Revit drafting procedure
- 1. REVIT DRAFTING PROCEDURE 1) To workwith coordinatedDisciplines OpenRevit—start Button—options—File locations—OpenRevit library— Templates—India—choose “systemsDefault Metric”—Ok Projects—open“SystemsDefaultMetric”—PropertiesBox—Discipline “Architectural”—Apply To add ArchitecturalDiscipline Top tool bar—View—createtab—Planviews—Floor plans—new floor plan—Edit type—untickbox —architectural plans—Discipline filter— Architectural—Discipline: Architectural , Sub Discipline : Floor plan— apply—ok—ok—untick“do not duplicate” box—SelectLevel1,Level 2— apply—ok
- 2. Or Project Browsers—Views(Discipline)—Architectural—Floor Plans— Apply Template Properties
- 3. Type “Floor plans” Apply Properties—Ok
- 4. Rename 1-mech to “Site Plan” 2) To add new floor plans
- 6. 3) To add Elevationviews in Architectural Discipline
- 8. Repeat same procedure for south, east & west elevations 4) To add Levels in Architectural Discipline North Elevation—Select layer—copy—paste—Rename levels—Edit levels
- 9. 5) Locate the Project Base Point, True north & Project North With the First Level Plan opened. Go to Visibility/Graphics Overrides (VG). In the Model Categories > Site > CHECK “Project Base Point”.
- 10. Degree angle* If True North is on the right side of your model, enter a negative degree number. If True North is on the left side of your model, enter a positive degree number.
- 11. 6) Insert cad files Insert -- Import Cad -- choose cad file – positioning: auto origin to origin – untick current view only 7) Unit Settings UN—Length—Feet & Fractional Inches-rounding to near 1/16”—Area—Sq.ft— Rounding to 0 decimal—Ok
- 12. 8) Alternate dimensionunit Settings
- 13. 9) ViewRange
- 14. 10)To create Toposurface by importing contour data
- 17. 12)To drawStructural RCC Column Insert—Load Family—RevitLibraries—US imperials—Structural columns—Concrete—Selectall column types—open
- 18. Revit— Structure —column— Properties —Drop down list—choose columntype
- 19. 13)To drawStructural RCC beam Insert—Load Family—RevitLibraries—US imperials—Structural framing—Concrete—Selectall beam types—open Revit—Structure —Beam—Properties —Drop downlist—choose Beam type 14)Proper way to save the Revit Model for Consultants use This is a common question for most Revit Newbies. Should I send the Central file or my local file to our consultants? The answer is No to both. Your model needsto be Detached from Centralbefore it is good for your consultantsuse. Here are the steps I do to preparethe modelfor sending. 1. Have the whole team “Synchronize” their local files to Central and close the file. 2. Open the Central File. Check “Detach from Central” & “Audit”, uncheck “Create New Local”. 3. Once you click Open, a dialog box will pop up. Select Detach & preserve worksets.
- 20. 4. “Purge” unused objects in the model. Go to Manage tab > Purge Unused (under Settings panel). 5. Removeunused Links. Go to Manage tab > Manage Links (under Manage Project panel). Click through the tabs to removeall the links (AutoCAD and Revit Links)from the file. 6. Save the file. Save As > Project > Options > Check “Make this a Central File” and “CompactFile”. 15)Customize RevisionSchedule Header Revit offered very limited ability to customizethe Revision Schedule. I received an email from blog reader Jayantif there is a way to work around this limitation. There are only 6 fieldsavailable to choose from in the Revision Properties box. I have written a blog post beforeon how to take advantageof it to Customizethe Revision Number. To take it onestep further, instead of usingthese fields as it is intended, wecan also renamethese fields to fit your project need.
- 21. Customize Titleblock With your Titleblock family opened, go to Project Browser, expand the Views > Schedules >select RevisionSchedule. Next go to Properties >Other > click the Edit button next to Formatting.
- 22. Select the field you wantto rename, inputa new namein the Headingbox. (In this example, I selected the RevisionDescription field and changed it to Drawn By.) Click OK when you aredone. Now, save the family and load it back to your Projectfile.
- 23. Edit Revision in the Project Open up the Revisions, go to the Descriptioncolumn and typein the data you wanted to appear in the Drawn by column. Click OK when you are done. 16)Create two sets ofAnnotation Symbol Tags within the same Family Have you noticed some of the annotation symbol you use changes from one symbolto another when you switch between Family Types? The visibility of the graphic symbolcan easily be controlled by addinga few Family Typesand Parameters.
- 24. I am going to use the Curtain Walltag family that I discussed in the previous post Create Curtain Walltag looks identical to Window tag for this tutorial. Say you wanted to tag both the Exterior and Interior curtain wall / storefront, but wanted to use differentsymbolto distinguish them. My goal is to create a Hexagon symbolasthe Exterior tag and Pentagon symbolasthe Interior tag. Create the symbols First, I opened up the curtain wall tag that wascreated following the tutorial in the previous post. Currently thereis only a hexagon symbol insidethe family. I will need to create a Pentagon symbol. Go to Create tab > Line (under Detail Panel)to draw the pentagon. Draw the pentagon symbol on top of the hexagon. Create New Family Types From the Create tab, click on Family Types (under PropertiesPanel). In the Family Types window, click Family Types > New. Weneed to create two new family types: Exterior & Interior. (You arefree to namethe typesanything you want.)
- 25. Create New Parameters Next, we will create two new Parameters. These Parameters will be used to control the visibility of the hexagon and pentagon symbolfor each Family Type. In the same Family Typeswindow, click Parameters >Add. Create an Exteriorand InteriorParameter followingthe image below.
- 26. Once the Parametersare created, you will see these parameters are now available for your usein the Family Types. Each Family Typesshould contain the same list of parameters. Next, select the Exterior Type, checkthe Exterior Parameter; select the Interior Type, checkthe Interior Parameter. Assign the Parameter to elements in the Family Model Weare now ready to assign the Parameter we justcreated to the element in the Family model. In this case, the element will be our Hexagon and Pentagon. Select the Hexagon, next, go to Properties and click the grey box next to Graphics | Visible. In the Associate Family Parameter window, select Exterior from the list of Parameter. What I am doinghere is to tell Revit to associate the Hexagon symbolwith the Exterior Family Typewe definitejust now.
- 27. Wewill do the samething to the Pentagon symbol. Select the Pentagon, go to Properties and click the grey box next to Graphics | Visible. In the Associate Family Parameter window, select Interior from the list of Parameter. 17)Create Curtain Wall Tag looks identical to Window Tag
- 28. I received a request from a blog subscriber asking how to create a window tag for the curtain wall. Curtain wall is a “wall” family. When we tag the curtain wall, Revit will automatically give us a wall tag symbol (The diamond symbol is the wall tag symbol, the hexagon is the window tag symbol). Of course, we don’t want to use the wall tag symbol to tag our curtain wall. A smart reader like you will probably wonder if we need to create a new annotation family. You are absolutely correct! We need to create a new wall tag family to disguise as curtain wall tag. I know some people get nervous editing family. I am going to show you how to create a super easy annotation tag. I hope your fear will go away after this tutorial or maybe getting more comfortable editing/creating family. This annotation is a good family to keep in your Family library for future projects. Let’s get started! I have created a window (left)and a curtain wall (right) sideby side for quick reference. I quickly tag them and you willsee Revit gives mea window tagon the window and awall tag on the curtain wall. Keep in mind that all tagsare associated to the Family Categories**, i.e., a window tag can only be used to tag window, anequipment tag can only be used to tag equipment. Withthis concept in mind, in order to make the curtain wall tag looks identical to the
- 29. Window tag, we need to create a new Wall Tag symbolto disguise as window tag. Create Curtain Wall Tag In the Revit model, select the Wall tag, right click > Edit Family. Once the family opensup, do a quick “Save as” and called it CW tag (or whatever name that make sense to you). Alwaysdo a “Save as” before any editing, this is to preventyou from accidentally overwritten the original family. Copy line work from Window Tag Weare going to perform acopy and paste exercise. Go back to your project. This time we select the window tag, right click > Edit Family to open up the Window tagfamily. Select the hexagon line work, then go to Modify |
- 30. Lines > Copy to Clipboard (under Clipboard panel). Closethis family when you are done, no need to save this family. Paste the Window tag line work to the Curtain Wall tag Switch back to the CW tag family. Delete the diamond shapeline work, then go to Modify > Paste > Aligned to Current View. This will paste the hexagon line work we copied earlier to here. Now your CW tag should looks identical to the Window tagsymbol.
- 31. Save and Load Family Save the CW tag family and load it into the project. Replace with Curtain Wall tag Once loaded, selected the Wall tag, from the Propertiesmenu, select the newly created CW tag. That is it! Simple! Creating family is not always a painfulprocess, like the one above, it is easy! I hope you enjoy this simple tutorial. QuickNote: Notice my CW tag has 2 typesfor my selection: Exterior and Interior. This is because the originalwall family tag I used to create this CW tag already has the Exterior and Interior typedefined in the family. In the next post, I am going to show you how to create 2 sets of symbolswithin the same CW family for tagging interior and exterior curtain wall. Stay tune.
- 32. ** How to checkwhich Family Category doesthe family I am editing belongsto? With the family opened, go to Create tab > Family Category and Parameters. The Family Category and Parameterswindow opens, the Family Categories is highlighted in grey.
- 33. Save and Load Family Save the family and Load it into the project. Understand the Concept Are you confused withwhy we need to create 2 Family Typesand 2 Parameters? An analogy is to look at the Family Typeas a “bag”. The bag is filled with all the Parameters you havedefined. Each parameter represents
- 34. width, length, height, material, etc… information about the family model. You can make the Parameter meaningfulby assigning these parametersto your family model. You can create as many “bags” as you want with differentwidth, length, height, materials, etc by changing the parameter data. In our case, we have two “bags”, the Exterior bag and Interior bag. Insideeach bag, wehave parametersthat allow us to choose to display the exterior or interior symbol by checking or uncheckingthe check box. Note: One important thing to keep in mind: No matter how many parametersyouhave defined inthe family, if youdid not associate themto the family model, those parametersare meaningless. Switching Curtain Wall tag Back in the Project, tag the curtain wall. Next, select the tag, from the Properties menu, click the pulldown menu to select the CW tag family you loaded into the project. You should see the two Family typesyou have created earlier – Exterior and InteriorType– for your selection. Try switching between the Exterior and Interiortypeto see the symbol changes from one to another.
- 36. The Revision Schedule are now customized! Simple!
- 37. 7. Save the file with the same filename as your original Central File 8. Click the Sync button to relinquish all the worksets and save again. (Thanks to Teri’s comment) 9. Close Revit and delete the backup file 10. You are ready to send the *.rvt file to your consultants.