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2014-2015

INTRODUCTIONUSER INTERFACE

CADD2 BIM


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CADD2 BIM

REVIT USER INTERFACE

The Power of Revit

Allows the designer to design and document a virtual representation of the project

Revit is not BIM, it is an integrated architectural design and documentation

environment.

Revit allows you to create a virtual building model of your design with intelligent

building elements

In Revit, the building elements automatically adjust and interact with the design

environment.

Revit Interface,

Not the same as the ACAD,

No command prompt

No crosshairs

Background is white not black, however it can be modified

Similar to windows based applications, mircrosoft office ribbon interface similarities

The Home Screen

The Home screen is divided into three areas, (recent files screen)

Top section projects

Middle section families

Bottom section resources


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The Main Screen

After starting a new project using a template file, the new window (main screen

appears)

The user interface is divided into several areas

1. APPLICATION MENUTop left of the screen, gives access to most of file

management tasks

New, Open, Save, etc and OPTIONS dialog box

Allows sorting and quickly accessing recent documents

Revit Project is saved with a .rvt extension

Revit Template is saved with a .rte extension

2. QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR- can be seen at the topmost part of the window above

the ribbon, or can be placed below the ribbon

Commonly used commands are found here which can also

be customized by RIGHT CLICKING the tool on the ribbon

and choosing add to QAT or by USING ADD/REMOVE

buttons at the end of QAT

3. INFOCENTER TOOLBARplaced at the right side of the QAT, used for searching

topics in

help files and to access subscription services.

4. RIBBONlocated below the application menu and QAT

The most common method for initiating commands in

Revit

There are dynamic or contextual toolbar interface found in

the tab bar (specific functionality will show on specific

commands)


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There are 2 main parts of the ribbon

TAB BARTop bar 9 main tabs holding all of the tools

(click on a tab to make it active

TAB TOOLBARSDivided into panels, pertaining to specific

activity or function (these panels can be torn off from

the Tab toolbar location by clicking and dragging itanywhere on the screen)

Customizing ribbons to a different view by clicking the

arrow control (VIEW STATE CONTROL BUTTON)

Three ribbon views available

a. Full ribbon

b. Tab and panel labels

c. Tab labels

Buttons type in Ribbon

a. Button

b. Drop down

c. Split buttons

RIBBON CLUES

GRAYED OUTtool will not function

Renderings must be done in 3d view

Levels cannot be crated in plan view

If a tool is grayed out, switch to a different view

typeTOOL TIPShovering on top of the ribbon will provide

brief description of the tools function.(longer time will

show additional information)

5. TAB BAR

TAB NAME TOOLS

HOME provides commonly used tools for creating and placing

building elements

INSERT tools for linking, importing, loading familiesANNOTATE tools for dimensioning, detailing, adding text, tagging,

adding symbols

STRUCTURE tools for adding structural members, foundations and

datum elements

MASSING AND SITE tools provided are for creating conceptual masses creating

editing site elements


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COLLABORATE tools for collaborating both internal and external team

members

VIEW tools for controlling graphic settings of objects, creating

views, adding sheets, managing views

MANAGE tools for managing project settings and environment,

settings, location, design options, phasing and macroMODIFY/TAG contextual tab that changes based upon the operation

performed, tools provided are for modifying and tagging

elements

6. OPTIONS BARLocated just below the ribbon and displays option.

Options bar are specific to the active tool or selected

elements

Placing a wall will have different options on the options

bar as compared to the options content in placing a

window

Options bar will become active when you select an existing

element to edit

7. PROPERTIES PALETTEwhere you can view and modify various parameters that

define the properties of elements in Revit

Located below the options bar far left of the screen, it display properties that are

both user editable and read only (to edit editable value, click in the field to the right

of the property name, enter a new value or select from a drop down list.

Broken into 2 areas

a.

Type selectorlists all of the various types availablefor given elements that are loaded in the project

b. Instance propertiesreferred to as element

properties, control only the instances selected.

FAMILIEScomponents you use to build your model (doors, walls, windows,

columns etc)


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ELEMENT CATEGORIESdoors, windows walls, floors are some example

When multiple categories are selected,(message Multiple Categories Selected

is displayed) revit will only show Instance properties that are COMMON to the

SELECTED elements

EDIT TYPE BUTTONaccess type properties, which control every instance of a

specific type in the project whether selected or not.

8. PROJECT BROWSER- used to manage and navigate your project

Found beneath the properties palette

Organized by category in a windows explorer like format

Working with Revit means all views, details, sheets, schedules, are on a single

workspace.


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Some of the View categories displayed in Project Browser

1. Floor plans

2. Ceiling plans

3. 3d views

4.

Legends5. Schedules

6. Details

7. Sections

8. Elevations

9. Sheets

10.Families

11.Groups

When a view is activethe name of view in project browser is in boldface


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9. DRAWING AREAthe large workspace under the Options bar;

Located on the right side of the Project Browser and Prop

Palette

Displays the current view that you are working on

A new window will open for each view, other views will be placed

under the current view

10.VIEW CONTROL BARlocated on the lower left corner of each drawing area

window

Controls the graphical view for each window

View control bar functions (from left to right)

a.

Scaleallows you to change the scale of a viewb. Detail levelallows you to select 3 different detail

level

i.

Coarse,

ii. Medium

iii. Fine

c. Visual styleallows you to specify visual style options

i. Wireframe


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ii. Hidden Line

iii. Shaded

iv. Shading with Edges

v. Consistent Colors

vi. Realistic

d.

Sun Path on/offspecify sun settingse. Shadows on /offspecify shadows

f. Show/Hide Rendering Dialogdisplay or hide render

settings dialog box

g. Crop Region on/offallows to temporarily hide or

isolate elements or categories

h. Reveal Hidden Elementsallows you to reveal hidden

elements in the view

11.STATUS BARlocated at the very bottom of the User Interface

Information displayed on the status bar

a.

Status bar information

i. Name and Family type of the element your

cursor is over


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ii. Prompts you for additional information

regarding the active tool

b. Work setprovides access to workset dialog box and

displays active workset (when worksharing has been

enabled)

c.

Design optionsaccess to design options dialog boxand displays active design option

d. Active onlyallows filtering selections to only selected

active design options components

e. Exclude optionsability to filter components that are

part of a design option.

f. Editable onlyallows you to filter selections to only

select editable workshared components

g. Press and Dragallows you to drag an element

without selecting it first

h. Filterallows you to refine your selection set using

element categories


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KEYBOARD ACCELERATORSpre defined keyboard shortcuts available in REVIT

Ways in revealing KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

1.

Component tooltiplists the name of tool followed by two-keyshortcut

2. Access keybord shortcut dialog box ( by clicking view tab,

clicking windows panel, clicking user interface drop-down,

selecting Keyboard Shortcuts)


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2014 - 2015

CADD2 BIM

REVIT FUNDAMENTALS

BASIC MODELING


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CADD2 BIM

REVIT FUNDAMENTALS

DATUM ELEMENTS

Datum consists of REFERENCES, GRIDS and LEVELS

REFERENCES

Can be created in any 2D view from the Home tab

May be visible in 3D

GRID LINES

Can be added in any 2D view

Perpendicular only to levels

Only visible in views that are aligned with the grid

LEVELS

Can only be created in views that are parallel to the ground plane in REVIT

CANT be CREATED in PLAN view

Cannot be DIAGONAL to the ground plane

WALLS

One of the fundamental building blocks of building projects

3D parametric elements that can host elements such as door and windows and other

wall based elements

Room defining elementPart of a special group of families called SYSTEM FAMILIES

Different Wall types

BASIC- can either be monolithic and have a simple structure with varying wall thickness

or be composed of multiple layers

CURTAIN WALLconsists of panels divided by grid lines

Vertical panelized non load bearing wall systems that are attached to the

building structure

It can be either a single panel that is extended the length of the wall

STACKEDconsist of basic walls being stacked on top of one another

CREATING A BASIC WALL

Keyboard shortcutWA

Wall tool buttonsplit button


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WALLbasic wall modelling option

STRUCTURAL WALLused for creating load bearing or shear walls

WALL BY FACEused to creat wall from face of a mass or generic model

WALL SWEEP and REVEAL (grayed out)

Ribbon contents when wall tool is selected

Properties panel

These buttons provide access to instance properties for an individual wall

or the type properties for the wall type you are working with.

Clipboard panel

This provides tools for copying and pasting elements to the Windows

clipboard.

Geometry panel

This provides tools used to modify 3D elements, such as cut, join, and

applying materials.

Modify panel

This provides tools used to modify the elements, such as move, copy, and

extend.

View panel

This provides tools for changing the display options for the view.

Measure panel

This provides tools for dimensioning or measuring a distance.

Create panel

This provides tools to either duplicate the element or create groups.

Draw panel

There are a variety of tools that can be used to define walls.

Some of these tools allow you to sketch the location for the walls, and

the Pick Line option allows you to pick existing lines to define your walls.

The Pick Faces option allows you to pick faces from masses or other 3D

geometry.


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Creating wall using curtain wall type, Revit creates a single panel

Curtain grid must be added and then mullions to be applied on the grid lines

Options bar content for wall tool

Heightallows you to specify or select walls top level

Location Linedetermines where the wall sits around the line that you select to define

wall location

WALL CENTERLINE

CORE CENTERLINE

FINISH FACE EXTERIOR

FINISH FACE INTERIOR

CORE FACE EXTERIOR

CORE FACE INTERIOR

Chainallow you to draw series of walls (end points for different walls will be

connected

Offsetspecify how far from the mouse pointer position the walls location line will be,

distance offset to a specific referenced line

Radiusused to create rounded corner joins

PROPERTIES in REVIT

EVERYTHING in Revit has parameters, which are simply the information or data about

something.Items that you can immediately edit are parameters

TYPE propertiesControl information about every element of the same type

If the material type of a single furniture is changed, all the furniture of that type

will change

EDIT TYPE BUTTONreveals the type parameters


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INSTANCE propertiescontrol only the instances that you have selected

If the material of the furniture that was selected is an instance parameter, only

selected elements shall have changes

Instance parameters can be edited immediately in Properties paletteInstance parameters will vary for each different element type

CREATING CURTAIN WALLS

Curtain walls in revit are vertical panelized wall systems that are attached to the building

structure but do not carry any floor or roof loads.

The third type of wall family that is the most complex

Consists of panels, curtain grids, and mullions

The sizes can vary and materials as wellCurtain systems are created by selecting element faces of existing geometry

THREE CURTAIN WALL TYPES IN REVIT

1.

CURTAIN WALL

2.

EXTERIOR GLAZING

3.

STOREFRONT

(can be accessed in the type selector using the wall tool)

CURTAIN WALL by STOREFRONT

1.

CLICK WALL

2.

CLICK WALL PROPERTIES (drag and select CURTAIN WALL STOREFRONT)

3.

CLICK ON a WALL to create curtain wall

(Things to look at in EDIT TYPEVERTICAL GRID and HORIZONTAL GRID spacing)

CURTAIN WALL by CURTAIN WALL

1.

CLICK WALL

2.

CHECK TYPE pick CURTAIN WALL

3.

CLICK on the wall to be used (warning appears)

4.

CLICK CURTAIN WALL

5.

CLICK GEOMETRY

6.

PICK WALLS then PICK CURTAIN WALL

THE AREA WILL BE PLAIN (GLASS) by default

The next step is to layout the GRID

ADDING GRIDS > HOME TAB

1.

CLICK CURTAIN GRIDS (curtain wall grid) > build panel

2.

Click areas where grids are to be placed


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Make a permanent dimension (for quick editing of spacing) alternative (temporary dimension)

ADDING MULLIONS > HOME TAB

1.

CLICK MULLION (build panel)

2.

CLICK GRID LINE (placement)

3.

SELECT GRID WHERE TO PLACE THE MULLION

4.

LEAVE COMMAND TO FINISH

YOU CAN SET PANELS AS SOLID INSTEAD OF GLAZED IN CURTAIN WALL

ADDING CURTAIN WALL DOORS

1.

CLICK PANEL/S (area where door is to be placed)

2.

CLICK TYPE PROPERTIESSELEECT CURTAIN WALL DOOR

3.

LOAD DOOR FAMILY for CURTAIN WALL (if nothing is loaded in the type properties)

DOORS AND WINDOWS PLACEMENT

Doors and windows are wall-hosted elements

Placing a door into a project must be within a wall

Revit will not permit insertion of doors to an empty space, must be within a wall

Doors and windows can be placed into any type of wall EXCEPT curtain walls

Curtain walls require you to swap a panel with a special door

Doors and windows can be placed in a PLAN, ELEVATION or 3D VIEW

SIMPLE THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN PLACING DOORS AND WINDOWS

Deselect Tag on placement check box if automatic tag placement is not needed for doors and

windows placement

Use spacebar to change the door swing while positioning door for placement

Place doors and windows quickly in their general location, and use the temporary or listening

dimensions for precise placement

If door and windows are symmetrical on multiple floors, use the Copy tool in an elevation or

section view or copy to the clipboard to speed up the process

Better to place doors and windows without tags


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CREATING FLOORS

Floor is a horizontal surface supported by the structure of the building

Floors are level basedCan create either flat, sloped, or tapered floor

Sketch based element that requires the creation of a closed loop boundary

Loops cannot overlap or cross any other floor boundary

Thickness of the floor is projecting downward

Top of floor is placed on the level it was created

Creating floors requires sketching its perimeter

SLOPED FLOOR

1. Select an existing floor.

2. From the Modify | Floors tabs Mode panel, click the Edit Boundary button.

3. On the Modify | Floors tabs Draw panel, click the Edit Boundary button.

4. Click the Slope Arrow button, and then either Line or Pick Lines.

5. Place a slope arrow in the floor sketch so that it is parallel to the direction of the

desired slope. In the Properties palette, you can define the height offset for both the

head and the tail.

6. In the Mode panel, click the Finish Edit Mode button to create the sloped floor


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CREATING CEILINGS

Ceilings are elements in Revit that can host ceiling components such as lights, electrical

equipment, sprinklers and etc.

Sketch based elements in revit that requires establishing the perimeter.

Ceilings are level-based elementsAutomatically offset from a level

Viewing and adding ceiling elements must be done in Ceiling plan views

2 ways of creating ceiling AUTOMATIC and MANUAL Ceiling creation

CREATING ROOFS

Roofs like ceilings and floors, are sketch based elements

Must have closed boundary

Sketching the perimeter is required

There are several options in making a roof

Roof by Footpring

Roof by Extrusion

Roof by Face(Roof from Mass)

ROOF BY FOOTPRINT

1.

Home Tabbuild panelclick ROOF BUTTON

2.

On Modify / Create Roof Footprint tabs Draw panelclick the PICK WALLS button


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3.

Set the options bar

a.

Defines slopechecked

b.

Overhangspecify value

4.

Pick the walls to form a closed loop

5.

Click finish edit mode button to end the command

Slope symbol beside the roof boundary line defines a slope for that roof

Remove slope on two sides either north and south, or east and west to create gable roof

ROOMS AND SCHEDULE

IN REVIT rooms are an important component to allow the creation of important schedules and

calculation

You need to create an area calculation, an area plan, and add an area schedule to have an area

calculation

ROOMS in revit define spaces in your project such as hallways, bedrooms, living room and so on.

These information can be used to create or generate schedules, reports and calculations

The rooms can be TAGGED to add information such as the room name, number and area (sqm)

ROOMS CAN BE ADDED IN 2 WAYS

1.

PLAN VIEW

2.

SCHEDULE VIEW

CREATING ROOMS IN A SCHEDULE

Not the same as that of creating rooms in plan view

Rooms in a schedule are unplaced rooms

Used to predefine a listing of the rooms you need in a building program

CREATING ROOMS PRINCIPLES

1.

Associate rooms with a bound space (enclosed area bounded by room bounding walls)

2.

USE ROOM SEPARATION LINES to further define a room (usually in unenclosed area/open plan)

HOW TO ADD ROOMS

1.

GO TO HOME TAB


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2.

GO TO ROOM AND AREA PANEL

3.

CLICK ROOM BUTTON

4.

PICK CREATE A ROOM

5.

SELECT AN AREA BOUNDED BY WALLS and CLICK TO ADD ROOM

WORKING WITH FAMILIES

Everything you use in Revit is referred to as family

Families are divided into three functions MODEL, ANNOTATION, and DATUM

Families tree structure consisting of CATEGORY, FAMILY, TYPE, and INSTANCE

Families are utilized based on the three concepts: SYSTEM FAMILY, LOADABLE FAMILY, and IN-

PLACE FAMILY

MODEL FAMILIESusually three-dimensional and represent real objects in or on a building

(Walls, floors, doors, windows, furniture, and roofs)

ANNOTATIONno three dimensional purpose, do not appear in multiple views. Limited to bevisible only in a single view (Text, dimensions, symbols, tags, detail lines, and detail

components).

DATUMreserved for three items: LEVELS, GRIDS, and REFERENCE PLANES. Datum appear in

multiple views without extra intervention on your part. They provide view-specific features as

well.

CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES

System Family(host family)can hold other families

Loadable Family(components)doors, windows, furnitures are loadable familiesIn-place Family

ADDING FAMILIES

There are a few other ways to load a family. You can click Load Family when using the

Component tool, you can click the Load button when viewing the type properties of a family, or

you can drag and drop a family from a folder view using Windows Explorer.

FAMILIES HAVE a rfa. extension

TITLE BLOCKS

Creating a Title Block

ADDING LINES

1.

Go to the application menu choose NEWFAMILY

2.

Open Titleblocks folder


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Select D 36x24 A3 metric.rft and click OPEN size is 420x360

4.

INSERT TABimport panel click IMPORT CAD

5.

Get title block from cad file

6.

Replace units to desired unit of measurement

Trace CAD lines using revit lines

7.

HOME TAB click LINE TOOL

8.

MODIFY/PLACE LINEdraw panelclick PICK LINES TOOL

9.

Select each of the lines in the CAD file to create Revit lines

ADDING TEXT

Text in revit are the permanent information that will be provided in your work. Used for the

descriptions for the headings in the titleblock

1.

HOME TABtext panel click the TEXT TOOL

2.

PROPERTIES PALETTEclick edit type button (to create a new text type)

3.

TYPE PROPERTIES DIALOG BOXclick duplicate button

4.

Name the new text type 1.5mm arial

5.

Change text size to 1.5mm6.

Click ok close the type properties dialog box

7.

Create revit text for each item. Select a left attachment point and a right attachment point for

insertion

8.

Make sure that the horizontal alignment on the modify/place text tab format panel is set to left

9.

Add TEXT for the FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

ADDING IMAGE

1.

INSERT TABimport panel click IMAGE to open the import image dialog box

2.

Get the logo to be placed on your design

ADDING LABELUse LABELS to read information from the project and automatically display that information

Project name, Sheet name, Sheet number, Scale

1.

HOME TABtext panel click LABEL TOOL

2.

PROPERTIES PALETTEclick the Edit type button (to create a new label type)

3.

TYPE PROPERTIES BOX, click the DUPLICATE BUTTON

4.

Name the new Label arial 1.5mm

5.

Change text size to 1.5mm

6.

Click OK close the type properties box

7.

Create another style 8mm arial bold follow steps 2-6

8.

Click a point for the location for the sheet number this will cause the Edit label dialog box to

open up

9.

CATEGORY PARAMETERS sectionclick the SHEET NUMBER PARAMETER

10.

Click ADD PARAMETER to Label ICON TO ADD IT TO THE Label Parameters list.

11.

Click OK to close the Edit Label Dialog box

12.

In PROPERTIES PALETTE set Horizontal Alignment to Center

13.

Move the label you just created to properly position it

IN EDIT DIALOG BOX you can add more than one parameter to a single label.

Sheet number is a good example for a single parameter where in project


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location could consist of street address, city number etc, is a good example for

multiple label parameters.

14.

HOME TABtext panel click LABEL TOOL

15.

In PROPERTIES PALETTE, make the 1.5mm arial Label

16.

Locate the SCALE description field in the titleblock, click below that. This is where you will

display the name of the person checking the sheet. The edit Label dialog box will open

17.

In CATEGORY PARAMETERS section, click SCALE PARAMETER

18.

Click the ADD PARAMETERS to LABEL icon to add it to the LABEL PARAMETERS list

19.

Click OK to close the EDIT LABEL dialog box

20.

In PROPERTIES PALETTE, set Horizontal alignment to left

21.

Move the label you just created to properly position it

CREATE SHARED PARAMETERS FOR OTHER TITLE BLOCK COMPONENTS


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CADD2 BIM

NAVIGATING REVIT

VIEWS

Essential part of building project

Revit is a large database of single model/file

Creating different views to work effectively

Views represent different components of your project

Plans, detail views, section views, schedule (displays graphically information)

Views created displays specific information related to your building project

ZOOM AND PAN TOOLS

Important in assisting in navigating and editing elements of the building model

Change viewable area in drawing window

Zoom options available

1.

Zoom in Region

2.

Zoom out 2x

3.

Zoom to fit4.

Zoom all to fit

5.

Zoom sheet size

6.

Previous pan/zoom

7. Next pan zoomHow to access zoom tools?

1.

Navigation bar (displayed in the upper right-corner of the drawing window

2.

View cube and steering wheels can also be accessed in the navigation bar

How to make the navigation bar active?

Click VIEW TAB

Click Windows Panel

Click User Interface drop-down listSelect Navigation bar check box to activate navigation bar

Zoom in Region

Used for zooming into a specified area or window

How to zoom into a region?

Move mouse pointer left click to start the point of rectangle


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Move mouse pointer to opposite corner of the rectangle and left click to define the window

One-Click Zooms

Zoom out 2xto zoom out 2x the size of the existing view

Zoom to fitto zoom into the entire extents of the model and elements in the view screen

Zoom all to fitsame as zoom to fit affects all views that are open

Zoom sheet sizeif you want the drawing window to match print size (for making sure correct level of

details are shown based upon the scale of the drawing)

Previous pan zoomrevert to the last view displayed using zoom and pan tools

Next pan zoomredo the previous pan zoom operation change

View Cube tool for switching between standard and isometric views

Clicking on the faces or edges will switch to that view.

The power of the view cube

Right click on a view cube to

Create or save a view

Go home

Set view options Set to home, front,

Orient to options Orient to view, direction or plane

Options change and adjust appearance and behavior of the view cube

Steering wheels tracking menus that follow your mouse pointer as you move across the drawingarea

Navigating orientating functions

Advantage of using steering wheelssaves time

Combines multiple navigation tool into a single menu

Functions of the wheel

1.

Zoom

2.

Rewind

3.

Orbit


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VIEW PROPERTIES -Used to set various settings for the active view

-Consist of scale, detail level, underlay, phase etc

MOST COMMON VIEW PROPERTIES

1.

VIEW SCALE Changes scale of view

2.

SCALE VALUE Defines custom view scale

3.

DISPLAY MODEL normaldisplays all elements in the view

Do not Display

hides the model elements and displays only detailannotation view-specific elements (lines, text, dimensions, symbols)

As Underlaydisplays all detail annotation view-specific elements

normally, model elements appear dimmed

4.

DETAIL LEVEL sets detail level for newly created views based on a view scale (COARSE,

MEDIUM, FINE)

5.

VISIBILITY/GRAPHICS OVERRIDES allows you to control the display and appearance of

element categories on a view by view basis

6.

VISUAL STYLE Change the display style

a.

Wireframe

b.

Hidden line

c.

Shaded

d.

Shaded with edges

e.

Consistent colors

f.

Realistic

7.

GRAPHIC DISPLAY OPTIONS offers settings to enchance the visual display of your

model view

8.

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a.

Can be set to any level above, below or at the same level as

current view (used for coordinating levels and building

contents, included in printing)

9.

UNDERLAY ORIENTATION sets underlay orientation view

a.

Planunderlay displays like a plan view

b.

Reflected ceiling planunderlay is displaying as if it is

viewed from below (useful for coordinating furniture layout

with ceiling lighting

10.

ORIENTATION switches orientation of the project between project north and true

north (projects are set normally to project north)

11.

WALL JOIN DISPLAY sets behavior of wall joins

12.

DISCIPLINE sets discipline for the project to either architecture, structural,

mechanical, electrical or coordination

13.

COLOR SCHEME LOCATION Sets color scheme location to either the front of the

model or back of the model

14.

COLOR SCHEME opens the edit color scheme dialog box to create new or edit schemes

15.

VIEW NAME Specifies the name of the active view and is what will be displayed in

the poject browser

16.

TITLE ON SHEET specifies the name of the view as it will appear on the sheet

17.

REFERENCING SHEET comes from the referencing view that is placed on a sheet (readonly)

18.

REFERENCING DETAIL referencing view that is placed on a sheet (read only)

19.

DEFAULT VIEW TEMPLATE sets default view template for this view

20.

CROP VIEW activates crop region for the view, limits the extents of the visible area

of the view

21.

CROP REGION VISIBLE Makes crop region visible or invisible

22.

ANNOTATION CROP Show or hides the annotation crop when crop regions are visible

in the view

23.

VIEW RANGE controls how you view your view

24.

ASSOCIATED LEVEL Lists a view that may be associated with this view (read only)

25.

SCOPE BOX similar to crop region, limits extents of levels and grids


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PHASE FILTER allows you to control which of the defined phases are used in the view

27.

PHASE allows you to control the phase visibility properties for the view

OVERRIDING VISIBILITY GRAPHICS turning off certain element categories for removing unwanted

details in a particular view

Dialog box displays 4 basic tabs (MODEL, ANNOTATION, IMPORTED and FILES (additional tabs

will be displayed if phasing, link files, or worksharing is enabled

Model categories these are elements that are the 3d objects or geometry that make up

the building project

Categories that were turned off will only be reflected in the current view

ANOTHER OPTION IN TURNING OFF VISIBILITY OF ELEMENTS IS THE USE OF HIDE IN VIEW TOOL

ELEMENTS

only element/s selected will be turned offCATEGORYthe entire category for the selected element will be turned off

BY FILTERturn off the group of elements that you defined in your filter

REVEALING HIDDEN ELEMENTS IN A VIEW

OPTION 1

Click reveal hidden elements icon (view control bar lightbulb)

Select elements you want to unhide

Go to reveal hidden elements panel (on ribbon)

Click unhide element or unhide categoryClick close (after revealing all elements to turn off reveal hidden elements mode)

Click lightbulb (view control bar) to exit reveal hidden elements mode

OPTION 2

Click reveal hidden elementsSelect a hidden element element

Click right mouse button

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CHANGING SETTINGS FOR ALL VIEWS IN PROJECTmust be done in the OBJECT STYLES DIALOG BOX

ADDING NEW VIEWS

1.

DUPLICATEcreates a copy of the selected view ANNOTATION OR DETAILING ELEMENTS NOT

DUPLICATED

2.

DUPLICATE WITH DETAILINGcreates a copy of the selected view contains BOTH MODEL and

ANNOTATION ELEMENTS from the original view

3.

DUPLICATE AS A DEPENDENTcreates a copy of the selected view, contains BOTH MODEL and

ANNOTATION ELEMENTS and inherits the view properties of the PRIMARY VIEW

i.

CHANGES TO EITHER ORIGINAL OR DEPENDENT VIEWS will be SYNCHRONIZED

4.

CREATING NEW PLANSUSING LEVELS

5.

CREATING NEW PLANSUSING EXISTING LEVELS

a.

BLUE ELEVATION DATUMfloor plans associated with it

b.

BLACK ELEVATION DATUMNo floor plans associated with it


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NEW FLOOR PLAN BASED ON EXISTING LEVEL

i.

Click view tab

ii.

Click plan views drop down icon (create

panel)

iii.

Click floor plan

iv.

Select levels for which a floor plan is to be

created (New plan dialog box)

v.

Select appropriate scale

vi.

Click Ok

NEW CEILING PLAN BASED ON EXISTING LEVEL

i.

Click view tab

ii.

Click plan views drop down icon

iii.

Click reflected ceiling plan

iv.

Select levels for which you want to create a

plan (new rcp dialog box)v.

Select scale

vi.

Click ok


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6.

CREATING ELEVATIONVIEWElevations provide a view of your model projected onto a vertical

plane

Used to evaluate and document building exterior and interior wall elevations

Upon opening a new project using revit template files, Revit will automatically create exterior

elevation views for north south east and west

Interior elevation can be created also with revit

HOW TO CREATE NEW ELEVATION VIEW?

A.

Placing elevation tags in model

1.

Click view tab

2.

Click elevation drop down

3.

Click elevation

4.

Move mouse curser near wall (elevation

symbol appears automatically aligns perpendicular

to a wall, or press tab to cycle orientation)5.

Click left mouse when elevation arrowhead

symbol points toward the desired location

6.

New elevation view is added to the project browser

ELEVATION SYMBOL COMPONENTS

VIEW NUMBER

SHEET ON WHICH ELEVATION IS PLACED

CHECK BOXactivate deactivate elevation

ROTATION ARROW - for rotating elevation


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7.

CREATING SECTIONVIEWSections are vertical slice through your building project

Can be created in plan, section, elevation, and detail views

HOW TO CREATE SECTION VIEW?

1.

OPEN A VIEW (plan, section, elevation, detail)

2.

Click view tab

3.

Go to create panel

4.

Click section button

5.

Select either detail, building section, wall section

6.

Go to options bar

7.

Select view scale

8.

In the drawing area place mouse pointer at the starting point of section and drag

through the model

9.

Click left mouse button at the end of the section

10.

Optional resize the crop region by dragging blue controls

11.

Click modify or press Esc to exit section tool

TO OPEN A SECTIONclick twice the section head or select the section view from the project browser

8. CALLOUTVIEWS

Two types of callouts

DETAILand FLOOR PLAN

DETAIL CALLOUTS may look like sections graphically but they are not visible

inside other vies

Callouts created in plan view will not be visible in elevations or sections like a de

Detail Section


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9. 3D ORTHOGRAPHICVIEW

Two kinds of 3D views in Revit

ORTHOGRAPHICand PERSPECTIVE

3D VIEWS are in orthographic

CAMERA and WALKTHROUGH VIEWS are in perspective

ORTHOGRAPHIC views will always show parallel edges along

Cartesian X-,Y-, and Z-axes

It Is possible to dimension and detail in Revit from a 3D

Orthographic view


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ANNOTATIONREVIT DIMENSIONS

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ANNOTATION ELEMENTS

DIMENSIONING

To access the annotation commands

Go to Annotation tab

Click Annotation icons

There are five separate types for Dimension Command

ALIGNED allows placement of dimension along an object at any angle

LINEAR dimension added will only be at 0, 90, 180, or 270 deg regardless of the item s angle

ANGULAR used to calculate and record the angle between two items

RADIAL used to measure the radius of an item

ARC LENGTH useful I locating items along an arc

TEMPORARY DIMENSIONS

Dimensions that appear when elements are selected or newly

modelled in Revit are called temporary dimensions

Temporary Dimensions are there to inform you of the location of

the elements relative to other elements in the model

Temporary dimensions can be edited

Temporary dimensions behaviour can be changed using

Temporary dimension properties dialog box

To edit Temporary dimension properties

Go to Manage Tab

Click Additional Settings

Select Temporary Dimensions

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