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Deeper dive into the import settings

What is the vertical offet during import?

The base elevation for RAM models is generally modeled at 0' with minor adjustments for top of footing elevations. It is not possible to model stories in RAM at negative elevations. There are times...
ERROR - can't find structural familes

Occassionally, particularly after a new install of recent versions of Revit, it's possible to see this error message pop up. Starting with Revit 2022, Autodesk does not include the default familie...
When to annotate plans?

There is a lot of work going on in VL especially for the first import - adding levels, searching for and adding structural families on the fly, writing elements (beams and columns), creating plans ...
Performance notes

There is a lot going on during any run of Voxel Link (VL). But for the first run in particular, all elements (levels, framing, tags) have to be written to the Revit model. It isn't really noticeabl...
Start/End Level Offset vs y/z Offset Value parameters

Revit Parameters Revit has two sets of offset parameters that are useful for adjusting the location of structural framing geometry in 3D space relative to the analytical line - start/end level offs...
Structural analysis data

Voxel Link tracks the following data from RAM: Section size All sections sizes from RAM are capitalized and converted to the equivalent Revit size. Some of the shape names in RAM do NOT all match...
Importing joists and joist girders

The variation in joist and joist girder designations on plans can be different from office to office. RAM also has some default design results labels that can make things compilcated. The obvious s...
RAM traffic lights != valid design?

Voxel Link leverages the RAM Manager traffic lights each time its run to know when the analysis and design modules in RAM have been completed. The GRAVITY lights include the BEAM design module and...
Ignore lateral analysis/design status

Before starting an import, Voxel Link reads the traffic lights that are displayed in the opening RAM Manager dialog. The four lights examined are GRAVITY beam design, GRAVITY column design, LATERAL...
Beam Annotation Tag Offsets

Structural drawings typically include beam section sizes (and cambers and studs) and reactions, depending on your corporate standards. Like Revit, Voxel Link allows you to show any and all of those...
Progress bar not updating

The progress bar that displays in the middle of the screen during importing is provided so the user can see there is activity and Voxel Link is running and processing elements. It tracks beam, colu...
Crop box rotation and annotations

There are times when the framing plan layout in Revit does not match the RAM model layout. The RAM model may have been configured left-right or bottom-top but the project plans need to show the fra...
Custom structural family configuration

In Voxel Link 1.2.0+, the default location for the structural framing and column familes is the default Revit installed location which for later versions (2023+) has to be installed manually. Those...