The sPoint .rfa can be loaded into one or more Revit families and enables snap point control of dimensions in STRATUS. Without the sPoint .rfa, STRATUS will detect all of the different points and vertices across all the geometry in your families which is both a performance inhibitor and makes it difficult to pull the correct dimensions.  Use case examples includes the ability to pull dimensions from hanger to hanger, or, from rod to rod, from equipment pad corners, from stubs, and from sleeves. Note: sPoint is not yet available under Packages > Point Exports. 

STRATUS 08-15-19 Implementation Webinar - (sPoint for Revit 15:13)

sPoint.rfa Download

Download the sPoint.rfa.

sPoint Family Summary

The sPoint family is a cube.  The family includes:

1. Detail lines that have visibility settings that are visible in Coarse and Medium views.
   
   
   
2. Outer cube geometry that is visible in all views but is controlled by a visibility parameter.
   
   
   
3. Line work in the middle includes Cross Visibility and Cube Visibility settings.
   
   
   

Working with the sPoint.rfa in Revit

1. Load the sPoint family into a hanger project, for example, and place it where the rod intersects with the face of the strut, or the edge corners, or at the top of the rod.
   
   
   
2. In the Family Editor, in Plan view place the point so that it is aligned (AL) to the reference plane and constrained. Now the point will shift when the family dimensions change.
   
   
   
3. One key to linking visibility controls for a point where extractions are from deeply nested layers, they have to be made into a Shared Family which enables you to run a schedule and extract out the data. So that you can still control the visibility of the point when looking at a project view of the hanger and retain the point origin for the API extraction, set the sPoint Cube Visibility and sPoint Visibility as follows:
   
   
   
4. Load the hanger into the project where you can see all the points.
   
   
   
5. In the model, control how points are visible.
   
   
   

Publish a Model and Pull sPoint Dimensions 

1. Publish the model and manually pull the points in a STRATUS Viewer.