From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for Structure
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Editing the truss bottom chord - Revit Structure Tutorial
From the course: Revit 2018: Essential Training for Structure
Editing the truss bottom chord
- [Voiceover] Since we're able to modify the top chord so easily, I'd like to look at how we can modify the bottom chords. Since we don't have anything to attach it to, we're gonna have to physically edit the profile of one of these trusses. I'm gonna go down to my roof level. I'm gonna pick on this truss. What I'd like to do is click on my section button right here. And I'm going to cut a section right through here. With my section cut, I'm gonna click here and pull this back. Now we're looking straight at our truss. I'm gonna hit escape a couple of times. Now, I'm gonna double click on my section. Now, I'd like to set my detail level to fine. Now, I might as well set my visual style to realistic, just so I could get a good look at it. Now, what we're gonna do is we're gonna edit the bottom chord. So I'm gonna select my truss. And what I'd like to do is click on edit profile. A truss enter bottom profile is ignored so what it's saying is, it's gonna give us a temporary line here that…
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