Introduction to Revit Constructing Architect education 1 st semester.

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1 Introduction to Revit Constructing Architect education 1 st semester.

2 Revit Architecture 2013/14/15 - VIA Common House Introduction... 4 GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AUTODESK REVIT PROGRAMMES... 5 STARTING REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2013 OR REVIT REVIT USER INTERFACE... 5 Ribbons... 7 NAVIGATION... 9 Mouse buttons... 9 Left mouse button... 9 Right mouse button... 9 SCALING DETAILING SELECT OBJECTS REVIT BASIC CONCEPTS The Esc-key Undo Draw external walls Draw partition walls Insert windows and doors How to change Cutplane on a window APPLY DIMENSIONS ON THE PLAN Create a Room Schedule Creating a section Create a 3D section using the Section Box Ground slab Page

3 Adjusting the height of the internal foundations Strip foundation under internal wall foundation Modelling a pitched roof Edit using Wall Join Temporary HIDE/ISOLATE components Door and window unit in common room Method 1 - Revit s inbuilt method Method 2 Using a Component Family, defined and loaded into the template Adjusting the room area in the Common Room using ROOM SEPERATOR Insert sanitary wares Create Model Group containing toilet fixtures Preparing print/plot on Sheets Adding insulation to the cavity wall Transferring plan to Sheet for printing Print/plot Sewer plan Load Families and insert Detail Components and Symbols on sewer plan Draw sewer pipes etc. using DETAIL LINE Result: Creating a LEGEND for the Sewer Plan Preparing a Section for print Details Set up a Drawing List (Sheet List) Truss Plan Room drawings: Page

4 Introduction This course has been elaborated for the use on 1 st semester on the Constructing Architect education. The aim of the course is to give the students basic skills in the use of Revit and through working with a BIM model, also basic skills in building construction. The paper includes the modelling up of a common house for 13 dwellings in a multi-ownership scheme. The modelling level of the project will be level 1 corresponding to design levels Scheme Design and Detail Design 1 It is of course, also possible to use Revit during the early design stages corresponding to Outline Proposal and Scheme Design. Revit 2013/Revit 2014/Revit 2015? The manual was initially designed for Revit 2103 and should in principle be updated for Revit 2014 and However, the changes made in Revit 2014/15 are insignificant in relation to using this 2013 manual. Consequently, we have decided to wait for the next version of Revit, before we make an update. Kirsten Sommerlade Karsten Lundager Appendices: Ground floor plan, Sewer plan. Page

5 General information concerning the Autodesk Revit programmes These programmes are made available by Autodesk Revit Revit Architecture 2015 Revit Structure 2015 Revit MEP 2015 (MEP = Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) The three programmes are targeted towards different fields: The architect, the structural engineer and the building service engineer. The three programmes look identical and do have a lot of features in common. BUT each one of them has been designed to cover a specific design field In version 2015 AutoDesk offers the three programmes en Suitein one single programme named : Revit 2015 TheRevit Architecture function are found under the ARCHITETURE TAB The Revit Structure function are found under the STUCTURE TAB The Revit MEP function are found under the SYSTEMS TAB This compendium is targeted towards Revit Architecture 2013/14/15, but also users who have only installed Revit Architecture 2013 may use the compendium. Starting Revit Architecture 2014 or Revit 2015 Once Revit Architecture 2014 or Revit 2015 has been installed on your pc, an icon will appear on your desktop. You start the programme by double clicking the icon. Revit user interface The Revit user interface automatically adjusts to whatever you are working with. Page

6 The screen dump below shows an example of the user interface and elements appearing in this particular interface. Applications menu/button TAB TOOL / Quick Access Toolbar Contextural TAB (light green) - appears when an element is highlighted INFO Center Ribbon Options Bar Type Selector Properties Palette Project Browser Status Bar View Control Bar Drawing area The drawing area in Revit displays the current project view, for example plans, elevations, 3D, schedules and the like. Every time a new view is opened it will be placed on top of already open view. All views will remain open but are placed below the current view. A Revit project is saved in one file but consists of several (many) views. Page

7 Ribbons TAB Shown here: Architectural TAB By clicking here you can choose between different Ribbon display modes PANEL The BUILD TAB is shown here Notice how some of the Panels may be expanded: A small arrow next to the Panel title indicates that you may expand the panel and get access to related tools and settings. The example below is found in the ARCHITECTURE TAB Full RIBBON (recommended for inexperienced users) Minimize to TABS Page

8 Minimize to PANEL TITLES Minimize to PANEL BUTTONS The drawing area In the drawing area you find four arrows indicating the compass views N -E- W-S These arrows indicate your position when you are watching the building from outside. Try zooming in on one of the arrows and you can see the text indicating the direction in question In as far as it is possible; the building should always be placed in between these arrows. The real size of the area is approximately 50 x 50 meters. In case the building exceeds these dimensions, it is possible to move the arrows. In case you delete one of the arrows by accident that view of the facade will also be deleted. A good advice is therefore not to start fiddling with the arrows.. Page

9 Navigation Mouse buttons Users with an ordinary mouse with right and left click plus scrolling wheel, will find the below listed functions in Revit: Left mouse button Used for selecting program functions or objects like in any other programme. Right mouse button Used for activating short cut menus (contextual click). Depending on context a right click will activate different menus relevant to the situation and the object chosen. Some examples: The scroll wheel has several functions: Zooming in and out Place the cursor somewhere inside the drawing area. Rolling the wheel wil cause the drawing to zoom in and out. Pan Place the cursor somewhere inside the drawing area. Press the wheel and hold it down. Move the mouse in order to pan the view. Pan does not move an object - it only displays what you want to see. Double click Zooms out and shows all objects in the view. (ZOOM ALL) Page

10 in 3D-view the wheel has an additional function: Spin Place the cursor somewhere inside the 3D view Press and hold the wheel down together with the SHIFT-key and you will be able to spin / rotate the model in the view. Scaling NOTICE: All objects are drawn in scale 1:1 Scaling refers to desired scale on a plotted drawing, and it is important to choose the right scale before you start drawing. You choose the scale on the VIEW CONTROL BAR The example below shows a setting where the desired plot scale is 1:50 Detailing Revit operates with three different DETAIL LEVELS DETAIL LEVEL is also controlled via the VIEW CONTROL BAR The examples below show the difference between the settings on a floor plan with a window detail: COARSE (grov) MEDIUM FINE You will often find that there is hardly any difference between MEDIUM and FINE DETAIL LEVEL I this compendium we mainly work with DETAIL LEVEL FINE Page

11 SELECT OBJECTS Basic options: When you want to Choose an object Do this... Click on the object Choose more objects Press and hold the CTRL-key in order to select two or more objects Deselect an object Press and hold the SHIFT-key in order to deselect two or more objects Select several objects using crossing WINDOW Pull a window across the elements from left to right all elements placed entirely inside the window will be selected. Select several objects using crossing WINDOW Pull a window across the elements from right to left all elements touched by the window will be selected. Select several elements within a certain category Pull a window across the elements and from the Modify Multi-Select tab Filter panel (Filter). Choose the desired category Select several element of the same Select one of the desired elements. Right-click and choose SELECT ALL INSTANCES. Choose between VISIBLE IN VIEW or IN ENTIRE PROJECT Page

12 Revit basic concepts Before you really start drawing in Revit, you need to understand some basic and important concepts: All objects are drawn in millimeters All objects are drawn in scale1:1 (natural size) All decimal separators are indicated by the use of a dot (.) A command is terminated or interrupted by pressing ESC-key once or twice When a command has been terminated by use of the ESC-key, Revit reverts to the SELECT MODE and MODIFY is active/blue The Esc-key In case you have started a certain command and then regrets, you use the ESC-key. In some instances you need to press the ESC-key twice in order to terminate a command. Page

13 Undo As you o along doing the assignment in this compendium you are bound to make some mistakes. It is very easy to regret what you have done. The last command (or commands) are regretted in the following manner: On the Quick Access Toolbar Undo Redo You can do the same thing using these keyboard short cuts: CTRL + Z CTRL + Y Undo Redo Page

14 Start a new project Before you start: Download the template here: mplate_2015_uk_aug_14.rte Save the template on your own pc in the folder My documents : On the program/application menu choose NEW - PROJECT In the dialogue box choose a Project Template Click on Browse Choose template from the location where you have saved it ( My documents ) VIA_Template_2013_UK.rte HINT!! As a student at VIA University College you can also download the Template from studynet using this path: h t t p s : / / s t u d i e n e t. v i a u c. d k / e n / c a / s u b j e c t - t e a m s / I C T / S h a r e d % 2 0 D o c u m e n t s / F o r m s / A l l I t e m s. a s p x? R o o t F o l d e r = % 2 f e n % 2 f c a % 2 f s u b j e c t % 2 d t e a m s % 2 f I C T % 2 f S h a r e d % 2 0 D o c u m e n t s % 2 f R e v i t % 2 f T e m p l a t e s & F o l d e r C T I D = 0 x E F 0 B 3 C 0 6 C 5 3 E 4 A B D A 9 F B 9 F 6 F 1 A D 8 D A & V i e w = % 7 b 6 2 E 7 A 0 D 8 % 2 d 4 0 E D % 2 d 4 E E 7 % 2 d % 2 d F 4 A 5 2 B D % 7 d Page

15 You should always choose the latest version Yet another HINT To let Revit automatically use this template for future uses, you must do the following: Select from the program/application menu OPTIONS Select the tab FILE LOCATIONS Page

16 Click here to add template Find the template and click on Open Page

17 When you start a new project this START VIEW will appear: The use of a Starting View causes a faster opening of a large project. You may enter project information here such as: Town and Project Name indicated in red text at the top of the view. The information will be automatically transferred to the title box for all drawings set up in the project. As this view always pops up as the first page when the project is opened you may use the page as a check list for things you need to remember in the project Click in the red text field and enter information concerning : TOWN and PROJECT Page

18 Save the project in an appropriate folder under this file name: Via Common House. 1 semester BATCoM students: Use your Dropbox folder: Browse and find the folder already named Scheme Design. Make a new folder and name it Revit Drawings. Name your project Via common house and click on Save Page

19 Set LEVELS (stories) In the Project Browser open one of the Elevations (facades) for example East : The template we have imported incorporates some predefined LEVELS We will start by deleting the levels we do not need: The model we draw in this exercise has only got three levels: Roof Ground floor Foundation Hence, we will delete the levels which are not required, i.e. Basement and 1 Floor. Click on the level in order to select it. Right-click -> Delete. You will be prompted to confirm the action. Click on OK and the level will be deleted. Page

20 Set LEVELS (heights) as shown here: Select levels not needed 1 Floor and Basement and use DELETE. You will be prompted to confirm this action. Another method to change the level names 01 Ground Floor 02 Roof (right-click on the name in the Project Browser anand find Rename ) The text may be changed by double-clicking change numbering: 02 Roof 01 Groundfloor terrain 00 Foundation Double click on values in order to change Click or pull on the tiny curl placed here and the modular line will be offset The check mark switches modular circles on and off one at the time but only in this VIEW Doing so will create more space between modular lines which are placed too close to each other. Page

21 Draw external walls Open floor plans Ground floor, terrain The drawing area switches back to top view with the four arrows visible. In the VIEW CONTROL BAR set scale and Detail Level.. This floor plan is drawn in scale 1:50 and the detailing level is FINE Before we start drawing, we must choose what we want to draw Choose from RIBBON - ARCHITECTURE TAB WALL We need to choose the a wall type to draw Wall : Click on TYPE SELECTOR OPTIONS BAR TYPE SELCTOR - is the upper part of the Properties Tray Page

22 From the Type Selector choose Wall : Ext mm Brick/Brick -108/192/108 We are almost ready to start drawing the external wall. Since we draw in 3D, we must also tell the programme what should be the height of the wall. From the Option Bar where it says Height choose: 02 -Roof (all external walls will reach the roof level) On the OPTIONS BAR set all external walls to connect to 02 Roof Next we need to instruct the programme how we want the wall to be drawn in relation to inside/outside: On the Option Bar click on the small arrow next to Location Line Choose: Finish Face: Exterior (With this setting the external wall will be drawn in relation to the external dimensions of the wall) Maintaining the check mark in Chain allows you to draw continuously i.e. you do not need to invoke the wall command again. Maintain Offset at 0.0 Draw using LINE We are ready to draw the wall Page

23 In this example will will start drawing in the upper left corner of the building. Click somewhere inside the areas marked by the four arrows (indicating our drawing area) Always draw clockwise!!!! In this way you will ensure that the external part of the wall faces outwards In this exercise we will start drawing from the upper left corner of the building Drag the mouse toward the right a light blue dotted line will indicate the drawing direction when drawing horizontally (and later when drawing vertically) Once the dotted line appears you can enter the desired length in this case: followed by ENTER. Now drag the mouse downwards until you get the blue dotted line again.. Type the width of the building: hit the ENTER - key Page

24 Next, you drag the mouse horizontally towards the left. This time you do not need to type a distance Revit has an inbuilt inference facility which ensures that the facade will have the same length as the first façade. Drag until you get the image shown below: Click when the purple cross appears Page

25 Pull the cursor upwards until the wall snaps to the starting point. Click - and the wall is finished. Drawn with LINE In order to leave the drawing mode, press ESC twice. TIP!! In case you only press ECS once, the WALL-command continues, but you can start drawing a new wall somewhere else in the drawing area (because CHAIN was activated on the OPTIONS TOOLBAR). Page

26 Draw partition walls Choose WALL from the ARCHITECTURE TAB on RIBBON From the type selector choose Basic Wall and Change element type to: Int 108 mm Brick Make the following settings in the Option bar: Choose Height connect to 02 Roof Choose Location Line as Wall Centerline Choose Offset distance as 0.0 Study the plan in the appendix you do not have to use the measurement stated just make sure that the room layout corresponds to the drawing we will correct positions later. Page

27 Click to highlight the walls one at the time. With the help of the Temporary Dimensions we will now position the walls correctly according to the drawing in the appendix Click on the wall to be moved the Temporary Dimension pops up Click on the dimension you want to change and type the desired value The wall is now placed correctly Notice: it is the selected wall (the blue wall) which will be moved when you change dimensions. It is important to choose a new wall before you change the next dimension.!!! Adjust all dimensions in accordance with the drawing the results are shown below: Page

28 TIP!! In case the Temporary dimensions do not refer to the points on the walls that you would like to refer to it is possible to change points of reference.. An example: You are going to check if the external length of the house is correct: Start by selecting the gable to the right. (Click on it) Use this Temporary dimension in order to measure the distance from outside gable to outside gable Click and drag the witness line until it snaps to the outside of the gable you need to do this at both ends of the building. Page

29 And the external dimension corresponds with dimension on drawing Let us have a look at the model as it appears in 3D so far: In Project browser click on 3D Views and 3D. This is what your 3D model looks like at this stage Page

30 Insert windows and doors In the Project browser activate 01 Ground floor, terrain again. From the RIBBON choose ARCHITECTURE tab - WINDOW In the TYPE SELECTOR two window types are available: Click on Change Element Type FIXED means fixed light, i.e. a window that cannot be opened SINGLE-LIGHT means a window that can be opened opening direction not defined may be top-hung or side-hung. In this project we will use SINGLE-LIGHT with the following dimensions: 1212 x 1212 mm placed at a sill height of 800 mm 612 x 612 mm placed at a sill height of 1400 mm The window type 612 x 612 is not yet defined in the Family called SINGLE-LIGHT. We will start by defining this type. Page

31 Click on ELEMENT PROPERTIES (remember first to activate Window2 ) On the WINDOW RIBBON click on Element Properties Family may consist of several types Type Click on Edit/Type In this window you can see the settings for the type SINGLE- LIGHT Type Properties for Single-Light Type 1212x1212mm shows all the information stored concerning a window of this type. We are about to define a new window type 612x612 mm. Rough width and Rough height indicate the dimensions of the window opening. When defining dimensions of a new window we always refer to opening dimensions. The size of the joint around the windows is defined in Seal width in this case 12mm In order to proceed, click on Duplicate Page

32 Type the desired name of the new window type here 612x612 mm Click on OK State desired width and height Click on OK to exit The new window type now appears on the Type Selector check it out!!! Page

33 We are now ready to start inserting windows on the plan. On MODIFY-PLACE WINDOW TAB you can set whether you want to Tag on Placement. When you click on this button notice that the Tags option on the Option Bar fades in and out every second time you click. Tags off Tags on Window without tag/label Window without with tag/label In this case we do not want a tag to appear when inserting the windows. In case a window has been supplied with a tag unintentionally it is possible to erase the tag later It may be difficult to grab the tag, but if you let the mouse hover on top of the tag, it will be highlighted (a box appears). Right-click and you get a pop-up menu from where you can choose Delete. HIGHLIGTED Highlighted - ready for Delete Page

34 Next step is to insert the windows approximately where you want them of course choosing the right type (look at the plan to see the width required in different rooms) Positions will be adjusted later by means of Temporary dimension as was the case with the internal walls. Flip/ rotate the windows until they are correctly positioned (hitting the space bar will also flip the window). TIP!! The window is wrongly positioned Click on the window in order to highlight it click on the blue double-arrow. Result Alternative: highlight window press space bar and the window flips through possible positions. (Space bar also rotates other components after insertion). TIP!!! It is an advantage to position the windows correctly in the wall when they are inserted. Move the mouse in relation to the wall and the temporary dimension line flips from inside to outside wall. Click when it is outside. In doing so you make sure that the windows are always correctly positioned and you do not have to go through the hassle of flipping them later Adjust the placement of the windows by highlighting the window you want to move. The Temporary dimension line appears. Page

35 Click and pull the blue point on the witness line until it snaps to the external side of the wall. Click on the temporary dimension and type correct pier measurement Adjust position of all windows by clicking on them one at the time. Look at the drawing in order to get correct measurements. Page

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37 Creating end caps in window reveal By default the end caps function is deactivated. We will start by activating this function- TIP!!! Highlight one of the windows for example type 1212 x 1212 mm Right-click and SELECT ALL INSTANCES (shortcut SA) All windows are now selected Choose ELEMENT PROPERTIES (PR) From PROPERTIES (instance properties) we will activate ENDCAP VISIBLE : Activate ENDCAP VISIBLE Endcaps are now activated on windows of type 1212 x 1212 mm See results next page Page

38 Highlight small windows on the gable and proceed as described above Result: Page

39 Adjust SILL HEIGHT The two window types we have used are not supposed to have the same sill height. We need to adjust the sill height. Click on one of the windows type 1212 x 1212 Right-click and choose Select All Instances (shortcut SA) All windows of this type will now be selected. From PROPERTIES (instance properties) we will set sill height TIP! In cases where the properties dialogue box does not open automatically you can open it by right-clicking somewhere in the drawing area and place a check mark next to Properties Sill Height is set to 800 mm adjust if necessary (probably not in this case...) In the same way you set the sill height for window type 612 x 612. Sill height for windows type 612 x 612 in toilet and depot should be 1400 mm. Page

40 When you change to sill height 1400 mm it seems as if the windows have changed position. This is due to the default setting of the so-called Cutplane, i.e. the level where the horizontal cut is placed in this view of the ground floor plan. We need to move the height of the cutplane in order to get a correct view again. How to change Cutplane on a window The two small windows (612 x 612) are presently placed in such a way that the default Cutplane is placed under the window (i.e. the horizontal cutplane is placed under the window) Default cutplane is set to 1200 mm on all plans. That is why our plan looks like this: View with a sill height set to 800 mm View with a sill height set to 1400 mm Explanation: When sill height is set to 1400 mm, the small windows 612x612 will be placed above the general CUTPLANE which by default is set to 1200 mm in all plan views. ( Page

41 In order to correct this, we need to insert a so-called Plan Region across the windows. In this way we can change the cutplane in the region where the small windows are placed. From the RIBBON - VIEW tab - PLAN VIEWS - PLAN REGION EDIT MODE is now activated and the drawing fades out. Choose rectangle - and draw a rectangle around the window in question In the PROPERTIES panel choose View Range - Edit Click on Edit Page

42 Change properties of the established PLAN REGION set CUT PLANE at 1500 Terminate the EDIT MODE by clicking on FINISH EDIT MODE Result NOTICE!! The green box defining the PLAN REGION does not show on a printout provided correct settings are made in Plot Settings. More about this in the section referring to Print/Plot. Highlight the PLAN REGION From the RIBBON choose the MODIFY PLAN REGION tab - COPY (shortcut CO) Page

43 Place a check mark in front of MULTIPLE in the OPTIONS BAR This allows you to make multiple copies without having to select COPY again. Click on a corner of the PLAN REGION and insert new PLAN REGIONS around the remaining two windows in the WEST gable. Result: Page

44 Insert doors Doors are inserted similarly to windows. Pier and opening measurements are indicated on the annexed plan. From the RIBBON ARCHITECTURE tab choose DOOR In the TYPE SELECTOR you can get a list of the different door types available The door types indicated on the plan below are used: LATER IN THIS PAPER WE WILL CREATE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DOOR/WINDOW IN THIS GABLE Page

45 Activate ENDCAPS on the two external doors as you did with the windows on page 38 At this stage your house should look like this: (Ground floor plan and 3D view) TIP!! In case you do not want thresholds on internal doors it is possible to remove these Internal door with threshold Internal door without threshold Page

46 Highlight internal doors. In Properties Tray remove checkmark next to THRESHOLD VISIBLE. In this example we will keep the thresholds. Page

47 Apply dimensions on the plan Dimensions should now be applied to the plan as shown on the annexed drawing. From RIBBON choose ANNOTATE tab - choose ALIGNED (Shortcut DI) On the Type Selector choose: LINIAR DIMENSION STYLE: CHAIN mm ARIAL (Chain measurement, text height 2 mm and font type ARIAL). TIP!! The type ZERO BASE mm ARIAL is to be used when all dimensions have the same starting point (Zero base). This type of dimensioning is very useful for drawings showing for example the position of openings in the wall (for the bricklayer) or the position of trusses (for the carpenter). An example of chain dimensioning: An example of zero base dimensioning: Page

48 From The OPTIONS toolbar, choose: WALL FACES PICK: ENTIRE WALLS Prefer: WALL FACES Pick: ENTIRE WALLS Clicking on OPTIONS you can set the following: In case you do not want to have dimensions on openings, but only want to see the overall dimensions you should remove this check mark If you want to include the thickness of intersecting wall, place a check mark here Try different settings and watch the results!!!! Click on the external wall, for example on the North facade. The dimension shown below will appear. Place the dimensions at an appropriate distance away from the building (Click where you want to place the dimension line but do not snap to particular objects). Result: With Dimension still active, go to Options and remove the check mark in front of Openings Click on the North facade again and place overall length of wall next to the chain dimension see result below Page

49 Result: Continue dimensioning as show on the annexed drawing. TIP!!! On the Option toolbar you have the possibility of choosing Entire Walls or Individual References. Choosing Individual References will allow you to pick out specific elements for dimensioning for example a part of the wall or single opening. ONE MORE TIP!!! You can add or remove certain points on the dimensioning line: Highlight dimension line (click on it). From the MODIFY DIMENSIONS TAB - EDIT WITNESS LINES Click on particular reference points on the walls that you want to add or remove. YET ANOTHER TIP!! It happens quite often that the dimensioning figure coincides with a wall making it quite difficult to read the figure. Move the figure like this. Page

50 Highlight the dimensioning line Move the figure by grabbing the small blue square placed centred below the figure In case you do not want to show the leader line it is possible to hide it: With the dimensioning line still selected go to OPTIONS toolbar and remove the check mark In case you want to delete individual dimensions you may proceed as follows: Let the cursor hover on top of the dimension you want to delete. Click on the TAB-key (one click at the time) until you have highlighted the individual dimension. Now, left-click on the dimension to select it and press DELETE. Also notice the padlocks: In case you do not want dimensions to change, you may lock them. Do not exagerate locking!! As this may limit your possibilities for making changes. Page

51 Create rooms, indicate room designation and area Time has come to create rooms and to assign correct designation (name of the room in relation to its use). We will also add information concerning the area of each room on the ground floor plan. On the Project browser open: Floor Plans: 01 Ground floor, terrain. From the RIBBON choose ARCHITECTURE TAB, choose ROOM On the Option bar choose UPPER LIMIT: 02 Roof and OFFSET 0 Keep the setting Tag on Placement On the TYPE SELECTOR - Room Tag : Number - Name - Area Click in each room. The room will be identified and a label will be created indicating: Room number, room designation and area of the room. Page

52 Highlight the room labels one by one and type the desired room designation (name). In case the area is indicated with 2 decimal places type UN and hit Enter. Make changes on menu. Highlight the individual room labels and move them to desired location in the room grab the move icon to do so. Page

53 By means of the light blue tracking lines you can align the text in the different rooms This is what the ground floor plan should look like at this stage: (In case your room areas are displayed with 2 decimal places, type UN and make changes) Highlight one or more rooms to which you want to assign the same room attributes. Look in the Properties palette and check out the types of information you may add to the chosen room(s). TIP! You must click on the room identification (the blue colour switch on) and not on the room label. Page

54 Look in Properties The only information contained so far is room number and designation Type data concerning floor, wall and ceiling coverings. In case you have selected several rooms at the same time no room number and designation will appear in Properties, but attributes assigned will apply to all selected rooms. Create a Room Schedule Next we will create a Room Schedule. The current template does not include such a schedule. We will therefore have to create one from scratch. Page

55 From the RIBBON - VIEW TAB - SCHEDULES Choose SCHEDULE/QUANTITIES This dialogue box pops up: Choose the category in which you want to create a room schedule, and assign a name to the category. In this case the category is Rooms, and the name we assign is Room Schedule (default) Click on OK to finish. Page

56 This menu pops up: From the tag FIELDS choose the attributes you want to appear in the schedule: Click on Number followed by clicking on Add and the field will be added to the list on the right-hand side indicating the contents of the schedule. Using the same procedure, now add the below listed fields: NUMBER may already be there NAME In the case you do not have the same AREA sequence, you can move an item upwards CEILING FINISH on the list by highlighting it followed by a WALL FINISH click on Move Up and vice versa with FLOOR FINISH Move down Page

57 Under the TAG Filter it is possible to define a filter that allows you for example only to see rooms with an area of more than 5m2 in the schedule or whatever else you may want to show Under the TAG Sorting/Grouping you can choose how you want the different attributes to be sorted or grouped. Settings could be like this: This feature enables Autosum at the bottom of a column Page

58 Under the TAG Formatting you can assign headings to the columns in the schedule. This may also be done inside the schedule itself which may be easier. You may also select Area and place a check mark next to CALCULATE TOTALS The sum of entries in the column Area will be appear at the bottom of the column. Here you may change the units used in the column for example change from m 2 to mm 2 In here you may set up a conditional formatting of the cells similar to options existing in Excel. Page

59 Under the last tag Appearance it is possible to adjust the graphic display. This facility will not be commented here. You can try out the different options on your own in case you want to make some changes to the graphic layout Notice, however, that the changes you make here will not become immediately visible in your schedule. Changes will only appear when you set up a SHEET, i.e. a paper for final print.you will find more information about SHEETS later in this compendium. Finish by clicking on OK. The schedule is placed in the Project browser under Schedules/Quantities Open the schedule by double-clicking on it.. Page

60 In case you have not done so already, you can change the headings by clicking on them If you cannot see all the text, it is possible to widen the column by dragging the separator or just double-clicking on it. The Room Schedule looks like this: Fill in or correct - the information in some of the fields in the schedule. The first time you type a new attribute, you have to type it in full. Next time you can choose the same attribute from a scroll down menu. All attributes assigned to the individual rooms will appear in the schedule. Try it out!!! Entered attributes are now part of the Revit data base, and will be automatically updated no matter where you change the information (inside the model). Whether you make changes in the room schedule itself or in Element properties belonging to a specific room does not matter. However, it is very easy to do so in the room schedule. Page

61 In case you want to add more fields at a later stage or edit the sorting or any other change, you simply open the room schedule in the PROJECT BROWSER and in the Properties tray click on the button relating to the issue you want to edit. Click here to get access to the tags described on the pages above. Page

62 Creating a section During the process of modelling a building it is both convenient and practical to be able to see whether or not the components used are correctly placed in relation to each other and in relation to the building. To be able to do so, we will establish a cross section in the 3D model. Activate a plan view. For example Floor Plans: Ground floor plan, terrain via the Project Browser. Fom the RIBBON choose VIEW TAB and choose SECTION From the TYPE SELECTOR (Properties), choose type SECTION You need to indicate where you want to place the section on the plan. To do so click as shown below 2nd click 1st click The section has now been established and shows on the plan Page

63 A new folder and subfolder now appear in the Project browser : We want to assign a correct name to the new section. Right-click on Section 1. Choose Rename (or hit F2) Assign appropriate name, for example Work Section A-A Choosing Work as the first part of the name is a deliberate choice, because we want to use this section as a working section which will be moved around according to need as the modelling process takes place. A final section should not be moved around. We will create a final section later. Open the section via the Project browser You can also open the section by double-clicking on the section reference arrow shown in blue print on the plan. (Only one of the section arrows appears in blue colour) Page

64 In case you do not find the section to contain sufficient detailing, it is possible to change the level of detailing (and also scale) on the View control bar Change scale to 1:20 Change detailing level to Fine and your section looks more or less like this: Using the same procedures as described above, create a longitudinal section. Name this section Work Section B-B see result next page Page

65 TIP!! To create an offset (or broken) section do like this: Make a normal section somewhere across the building as described above. Highlight the section. From the RIBBON, choose SPLIT SEGMENT Click on the section line in the position where you want the line to break. Pull the section line to the side where you want it placed. Page

66 Create a 3D section using the Section Box During the modelling process it can be quite useful to be able to watch the 3D model as a section of the building and not only as a 3D view as seen from outside. The first thing you do is to make a duplicate of the existing 3D view. In the Project Browser right-click on 3D Views: {3D} Choose Duplicate View -> Duplicate A copy of {3D} is now placed in the folder 3D Views Start by assigning a more appropriate name. Right click on Copy of {3D} Choose Rename (Or click once until it turns blue in colour and hit F2) The new name should signal that we are dealing with a Work 3D view, which, during the modelling process, is supposed to show different 3D-sections of the model according to our needs. Open the newly created WORK Section 3D in case it is not already open. We will now activate the 3D cutting option, i.e. the possibility to cut in a 3D view. Page

67 Once you have opened a particular VIEW in Revit you will always find the Properties Tray open showing what options you have in relation to this VIEW. In Revit these properties are referred to as VIEW PROPERTIES. Scroll down the list until you get these options: Place a check mark here A so-called Section Box surrounds the model Page

68 Click on the Section box and you are able to drag and cut a section through the model in any location you may want. Vælg: DETAIL LEVEL: FINE SHADED WITH EDGES When choosing detailing level Fine and Shaded with Edges The model should look somewhat like this: Page

69 Foundation We will now start modelling the foundation NOTE!! When modelling a wall external or internal - we normally state the height of the wall object. When modelling a wall to be used as a foundation we do not state the height, but the depth of the object. Consequently, we will have to draw the foundation at ground floor level, and this is very practical indeed since we will be able to draw the foundation in relation to, for example, the inner side of an external wall. The impractical part is that you will not be able to see foundation while drawing it. Following the drafting of the foundation you will switch to the Foundation Plan, where you will be able to see what you have drawn and thus check whether or not you have drafted it right. Open Floor Plans: 02 Ground floor, terrain from the Project browser. From the RIBBON - ARCHITECTURE TAB - WALL On the Type Selector choose the wall type Stacked Wall : Foundation mm Combined Page

70 HINT!!! In case the PROPERTIES TRAY has been switched off, you may switch it back on right-clicking, somewhere inside the drawing area and place a check mark next to PROPERTIES. From the OPTIONS BAR- DEPTH - click on the small arrow next to Depth (note that it does not suggest Height this time Revit knows that this is a foundation ) Select the option 00 Foundation and the wall will connect to the foundation level. The foundation is drawn in relation to the inner side of the external wall and the Offset distance is 0.0 (mm). On the Ribbon, choose RECTANGLE Page

71 1st click 2nd click Once you have completed the drawing of the foundation, this warning will pop-up in the lower left corner of the screen area In brief, the warning tells you that the objects you have just finished to draw cannot be seen in the present view. We already know that since the foundation wall goes down and not up In order to check what the foundation plan looks like, you need to open the foundation view on the Project browser Open Floor Plans: 00 Foundation Via the Project browser. Page

72 Change scale to 1: 50 and DETAIL LEVEL to : Fine (on the View control bar At first sight it is surprising to see that the plan also shows the walls in the ground floor plan. Also the windows can be seen (although they are not correctly positioned). It is obvious that the windows are placed above the horizontal section plane the cutplane. The level of the foundation is 1050 mm but by default (see page 25 in this paper) the cut plane is set to 1200 mm thus the horizontal cut, i.e. the plan will also include the Ground floor plan. CUT PLANE FOR FOUNDATION LEVEL We will adjust the cut plane level for example to 700 mm. Page

73 In the VIEW PROPERTIES tray, choose EXTENTS - VIEW RANGE - EDIT SOME HINTS ON THE PROPERTIES TRAY When you open a particular VIEW and before you invoke any tools or select any objects, the PROPERTIES TRAY will exibit general properties pertaining to the view in question. In Revit, such properties are referred to as VIEW PROPERTIES Set Cut Plane to 700 You should also set the Top (range) to for example 1000, otherwise you will be able to look up at windows and doors. Page

74 By now, the foundation plan looks correct: On the section the foundation looks like this: Page

75 HINT!! It is possible to lock the foundation to the external wall. Doing so will ensure that foundation moves in case the position of the external wall is changed (which is very practical in case you want to - for example - change the size of the building This could be done by applying a dimension and subsequently lock the dimension by clicking on the dimension padlock. Dimension has been used here and the padlock has been locked. But in our case, where the external wall and the foundation are aligned on the internal side, it is an advantage to use the Align tool. In case the wall and the foundation are not aligned they will be aligned when you use this tool. From the RIBBON - MODIFY ALIGN HINT!! When you select a wall (by clicking on it), the ALIGN option will turn up on a CONTEXTURAL TAB. When you use this method you do not need to activate the MODIFY TAB. Page

76 Click on the internal side of the external wall (on the object that should align with the foundation) - click on the internal side of the foundation Click on the padlock in order to lock it. You will, of course, need to do this on all walls if you want to take full advantage of the feature Therefore, carry out this procedure on cross section as well as longitudinal section We will also establish a foundation under the internal walls. Open Floor Plans: 01 Groundfloor, terrain on the Project Browser. This foundation is also modelled on the basis of the ground floor plan. The width of the foundation shall be 108 mm concrete This type is not readily available on the Type Selector. However, we do have a 390 mm concrete. We choose this type whereafter we will duplicate the type and modify it. Page

77 From the ARCHITECTURE TAB WALL On the Type Selector choose Basic Wall : Foundation mm Concrete In the Properties tray click on Edit Type Page

78 Choose Duplicate Assign a new name to this type: Foundation mm Concrete Choose Structure -> Edit Page

79 Assign correct thickness to the foundation: Finish by clicking on OK and OK until all windows are closed On the Option bar choose depth (notice it is not Height ) Select option 00 Foundation The foundation is drawn in relation to Wall Centerline Offset distance 0.0 (mm) Use Line function when drawing the wall. Draw along the centreline of the internal walls. Drawing direction is not important in this case (since there is no inner and outer face of the wall When terminating the drawing you will get this warning again in the lower right corner: Page

80 Again you are being warned that you cannot see the drawn objects in this view. Check on the foundation plan to see if the partition wall foundations look ok. Foundation plan, result: This is what it looks like on the cross section: The foundations under the partition walls are far too deep. We will adjust this at a later stage in connection with modelling of the ground slab Page

81 Ground slab Since the partition walls in this model are supported directly by the partition wall foundations, we will construct a ground slab in every room on the ground floor (we could also have constructed a ground slab covering the entire floor, after which the internal walls could have been constructed on top of the ground slab). Open Floor Plans: 02 Ground floor, terrain from the project browser. We start by creating a ground slab in the toilet in the upper left corner. From the RIBBON - ARCHITECTURE TAB - FLOOR Choose Floor Page

82 You are now being switched to Edit Mode and the model fades out. To terminate Edit Mode click on Finish Edit Mode or Cancel Edit Mode Choose BOUNDARY LINE - choose RECTANGEL From the OPTIONS Bar choose OFFSET distance 0.0 Click in one corner of the room followed by a The contours of the room will be highlighted in magenta colour. click in the diagonally opposite corner These two lines indicate the direction of floor span - irrelevant information in this context since it is a ground slab floor, but it is useful when we design storey partitions in order to show span direction. Page

83 Next we will set the desired floor type and we also need to set the desired height of the floor. (The height can also be adjusted after we have terminated Edit Mode by means of PROPERTIES ) The floor construction described below will be used I all rooms except for the common room. Ground slab:: 14 mm Ceramic tiles 80 mm Concrete 50 mm Pressure resistant insulation 100 mm Concrete 150 mm Polystyrene In PROPERTIES choose EDIT TYPE Page

84 The floor construction we want to use does not appear in the template. We need to define the construction. We choose a floor type that comes close to the floor type described. Choose Ground mm CONC/Polystyrene - 100/150 (100 mm concrete slab supported by 150 mm polystyrene). Choose Duplicate Page

85 Assign an appropriate name to the new floor type. This floor construction consists of several layers and it is not possible to mention all of them in the assigned name. Hence, we will name this type after the floor cover, i.e. TILES Click on Structure -> Edit Insert three new layers in the floor construction by clicking on Insert. Move the layer Up until they have the right position on top of the construction see next page. Page

86 Click on Thickness and assign the thicknesses shown below to the three layers HINT!!! HINT!!! HINT!!! You may use PREVIEW at this stage Click, and you get an idea of the floor construction you are about to create. This may help you to get a better overview. Click on Material and click again until these three small dots appear Page

87 This dialogue box appears: In this area you have access to materials already available in the project. In this area it is possible to upload additional materials. Additional materials may be uploaded from: Autodesk Materials AEC Materials Assign the below listed materials to the different layers in the floor construction starting from the topmost field. Layer 1, Tiles, choose: Layer 2, Concrete, choose: Layer 3, Insulation, choose: Layer 4, Concrete, choose: Layer 6, Insulation, choose: Layers 5 and 7 are predefined you do not need to do anything here. Page

88 Try clicking on the pencil next to the material CONCRETE (or double-click on the material itself) Highlight CONCRETE GRAPHICS In the fields below you can adjust settings relating to material surfaces as they will appear in different VIEWS: SHADING SURFACE PATTERN CUT PATTERN Explanation: In visual style SHADED, the concrete will appear with a grey colour Surface Pattern will have no hatching or colour (appear in white) In sections the concrete will appear with a cross hatching (distance between lines: 1 mm). It is possible to chnage these settings by clicking on the options. In this case: DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. You may also try out the setting for Ceramic Tiles. Page

89 Result: Click on Function and assign the LAYER FUNCTIONS shown here SOME EXPLANATION ON LAYERS: The below listed FUNCTIONS can be assigned to Layers Structure [1] Substrate [2] Thermal/Air Layer [3] Finish 1 [4] Finish 2 [5] Membrane Layer Assigned to load bearing layers Assigned to layers such as plywood, plasterboard, furring, battens (including packing pieces) in other words layers acting as substrate for additional layers. Assigned to insulation and windtight layers Typically assigned to layers defining external covering/surface Typically assigned to layers defining internal covering/surface Assigned to layers acting as moisture and water barriers. This type of layer always has thickness 0. LAYER FUNCTION and CORE position controls the way different materials behave where they meet For example, what happens when an external wall meets a foundation in a door opening More about this later Terminate the process by clicking on OK until all dialogue boxes are closed Page

90 Finish the Ground slab by clicking on Finish Edit Mode In case this dialogue box pops up, click on No. The result as seen on the longitudinal section (Section B-B): Draw remaining decks using the same principles. Page

91 HINT!! The ground slab must also extend into the reveals of the external doors. In this case the Rectangle drawing tool needs to be supplemented with the Line tool. An easy way to draw is to follow the wall as closely as possible in order to get the right shape. Hereafter, you can use the align tool in order to make the lines stick to the walls. One more TIP!! In order to live up to technical requirements, the ground slab should also reach into the reveals of the internal doors. In case you can manage to do it correctly at this stage, it is recommended to do so. Otherwise it may be corrected later. Examples: Page

92 The ground slab in the common room does not have ceramic tiles as floor cover. We will define a floor type with 14 mm Ash Parquet Flooring and assign this floor type to the common room. GROUND SLAB in Common Room: 14 mm wood flooring Moisture barrier 80 mm concrete 50 mm insulation pressure resistant 100 mm concrete 150 mm polystyrene Highlight the ground slab in the common room it is easily done on the longitudinal section. Properties for the chosen floor are now displayed in the Properties tray Choose Edit Type Page

93 Choose Duplicate Give the floor type an appropriate name. The floor construction is composed of many layers and it is not possible to list them all in the assigned name. Hence, we will name this type with reference to the floor cover, i.e. Parquet. Assign an appropriate name Click on Structure -> Edit Insert a new layer in the floor construction (moisture barrier under the parquet floor) using the Insert function Page

94 Move the layer upwards to its correct position as layer number 2. Click on Thickness and make sure these two thicknesses are assigned to the topmost two layers Click on Material and assign this material to the layer 1: The new moisture barrier is not assigned any particular material Click on Function and assign this function to layer 2: Membrane Layer Terminate by clicking on OK until all dialogue boxes are closed. Page

95 Terminate editing by clicking on Finish Edit Mode In case this dialogue box pops up, click on No On the longitudinal section you can see the two different floor types by zooming in on the partition wall between the two rooms. You may have to move the Work Section in case the section line does not pass through the door opening In this case the floor construction Does not enter the door opening In case you have drawn the floor into the door opening it will look somewhat like this. At first sight it does look a bit messy, but have a look at the following page in order to find out what to do... Page

96 Now, move the cross section (Section A-A) in order to let it pass through the door opening in (for example) the depot. From the RIBBON - MODIFY TAB - JOIN This is not good - we need to clean up the mess!! Choose JOIN GEOMETRI Point at the foundation and the deck the order is irrelevant. Result: You need to do this at both door openings. Move the cross section to let it pass through the other external door opening as well and repeat the procedure. Page

97 Adjusting the visibility of the ground slab on the foundation plan After we have finished all the ground slabs we need to have a look at the foundation plan again On the Project browser Click on This is probably the view you get: It is evident that something is wrong here. The question is: What are these lines? You may recall that on page 50 we adjusted the Cut plane We actually set the cut plane to 700 mm (measured from the bottom of the foundation). In doing so, we actually set the cut plane to cut through the polystyrene in our ground slab. This is what you can see here. We need to find a setting where we can switch off the visibility of the ground slab in this view. As always when you want to make changes to a certain view, look in the Properties tray with nothing selected This is the window you get: Find Visibility/Graphics Overrides and click on Edit Page

98 On the list that now appears, find Floors and remove the check mark. Click on OK and the plan appears without floors see below. Page

99 Adjusting the height of the internal foundations. The cross section looks like this: The foundations under the partition walls are far too deep; we need to adjust the height. The lower edge of the foundation should be flush with the lower edge of the ground slab. We need to raise the lower edge by 656 mm. Page

100 Highlight all foundations below the internal walls. The easiest way to this is via the foundation plan hold ctrl-key down whilst selecting. Look in the Properties Tray - Change Base Offset to 656 Result as seen on cross section: Page

101 Strip foundation under internal wall foundation Following we will model a strip foundation under the internal wall foundations as shown below: Open Floor Plans: 00 Foundation via the Project browser From the RIBBON - STRUCTURE TAB Choose WALL (on Foundation panel) In the Properties tray click on the Type Selector Select Bearing Footing 900x300mm The strip foundation does not have the right dimensions - we need to change that Page

102 Click on Edit Type Choose Duplicate Choose Duplicate Assign appropriate name Assign the new width to the strip foundation: Click Ok to terminate Select all internal wall foundations A strip foundation has now been added to all internal wall foundations Page

103 Result as seen on foundation plan: This is what the section looks like now: The material (hatching) assigned to the strip foundation is not the same as the material assigned to the foundation. We will change it to be the same. Page

104 Highlight one of the strip foundations. Look in the Properties Tray Click on Edit Type Choose a different material Click here and subsequently on the button with three small dots Choose Concrete (this is the material that has been assigned to the foundations) Page

105 Check, hatching type on CONTRETE Double-click on the material or click on the pencil This dialogue box pops up: Highlight CONCRETE GRAPHICS Current hatching is shown here ok same as the hatching used for other concrete element s in the project. Terminate without making any changes to hatching Result: Note that by assigning a material to one of the strip foundations, this material has automatically been assigned to all strip foundations at the same time!! Page

106 Modelling a pitched roof Open Floor Plans: 02 Roof via the Project Browser. This view should be empty as shown here: On the View control bar : Change Scaling to 1:50 and Detail level to Fine Page

107 HINT!! As the cross section and the longitudinal section were set up in scale 1:50 you will probably experience that the section arrows will appear in the VIEW when you change the scale from 1:100 to 1: 50 Section arrows do not show in VIEWS with scales COARSER THAN the scale in which they were initially defined. The roof shall be modelled on the basis of the ground floor plan. Hence we will use the ground floor plan as underlay drawing. In the Properties Tray activate Underlay By default Underlay is set to None. Change this setting to Ground floor, terrain The ground floor plan now appears in a dimmed version: Page

108 From the RIBBON - ARCHITECTURE TAB ROOF Choose ROOF - BY FOOTPRINT In Properties Tray Click on Edit Type Choose Generic 400 mm GENERIC mm - Indicates thickness of the roof we accept that and click on OK at the bottom of the dialogue box. Page

109 On the DRAW PANEL - BOUNDARY LINE - PICK WALLS From the OPTIONS TOOLBAR Defines slope: Indicates that the roof slopes toward the edge of the external wall. However, the roof we want will not slope toward all wall edges, but we will change this later. Overhang: Indicates size of overhang - measure is from the outside of the external wall type 500 Point at the external walls a blue dotted line appears on the outside, indicating the overhang. You can select all walls at one time by using the Tab-key This is how the roof looks like at this stage: This small angle and the number next to it indicate the slope of the roof. As this is a pitched roof without hips, we need to remove the angles placed at the gables. Page

110 Highlight the roof edges - NOT the triangle but the edge of the roof gables only On the OPTION TOOLBAR remove the checkmark next to DEFINES SLOPE In case you are not allowed to highlight the small angles you need to switch to Modify on the RIBBON (hitting the Esc key twice also activates MODIFY). Result: Terminate the process by clicking on Finish Edit Mode Page

111 This is what the roof looks like in the roof plan: And in 3D view: Page

112 We need to extend the gables up to roof level. Highlight both gables. An easy way to select the gables is to switch to VIEW Floor Plan: 02 Ground floor, Terrain Click on one of the gables. Hold down the CTRL-key and click on the other gable. Now, switch to 3D-view, before you continue (otherwise the highlighting will disappear again) On RIBBON - MODIFY WALLS - TOP/BASE - ATTACH Also on the Option bar make sure Attach wall is set to Top Click on the roof. This is what the house looks like by now: Page

113 Edit using Wall Join It is likely that one of your gables (or maybe both) looks like this: This happens when the facades have been allowed to stretch into the gable wall. In this way it was only the part of the gable being attached to the roof- Solution: Switch to 01 Groundfloor, terrain Choose MODIFY TAB - WALL JOINS Letting the mouse hover on top of a wall join, a small square box pops up. Click on one of the wall while the square box is visible. It is now possible to see the actual wall join as illustrated below: In this example is evident that the gable wall does not reach the external side of the facade wall. That is why there is a small portion of the wall missing in the 3D view. Page

114 On the OPTIONS TOOLBAR clicking on the NEXT button will cycle you through the join options available (watch the join as you click in order to see how it changes Click on NEXT until this join appears: Terminate by pressing Esc. Check the result on your 3D view. Page

115 Temporary HIDE/ISOLATE components In order to better see what you are working on it may be convenirnt during the design process to HIDE or ISOLATE one or more categories or single objects only. Highlight the Southern façade and from the VIEW CONTROL BAR choose - TEMPORARY HIDE/ISOLATE Choose HIDE ELEMENT ISOLATE CATEGORY isolates the category to which the selected element belongs in such a way that everything else is hidden. HIDE CATEGORY hides the category to which the selected element belongs.. ISOLATE ELEMENT isoloates the selected elements in such a way that everything else is hidden. HIDE CATEGORY hides the selected element. Once TEMORARY HIDE/ISOLATE mode is activated the drawing area will be framed by a CYAN-coloured frame: Unhide the external wall again by cancelling TEMPORARY HIDE/ISOLATE From the VIEW CONTROL BAR - TEMORARY HIDE/ISOLATE choose Choose RESET TEMORARY HIDE/ISOLATE The external wall is visible again and the CYAN-coloured frame around the drawing area disappears. Page

116 Try once more to highlight the Southern façade. This time choose HIDE CATEGORY Result: All external walls are hidden. Cancel temporary hide again. Choose RESET TEMORARY HIDE/ISOLATE Finally, try to highlight the roof. Choose ISOLATE CATEGORY Result: All other categories but the roof are hidden. Cancel the temporary hide Choose RESET TEMORARY HIDE/ISOLATE Use this function whenever adequate during the design process. NOTICE!! Elements are only temporarily hidden!! When you close a project and reopen it all temporarily hidden element will become visible again. In case you want to permanently hide or unhide an object the method applied is different!! This method will be described in detail under the section Preparing print/plot of sheets see later. Page

117 Door and window unit in common room We will proceed by modelling a door and window unit in the common room this will be modelled as a Curtain wall Open Floor Plans: 02 Ground floor, terrain via the Project browser To begin with, we will make an opening in the gable where we want to insert the door and window unit. This may be done using two different methods as described below.. Method 2 is definitely the preferable method but you should try out both methods. Method 1 - Revit s inbuilt method Choose MODIFY TAB Choose OPENING - WALL Point at the gable wall in the common room. Define a rectangular area where you want to insert the opening (approximately) Opening inserted using random measurements Finished opening with desired dimensions (according to annexed plan) Page

118 At first it may seem difficult to control the dimensioning of wall and opening. The easiest method is to adjust the opening size first. Highlight the opening. Using the temporary dimension type correct width: 4092 mm. Continue highlighting the opening. Next to temporary dimension you see this icon Make this temporary dimension permanent Click on the icon and the temporary dimension has become permanent with the width: 4092 mm Highlight the dimensioning and lock the padlock. The opening width has now been locked and will not change when you adjust the walls on either side. Page

119 When an opening is cut in the external wall, the floor is no longer defined and you get this message Once the door and window units are inserted the floor will behave normally again Highlight the opening and use temporary dimensioning to type the correct distance from the corner to the opening. Highlight opening. Choose Element Properties. In Unconnected Height type However, this method has one minor Page

120 disadvantage end caps in the reveal are not drawn correctly with sufficient thermal bridge insulation This problem can be solved using method 2 as described below. Page

121 Method 2 Using a Component Family, defined and loaded into the template. Choose ARCHITECTURE Tab Place a Component From the Type Selector Opening w Endcap Ext. Instance Page

122 Insert OPENING like you would insert a normal window Highlight the opening and choose ELEMENT PROPERTIES. Define width, height and endcaps like shown below. Activate endcaps like you do when creating windows Set Rough width to 4092 Set Rough Height to 2412 Page

123 Result as seen in 3D View: Draw a Curtain Wall in the created opening: It is easiest to do so on the Groundfloor terrain plan Choose ARCHITECTURE TAB ChooseWALL From the Typeselector choose CURTAIN WALL (Shortcut WA ) Page

124 Place the curtain wall at an appropriate distance from the outer leaf. The exact distance will be adjusted later. Remember to draw in clockwise direction This warning probably pops up. Ignore the warning. Activate 3D view. Select the Curtain Wall. The Curtain Wall is selected by hovering the mouse across the opening. It is identified by light blue dotted lines.. Evidently, the Curtain Wall reaches the roof. We need to adjust that. Page

125 Choose ELEMENT PROPERTIES. Set TOP CONSTRAINT to UNCONNECTED Set height at 2412 It is evident that the Curtain Wall is attached to Level 02 Roof Set Top Offset at 388 Explanation Height, Level 02 Roof: 2800Desired opening Height: = 388 Alternatively:!!! Set Unconnected Height to 2412 ALTERNATIVE!! ALTERNATIVE!! It is also possible to adjust the height on the longitudinal section using the ALIGN-tool REMEMBER: To lock the padlock after ALIGN Distance from CURTAIN WALL to exterior wall face will be adjusted later Before ALIGN After ALIGN Longitudinal section We have now created a curtain wall consisting of one big glass pane. Page

126 Shift to 3D view Next we will subdivide the Curtain wall using an overall Curtain Grid. It is easier to do this in the 3D view, but of course you can also do it in South Elevation view TIP!! It is easier if you choose to hide all other elements while you undertake this operation. Choose TEMPORARY ISOLATE ELEMENT (as demonstrated in the previous section) Page

127 From the ARCHITECTURE TAB - choose CURTAIN GRID Divide the door and window unit with an overall grid horizontally and vertically setting random distances: Next step is to distribute the vertical grid-lines evenly. Page

128 On the Ground floor plan use the dimension tool to dimension the Curtain Wall. Click on EQ and the dimension will be equal Choose: Annotate Aligned Click at one point at the time until you get the entire dimension chain Once the dimension chain is in place, click on EQ (EQ =EQUAL) And the dimensions will be equal Page

129 Next we will use temporary dimension to adjust the horizontal grid lines. Set dimensions in accordance with sketch below.. Switch to 3D Dynamic View or Elevation East. We want to place a door here. Thus we will have to remove this Grid-line segment. A segment is added or removed in the following way: Select grid-line. Choose the tab MODIFY CURTAIN WALL GRID ADD/REMOVE SEGMENTS Point at the part you want to remove. Result: From the ARCHITECTURE TAB - MULLION Page

130 On the Type Selector you choose the type of mullion you would like to apply. In this instance, choose Rectangular Mullion 50 x 115 mm Click on the grid in the places where you want to apply the selected mullion. TIP!! Choose all grid lines at the same time: click on Click on the grid and the mullion will be applied. Page

131 Some parts of the mullions are continuous. This is how to decide what parts should be continuous: Highlight the part you want to adjust Click on the small placed close to the end of the mullion you want to adjust. Result: Page

132 TIP!! You may also use these tools from TAB MODIFY CURTAIN WALL MULLIONS The bar becomes visible when you highlight a MULLION TIP!!! Bottom and top of the frame (mullion) should always be continuous Next we will insert a door in the centre field. Highlight the glass in the field where you want to place the door. Use the Tab-key when selecting otherwise it may be very difficult. TIP!! You can see that the glass in the door opening has been selected blue marking of the edges. Also, the glass appears with a slightly different colour. You may find it difficult to select the glass but keep practising Page

133 Unfortunately, there are no doors readily available in the Type Selector We will therefore need to load a curtain wall door from an external library. In Properties click on Edit Type Click on Load NOTE!!! You cannot choose freely among the listed doors. It must be a door specifically designed for a curtain wall. Doors without the Curtain Wall prefix may only be used in a standard wall. On your computer, find the US METRIC library The library may be placed differently (depending on the type of Revit installation on your PC). It may be placed somehow like this: From the US Metric Library choose the folder Doors. Choose the door M_Curtain Wall Sgl Glass.rfa Page

134 In case you cannot find the US Metric library you should ask your lecturer. He/she may help you to get access to additional libraries. Once you have selected the door indicated you can exit the dialogue boxes by clicking on Open followed by OK Result: It is not the most appropriate door for a curtain wall in this common house. You may have other libraries available with more suitable door types However, you must be aware that ordinary doors cannot be inserted in a curtain wall. Ordinary doors can only be placed (hosted) in a wall. Curtain Wall Panels can be placed (hosted) in a curtain wall. It should be made possible to open two of the window lights. Hence we will supply the outermost lights with frames that can be opened Highlight the glass in the light in question. Use you TAB.key again. Page

135 In the Type Selector you do not find any window frames. Once again we need to load a curtain wall window frame. In Properties click on Edit Type Click on Load In the US Metric Library find the folder Windows Choose M_Curtain Wall Awning.rfa NOTE!!! Also in this case you cannot choose freely among all the types listed. Only the types with the prefix Curtain Wall may be used. Select the file and exit dialogue boxes by clicking on Open - DO NOT CLOSE PROPERTIES YET We already set the window frame (head, sill and jambs) to 115 mm - window rails and stiles are only 75 mm wide. Stiles and rails are flush with exterior side of frame. Stlies and rail are defined in such a way that they must be OFFSET by ½ frame width in order to flush with exterior side of frame: 115/2=57.5 mm In doing so, the stiles and rails will be correctly placed in the frame. Page

136 Frame Rail Terminate by clicking on OK. Insert a frame at opposite end of the unit. Again, highlight the glass. This time you can find the frame on the Type Selector (since you have already loaded the frame into the programme. Result: Set OFFSET distance at 57.5 The four fields at the bottom are to be supplied with solid panels. Select the glass in the four fields. In case you have started to figure out how Revit works, you may be able to select all four fields at one time..otherwise select them one at a time. Page

137 From the Type Selector choose: System Panel:Solid Page

138 Result: HINT!! In case the door and window unit has been placed too far out or too far in the window reveal, it is not possible to move it by using the ordinary move tool. If you do so, also the 408 mm brick wall will be moved. This is because the two components have been automatically joined when we established the curtain wall. So, if you want to move the curtain wall, first you need to Disallow Join between the two components. This is how to proceed: Select the curtain wall. Note, there should only be one identification line marked in blue. Right-click on the small blue dot placed where you originally defined the placement of the curtain wall. Page

139 Choose Disallow Join. You must repeat this procedure on the other side of the window as well. Having done so, you can freely move the curtain wall without moving the 408 mm wall as well. Move the curtain wall until you get a reasonably sized revea (60 80 mm).. Finish dimensioning of the plan with respect to the curtain wall. By now you are familiar with the basic principles of modelling a curtain wall You should try to work your way through some of the different functions and maybe design a door and window unit according to your own ideas. It is very easy to make a unit that is much smarter in design that the one you have just finished to model. Page

140 Adjusting the room area in the Common Room using ROOM SEPERATOR The area in Common Room has been automatically calculated with the result 29,91 m 2 Highlight the room and it is evident that the area is encompassed by the internal side of the external wall in other words, the external wall defines the room area.. However, the area should also include the area in the reveal area along the CURTAIN WALL especially with a considerably big opening as the one in question. Adjustment is made as follows:: Highlight the external wall (gable towards the east). In PROPERTIES remove the checkmark next to ROOM BOUNDING Page

141 This message pops up: And the room area looks like this: In order to redefine the room, we will draw new room separators: From ARCHITECTURAL TAB Choose ROOM SEPARATOR Page

142 Draw two room separators along the internal side of the external wall and the CURTAIN WALL, as shown in red below: Ignore the warning: The area for the Comon Room has now been recalculated and shows the correct area: m 2 Page

143 HINT!!! ROOM SEPERATOR lines may also be used for example when a Kitchen cum Dining area needs to be separated showing the area for the kitcheng and the dining room separately. Example: KITCHEN CUM DINING BEDROOM KITCHEN ROOM SEPERATOR BEDROOM DINING Page

144 Insert sanitary wares Before we prepare the plan for printing in the next section, we would like to insert sanitary wares. From the Project browser once again, go to view: 02 Ground floor, Terrain. Vælg fra ARCHITECTURE TAB - COMPONENT - PLACE A COMPONENT (Shortcut CM) In the Type Selector you can see the different components available: In the TYPE SELECTOR you will find the different components from which you can choose: Insert at wash basin - choose: Small Corner Wash Basin Also, insert a toilet: A toilet should be inserted in each of the toilet rooms and placed in accordance with the annexed drawing. You should only insert fixtures in one of the toilets. Page

145 Result: TIP!! Select a component. Press Spacebar and the component will rotate (Note: the same principle can be applied to windows and doors). TIP!! In case you want a different selection of components/sanitary ware/fixed furniture: Choose INSERT TAB - LOAD FAMILY By default Revit will start looking into a specific folder in search for folders containing different families (CONTENT), which can be loaded into the project. On your computer, find the US METRIC library The library may be placed differently (depending on the type of Revit installation on your PC). It may be placed somehow like this: In case you cannot find the US Metric library you should ask your lecturer. He/she may help you to get access to additional libraries. Page

146 Alternative New components may also be loaded via PROPERTIES, exactly as we did when we loaded door and window frames for the Curtain Wall. Insert a COMPONENT - via PROPERTIES chooses EDIT TYPE etc as shown earlier. Download links for additional components On the INSERT TAB go to Autodesk Seek in order to load more objects/families This search function is similar to the Google Warehouse in SketchUp simply write what you are looking for and start searching. You will be transferred to Autodesk Seek, where you need to register before you can begin downloading. In case you want to find more components on your own, try these links: Create Model Group containing toilet fixtures Before sanity wares are copied to another toilet it is an advantage to create a group comprising several wares. Creating a group also means that whatever changes are made to the group at a later stage will automatically influence all other groups copied from the said group (for example moving fixtures or changing type). Select the toilet and the wash basin the two components you have already inserted in one of the toilets. Page

147 From the ribbon RIBBON - MODIFY PLUMBING FIXTURES - CREATE GROUP (Genvej GP) Assign an appropriate name to the group In case you want to change the group at a later stage adding, deleting or moving elements, you must select the group and from the RIBBON choose EDIT GROUP. UNGROUP explodes the group (Exactly like exploding a group in SketchUp) Highlight group. Choose COPY from MODIFY MODEL GROUPS TAB Select a corner as an appropriate reference point. Insert the group in the other toilet room using a similar reference point Page

148 Preparing print/plot on Sheets The following example will show the principles to be applied when preparing the printing (or plotting) of a plan on a so-called Sheet. First we need to make a copy of the ground floor plan. This is done via the Project browser. We will assign a new name to this copy. Subsequently we will define parameters for the print in terms of scaling and cropping and also defining what objects should be visible on the printout etc. Whatever change we may make on the original plan at a later stage will, of course, automatically be transferred to the print copy. However, ANNOTATIONS (dimensioning, tekst etc. Will only be visible in the VIEW which is active during setup. Let us start: In the Project browser right-click on Floor Plans: 02 Ground floor, terrain Choose Duplicate View -> Duplicate with Detailing A copy of the plan is now placed in the folder Floor Plans We will assign a more appropriate name. Right-click on Copy of 02 Ground floor, Terrain Choose Rename (Or highlight the file until it turns blue and press F2 ) Page

149 Open Ground Floor Planning Permission via the Project browser Next step is to crop the Ground floor plan. On the printout we do not want to show references to facades (elevations) or the like. Page

150 From the VIEW CONTROL BAR at the bottom of the screen, activate Show crop region (The yellow bulb is switched on ) Crop View must be activated at the same time (Red cross must not be shown. ) Click on the rectangle surrounding the Crop Region of the view. TIP!! The Line Break Control can be used to divide the plan into two parts with a neutral or broken zone in between. Pull the blue handles until the desired cropping has taken place you need to do so on all four sides. Page

151 We do not want the CROP REGION to appear on our print. On the View Control Bar : deactivate Show Crop Region (The yellow bulb is switched off ) Set desired printing scale 1:50 has been chosen here. Turn off the elements you do not want to appear on the plan. From the VIEW TAB - VISIBILITY/GRAPHICS (shortcut VG) Page

152 In this window you can switch off element you do not want to appear in the printout. You do not need to switch off PLAN REGION - they are not going to be printed anyway (crop regions were set up in order to control the cutplane around the small windows). Should you want to switch them off (in order to make the plan look neater in the screen view) you will find them under the tag ANNOTATION CATEGORIES Page

153 In our example there is no need to switch off the visibility of any elements. However, there are certain elements we may desire to switch off. This is the case with respect to the dimensioning used in order to distribute the vertical grid on the curtain wall We do not want these dimensions to appear on the finished plan.. Highlight the two dimension chains rightclick and choose HIDE IN VIEW - ELEMENTS See more details below Individual objects or OBJECT CATEGORIES not desired on the finished plan may be switched off using the following method: Highlight the category you want to switch off and right-click From the menu choose HIDE IN VIEW ELEMENTS switches off the individual element Choose ELEMENTS or CATEGORY as you wish Shortcut: HIDE IN VIEW - ELEMENTS - EH HIDE IN VIEW - CATEGORY - VH CATEGORY switches off all elements in the highlighted category.. (Corresponds to the method show non the previous page concerning VISIBILITY/GRAPHICS) Page

154 Categories and elements will remain switched off until switched back on again. This is contrary to TEMPORARY HIDE/ISOLATE, where object reappear once the project is reopened after it has been shut down. In case you want to switch on elements again, follow this procedure: From the VIEW CONTROL BAR choose REVEAL HIDDEN ELEMENTS A dark red frame appears around the drawing area indicating that you are looking at hidden elements in the view Also, REVEAL HIDDEN ELEMENTS changes appearance - a red frame appears around the icon. Hidden elements are shown with a dark red colour. In this example the floors in toiles, kitchen, entry and depot have been hidden. Page

155 Highlight one or more hidden objects that you want to unhide again. Right click and from the UNHIDE IN VIEW menu choose ELEMENTS switches off the individual elements Choose ELEMENTS or CATAGORY as you wish CATEGORY switches off all elements in the highlighted category. Shortcut: UNHIDE IN VIEW - ELEMENTS - EU UNHIDE IN VIEW - CATEGORY - VU ALTERNATIVE You may also choose UNHIDE via buttons on the RIBBON The buttons will become active when you select one or more items to UNHIDE Close REVEAL HIDDEN ELEMENTS on VIEW CONTROL BAR The normal drawing area appears again, showing visible objects. Page

156 Adding insulation to the cavity wall. From the ANNOTATE TAB choose COMPONENT - DETAIL COMPONENT From the TYPE SELECTOR choose INSULATION LINE 190 MM Draw the requested insulation on the plan Page

157 Result: HINT!!! Revit has an inbuilt OUT OF THE BOX insulation function. Choose ANNOTATE TAB - INSULATION Page

158 ALTERNATIVE: It is also possible to assign insulation material as hatching to the predefined wall type This method is easy to use and does not require adjustments in case you wish to shift the position of windows and doors at a later stage HOWEVER, this method cannot not establish a wavy hatching it only creates vertical lines Page

159 AND YET ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE: The hatching pattern shown below is yet another alternative: Page

160 Transferring plan to Sheet for printing We will now transfer the ground floor plan view (planning permission) to a Sheet. From the Project browser open the folder Sheets. Open the sub-folder 1- Plans. This folder already contains a Sheet with a predefined drawing number You are going to create a new Sheet. Right-click on Sheets [View type] Choose New Sheet Alternative Choose from RIBBON - VIEW TAB - SHEET COMPOSITION PANEL - SHEET Page

161 Via the LOAD button it is possible to load other formats than the ones appearing on the list In case you want to do so, click on LOAD and select from desired folder. To begin with, select the highlighted format: 630x420 The new sheet has now been placed at the bottom of the list in the folder named??? We want to place the sheet in the correct folder ( 1- Plans ). Page

162 Right-click on the new sheet Choose Properties VIEW TYPE Click on the small arrow in View Type and choose the correct folder on the scroll down menu. In case you want to create a new folder just write the name of the folder. On the scroll down list choose 1 - Plans The sheet is now placed in the correct folder. Assign appropriate name to the sheet, for example Ground floor plan Planning Permission Right-click on the sheet and choose Rename (Or highlight the sheet and hit F2. Page

163 Open the Sheet via the Project browser From the folder Floor plans pull the drawing Ground Floor Planning Permission into the sheet. Page

164 Fill in the title block. Click on the fields where you need to enter edit or add information In case you did not already add Horsens on the START VIEW, you may do it now. And it will appear on all new sheets. Additional cropping and change of other settings can also be done on the sheet, i.e. you do not have to go back to the other plans in order to do this editing. Changes made in the sheet will also be reflected in the other plans. How to activate the view on a sheet: Click on the edge of the view followed by right-clicking. Choose Activate View Can also be done via RIBBON Page

165 All aspects in the sheet - except for the view are now dimmed down. It is now possible to edit the drawing in exactly the same way as you would do in the other plan views in the View folder. Remember: In case you want to edit the cropping - you need first to switch on the Crop Region (the yellow bulb must be on Once you have finished editing the view, you must deactivate it again Right-click somewhere on the view and choose Deactivate View TIP!!! Another method is this: You can also activate the view from the PROJECT BROWSER. Find a folder immediately under SHEET Page

166 VIEW Titles You can add different types of titles to the VIEW. Highlight VIEW TITLE and/or the frame (crop region) around the VIEW VIEW TITLE Fra TYPE SELECTOR vælges den ønskede type titel. The following options are available: NO TITLE: TITLE: TITLE AND SCALE: No text Ground floor planning permission Ground plan planning permission 1:50 Page

167 In the example, select: TITLE AND SCALE. Hover the mouse across the VIEW TITLE, in order to highlight it Click to select A MOVE-arrow appears when the cursor is placed close to the VIEW TITLE Move the VIEW TITLE to desired position in relation to the plan Page

168 Print/plot The SHEET containing the grounfloor planning permission is now ready for print Choose the application menu Print - Print (Shortcut CRTL + P) This dialogue box pops up: Page

169 Explaining the most important settings: PRINT RANGE Here you determine what area of the SHEET you want to print. SETTINGS In the field Settings click on SETUP and the dialogue box Print Setup appears see below In this box you can select: Paper size Portrait or Landscape (horizontal or vertical orientation of the paper) Placement on paper zoom - REMEMBER choose 100% Important!!! Page

170 APPEARANCE I the OPTIONS field make the following settings: This is where you select the resolution quality Choose between BLACK LINES GRAYSCALE COLOR Explanation: LINKS e.g. Links on section lines will be printed in blue colour Hides Reference planes and Work planes (including Plan Regions) A check mark is recommended here You should place a check mark here in case you do not want to print TAGS on section lines, facades and callouts (these may not be visible on the SHEET) Hides Scope Boxes when printing Hides Crop Region ( the frame surrounding the VIEW when printing replaces HALFTONE (dimmed lines) with thin lines Finally, you may save printer these printer settings for later use. Use the SAVE AS option. Saved print settings can be found on the scroll down list on top. Page

171 Sewer plan The sewer plan is setup as a duplicate of the foundation plan In the Project Browser right-click på Floor Plans: 00 Foundation Choose Duplicate View - Duplicate with Detailing A copy of the plan is now placed in the folder FLOOR PLANS Assign correct name to the plan. Right-click on Floor Plan: Copy of 00 Foundation Choose Rename (or highlight it blue colour and press F2) Page

172 Open Foundation and sewer plan from the CONTENT BROWSER You may use the groud floor plan as underlay. Underlays are activated via the VIEW PROPERTIES (VP) OOPS!! Why can I not see the toilets on the plan?? Try to switch off the roof on the (ground floor plan) why this is necessary I do not know. Page

173 ALTERNATIVE Instead of switching off the roof on the underlay you may switch to Wireframe on the View Control Bar The LINE STYLES you will need for drawing the sewer pipes are not readily available in the template We need to set them up: Click on the MANAGE Tab - SETTINGS - LINESTYLES Choose NEW Page

174 This window pops up: Set up the below listed LINESTYLES CATAGORY/name LINE WEIGHT LINE COLOR LINE PATTERN PROJEKTION Waste water 6 Black Solid Rain water 6 Black Bips_VVS2 Drain 6 Black Bips_VVS3 The recommended LINE PATTERNS are the types normally used in Denmark and are prescribed in the BIPS publications Once you have set up the new line styles you need to attribute the values mentioned in the above table for LINE WEIGHT, LINE COLOUR and LINE PATTERN. When entering the new value for LINE WEIGHT - simply click on the value already found in the table and a scroll down list appears from which you can select the desired value Page

175 Similarly, change values for LINE COLOUR and LINE PATTERN Under SETTINGS you can select LINEWEIGTH. You will notice yhat LINE WEIGTH no 6 used is a rather bold line type. See below. Page

176 Load Families and insert Detail Components and Symbols on sewer plan Insert or make new symbols for floor drains, roof gullies etc. study the attached sewer plan. Ask your teacher for a CD containing additional families to be installed in your Revit directory. Once the families have been installed, choose from the INSERT TAB - LOAD FAMILY, yo Browse until you find this folder: VIA UK 2D Sewer Plan Detail Components and Symbols Highlight the symbol you want to use and click on Open In order to insert the loaded symbol (family) you must click on ANNOTATE and insert as DETAIL COMPONENT Page

177 TEXT for chambers, floor drains etc. are inserted via SYMBOLS In case you do not have access to the files mentioned above containing components (families) and symbols, you can draw them yourself. Follow the directions below in order to find out how to do so: Using DETAIL LINES draw the different symbols. DETAIL LINES are found on the ANNOTATE TAB. Notice!!!: floor drains, wells etc. Are drawn using the existing MEDIUM LINE (uses line weight 3 - see above) Examples of symbols used: Example, roof gully with trap: Dimensioned sketch: Example, floor drain: Dimensioned sketch: Example, direction arrow Dimensioned sketch: : Page

178 Draw sewer pipes etc. using DETAIL LINE.Using DETAIL LINES draw the different pipe types. DETAIL LINES are found on the ANNOTATE TAB. Write text using the TEXT-command choose ANNOTATE tab - TEXT (shortcut TX) The Per mille symbol is copied from kopieres fra Windows Character Map. Open the Character Map by clicking on Windows START choose RUN and write charmap (character map) In Windows XP: f In Windows Vista Or Windows 7: Page

179 Highligt and copy the symbol you want to use. Use CTRL+V to paste it into the text. ALTERNATIVE!! Open Microsoft Word and insert desired symbol (per mille) into a Word document. Copy the symbol into the Revits text. Add dimensions to the plan crop etc. Set up a new SHEET for the Foundation and Sewer Plan and pull the plan into the SHEET similarly to the procedure described for the Ground floor plan above. Result: Page

180 Creating a LEGEND for the Sewer Plan We will set up a LEGEND for the Sewer Plan Choose VIEW TAB - LEGENDS - LEGEND This dialogue box pops up Angiv det viste navn og skaleringsforhold The legend is placed in the PROJECT BROWSER under LEGENDS A blank sheet of paper appears Page

181 Use DETAIL LINES (DL) og TEXT (TX) - draw and write the following: Page

182 The legend can now be inserted by pulling it into the SHEET containing the sewer plan. In the example below the legend has been framed in red colour Partial section of the sewer plan: Pick a title for the LEGEND via TYPE SELECTOR Choose TITLE don t show the scale. If necessary move the TITLE to the top of the legend. Page

183 Preparing a Section for print Earlier in this session we created two sections. The sections were named WORK sections, because they were meant to be used during the design work only. As you have seen, these sections can be moved freely around as we may find convenient and appropriate for the design process. Time has come to establish final cross and longitudinal sections for printout. On these final sections we will add details such as moisture barriers, wall ties, brick courses, levels, text etc. As it will be a good idea to keep the original work sections, we will start by making a copy of these and rename them, i.e. we will create two new sections based on the original ones. In the Project Browser, right-click on WORK SECTION A-A. Choose DUPLICATE VIEW - DUPLICATE WITH DETAILING Rename the sections and call them Section A-A and Section B-B respectively Page

184 Open the ground floor plan and you will find that the WORK sections and the final sections are now placed on top of one another. Later on, when the sections are placed on a SHEET, the drawing number of the SHEET will be shown where you find the three dashes. In this manner you get a reference from plan to section. Move Section A-A and Section B-B to the permanent position. When determining a permanent position for the section it is important to consider what you want to see on the section. Try to find a position where you will be able to see as many of the construction joints as possible. In other words, try to find a position where you can see the general construction principles used in the building (you should not deliberately try to avoid difficult parts). There are other considerations to take: For example you should not cut in the middle of a wash basin or similar. As the WORK sections and the permanent sections are now placed on top of one another it may seem difficult to find the right one to move. Let the cursor hover on top of one of the section lines until it turns purple hit the TAB-key until the correct section shows. Click and move. The placements of sections A-A and B-B are indicated with bold dotted lines on the drawing below Page

185 This is how the two sections appear at present: There are, as already mentioned, quite a few details missing in order to make the sections complete. TIP!! In case you cannot see the entire section: Click on the CROP REGION (the frame around the image) and pull the blue handles until the entire section becomes visible. Sections-A and B-B have now been cropped to the right size and they are placed in an appropriate position on the plan. Highlight the two sections on the ground floor plan and lock the position by means of the PIN function (shortcut PP) TIP!! It may seem a good idea to hide/switch off the two original WORK sections at least on the Ground floor, planning permission drawing. Page

186 Details In the following we will extract details from the cross section in scale 1:5 In the PROJECT BROWSER activate SECTION A-A From the VIEW TAB - CALLOUT From TYPE SELECTOR choose DETAIL VIEW : DETAIL TIP!! In case you have chosen the section by accident when you created the detail you can always highlight the callout on the section and shift to Detail via the Type Selector. From the OPTION TOOLBAR choose : When doing so, the detail will be moved into the Detail folder. Do NOT place a check mark in the REFERENCE OTHER VIEW Clicking on opposite corners pull a rectangle across the area where you want to place the detail Highlight the rectangle and pull the reference outside to the left of the building Page

187 Later, when details are placed on a SHEET, the drawing number of the SHEET will appear where the three dashes now show. In this way references are established from detail to section. The detail now appears in the PROJECT BROWSER. Rename the detail like this: Detail foundation/external wall/ground floor Open the detail drawing (click on it in the PROJECT BROWSER) and adjust it by means of Details Lines, Detail Components etc. From the ANNOTATE tab. More about these principles later Page

188 Set up a Drawing List (Sheet List) We will create a drawing list similar to the one shown below In principle, it is almost identical to the room schedule we created earlier on in this paper. Only the way in which it is created is different The methods used for setting up the drawing list are similar to the methods used for setting up any other schedule in Revit. From the VIEW TAB choose SCHEDULES - DRAWING LIST Page

189 Denne dialogboks dukker op. From the FIELDS tag choose the attributes you would like to appear on your drawing list. : select these FIELDS: DESIGNED BY SHEET ISSSUE DATE SHEET NAME SHEET NUMBER VIEW TYPE Press and hold CTRL down in this way you can select more fields at one time Once you have selected a fiels press ADD and the field appears on the list to the right where the scheduled fields appear. Page

190 A preferred sequence of the fields could be this: In case your sequence is different you can change it by clicking on the buttons MOVE UP and MOVE DOWN Scale of individual drawings is also important information on a drawing list. Unfortunately Revit cannot collect this information automatically and place it on the drawing list. Hence, it is required to set up a new field (parameter) in the drawing list and type the information manually. Choose ADD PARAMETER Page

191 Type/select the setting shown below Klik OK to terminate The below listed fields will now appear in your drawing list: Remember to change the position of the latest created field if necessary. Click on OK to terminate Page

192 The drawing list is now embedded in the PROJECT BROWSER under SCHEDULES/QUANTITIES In case you need to make changes to the heading click and rewrite If you cannot see the full text in the column pull the partition line exactly as you would do in Excel The drawing list will appear like this: (more or less) It is evident that only three drawings have been completed by the author so far. All other drawings appearing on the list are EXAMPLE SHEETS embedded under SHEETS in the PROJECT BROWSER Insert scale manually. Fill in or correct field information as you wish. The first time you enter a new text you need to type it in full. Next time you can find the text on the pull down menu activated by clicking on the small blue arrow. Actually, we can switch off all the empty EXAMPLE SHEETS from the PROJECT BROWSER: In order not to make them appear in the Drawing List. Page

193 1. Open all the folders by clicking on the sign. The list will appear as the one ypou see to the right. 2. Hold the CTRL-key down and select all the EXAMPLE SHEETS 3. Right-click and choose Properties 4. Remove the check mark after Appears in Sheet List Page

194 All the EXAMPLE SHEETS will disappear from the Drawing list Result: Next we would like to change the headings. Type directly into the fields in your list. The headings could look like this: If, at a later stage, you would like to make changes to the fields - for example change the sequence of appearance or add new ones you can always do so simply by right-clicking somewhere in table and choose VIEW PROPERTIES Click here to get access to the set-up menu we used initially From the tag SORTING/GROUPING you can select the way you want the drawings to be sorted on the list. From the tag APPEARANCE you can change the appearance of the table grid, text size, font etc. Find your own style. Page

195 Actually the first column is unnecessary. We only used VIEWTYPE/DRAWING TYPE for the sake of sorting. We will hide this column. Again, choose the FORMATTING tag Click on VIEW TYPE place a check mark next to HIDDEN FIELD NOTICE It is also possible to make changes to headings here Result: Page

196 Final result after adjusting column widths. Finally, the drawing list needs to be inserted in a SHEET in order to be able to print it out. Precisely as you would do with other VIEWS. The final result can only be seen once the drawing list has been pulled into a SHEET. Only then will formatting, font size etc. be visible - see below Page

197 Truss Plan To begin with we make a copy of the Groundfloor plan. Rename the copy and call it Truss plan. Open the Truss plan. We start by setting the cut plane above windows and doors in this way we make sure that the wall will be intact as seen from above the wall height. In Properties scroll down and find View Range Click on Edit This window opens Set Cut Plane to (for example) 2500 This cut plane level is above window head and should conceal the windows from the view Click on OK and see result next page Page

198 Only the windows isolated in Plan Region are now visible. Select the Plan Regions and delete them. Result: NOTE: The drawing still contains elements irrelevant to the view. Highlight these elements, right click and choose hide (For example: Internal doors, Section lines, Floors, Sanitary fixtures and other furniture, Room names). You can choose to hide element or category as you like. Page

199 The drawing has now been cleaned of all irrelevant elements but we still need to make few adjustments before we can start drawing the trusses. Some other elements are more complicated to hide for example the hatching. We need to hide the hatching of the walls since we are no longer cutting through them but rather looking down at the top of the walls. To hide the hatching, do as follows: In Properties click on Edit next to Visibility/Graphics Override Page

200 Scroll down and find Walls on the list. We want to override some of the graphics - in this case the hatching. In order to hide the hatching, click on Override Patterns once you click in the empty box it changes appearance as shown here Click on Override Page

201 In the next box remove the check- mark next to visible Click on OK Result: We also want to see the position of the windows and external doors: Page

202 Make the wall transparent by clicking here: Click on Override Transparency This window pops up: Change Transparency to 100 either by typing in the box or by sliding the button Click OK and OK and the windows and doors will be seen as boxes Page

203 NOTE: In case your view does not show correctly (the walls are missing when you zoom out) change Visual Style to Wireframe You may need to switch back to Hidden Line later in case you are facing problems with desired views. In order to show the windows as Hidden lines. Use the Line Weight tool: On toolbar Modify choose Linework Page

204 Select <Hidden> on this menu - subsequently click on the windows. The lines change to dotted lines. At this point your plan should look somewhat like this: (Note that windows and external doors are represented by dotted lines) Before we start drawing the trusses we will make some Ref Planes (similar to making guides in SketchUp) Page

205 From the ARCHITECTURE TAB, choose Ref Plane This menu opens: Select Line Draw Ref Lines parallel to the facades (make them slightly longer than the building). Use temporary dimensions to adjust distance to 350 mm away from the building. Page

206 Also, draw Ref lines in order to outline the first truss. Place the first truss some 50 mm away from and parallel to the inner leaf (on the inside). When drawing the trusses we can use the masking region tool: From Annotate Tab choose Region -> Masking Region Page

207 You enter the Region mode and the drawing is dimmed out. Select the rectangle tool for drawing. Start in the upper left corner and draw toward the lower right corner using the Ref Planes as guidelines. Click here to finish rectangle. The trusses are drawn on top of the wall Page

208 Drawing additional trusses: Use ordinary copying to insert more trusses. Select the truss you have drawn The Modify/Detail Items tab automatically pops up. Click on Copy Start moving the truss watch the temporary dimension and stop at 1000 mm (or simply drop the truss somewhere and adjust distance afterwards. We do not need to draw the wall plates (although they are slightly narrower than the inner leaf -but at this drawing scale we cannot see the difference. Alternative method: Like in SketchUp, Revit also has a combined move and copy tool. In Revit it is called Array. Select the first truss.again, the ribbon automatically changes to Modify Detail Groups Click on Array Start dragging the truss towards the right. Type moving distance for example 1000 (mm). Hit Enter. Next type the number of trusses you want for example 10 and hit Enter again. In case the number of trusses does not correspond to the number you required repeat the procedure. Since we can now see the position of the windows, we also know where to place trimmers for the anchors. Trimmers (also 50 mm wide, should be drawn in the appropriate places. Create a symbol to indicate anchor positions for example a circle. Also draw the walkway (catwalk/duckrun) using Ref Planes and Masking Region. In order to place the walkway under the rafters select the walkway and use the Bring to Front Send to Back tools. Finally apply dimensions to the plan showing truss distance and overhang Hide Ref Planes in this view (select one, right-click and choose Hide in view Category Page

209 Partial truss plan: Page

210 Room drawings: Make a copy of the ground floor plan - Call it Bathroom, Toilet 1 Kitchen, etc. Start by Cropping the view Click on the tool. Zoom out until you can see a box around the drawing Click on the box and it turns blue. Each side of the box is supplied with a cropping handle. Drag the handles in order to let the box define the room you want to show. Hide whatever sections you may have in this view (do not delete the section this will cause the section to be deleted in all other plans as well) Make new section where you want to place them in this particular view. Rename section: Section A-A Toilet 1 etc. Using the methods described above, make drawings for each of your bathroom(s) and the kitchen Once you have finished the drawing make new sheets called Room drawings- Toilet and Room Drawings Kitchen. Drag drawings into the sheet. Page

211 Facades. Some basics: Plans beginning with 00 O1 02 etc. are all to be considered as Work Drawings The same applies to ELEVATIONS: East, West etc. Therefore, always make a copy of these drawings before you start making final drawings. The copies you make must be named in such a way that you can easily identify them as final drawings. The final elevation of the East elevation could be named Elevation East. In this way you can distinguish it from the work elevation East It is on these new copies that we will carry out our final editing. Open up your new drawing Elevation East. As you can see, the elevation also shows the foundation and the modular lines. Start by hiding the modular lines and the foundation. See result next page. Page