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 a Custom Title Block with the Family Editor

Sheets usually have standard dimensions depending on commonly agreed, standard paper sizes. These vary from country to country but are more or less standardized. Revit lets you easily create sheets to any standard you require. The first thing to think about when creating a title block is the paper size on which it will be printed to which it will be cut. You then think about the layout graphics as well the information you want included on the sheet. Various world standards (DIN 680, BS 4264, SFS 2488, ISO 11180, ANSI/ASME Y14. 1, and U.S. National CAD Standards) define precise layout requirements for sheets and the content displayed in them. Revit accommodates all these requirements, many of them in an automated manner. You can add any shapes, graphics, and textual information as well as use parametric labels capable of extracting information from the project. As you’ll see, labels are part of the coordinated BIM concept and will help streamline your process. The following steps demonstrate how to create the custom title block illustrated in Figure 4.41
Open the Family Editor by choosing File New Titleblock. From the list, either select one of the prepared sheet sizes or select New Size. This opens a title block template where you can start laying out your title block. Let’s assume that the size you need to duplicate doesn’t exist in the list; select New Size. A blank template file opens with nothing but a rectangle. Click the lines of the rectangle to activate temporary dimensions. You can then edit the dimension text value to drive the size of the rectangle. Make the sheet 42. × 32.. Draw lines with the Line tool, creating a layout as shown in Figure 4.41. For each variation in line thickness or color, you’ll need to make a new line style using the Line Styles dialog. Add new subcategories to the Titleblock category
Figure 4.41 The vertical title block you’ll make
Once you’re finished with the lines, you’ll continue by adding images, fill patterns, text, labels, and symbols
Add an image by choosing File Import Image and selecting the example on the book’s website or any image on your computer. Place it anywhere, resize it using its grips when selected, and position it on the title block. This is how you can place your company logo into your title blocks. Add fill patterns with the Filled Region tool to add a color banner or hatched area to your sheets. You can’t add a fill pattern on a sheet in the project environment, so you need to add them in the Family Editor. Fill patterns added in the title block are always displayed in front of any views placed on the sheet. In other words, you can’t use a filled region to create a colored backdrop view. There are other ways to achieve that, as covered in chapter 12. Add text with the Text tool. Text is always the same and is unchangeable from the project environment. Drawn by, Scale, and Date are all examples of text. For each variation in font and/or size, you need to create a new type of text. Add labels with the Label tool. These are textual fields that report information stored in indi- vidual projects. Like text notes, you need to create new types for every variation in font or size. By adding the label Project Name to the title block, you can reuse the title block in many projects; the label will update in each project with the appropriate name. The same principle works for the other labels, shown in the Select Parameter dialog (Figure 4.42). Figure 4.43 illustrates the difference between text and label elements, which behave as described in “Static Text and Parametric Labels" earlier in the chapter.
Figure 4.42 In this example, Project No. is text and remains unchanged in the project environ- ment. The number 2000.01 is a label and will reflect the number of the project set in the project information
Figure 4.43 Place labels with stan- dard parameters.
Place text and labels on the sheet to reflect the example shown in Figure 4.44.
Figure 4.44 Continue to build out the title block
Add a revision schedule to the title block so you can track changes in your document set. Changes are stored as revisions and can be displayed parametrically in your title blocks. We’ll review the revisions in more detail in Chapter 19, but you’ll add the revision schedule now. Choose View New Revision Schedule (Figure 4.45). The Revision Schedule dialog opens, and you can choose which parameters to schedule. Choose Revision Number, Description, and Date. To adjust the font and size, use the Appearance tab. When you’re finished, click OK. An empty schedule appears—close that view.
Figure 4.45 Place a revision schedule
In the Project Browser, click the Views node, and then open the Schedules node. Drag and drop the revision schedule into the title block to place it. The revision schedule appears empty, but not to worry—it will be filled automatically when used in a project.
Insert Image
Once you’ve placed all these elements, the title block is good to go. Save it to your hard drive with a unique name, and click the Load Into Projects button. Choose a project file, and the title block will be loaded.
Best Practices and Workarounds: Positioning Views on a Sheet Currently, Revit has no automated way to place similar scaled floor plans in the same location across many sheets; you have to eyeball the placement. A useful aid is available to help, which takes advantage of the invisible line type. Choose an origin in your title block by drawing two intersecting invisible lines. These lines aren’t visible in the project but provide a snappable intersection you can move views rela- tive to. Another aid is to add tick marks to the title block to create a basic cell division