Cold-Formed Steel Framing for Autodesk^® Revit^®

Automated Steel Stud Wall Framing in Revit

Every C-section where it belongs

Select walls and frame them: base and top track, studs at your O.C. spacing, end studs and the studs at every L corner and T intersection. Each member is turned so its web sits on the right plane and its flanges face the right way — measured after placement, not assumed.

• Studs at any O.C. spacing between base and top track
• L-corner and T-intersection studs, resolved once per corner
• Sloped and gable tops: one track per slope, studs cut square
• Multiple studs — nested, back to back or toe to toe

Headers, Jambs & Sills From the Real Rough Opening

Pick the build-up, see it before it is placed

Doors, windows and wall openings are framed to their real rough opening. Choose the header and jamb build-up per opening, per family type or as a default, and the dialog draws the header section and jamb plan from the sections you picked.

• Back-to-back, boxed, single with strongback or single-track headers
• Single, boxed or back-to-back jambs
• Cripples above headers and below sills, infill studs where needed
• Bridging rows stop at the opening — they never run through it

SSMA Sections in Imperial, METALCON in Metric

The plugin follows your project units

CFS Framing reads the project's length units at the start of every command. The framing rules stay the same; the sizes, names, dialogs and BOM switch to the catalog your market builds with.

Cold-Formed Steel Floor Joist Framing

Joists, rim track and openings

Frame any floor along its span: joists at your O.C. spacing, rim track around the edges, headers and trimmers around openings, and rows of blocking perpendicular to the joists wherever you need them.

• Joists at any O.C. spacing, along the span direction
• Rim track on every edge, framed openings
• Shift joists and flip the O.C. layout start in place

Bridging, Blocking & Clip Connectors

The pieces that usually get drawn by hand

Add rows of bridging across the studs in track, stud or channel, full length or one piece per bay. Place clip angles at stud-to-track, stud-to-header and joist-to-rim connections, hosted on the member they are fastened to so they move with the framing.

• Bridging profile, orientation and layout per row
• RCA-range clip sizes, or your shop's own clip
• Delete Connectors removes only the plugin's clips

Cut List & Steel Weight Takeoff to Excel

Pieces, length and weight per section

Export BOM writes an Excel workbook with a cut list per wall and floor, a summary by member role and a grand total per section designation — pieces, lineal length, developed width, weight per length and total weight. Clips are counted, and framing inside linked models can be included.

• Cut List, Summary and Grand Total sheets
• Weights in lb or kg, matching the project units
• Reads linked modules — each instance counted

Dimensioned CFS Shop Drawings & Assembly Views

From model to panel drawings

Turn any framed wall or floor into a set of dimensioned shop drawings. CFS Framing builds the assembly views — elevations, plan detail, sections, 3D, part list and material takeoff, on a sheet if you want one — then dimensions and labels them from presets you can map to each wall type.

• One dimension chain per framing group, to centres or faces
• Sloped-top heights and peak positions dimensioned
• Grid markers drawn where model grids cross the wall
• Re-dimension or re-tag any time — each deletes separately