Reference 2019 AWC Technical Report No. 15 Baseline Floor Assembly 19/32″ plywood over 2×10 floor joists w/ 3 1/2″ fiberglass batt insulation. Use RC channels @ 24″ o/c w/ 5/8″ gypsum board. Flooring is worst-case for each frequency. Increasing Insulation 19/32″ plywood over 2×10 floor joists w/ 8 1/4″ mineral…

Goal is to minimize the number of notes on plan drawings and especially to reduce or eliminate rote annotations Types of Notes – Plans (incl. Elevations, Sections, Etc…. not details) Default Referencing: typical conditions (noted once in specifications or once per sheet under Typical Notes) System Scheduling: tag all instances…

View range – cut through walls below (catch doors/windows) extend 6″ above floor level. View settings from template (cut walls hatched, walls in extents light) – show joists of course Tag all beams (with marks) Text note multi-ply beam fastening requirements If hold downs attach to beams below show and…

Observations For model lines, Revit appears to draw the most recently-created lines on top in the draw order stack. When a column is seen in projection (not cut), Revit draws column in its entirety regardless of how the View Range is set. There appears to be no way to have…

All door casing families are controlled through the “Door Casing” shared family. Common instance parameters: Clear Width Clear Height Cut Siding Thickness Default Casing Head Thickness Default Casing Head Width Default Casing Jamb Thickness Default Casing Jamb Width Default Reveal Head Default Reveal Jamb Return Depth Rough Width Rough Height…

Measurement Observations Revit correctly reports the thickness of the core layer regardless of orientation. Revit correctly reports the total thickness of the wall regardless of orientation. For measurements spanning from the inside/outside face to the core layer, Revit reports a real measurement (not an imaginary 31/32″ value) regardless of the…

This post examines using Concrete Screw Anchors (such as the Simpson Titen HD concrete screw) as a replacement for cast in place anchor bolts in retrofit situations. The IBC includes special provisions for cast in place anchor bolts with at least 7 inches of embedment (among other criteria). See 2021…