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

Window Surface Percentage vs. Room Area

We discussed concepts of sustainability early on in this chapter and specifically the use of sun shading devices to allow natural daylight into spaces but minimize the effects of solar gain at unwanted times of the day or year. Another way to keep out the sun is to simply minimize the amount of glaz-ing on a given façade. There is a balance to be had between the amount of glazing on a façade and the amount of daylight into the space. In the ideal design, we want to maximize daylight but still be efficient with glazing. Again, north and south light is easier to control, the north particularly because it includes no direct sunlight. East and west light can be more challenging. One way to work toward the most efficient amount of glazing is to work directly with your mechanical engi-neer or energy modeler to calculate the ideal percentages of glazing for a given façade or cardinal direction. Once you have these goals, you will want to quickly calculate the percent of glazing ver-sus wall area or room area. Revit can help you do this with the Room/Area Report (Figure 14.16). One of the export commands available within Revit is Room/Area Report. (File Export Room/Area Report). If all the room objects are placed within a given floor in the model, this report will create an HTML file detailing how the areas for the rooms were calculated. The report will list in graphic and table format each room, its perimeter, and the triangulated areas within the room that generate the areas. If you choose the Settings option before you export the table, you can check a box to additionally report window area as a percentage of the room. This will give you the square foot-age of window area within the room as a percentage of the overall area of the room. This square footage percentage can also assist in the documentation you will need for LEED credit EQ 8.1 (for more information, see www.usgbc.org/leed).
Figure 14.16 Analytical views of room area and window area