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Precast concrete detailing

Insert hundreds of structural connections on prefabricated structural elements with just a few clicks.

Quickly insert wall connections

Reduce the risk of mistakes when trying to adjust elements manually.

Add lifting loops on precast elements based on center of gravity

Lets you focus on value-adding tasks by saving lots of time during the modeling process.

Automatically solves different system family connections

Quicker, more efficient production of highly detailed models.

Inserts cuts and voids on precast elements

Inserts cuts and voids on precast elements

Save time modeling highly detailed projects.

Modifies various system family connections according to predefined configurations

Modifies various system family connections according to predefined configurations

Adds flexibility in adapting connections to fit the desired design. Make adjustments without having to recreate the entire connection, saving time and effort.

Families are automatically positioned to align with adjacent connections

Families are automatically positioned to align with adjacent connections

Accurately generates the connection you set.

Detailing framed buildings

Achieve high-quality framing models at the required LOD, adding all necessary connections to lightweight steel/timber framed structures.

Effortlessly position connections and various components for structural framing elements

With its seamless integration into your workflow, this feature streamlines the entire process, ensuring precision and accuracy.

Allows you to effortlessly position connectors for sheathing or paneling elements

Automates the process, saving you valuable time and effort

Adds structural connections to light-gauge steel structures

Increase the speed and accuracy of adding angles, bolts and other connection components to LGS framing structures

Automatically distribute smart, complex connections for CLT wall, floor and roof panels per your predefined rules

Automatically distribute smart, complex connections for CLT wall, floor and roof panels per your predefined rules

Extremely effective, time-saving software inserts hundreds of elements – connection joists, dovetails, half-lap joins, etc. – into your project with a few clicks. Easily follow project changes and quickly modify and update the inserted details, ensuring fast and accurate modeling of highly detailed projects.

Simultaneously places connections on multiple posts, beams, trusses, braces, etc. based on the configurations you set

Simultaneously places connections on multiple posts, beams, trusses, braces, etc. based on the configurations you set

Inserts hundreds of elements – mortise & tenon joins, lap joins, dovetail joins, etc. – into your project with a few clicks. You can follow project changes and quickly modify and update inserted details, ensuring fast and accurate modeling of highly detailed projects.

Predefine how connectors are to be placed on various elements, and reuse your configuration down the line

Predefine how connectors are to be placed on various elements, and reuse your configuration down the line

Streamline your workflow, increase productivity, and maintain a high level of accuracy throughout projects.

Detailing of ventilated facades & curtain walls

Create façade covering systems in Revit by automating insertion of fixings, fasteners, and brackets.

Distribute structural connections on ventilated façade frames

Increase the LOD of ventilated façade models by quickly and accurately adding structural connections using flexible, pre-defined configurations.

Add fasteners to ventilated façade insulation

Save time and eliminate human error by automating insulation and adding fasteners via predefined rules.

Automate gasket placement on curtain walls

Improve modeling workflow speed by automatically adding gaskets to curtain wall frames.

Add transom holders to curtain wall mullions

Add transom holders to curtain wall mullions

Model curtain wall transom holders more efficiently by automatically adding components via configurations.

Create weep holes on curtain wall frame elements

Create weep holes on curtain wall frame elements

By using predefined automation rules, you can reduce the time spent on modeling weep holes in curtain wall frame elements.

Add fixings to curtain wall frames

Add fixings to curtain wall frames

Eliminate human error and save time by automating the placement of fixings on curtain wall frames.

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Reacticon’s Joonas: Agacad Precast Suite Unlocks Revit’s Potential

This Northern European engineering practice says Agacad's software for modelling precast concrete elements in Revit® has no peers on the market in terms of guiding users to optimal workflows and enabling quality BIM results.

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Explore Smart Connections config window, emphasizing element positioning. Customize element quantities, spacing, and locations on a host face. Master placement direction with layout and array settin...
Learn the basics of configuration settings of Smart Connections software in Revit. [00:14] Configuration window explained [01:53] Setting up rules .
Discover the essential functionalities of the Smart Connections software toolbar. [00:09] Smart Connections toolbar in Revit [00:35] Insert Elements [00:51] Update Elements [01:56] Delete [02:37] Set...
[04:38] Adjusting wall panel geometry by adding line-based families, point-based families, round cuts, horizontal cuts, or system families (to get a DT slab or hollowcore slab, for ex. ) [08:18] Solvi...

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Compatibility

This software is compatible with Autodesk® Revit® 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

System requirements

Operating system: 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11 (for all versions)

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