Rigid stealth rail Revit instruction video

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This video will cover the Kattsafe library that we at IGS BIM Solutions have created for the rigid stealth rail product range.

This can be found on the Kattsafe website by navigating to the rigid rails product page and then selecting rigid stealth rail section.

Here we will show the various rigid rails configurations based on their mounting options.

We have here the concrete mount single fixing, dual fixing, and metal deck mount.

All these configurations have been captured in the Revit content. And in this video, we will cover how the Revit components can be placed and adjusted to document the rigid rail solutions, specifically our project requirements.

Now jumping into Revit, we have a section of the virtual showroom file here showcasing all the relevant components preloaded and placed in a project environment with all the types laid out so you can copy and paste whatever product you need straight from this library into your project.

In this file, there are pre established views created to allow users to easily assess geometry of the families.

We also have the specialty equipment schedule pre populated with all the metadata that exists within all the families.

This will make it easier to check the quality of all the families in here before adding the content to your live project.

In this video, we will be focusing specifically on the Rigid Stealth Rail, a recent addition to the Kattsafe library.

For a full breakdown of the other rigid rails, including their different types and settings, there's a separate video available that covers all of that in detail.

Before we dive into the parameters and detailed use of all these families, I want to highlight the various types of families that have been provided here.

We have a series of line based assemblies representing OH10 to OH12.

These are organised by their mounting types.

We have the concrete mount, single and dual fixing, metal deck mount, and on the side here, we have the side mount options for both single and dual fixing.

We also have standalone curved pieces here and standalone support mounts.

These rails are built as line based families with single consistent controls.

Being line based, we can simply pick your start point, drag to the end point, and you will get a rail that has all the supports automatically placed.

While placing the family, you can also enter the exact value, let's say 12 metres.

And we'll end up with a straight rail with all the associated support members automatically placed along its length.

To control the spacing between support members, there are parameters created to have control over that.

If you go all the way to the dimension section, you can see all the parameters here that you can manipulate.

We have the desired start support inset parameter.

This will control the inset from rail end of this initial support.

You'll notice that some of the parameters here are grayed out. These parameters have rules working in the background to never exceed product limitations.

The other parameter here is the distance between the first and second support. This can be controlled via the desired first support spacing, and all the subsequent supports can then be adjusted using the desired support spacing parameter.

The other parameters that have controls over this are found on the under the constraint sections.

These are the desired use selector.

This can be changed from one for fall arrest and two for rope access.

The other one is desired users per span.

By default, it is set to one, but it can be changed from one to three.

This will then change the maximum span allowable for this product.

If you go back to the dimension sections here, you will see that the actual for support spacing is changed to 2200.

This is the maximum allowable distance based on the settings selected earlier.

To meet product requirements, you will see support zones every five metres, mark 500 millimeters on each side of rail joint.

There is a requirement to have a support that's positioned essentially within the five hundred millimeters of all those internal joints.

This can simply be done by selecting appropriate mounting options and placing them manually using plan view, making sure you place them inside the support zone area.

You can then adjust the height accordingly based on your requirements.

You can toggle these zones off using the show rail join support zones parameter or by using the visibility graphics settings.

For the line based families, there are parameters created to have the option to specify if there is a curve at either both or no ends.

These are the show end one curve parameter and show end two curve.

These parameters will activate the visibility of a nested curve piece at either or both ends.

We can then start to manipulate these curve pieces by using the additional parameters below.

The direction can be changed using the end 1 curve internal or end 2 curve internal.

You can also choose to switch off the visibility of end brackets by checking and unchecking this end 1 cap parameter.

The types of trolleys can also be changed to either fixed or removable trolley using this trolley type parameter.

For the side mounted rails, there are two types of curve pieces.

These are the varying angle and varying curve.

The desired angle parameters will have no effect on varying radius curve types.

And similarly, the desired radius parameter will have no effect on the geometry of varying angle curve types.

The individual curve piece families also have the parameter to change the desired curve radius and also to change the desired curve angle.

And that's a look at the full range of rigid stealth rail in the Revit library.

If you'd like more details or need further assistance, a Revit user guide is available with all the necessary instructions for the entire Kattsafe Revit library.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.