c o n t e n t s A t A gl A n c e Introduction xxi CHAPTER 1 The Revit World 1 CHAPTER 2 Creating a Model 43 CHAPTER 3 Creating Views 97 CHAPTER 4 Working with the Revit Tools 155 CHAPTER 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 199 CHAPTER 6 Floors 241 CHAPTER 7 Roofs 285 CHAPTER 8 Structural Items 333 CHAPTER 9 Ceilings and Interiors 383 CHAPTER 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 439 CHAPTER 11 Schedules and Tags 505 CHAPTER 12 Detailing 581 CHAPTER 13 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 647 CHAPTER 14 Creating Sheets and Printing 663 CHAPTER 15 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 695 CHAPTER 16 Advanced Wall Topics 723 CHAPTER 17 Creating Families 767 CHAPTER 18 Site and Topography 799 CHAPTER 19 Rendering and Presentation 825 CHAPTER 20 Importing and Coordinating Revit Models 847 CHAPTER 21 Phasing and Design Options 869 CHAPTER 22 Project Collaboration 895 CHAPTER 23 BIM Management 913 Index 937 c o n t e n t s Introduction xxi ch A p t e r 1 The Revit World 1 The Revit Architecture Interface 2 The Revit Workflow 5 Using the Ribbon 6 The View Window 13 Object Selection 17 Modifying and Mirroring 18 Building on Existing Geometry 20 View Control and Object Display 23 The Project Browser 30 Windows 32 File Types and Families 34 System and Hosted Families (.rfa) 35 Using Revit Template File (.rte) 39 Using Revit Family Files (.rft) 40 Are You Experienced? 41 ch A p t e r 2 Creating a Model 43 Placing Walls 44 Adding Exterior Walls 44 Using Reference Planes 44 Adding More Walls 47 Adding Interior Walls 55 Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model 57 Placing Interior Partitions 62 Editing Wall Joins 74 Displaying Wall Joins 77 Disallowing Wall Join 79 Placing Doors and Windows 83 Adding Doors 83 Contents xii Placing Openings in Your Walls 90 Adding Windows 92 Are You Experienced? 95 ch A p t e r 3 Creating Views 97 Creating Levels 98 Adding Levels 100 The Composition of a Level 103 Other Level Adjustments 106 Creating Building Sections 114 Making Building Modifications in a Section 121 Adding Wall Sections 127 Creating Detail Sections 129 Crop Regions 131 Splitting a Section Segment 133 Creating Callouts 135 Creating a Camera View 140 Modifying the Camera 143 Creating an Elevation 144 Interior Elevations 147 Elevation Properties 151 Annotation Properties 153 Are You Experienced? 154 ch A p t e r 4 Working with the Revit Tools 155 The Basic Edit Commands 156 The Move Command 156 The Copy Command 159 The Rotate Command 161 The Array Command 164 Radial Array 165 Linear Array 169 The Mirror Command 173 The Align Tool 176 Locking an Alignment 180 The Split Element Command 181 The Trim Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 The Offset Command 189 Contents xiii Copy/Paste 191 Creating the Plans 194 Are You Experienced? 198 ch A p t e r 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 199 Dimensioning 200 Aligned Dimensions 200 Linear Dimensions 211 Angular Dimensions 213 Radial Dimensions 215 Arc Length Dimensions 216 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 218 Constraining the Model 223 Using Dimensions to Move Objects 226 Placing Text and Annotations 232 Adding Leader Text 235 Modifying the Text Placement 237 Are You Experienced? 239 ch A p t e r 6 Floors 241 Placing a Floor Slab 242 Sketching the Slab 247 Building a Floor by Layers 256 Adding a Layer 258 Splitting the Floor’s Materials 266 Split and Paint 269 Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 273 Creating Shaft Openings 278 Are You Experienced? 284 ch A p t e r 7 Roofs 285 Placing Roofs by Footprint 286 Flat Roofs by Footprint 286 Pitched Roofs by Footprint 302 Creating a Sloping Roof 314 Roofs by Extrusion 319 Adding a Roof Dormer 327 Are You Experienced? 332 Contents xiv ch A p t e r 8 Structural Items 333 Structural Grids 334 Placing a Grid 334 Adding Structural Columns 348 Structural Framing 355 Adding a Beam System 358 Adding Bracing 362 Foundation Systems 364 Foundation Walls 365 Adding Structural Footings 370 Structural Slabs 372 Piers and Spread Footings 376 Structural Views 379 Are You Experienced? 381 ch A p t e r 9 Ceilings and Interiors 383 Creating Ceilings 384 Modifying Ceiling Grids 388 Ceiling Element Properties 390 Creating a Custom Ceiling 394 Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 398 Creating a Ceiling Opening 399 Creating a Soffit 402 Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings 407 Interior Design 411 Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture 411 Adding Parabolic Troffers 417 Adding Casework and Furniture 422 Adding Alternate Floor Materials 432 Creating a Tile Material 434 Are You Experienced? 438 ch A p t e r 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 439 Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function 440 Modifying Boundaries 443 Adding Default Railings 445 Contents xv Creating a Winding Staircase 461 Making Railing Adjustments 471 Stair and Railing Families 477 Creating a Custom Railing System 479 Creating Custom Stairs 483 Adding a Custom Landing 488 Adding a Gooseneck 490 Adding Ramps 496 Are You Experienced? 503 ch A p t e r 11 Schedules and Tags 505 Creating Schedules 506 Adding Fields to a Schedule 506 Sorting and Grouping 509 Controlling Headers 511 Modifying Elements in a Schedule 513 Modifying the Schedule’s Appearance 516 Creating Material Takeoffs 524 Creating a Calculated Value Field 527 Creating Key Legends and Importing CAD Legends 532 Adding Legend Components 532 Adding Symbols to a Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Importing AutoCAD Legends 542 Adding Tags 547 Adding Tags Individually 547 Using the Tag All Command 553 Tagging by Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Creating Custom Tags 558 Using Multicategory Tags 565 Keynoting 568 Keynoting by Element 568 Keynoting by Material 571 Keynoting by User 574 Creating Keynote Legends 576 Are You Experienced? 578 Contents xvi ch A p t e r 12 Detailing 581 Working with Line Weights 582 Drafting on Top of the Detail 584 Using Predefined Detail Components 585 Masking Regions 587 Repeating Details 588 Modifying a Detail Component 594 Modifying Filled Regions 595 Drawing Detail Lines 615 Adding Notes 620 Adding Notes by Material 621 Adding Textual Notation 623 Creating Blank Drafting Views 626 Creating a Detail Group 634 Adding a Section to Another View 640 Importing AutoCAD into a Drafting View 641 Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model 643 Are You Experienced? 646 ch A p t e r 13 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 647 Duplicating Views 648 Creating Dependent Views 649 Adjusting the Crop Regions 650 Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region 653 Adding Match Lines 655 Match Line Appearance 656 Using View Templates 659 Are You Experienced? 661 ch A p t e r 14 Creating Sheets and Printing 663 Creating and Populating Sheets 664 Sheet Organization 666 Modifying a Viewport 672 Viewport Properties 678 Adding Revisions to a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Addressing Project Parameters 683 Generating a Cover Sheet 685 Contents xvii Printing from Revit Architecture 691 Are You Experienced? 694 ch A p t e r 15 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 695 Creating Rooms 696 Configuring Properties 702 Placing and Manipulating Room Tags 708 Adding a Room Schedule 710 Adding a Color Fill Plan 713 Adding Room Separators 715 Creating an Area Plan 717 Are You Experienced? 721 ch A p t e r 16 Advanced Wall Topics 723 Creating Compound Walls 724 Adding Layers to the Compound Wall 725 Adding Wall Sweeps 731 Modifying a Wall’s Profile In-Place 734 Manually Adding Host Sweeps 736 Creating Stacked Walls 740 Creating Curtain Walls 744 Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall 745 Adding a Blank Curtain Wall 747 Creating Curtain Grids 749 Adding a Wall to a Massing Object 756 Are You Experienced? 765 ch A p t e r 17 Creating Families 767 Creating a Basic Family 768 Adding Reference Planes to a Family 768 Adding Dimensions and Parameters to a Family 771 The Type Properties Dialog 774 Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door 779 Creating a 3D Extrusion within a Family 782 Creating a 3D Sweep within a Family 787 Creating an In-Place Family 793 Are You Experienced? 797 Contents xviii ch A p t e r 18 Site and Topography 799 Adding a Site within Revit 800 Modifying a Toposurface 801 Splitting the Surface 804 Creating Subregions 806 Adding Site Components 809 Adding Contour Properties and Labels 810 Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth 813 Adding a Property Line 815 Creating a Toposurface by Instance 817 Creating a Graded Region 818 Orienting a Site 821 Are You Experienced? 824 ch A p t e r 19 Rendering and Presentation 825 Creating an Exterior Rendering 826 Creating Lighting Groups 833 Interior Rendering 837 Creating Walkthroughs 838 Exporting an Animation 842 Creating a Solar Study 844 Are You Experienced? 846 ch A p t e r 20 Importing and Coordinating Revit Models 847 Linking a Revit Structure Model 848 Activating Copy Monitor 850 Adjusting the Copy/Monitor Options 852 Coordination Alert 854 Running Interference Detection 859 Importing and Exporting CAD Formats 861 Exporting a Model to CAD 864 Are You Experienced? 867 ch A p t e r 21 Phasing and Design Options 869 Managing Project Phasing 870 Creating an Existing Phasing Plan 872 Contents xix Demolishing Components 877 Creating a Demo Plan 881 Examining Phase Filters 883 Creating Design Options 887 Are You Experienced? 894 ch A p t e r 22 Project Collaboration 895 Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing 896 Enabling Worksets 896 Creating a Central Model 899 Creating a Local File 904 Working in the Revit Shared Environment 905 Loading or Not Loading a Workset 910 Are You Experienced? 911 ch A p t e r 23 BIM Management 913 Setting Up the Template 914 Managing Settings 916 Import/Export Settings 920 Controlling Annotations 924 Creating and Understanding Shared Parameters 931 Are You Experienced? 936 Index 937 . Length Dimensions 21 6 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 21 8 Constraining the Model 22 3 Using Dimensions to Move Objects 22 6 Placing Text and Annotations 23 2 Adding Leader Text 23 5 Modifying the. Placement 23 7 Are You Experienced? 23 9 ch A p t e r 6 Floors 24 1 Placing a Floor Slab 24 2 Sketching the Slab 24 7 Building a Floor by Layers 25 6 Adding a Layer 25 8 Splitting the Floor’s Materials 26 6 Split. 869 CHAPTER 22 Project Collaboration 895 CHAPTER 23 BIM Management 913 Index 937 c o n t e n t s Introduction xxi ch A p t e r 1 The Revit World 1 The Revit Architecture Interface 2 The Revit Workflow