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

Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques

The Curtain Wall tool is designed with flexibility in mind. You can use it to generate anything from simple storefronts to highly articulated structural glass façades. In this section, we’ll look at the basic principles and how to extend these principles to create a range of designs. The composition of a curtain wall is divided into four primary elements, shown in Figure 11.21:
The wall and its geometric extents. Curtain grids. Mullions. Curtain panels
Figure 11.21 Curtain wall parts
The wall A curtain wall is drawn like a basic wall and is available in the Type Selector when the Wall tool is active. It has top and bottom constraints, can be attached to roofs, can have its elevation profile sketch-edited, and is scheduled as a wall type Curtain grids These are used to lay out a grid that defines the physical divisions of the curtain wall. The layout grid can be designed freely as a combination of horizontal and vertical seg-ments or can be a type with embedded rules that specify regular divisions. Figure 11.22 shows a typical grid division and expressive curtain panels in between
Figure 11.22 Curtain wall with regular orthogonal grids and expressive curtain panels.
Mullions These represent the metal profiles on a glass façade, and in Revit they follow the geometry of the grid. They can have any shape that is based on a mullion profile family. Curtain panelsThese fill in the space between gridlines and are always one of the following:
Empty panels No panel is placed between the grids. Glazed panels These can be made out of different types of glass that can have any color or transparency. Solid panels and panels with wall types These can take on any geometry you wish and thus create most interesting structures, like the one shown in Figure 11.23. Wall types as infill From the type selector you can also choose a wall type to fill the space between the gridlines (mullions). All wall types in the project will be available for your selec-tion. Adding a wall type is usually a typical case in office partitions where the lower portion is a parapet wall and glass fills the upper portion of the metal stud wall.
Designing a Curtain Wall Curtain Panels Curtain Wall Doors and Windows Complex Curtain Wall Panels