I'm trying to bring a RAM SS model into Revit, and while I appreciate the new options regarding materials and deck mappings, I'm struggling with my foundations coming in correctly.
I want my RAM Spread footings to come in as a a family type "Footing" not "Foundation Slab". Is there any way to manipulate the ISM file through the editor, prior to Revit import to make this happen? Columns and beams can create new types of families, so I'm not sure why footings do not the do the same. Am I just stuck with Foundation Slabs under all of my columns that I have to manually change to Footings?
Thanks,
They are currently imported and export from Revit as Foundation Slabs. Importing them as footings is on the development list as a future enhancement. Right now the only way to change them is delete the foundation slab and add a footing.
Steve
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Is there an update to this item, has this been added in recent additions? About to begin a large project and having to resort to the delete and replace work-around is going to slow down the workflow. Especially with the inevitable changes.
It has not be improved yet, spread footings still come into Revit as Foundation Slabs. But the work has started. For future reference:
The developer looking into this feature had some questions that require user feedback,
Revit Isolated Footing vs Slab Footing
Rebar implementation is different between them, Isolated Footing cannot take the type of rebar that exists in the slab footing.
Yes- I would prefer the Structural Foundation type footing with the correct geometry. Our firm does not model reinforcing in Revit, but uses property data to schedule.