Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

In the first exercise in this lesson, you set up the design option names and add the modeling elements to
the structural design option set. In the second exercise, you create two roof system design options that work
with the structural options. In the final exercise of this lesson, you learn how to manage and organize the
design options, make your final design decision, and delete the unwanted options from the project. These
three exercises are designed to be completed sequentially with the second and third exercises dependent on
the completion of the previous exercise.
Creating the Structural Design Options
In this exercise, you set up multiple design option sets, each with multiple design options. After setting up
the design option sets and their subordinate options, you design each of the structural options. The first
option is a simple combination of columns and beams. With the second option, you create a unique in-place
family as the structural system.
Training File
■ Click File menu ➤ Open.
■ In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\m_Urban_House.rvt.
Create first design option
1 On the Tools menu, click Design Options ➤ Design Options.
The first time you open the Design Options dialog within a project, the only available command
is to create a new option set. There is no limit to the number of option sets you can create. Each
option set represents a portion of the building model wherein design alternatives are being
considered. After you create a design option, you can edit it. Any new elements introduced at
that time become part of that option.
2 In the Design Options dialog, under Option Set, click New.
Notice Option Set 1 has been created with a design option: Option 1 (primary). This option will
be the first structural scheme consisting of 75 mm round columns and 50 mm round bars.
TIP In this exercise, the roof and structure systems must work together; therefore, each is constructed
for interchangeability.
3 Select Option 1 (primary), click Edit Selected, and click Close.
Any new elements introduced to the building model are added to this option.
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