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CHAPTER 1The Revit WorldBefore we get started, I think we should set the record straight. I’m sure you have seen plenty of presentations on how wonder

Chapter 1 • The Revit World10Instance PropertiesThe items that you can edit immediately are called parameters, or Instance Properties. These parameter

The Revit Architecture Interface11FIGURE 1.13 The Type Properties, when modified, will alter every occurrence of this specific wall in the entire mod

Chapter 1 • The Revit World12FIGURE 1.15 The Type Properties are used to modify the wall system’s global settings. Click the Preview button at the bo

The Revit Architecture Interface13FIGURE 1.16 By selecting Finish Face: Exterior, you know the wall will be dimensioned from the outside finish.FIGUR

Chapter 1 • The Revit World14FIGURE 1.18 The view window collects the results of your actions.To continue placing some walls in the model, keep going

The Revit Architecture Interface15FIGURE 1.19 The procedure for drawing a wall in Revit Architecture 4. With the Wall command still running, move y

Chapter 1 • The Revit World16FIGURE 1.20 How Revit Architecture works is evident in this procedure.FIGURE 1.21 Working with Revit starts with the ab

The Revit Architecture Interface17If you start a command, then focus immediately on the view, you will be sit-ting there wondering what to do next. Do

Chapter 1 • The Revit World18BoxesA box is an object selection method that will only select the items that are 100 percent inside the window being pla

The Revit Architecture Interface19 3. Your cursor will change to a crosshair with the mirror icon illustrating that you are ready to draw a mirror p

Chapter 1 • The Revit World2The Revit Architecture InterfaceToto, we are not in CAD anymore!If you just bought this book, then welcome to the Revit wo

Chapter 1 • The Revit World20as illustrated in Figure 1.27. When the alignment line appears, you can pick another point along the path. When you pick

The Revit Architecture Interface21modeling (BIM) will become apparent quickly, as explained later in this chapter. For example, because Revit knows th

Chapter 1 • The Revit World22FIGURE 1.30 Just because you started the command from the view window does not mean you do not have to look at your opti

The Revit Architecture Interface23well. Revit understands that perhaps you want an arc tangent upon the two lines you have already placed in your mode

Chapter 1 • The Revit World24selecting this menu. Change the scale here, and Revit will scale annotations and symbols accordingly (see Figure 1.34).FI

The Revit Architecture Interface25TIP When you change the view control in a view, it is not a temporary display. You are telling Revit how you want t

Chapter 1 • The Revit World26FIGURE 1.37 You can use the steering wheel to navigate through a view. 3. Now click and hold Rewind in the steering wh

The Revit Architecture Interface27FIGURE 1.39 The standard zoom commandsThin LinesBack on the View tab, you will see an icon called Thin Lines, as sh

Chapter 1 • The Revit World28 3. Pick the Thin Lines icon again. This toggles the mode back and forth. 4. Notice the lines are very heavy.The line

The Revit Architecture Interface29FIGURE 1.43 Shadows create a nice effect, but at the expense of RAM.Within the 3D view is the ViewCube. It is the c

The Revit Architecture Interface3 2. After you start Revit, you see the Recent Files window shown in Figure 1.3. The top row lists any projects you

Chapter 1 • The Revit World30The Project BrowserRevit is the frontrunner of BIM. BIM is sweeping our industry for a reason. One of the biggest reasons

The Project Browser31 4. In the view window, you will see little icons that look like houses (see Figure 1.47). These are elevation markers. The ele

Chapter 1 • The Revit World32Now that you can navigate through the Project Browser, adding other compo-nents to the model will be much easier. We can

The Project Browser33 3. Go to the {3D} view by selecting it from the Window menu by click-ing the 3D icon at the top of the screen or by going to t

Chapter 1 • The Revit World34You are at a good point now to save the fi le. And this brings the book to a good point to discuss the different fi le type

File Types and Families35 4. Under the Preview section, you can specify which view this fi le will be previewed in. I like to keep it as the active v

Chapter 1 • The Revit World36system family can be found only within a Revit model and cannot be stored in a separate location. A hosted family is inse

File Types and Families37 4. On the Modify | Place Door tab, click the Load Family button, as shown in Figure 1.53. This will open the Load Family d

Chapter 1 • The Revit World38FIGURE 1.54 Each family .rfa file will contain multiple types associated with that family.FIGURE 1.55 Inserting a hoste

File Types and Families39FIGURE 1.56 All of the families are listed in the Project Browser.Using Revit Template File (.rte)The .rte extension pertain

Chapter 1 • The Revit World4 4. In the upper-left corner of the Revit window, you will see a big purple R. Click the purple R and choose New ➢ Proje

Chapter 1 • The Revit World40Whenever you start a project, you will use the .rte template. When you start a new family, however, you will want to use

Are You Experienced?41Are You Experienced?Now you can…navigate the Revit Architecture interface and actually start a modelEfi nd commands on the Design

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The Revit Architecture Interface5FIGURE 1.5 The New Project dialog allows you to start a new project using a preexisting template file, or you can cr

Chapter 1 • The Revit World6FIGURE 1.7 The Options bar replaces the command prompt from AutoCAD. Microstation users will be more familiar with this m

The Revit Architecture Interface7an icon on the Ribbon, Revit will react to that icon with a new tab, giving you the specifi c additional commands and

Chapter 1 • The Revit World8Now that you can see how the ribbons and the tabs fl ow together, let’s take a look at another feature within the Ribbon pa

The Revit Architecture Interface9 2. On the Home tab, click the Wall button. 3. In the Properties dialog, select Exterior - Brick and CMU on MTL.S