Revit Architecture 2008

Autodesk Revit Tutorials, Revit Families, BIM Revit

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Home CHAPTER 1 Intrduction What to expect from BIM Where can you go from here The bottom ine CHAPTER 2 Introduction Working with Revit Parametric Elements The Revit User Interface Using the Project Browser The Bottom Line CHAPTER 3 Introduction Selecting, Changing, and Replacing Elements Editing Elements Interactively Other Useful Tools The Bottom Line CHAPTER 4 Introduction Starting a Project with a Custom Template Settings for Graphic Consistency Creating Custom Annotation Tags Creating Custom Title Blocks Creating a Custom Title Block with the Family Editor The Bottom Line CHAPTER 5 Introduction Wall Types Floor and Roof Types Ceiling Types Door and Window Types Stair Types Types and Type Catalogs Graphic Overrides of Host Objects with Complex Structure Additional Global Project Settings The Bottom Line CHAPTER 6 Introduction Modeling with Revit Principles of Modeling in Revit Where Can You Go From Here? The Bottom Line CHAPTER 7 Introduction Massing Studies The Bottom Line CHAPTER 8 Introduction Conceptual Design and Early Studies The Bottom Line CHAPTER 9 Introduction Revit Design Options The Bottom Line CHAPTER 10 Introduction Modeling Parametric 3D Families Choosing the Right Family Template Types of Families Smart Workflow: Nesting One Family into Another Parametric Arrays in the Family Editor Encoding Design Rules Building a Parametric 3D Family The Bottom Line CHAPTER 11 Introduction Basic Walls: Advanced Modeling Techniques Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques Roofs Roofs and Slabs: Advanced Shape Editing Railings and Fences The Bottom Line CHAPTER 12 Introduction Drawings with Shadows Color-Coded Plans and Sections Elevations That Convey Depth Working with Perspective Views Rendering Creating Animated Walkthroughs Exporting to Other Formats The Bottom Line CHAPTER 13 Introduction Preliminary Design Tools Calculating Areas Schedules Using Schedules for Preliminary Cost Estimates The Bottom Line CHAPTER 14 Introduction Sustainability in Architecture Preliminary Design Tools Tracking Recycled Materials Window Surface Percentage vs. Room Area Energy Analysis The Bottom Line CHAPTER 15 Introduction Annotating Your Views Displaying Information about Rooms Schedule Keys Tags Shared Parameters Text and Keynotes The Bottom Line

Editing Elements Interactively

Moving Elements Copy Rotating and Mirroring Elements Arraying Elements Resizing Elements Aligning Elements Trimming and Extending Lines and Walls Splitting Lines and Walls Offsetting Lines and Walls Keeping Elements from Moving
Resizing Elements
The Resize tool lets you scale certain objects that make sense to scale, such as imported raster images and 2D lines. In Figure 3.15, the Resize tool was used to make the lines surrounding a door tag a bit larger. The first pick was the center of the family, the second pick was the center of one of the lines, and the final pick finished the resize.
Figure 3.15 The Resize command sequence is a three- click process
This tool is also well suited for working with imported images that need to be scaled to match real-world dimensions. For example, it’s common to import an aerial photograph of a site to use as a contextual underlay; the Resize tool works great to get the image to the right scale. This tool is active once you select an image. After you select the Resize tool, click a point to enter an origin (say, the lower-left corner of the image); the second point you click is the width of the image that you want to fit within a certain size; finally, the third click is the new length you want. Keep in mind that you’re working with a Building Information Modeling application full of real-world objects, not abstract primitive forms. Don’t expect to resize most elements in Revit—it’s not practical or meaningful. For example, you can’t scale the size of a door or sink