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
Trimming and Extending Lines and Walls
You can trim and extend lines and walls to one another using the Trim tool. With the Trim tool, you first select the tool and then operate on elements in the model. Again, like all the other tools we’ve covered, the Options bar gives you a number of ways to use this tool. The first option is the default, Trim/Extend To Corner. It trims elements to one another, creating a cleaned-up end join between walls and lines. For example, Figure 3.18 shows two walls before and after using the Trim/Extend To Corner tool.
Figure 3.18 The result of trimming two walls to one another is a clean corner join
The second and third options are for extending lines and walls. First, you select a target wall; then select walls you want option, not options, to extend to that target (Figure 3.19). The second option, Trim/Extend Single Element, is for extending a single wall, and the third option lets you extend many walls in one interaction.
Figure 3.19 Trim can be used to extend walls as well
The Trim tool is used a lot for editing sketches of floors and roofs, because it’s easy to end up with overlapping lines that need to be neatly trimmed. Keep in mind that with the Trim tool, you’re selecting pairs of elements to remain , not be removed. Use the temporary preview graphics to help you. If you do trim the wrong thing, you’ll see it immediately—just undo, and pick again