Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

Adding Bracing
To save changes, click File menu ➤ Save As, and save the exercise file with a unique name, or
close the exercise file without saving changes. The next exercise uses a new training file.
16 Proceed to the next exercise, Adding Bracing on page 148.
In this exercise, you add vertical bracing to a bay.
Training File
■ Click File menu ➤ Open.
■ In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\m_RST_CSM_Add_Bracing.rvt.
Create the framing elevation
1 In the Project Browser, under Structural Plans, double-click Level 2.
2 On the View tab of the Design Bar, click Framing Elevation.
3 Move the cursor on or near the grid line between 4H and 4J, and when it highlights, click to
place the framing elevation symbol in the direction shown.
4 In the Project Browser, under Elevations (Interior Elevations), double-click Elevation 1-a.
5 On the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, click Brace.
6 In the Type Selector, select M_L-Angle: L203x152x14.3.
7 Add a brace from Level 2 to Level 3:
148 | Chapter 5 Creating a Structural Model
■ Enter SE (keyboard shortcut for snap to endpoint), and then click the left endpoint of the
Level 2 beam for the start point. Use the Status Bar to see the snap point.