Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011: No Experience Required
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Revit World
The Revit Architecture Interface
The Project Browser
File Types and Families
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Chapter 2: Creating a Model
Placing Walls
Using Reference Planes
Adding Interior Walls
Editing Wall Joins
Placing Doors and Windows
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Chapter 3: Creating Views
Creating Levels
Creating Building Sections
Adding Wall Sections
Creating Detail Sections
Creating Callouts
Creating a Camera View
Creating an Elevation
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Chapter 4: Working with the Revit Tools
The Basic Edit Commands
The Array Command
The Mirror Command
The Align Tool
The Split Element Command
The Trim Command
The Offset Command
Copy/Paste
Creating the Plans
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Chapter 5: Dimensioning and Annotating
Dimensioning
Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool
Placing Text and Annotations
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Chapter 6: Floors
Placing a Floor Slab
Building a Floor by Layers
Splitting the Floor’s Materials
Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain
Creating Shaft Openings
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Chapter 7: Roofs
Placing Roofs by Footprint
Creating a Sloping Roof
Roofs by Extrusion
Adding a Roof Dormer
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Chapter 8: Structural Items
Structural Grids
Adding Structural Columns
Structural Framing
Foundation Systems
Adding Structural Footings
Structural Views
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Chapter 9: Ceilings and Interiors
Creating Ceilings
Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits
Interior Design
Adding Alternate Floor Materials
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Chapter 10: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings
Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function
Creating a Winding Staircase
Creating a Custom Railing System
Creating Custom Stairs
Adding Ramps
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Chapter 11: Schedules and Tags
Creating Schedules
Creating Material Takeoffs
Creating Key Legends and Importing CAD Legends
Adding Tags
Creating Custom Tags
Keynoting
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Chapter 12: Detailing
Working with Line Weights
Drafting on Top of the Detail
Adding Notes
Creating Blank Drafting Views
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Chapter 13: Creating Specific Views and Match Lines
Duplicating Views
Creating Dependent Views
Adding Match Lines
Using View Templates
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Chapter 14: Creating Sheets and Printing
Creating and Populating Sheets
Modifying a Viewport
Adding Revisions to a Sheet
Addressing Project Parameters
Generating a Cover Sheet
Printing from Revit Architecture
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Chapter 15: Creating Rooms and Area Plans
Creating Rooms
Adding a Room Schedule
Adding a Color Fill Plan
Adding Room Separators
Creating an Area Plan
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Chapter 16: Advanced Wall Topics
Creating Compound Walls
Adding Wall Sweeps
Creating Stacked Walls
Creating Curtain Walls
Adding a Wall to a Massing Object
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Chapter 17: Creating Families
Creating a Basic Family
Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door
Creating an In-Place Family
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Chapter 18: Site and Topography
Adding a Site within Revit
Splitting the Surface
Creating Subregions
Adding Site Components
Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth
Adding a Property Line
Creating a Toposurface by Instance
Creating a Graded Region
Orienting a Site
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Chapter 19: Rendering and Presentation
Creating an Exterior Rendering
Interior Rendering
Creating Walkthroughs
Creating a Solar Study
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Chapter 20: Importing and Coordinating Revit Models
Linking a Revit Structure Model
Activating Copy Monitor
Running Interference Detection
Importing and Exporting CAD Formats
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Chapter 21: Phasing and Design Options
Managing Project Phasing
Creating an Existing Phasing Plan
Demolishing Components
Examining Phase Filters
Creating Design Options
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Chapter 22: Project Collaboration
Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing
Working in the Revit Shared Environment
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Chapter 23: BIM Management
Setting Up the Template
Managing Settings
Creating and Understanding Shared Parameters
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Index
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Chapter 10 • Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 454 FIGURE 10.23 Click the Railing button on the Circulation panel of the Home tab. 4. On the Draw panel, make sure the Pick Lines icon is selected. 5. Change the Offset to 8 1/2” on the Options bar. 6. Pick the front edge of the floor, as shown in Figure 10.24. The sketch line should now be set back from the edge of the landing with an 8 1/2 ″ clearance. 7. The magenta line is going to be way too long. Select it and drag the grip down to the point shown in Figure 10.24. 8. At the bottom of the railing, select the grip and drag it out of the wall as well. Once you are done, click the Finish Edit Mode button (see Figure 10.24). NOTE You can only have one continuous railing at a time. If there are gaps in the railing, it won’t work. For example, the second floor is going to need three separate railings. 9. In the Properties dialog, click the Edit Type button. 10. Click Duplicate. 11. Call the new railing Landing Handrail. 12. Click OK. Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function 455 FIGURE 10.24 Adding the first railing segment 13. In the Baluster Placement row, click the Edit button. 14. In the Posts field, change the Start and End Post to None (as shown in Figure 10.25). 15. Also, just above the Posts field, change the Justify option to Center (again, see Figure 10.25). 16. Click OK twice. FIGURE 10.25 Configuring the railing for the landing Chapter 10 • Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 456 Your railing needs to be centered on the reference plane. It may or may not be. If it is not, select the railing. You will see a blue flip grip (double-arrow grip) in the middle of the railing. Pick it, and your railing will flip (see Figure 10.26). FIGURE 10.26 The railing centered on the reference plane The next step is to create a railing between the two stair sections. This can be a tad tricky, but once you get the progression, I think you will see why it needs to be done in the following manner: 1. On the Home tab, click the Railing button. 2. In the Properties dialog, make sure Type is set to Landing Handrail, and click OK. 3. Using the same 8 1/2 ″ offset, draw the sketch of the railing as shown in Figure 10.27. 4. Click Finish Edit Mode. 5. If you need to flip the railing, select it, and then click the blue flip grip that appears in the middle of the railing (see Figure 10.28). Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function 457 FIGURE 10.27 Adding the railing to the middle of the stair landing FIGURE 10.28 The finished railing Chapter 10 • Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 458 Now that the two railings are in place, you can use basic editing commands to create an occurrence of the railing on the other side of the stairs. You can either mirror the railing on your own, or if you wish, you can follow along with these steps: 1. Select the south railing, as shown in Figure 10.29. 2. Click the Mirror - Pick Axis button on the Modify | Railings tab. 3. For the reference, pick the center reference plane. 4. Make sure the railing is abutting the north wall. FIGURE 10.29 Mirroring the railing to the north side of the stairs 5. Select the north railing, as shown in Figure 10.30. 6. On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Edit Path button. 7. Draw a connecting piece, as shown in Figure 10.30. 8. Once the railing is sketched in, click the Finish Edit Mode button on the Mode panel to the right. At this point, it is a good idea to check out your railing in 3D because we are about to copy it to the levels above. It the railing is back- ward after you finish the sketch, you can select the flip arrow after you select the railing. To mirror an item, you can also select the object you wish to mirror, then type MM at the keyboard. This will start the Mirror command; however, you will have to always pick the mirror axis when doing this. Creating Stairs Using the Rise/Run Function 459 FIGURE 10.30 Adding the connecting piece to the railing al i g n i n g t h e railing If you are having trouble aligning the railing to the correct point of the stair railing, click the Thin Lines icon on the View tab as shown in this image: It’s copy time! The next objective is to copy these three railings up to the next three levels. You can proceed on your own and use Copy/Paste Aligned, or you can follow along with this procedure: 1. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan. 2. Select the three railings you added to Level 2. 3. On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Copy To Clipboard button on the Clipboard panel. Chapter 10 • Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 460 4. Click Paste ➢ Aligned To Selected Levels. 5. Select Levels 3, 4, and 5, and then click OK. 6. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 5 floor plan. 7. Delete the bottom (south) railing. 8. Select the smaller, middle railing, as shown in Figure 10.31. 9. On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Edit Path button. 10. Extend the line down to the south wall, as shown in Figure 10.31. FIGURE 10.31 Extending the railing to complete Level 5 11. On the Mode panel, click Finish Edit Mode. 12. Save the model. 13. Check out the model in 3D (see Figure 10.32). Phew! We have built a set of stairs. The good thing is that it’s one sweet stair- case. The bad thing is we used all the default layouts and materials. It’s time to get into some more complicated shapes and styles. Creating a Winding Staircase 461 FIGURE 10.32 The entry stairs and railing Creating a Winding Staircase Before we get started here, you should know that this staircase will be created using the separate stair components. You can try to do a winding staircase using the Run function similar to the one we did earlier, but in many cases (especially when you run into an existing staircase in either a renovation project or an addi- tion), you may just need to draft the stairs, then model over the top of the draft- ing lines. What? Drafting in Revit? Of course. How else can you expect to get anything done? The first thing we will need to do is make modifications to the floor in a specific area to create a landing, as follows: 1. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan. 2. Zoom in on the area between the corridor and the east wing, as shown in Figure 10.33. 3. Select the Level 2 floor in the east wing. 4. Once the floor is selected, click the Edit Boundary button on the Mode panel of the Modify | Floors tab. O Remember, if you want to get the front radial wall out of the way, you can right- click it, and choose Hide In View ➢ Hide Element. This com- mand will hide the wall in this view. Just remember that when you need it turned back on, you must unhide the element. Chapter 10 • Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 462 5. Sketch a landing that is 8′–0″ long × 7′–10″ wide, as shown in Figure 10.33. FIGURE 10.33 Creating a landing. We will add a door in a moment. 6. Once the landing is added in, click Finish Edit Mode on the Mode panel. If you are asked to attach the walls to the bottom of the floor, click Yes. With the landing in place, we can now copy a door up to this level. To do this, we will go to the first floor and copy the door that resides there. You can do this on your own, or you can follow along with the procedure: 1. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 floor plan. 2. Select the door that is there (see Figure 10.34). 3. Copy the door to the clipboard (click Copy To Clipboard on the Clipboard panel). 4. Choose Paste ➢ Aligned To Selected Levels. 5. Select Level 2 and click OK. 6. In the Project Browser, go back to Level 2. The door and the landing are now in place. You may have to pick a window around the entire area, and then click the Filter but- ton on the Ribbon. From there, you can select only Floors. Creating a Winding Staircase 463 FIGURE 10.34 Copying the first floor door to the clipboard and pasting it to Level 2 With the landing and the door in place, we can now create a winding set of stairs. The first task is to simply lay out the shape in the plan, using simple draft- ing lines. The second step is to model over the lines we added using various stair tools, as follows: 1. Select the Annotate tab. 2. Click the Detail Line button, as shown in Figure 10.35. 3. On the Draw panel, click the Start - End - Radius Arc button, as shown near the top of Figure 10.36. FIGURE 10.35 Click the Detail Line button on the Annotate tab. . staircase in either a renovation project or an addi- tion), you may just need to draft the stairs, then model over the top of the draft- ing lines. What? Drafting in Revit? Of course. How else. needs to be centered on the reference plane. It may or may not be. If it is not, select the railing. You will see a blue flip grip (double-arrow grip) in the middle of the railing. Pick it, and. tools, as follows: 1. Select the Annotate tab. 2. Click the Detail Line button, as shown in Figure 10.35. 3. On the Draw panel, click the Start - End - Radius Arc button, as shown near the