This seems like a bit of a no-brainer but you may be surprised at the sheer volume of beam types available out of the box in Revit. There is no similar beam family in the revit content libraries installed on your machine.Here are a few considerations to make before beginning the process to check against so that you know you have covered all avenues prior to starting to create the beam family. There are a number of reasons why you may need to develop your own Beam Family for using in a Revit model. Why might you need to create a Beam Family in Revit to Begin with? Enjoy! If not, proceed passed the video for a more linear, step by step breakdown of the Processes involved in creating a Beam Family in Revit, as well as some items that the video doesn’t cover in detail, such as examples of how the same process applies to Structural Steel Beams, Light Gauge Steel Members, Timber / Glulam Members and unique cases where you can leverage beam families outside of the Structural modelling utility. It is embedded below if that is your preferred learning format. Note: I have created an accompanying video that illustrates the steps listed on this post on How to Create a Unique Beam Family in Revit. As you can imagine, the process of actually creating a beam family in revit is somewhat more involved than this, so let’s look into how the process works from start to finish. You can also add reference planes and dimension based parameters within this extrusion editing dialogue so that you can freely manipulate the dimension properties of your new beam type in your main project after loading the family into it. Once you see the boundary of the Extrusion you can then freely edit it to your desired profile. Select the Beam and then select “Edit Extrusion”. Once the new beam family is opened, navigate to you side View (“Left” or “Right” view in the project browser). To do this in Revit, navigate to New → Family → “Metric Structural Framing – Beams and Bracings”.
To start, we need to open a new Beam Family. Well, unlike most modelling exercises, there really is only one way to Create a Beam Family in Revit. So, the question to be asked, How should you create a beam family in Revit if you require some sort of unique shape that does not match the standard families provided?
Therefore, it is imperative that you understand how best to approach the creation and modelling of Structural Beam Families in Revit. Although, in principle, the modelling of such structures should be quite straightforward there seemingly is always a few concrete profiles that change from standard affair to unique profiles in order to accommodate some bespoke architectural details, previously unknown site constraints or a change in the basic structural design principles of, for example, the slabs. One thing that persistently causes issues for our junior staff is Precast or Cast in Place Concrete Structural models.
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