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Adding a step footing family to a foundation

Adding a step footing family to a foundation

From the course: BIM Tools

Adding a step footing family to a foundation

- [Instructor] Now that we have a stepped footing family created what I'd like to do in this video is model a foundation wall. Then we're going to edit the profile to step that footing down. Load our stepped footing family in and see how it interacts with the existing wall and the existing footing, perfect. On our families let's go open browse where you're keeping your exercise files. I'm going to grab my stepped footing family then I'll click open. Again we can see our family. So if we select it make sure our materials are mapped out. Hit escape a couple of times, make sure that it's a work plane based. Everything's looking good. Let's go to the file tab, let's go to new, let's go to projects. We'll use our Imperial structural template, click okay. Now by default in the project browser I happen to be in level two. That's fine. On my structure tab click the wall button and let's click the type selector…

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