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

Types and Type Catalogs

To see why type catalogs are useful, you need to understand the various ways types of families can be created Library elements (families) are often the same shape and material but come in different sizes. Revit allows you to embed many variations of a single family by creating types. Each type corre- sponds to user-definable values that control the size and material of an element. In Figure 5.17, you can see three types of the same table that come in three different sizes and three different chair con- figurations. They’re all the same family, but each variation in table size is captured as a separate type. The geometry and number of chairs are all controlled parametrically, allowing for many types to be generated.
Figure 5.17 One family with three types: 4 chairs type, 6 chairs type, and 8 chairs type
A Revit element can have many different combinations of sizes and materials. Those can be stored in different types so that efficiency and consistency across a team are guaranteed. You can create types of Revit elements in different ways and places, depending on the elements as well as of the intended purpose of the types or their number. You can create types of families in the project environment using the duplication method, you can set them in the family environment, and you can also use a type-catalog approach. The last is used in cases where you need more than five or six types, such as 50+ different sizes of a manufactured steel columns, etc
Creating Types in the Project Environment Creating Types in the Family Editor Creating Types with Type Catalogs Loading from a Type Catalog