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

Color-Coded Plans and Sections

Color Fill Schemes Creating Presentation Plans and Sections
Creating Presentation Plans and Sections
Not all plans and sections end up as drawings full of dimensions, tags, notes, and layers of con-struction information. Easy to read, graphically clean drawings are used all the time in marketing collateral, on project websites, in print magazines, for competition boards, and for client presenta-tions. A great way to create presentation-quality plans and sections is to clear out most of the textual information and fill in walls, floor, and roofs with a solid fill when they’re cut. This creates views that are easier to read and that convey solid and void effectively (Figure 12.14). With Revit, this kind of representation is a few clicks away, and the fill hatch is tied directly to the element. You don’t need a paint-bucket tool or special hatch tool to get results.
Figure 12.13 Use transparent filled regions with solid color to color section views
Figure 12.14 Plan view with walls and columns filled with solid black
Coarse Scale Fill Patterns Walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, and columns all have a Coarse Scale Fill type parameter. This allows you to define how the element will appear when cut in the view if the view detail level is set to Coarse The downside is that the property is stored with each type, so making all walls have the same hatch requires you to edit every wall type—the same goes for floors and roofs. And if you decide to change the color of the fill, you have to again edit every type. Also, not all elements have this property. For example, in-place family walls, floors, and roofs don’t have this parameter, so you’d have to go a separate route to get correct graphics if you chose to use this type of element. Graphic Overrides and View Templates The other way to think of this problem isn’t as a property of the element but as a property of the view that can be re-used in other views. Think of a view as a multidimensional lens through which you look at the model. Once you’ve set up the right lens, you can apply it to any number of views and get the right results using view templates. We recommend this direction for graphic overrides, as it makes for an easier way to deal with entire categories of elements. For example, most Revit cat-egories can have their cut pattern overridden with a hatch or solid fill. If you go to the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog and select the Wall, Floor, Roof, and Column categories (by holding Ctrl with each row selection), you can then click the Fill Override button and apply a solid fill hatch (Figure 12.15). This applies to elements in your active view but isn’t stored with the element. These overrides are stored on a per-view basis and are distinct from the Object Styles dialog.
Figure 12.15 Use pattern overrides to apply a solid fill to categories.
This view setting is great—but what if you want to apply the same graphics to other views. Follow these steps:
Once you have the overrides set up, choose View Create New View Template from View. Name the view Cut Overrides. Right-click the view name you want to apply the overrides to in the Project Browser, and choose Apply View Template. Choose the View template you just created.
You need to be aware of one thing when you go this route: All parameters are applied to the view, including Scale, so be prepared to change Scale back. Also, the view display style is affected, so a view may jump from Shading with Edges to Hidden Line.