural Connections/Framing by Mark

Sort Structural Connections or Framing – sorts

framing members to properly tag element. You can find

parameter with sorted values in Properties → Identity

Data.

The software uses Marks from Framing

Configuration.

FM SortMark – parameter with sorted values. It

contains Framing Member Mark values and a number

that is sorted by framing length.

Other features

Select Elements in Frame

Select Elements in Frame – selects all framing members of the same type in a framing.

For example, select a joist → Select Elements in Frame → all joists in the floor will be selected.

Select Elements in All Frames

Select Elements in all Frames – selects all framing members of the same type in all the project

framings.

For example, select a joist → Select Elements in all Frames → all joist in all floors will be

selected.

Select Elements in All Frames by Level

Select Elements in all Frames by Level – selects all framing members of the same type in all

the framings from the same level.

For example, select a joist → Select Elements in all Frames by Level → all joists in all floors

from the same level will be selected.

Select All Frame Elements

Select all Frame Elements – selects all framing members in a floor.

For example, select a joist → Select all Frame Elements → all elements, including frames,

battens, etc. in a floor will be selected.

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