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

Drawings with Shadows

Analytical Drawings: Sun and Shadow Studies Expressive Drawings with Shadows Performance
Expressive Drawings with Shadows
When you use shadows expressively, the need for accurate lighting conditions is not as important as the need to define consistent angles so that your drawings express depth. Without shadows, a façade appears flat and difficult to interpret. By adding shadows and setting them to be Relative To View, you can establish a shadow angle that suits your needs and reuse those settings for multiple views. The default template includes two presets for this in the Sun And Shadows Settings dialog: Sunlight From Top Right and Sunlight From Top Left (Figure 12.7).
Figure 12.7 Sun locations in the default template
The combination of Azimuth and Altitude with these presets produces 45° shadows on an elevation.
High-Contrast Black and White Effects Using Hidden Line display and increasing the shadows to 80–90 percent produces nice, high-contrast elevations. As you can see in Figure 12.8, this is a great way to create visuals that will read from far away.
Figure 12.8 High-contrast black and white elevation
Soft Shadows For a softer appearance, try using a Shading view (without edges) and setting Shadows to 30 percent and Sun to 70 percent. You’ll get a very even-colored, washed-out feel (Figure 12.9).
Figure 12.9 Soft edges and low-contrast shadows