Be.Smart Post & Beam Framing

Streamlines all processes from design to documentation. Use predefined, savable rules to create heavy timber structures automatically distributing all framing & connection elements.

Automated updates

Accurate BIM data produces accurate material quantities, part lists & schedules.

Places multiple connections at once according to your predefined rules

Highly detailed projects are easier to create when you can insert hundreds of elements with just a few clicks. Quickly modify & update connections, like mortise & tenon joins, lap joins, dovetails, etc.

Element numbering

Composing & editing project-wide parameters greatly enhances workflows, saving time & bringing clarity to projects.

Automated documentation

Reduces the potential for errors & takes tedious tasks off your hands: views, tags, schedules, dimensions, titleblocks, sheets.

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Effortless heavy timber frame design in Revit

[01:53] Enhanced UI [03:35] Customizable examples [05:38] Numbering walls, floors, roofs with mark values [06:08] Creating frames [06:46] Extending beams [07:35] Adding braces [08:03] Modifying spacin...

Wood Framing | Tutorial 0: Introduction

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Wood Framing | Tutorial 1: Load Families, Quick Frame

Learn to load Wall families into your project and frame walls without linking configurations to wall structure layers. This framing method is mainly used for quick demonstrations and should no...

Wood Framing | Tutorial 2: Framing Configurations, Wall Types, Link Wall, Frame Wall

Learn to create framing configurations for walls and link them with chosen wall types. After linking configurations with walls you can frame your chosen walls in seconds. [0:20] Finding Wall+...

How to use Post & Beam Framing plug-in to automate heavy timber frames in Revit

We recently released a major UI enhancement of our Be. Smart Post & Beam Framing add-on for Autodesk® Revit® so that the extension would be easier to use and the workflow more intuitive.

Best practices for starting to frame in Revit

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