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In this exercise, students will learn how to:

• Use design options to model alternative construction methods.
• Accurately model building elements to reflect planned construction materials and methods.
• Specify element spans, top and bottom constraints, and boundaries.
• Split and subdivide elements to match construction tasks.
• Use Revit extensions to auto-generate models of structural features.

 Student Exercise

• Create design options for modeling two common construction alternatives—cast-in-place concrete and structural steel— for the building in the exercise dataset.
• Use one design option to model the structural frame for the building using concrete structural elements. Assume that:
• All elements will be formed and cast-in-place.
• The planned construction sequence is to build one floor level (including the structural columns and floor slab above) at a time, then move on and repeat these steps at the next level.
• Use another design option to model the structural frame for the same building using structural steel elements. Assume that:
• All steel framing elements will be delivered independently and erected in the field.
• Columns will be joined at 3 feet above each floor level.
• Create a sheet and place similar 3D views showing the two construction alternatives side-by-side for comparison, as shown in Figure 7.1.2.
• Use the Revit Wood Framing Walls extensions to add structural framing elements (studs, plates, and headers) to the exterior wall on the north side of the building.