Prepare

Overview

Important

Before you start

SOFiSTiK Analytical Model Generator only considers visible elements in the active view.

If your projects includes multiple building parts or surrounding structures that are of no interest to the analytical model you want to achieve, please hide them from view using the known Revit functionality.

The Prepare step helps to identify relevant elements[1] for your structural analysis by evaluating the properties of the physical elements, e.g., dimensions.

GUI Wizard - Prepare

When clicking Run

• all relevant elements[1] will be enabled (Enabled = Yes),

• all irrelevant elements[1], e.g., short framings or walls, will be disabled (Enabled = No ).

[1] (1,2,3)

Relevant elements are determined by comparing the elements against values defined in the Configuration Set. For the Prepare step, the values specified in Physical Elements Filters are relevant.

The user can decide to manually set the elements to

• enabled or

• disabled

via the Enabled parameter when making a selection.

Important

Only enabled elements will be considered during Generate.

Warning

When clicking Run, the process will go over all visible elements. Any (manual) changes will be lost. Hidden elements are ignored and remain unchanged.

Note

All information is stored in the document.

Elements will be added to the respective Revit Selection Sets (SOFiSTiK AMG Enabled True and SOFiSTiK AMG Enabled False).

See also

To change the limits, adjust the settings in the configuration file under Physical Elements Filters.

Visualization

SOFiSTiK Analytical Model Generator can optimise the visualization for the best user experience during each step:

Template Mode	Determines whether the focus is on the Physical or Analytical model. It is also where the visualization help can be turned Off altogether. Each step has a pre-determined mode at the beginning and end, but it can be switched at any given time.
Filter Rule	Offers one additional Selection Filter to be activated in the active view. Each step has a pre-determined rule, based on the most used functionality, but it can be switched based on the task at hand, e.g., when working through the Importance and Keep Parallel during the Generate.
Filter Action	Offers the choice to highlight or isolate all elements for which the above rule applies.

Hint

The following Revit technologies are deployed:

• Temporary View Properties

  To avoid permanently changing the active view, the Temporary View Properties mode is activated. All changes to the visibility and visualization are only temporary and will be abandoned when closing the steps.

• Applying a View Tempate

  The View Templates SOFiSTiK AMG 2D/3D, which have the necessary Category Overrides and a set of Rule-based filters for the best user experience pre-determined, are used.

• Temporary Hide/Isolate

  Only visible elements in the active view from before a step was started are considered. They get loaded to a Temporary Isolate mode to respect the user selection.

  Previously invisible elements will be ignored, no matter what causes their invisibilty, e.g., Filter rules, Hide by Category or Hide by Element.

• View Filters

  A number of Filters allow to highlight, isolate or hide elements based on their Property Panel. To achieve this, the respective elements are saved in various Revit Selection Sets.

Report

During this step, a report is created and lists the following elements:

• Physical elements that did not fulfill the criteria in a Physical Elements Filters. A note gives more information about the corresponding filter.

• Other physical elements with issues while analyzing their geometry. A warning message is included in the report.