Introduction¶
Interface¶
After installation of SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing and SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation (optional), an additional ribbon tab “SOFiSTiK Reinforcement” with the related tools and controls will appear.
Holding the cursor over a tool on the ribbon, a tooltip is displayed. The tooltip provides a brief description of the tool. While the tooltip is visible, you can press F1 to open the help that provides more information.
Reinforcement Detailing¶
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing significantly accelerates the creation of 2D reinforcement sheets out of 3D models in Revit. The product consists of software and a set of families, which can easily be modified to meet local or company standards. Creation of bar lists, bending schedules and cut lists for wire meshes is included as well.
Getting Started¶
You will get to know how easy it is to make 2D reinforcement drawings from 3D models in Autodesk Revit.
Workflow¶
While working with SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing, the following workflow is recommended:
Preparation of the reinforcement sheet by placing all required views on the sheet.
Modeling of the reinforcement.
Using this software by setting the bar marks, placing the annotations etc.
Reinforcement Generation¶
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation automatically generates a 3D rebar model from computed analysis and design results in the Autodesk® Revit® Structure environment. This 3D rebar model shall serve as an automatically generated recommendation which fulfills the required reinforcement and which can be modified and further refined by the user. The software is not oriented to create reinforcement with a predefined configuration, in these cases other means can be used to accelerate the modelling process such as the Revit Extensions.
Design requirements from construction codes and company standards can be controlled by user-defined rules similar to the approach used in expert systems. Visualization of existing and required reinforcement further support users to ensure their quality of work.
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation reads analysis results directly from the SOFiSTiK database (.cdb) as well as from Revit Results Packages.
Getting Started¶
You will get to know the basic tools and workflow of SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation.
Functionalities¶
Automatic generation of reinforcement according design results.
Visualization of required and physically inserted reinforcement.
Support¶
Further help and support can be found at the following sources:
User Forum: https://forum.sofistik.de/c/bim/rcd/42
Tutorial Movies: https://www.youtube.com/user/SOFiSTiKAG
Customer Support: support@sofistik.com
Note
For the optimal product experience we highly recommend to work with the latest version from Autodesk App Store.