Rung ladders Revit instruction video

Video transcript

This video will cover the Revit library that we at IGS Bim Solutions have created with native Revit families for Kattsafe as part of their extensive Revit library.

In this video, we will focus on the rung ladder system range, which can be found on the Kattafe website by navigating to the rung ladder product page.

Here, we will see a wide range of rung ladder configurations based on height, safety features, and varying roof levels.

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 rung ladder solutions specific to your project requirements.

Jumping into Revit, we have a section of the virtual showroom file here showcasing all the different families with all the types laid out and ready for easy copying and pasting into your respective project.

As you can see, we have five different series here showing the rung ladder is broken up into various heights, angles, and placement location.

These are all non hosted families, which means one can simply click on the space bar and rotate the families as required.

We will now go through the common parameters that apply to rung ladders families in this range.

Firstly, we have this RL20 series here.

These are called mini angled rung ladders suitable for roof up to three point four metres high. Within this range, we have five families laid out showing various landing types, the guardrail, d-rail, carpet platform, adjustable access kit, and internal access hatch.

Revit has a built in parameter here called elevation from level where we can adjust the vertical offset as desired.

For rung ladders placed externally, we have this parameter to select the desired ladder support landing by toggling on and off the flat to roof.

This will then show the different landing types.

Toggling flat to roof on will show the base angle set support, while roof to roof offer the option to either show the support landing kit or the adjustable landing kit.

This can be adjusted under the desired floor mount height parameter.

The default value of zero will show the support landing kit, while anything higher than that will show the adjustable landing kit.

As you can see, there's a greyed out parameter here that validates the maximum and minimum allowable height for the adjustable landing kit.

If we put in more than allowable height, it will show three hundred as the maximum.

We also have the desired platform height here where we can specify the ideal height that we want for the rung ladder.

Say we can change this to three metres, and the number of steps and height will be adjusted accordingly.

We also have another greyed out parameter here that validates the minimum and maximum input. Let's say we put four metres, it will validate to only three point four height.

Additionally, we have this required space parameter here where we can switch on and off the clearances required for the rung ladders.

For rung ladders placed internally, we have the similar parameters as the previous rung ladders. And, also, we have this additional visibility parameter where we can switch on and off the guardrail kit or the opening of the roof access hatch. When placing the rung loaders with the roof access hatch, it is important that you click on the cut under the modify tab and select the roof and access hatch.

So it will cut out a necessary void on the hosting element, and it will accurately document the penetration of the void through the roof.

And then we have these two ladder docks here. These are used for accessing elevated areas.

Moving on to the RL30 series here, we have this angled cage ladders for roof levels above three point five metres and up to six metres where a cage is required.

Within this range, we have nine families laid out showing various landing types.

The first five are similar to our RL20 series, and there are additional types here with midway landings.

This also comes with a similar parameters, but with additional ones for the desired platform height. Desired upper platform height is for the rung ladder total height. We can adjust the desired lower platform height as needed.

Let's say we change it to four metres.

There's also a greyed out parameter here that validates the maximum and minimum rung ladder height. Let's say we put one metre, which is less than the the minimum allowable height for the ladder. It will show just the mini angle ladder without the cage.

And three point five will show one with the cage.

There are also similar visibility parameters here that we can switch on and off, say, for the gate and the guardrail kit and roof access hatch.

And then we have this other type where the ladder platform is switched off.

For the last two families, we have the additional roof pitch parameter where we can adjust the angle that this family will be placed.

Let's say we want it four degrees, and the angle will be adjusted accordingly.

Next, we have the RL40 series for the vertical cage rung ladders for roof up to six metres high without a fall arrest system.

There are ten families laid out showing similar landing types and parameters as the previous levels with one additional type here with the adjustable access kit landing.

Lastly, we have our RL50 series here showing vertical fall arrest rung ladders providing primary access to roof and elevated locations up to six metres.

There are six families laid out for this series showing various heights and landing platform.

This also comes with a similar parameters as the previous series, but with a few additional ones. As you can see, there's a small midway platform here that will automatically appear when the height exceeds six metres.

Let's say we want this to be seven metres high.

A midway landing platform will then appear.

This this height can be adjusted by changing the desired midway platform height.

And that's a look at the full range of rung ladder systems in 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.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at IGS Bim Solutions.