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

Massing Studies

Massing Study Workflows Massing Tools Starting a Conceptual Massing Study Putting Theory into Practice: Making a Parametric Mass Family Taggving and Scheduling Mass Importing 3D Conceptual Models Created in Other Applications Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing
Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing
3D digital-massing studies allow architects to use advanced technologies and make physical pro-totypes for demonstration or testing purposes using the 3D printing services that are becoming more affordable. For many architects as well as investors, a physical model is still something they like to have in order to study the design. Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using solid freeform fabrica-tion. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the 1980s and were used to pro-duce models and prototype parts. Thanks to advanced and affordable technology, professionals in many different fields now rely on rapid prototyping—architects to create models, industrial designers to make first-draft prototypes, and even artists to sculpt complex shapes for fine arts. The process of rapid prototyping takes virtual designs from a CAD model, transforms them into virtual cross sections, and creates each cross section in physical space one after the next until the model is finished. This is often done by layering liquid and powdered material for each section and using glue or a laser; the material is fused together as shown in Figure 7.19.
Figure 7.19 3D physical models can be printed directly from a digital model.
The most common file format for sending this data is .stl. You can 3D-print a Revit model by exporting it first to .dwg and then printing to .stl from 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Inventor, or other soft-ware that supports .stl exporting. Figure 7.20 shows a rapid prototype model of an unbuilt Louis Kahn building.
Figure 7.20 Hidden-line view, shaded view, sectional 3D view, and a rapid prototype physical model from the same Revit model