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

Creating Custom Annotation Tags

View Tags Customizing Element Tags Keynotes and Text Notes
Keynotes and Text Notes
During the construction documentation phase of a project, architects need to annotate various building components with symbolized descriptions (tags) in order to give additional information about the elements to be built. In the majority of cases, Revit allows automatic placement of the tags when the building component is created. If you don’t want to fill your drawings with annotations early in the process, you can choose to not tag elements on creation. You can add the tags later, in a manual or automated way (see chapter 15, Tag all not Tagged). The tags use annotation families in their definition. This means you create your custom tag family, however you wish to imagine it, in the Family Editor, load the family in the project, and then use the tags wherever you need them. It’s advisable to load all tag families that you intend to use in your project or office template. That way, you can guarantee coherence and consistency in the way you document your project across the project team or office
Notes are a critical part of communicating design and construction intent to contractors, subs, and owners. No drawing set would be complete without textual definitions and instructions on how to assemble the building. Keynotes are element-specific and can be scheduled and standardized in the Revit database. Keynotes are textual annotations that relate text strings to specific elements in the model, which are in turn linked to an external text file. You can format font style, size, and justification in the same manner as for standard text, but keynotes behave like a Revit family. This means you can insert dif- ferent text family types in Revit, just as you would door or window families.

Keynote Types
The Keynote command is located on the Drafting tab in the Design bar. Adding keynotes in Revit gives you three options similar to those mentioned in our discussion of adding tags:
Element This option allows you to note an element in the model, such as a wall or a floor. This type of note is typically used if you want to note an entire assembly, such as a wall assembly. You can find this value in the family properties of that element. Material This note type lets you note a specific material in Revit. You can add a note to con- crete, gypsum board, or acoustical tile, for example. This value can also be found in the Settings Materials dialog. The Identity tab lets you add keynote values directly to each material User This option allows you to select any model-based component in Revit and define a cus- tom keynote for it. Notes defined this way differ from those defined under Element or Material because they’re unique to the particular object selected. They can be used in conjunction with element and material notes.

Creating a Custom Keynote
To create a custom keynote, follow these steps:
Choose File Open, select the Imperial library (or Metric, depending on your installation), and then choose Annotations Keynote Tag.rfa. You’ll use an existing note block to edit in lieu of making one from scratch; this note is great to use as a template because it has each type of note already created. The Family Types include Keynote Number, Keynote Number Boxed, and Keynote Text note types; check boxes under each allow you to customize the notes further. As an example, here is Keynote Number Boxed
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For your keynote, select the Keynote Text option from the drop-down list, and click OK. As we discussed with the other tag families, you can add labels, text, lines, filled regions, and other graphic tools to customize your keynote. Because you’re using the text and not the numbers for this note, delete the box surrounding the note. Select the label for the note (the 1), and go to the label properties. Here, you can adjust the font size and style. Also change the justification from Center to Left. Click OK to exit the dia- log boxes when you’re finished editing. A critical part of a keynote is the note length. The overall length of the note before the texts begins to wrap to a new line is controlled by the size of the box for the note label. In this case, you want your notes to be 25 characters long (roughly 2 1 / 4 . at 3 / 32 . scale). The best way to do this is to number the characters. Remember: The value you enter in this box now is only an aide to create the family.
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When you insert notes into the model and annotate a wall, you can see how the text responds on one line or on two (Figure 4.39).
Figure 4.39 Examples of material keynotes