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Chapter 12 • Detailing 584 FIGURE 12.3 Your section’s outline should start looking a lot better. it ’s te M p l a t e ti M e ! Many of the procedures we cover here in the first section of this chapter lend themselves well to the topic of standards and templates. You need to change the line weights of objects in a Revit template. BIM management and templates are discussed in full in Chapter 23, “BIM Management.” Now we can start adding our own items to the section. The next group of procedures focuses on inserting and creating detail components to use in the sections. Drafting on Top of the Detail As mentioned before, Revit provides a good number of 2D details that we can insert at any time. When Revit does not have the component we need, we can always cre- ate one. It is not that hard to do. In this section, we will physically create a detail. The procedures we will apply consist of adding detail components, linework, filled regions, and some good old-fashioned drafting! Drafting on Top of the Detail 585 Using Predefined Detail Components The first procedure focuses on inserting predefined detail components. The great thing about this is that you do nothing that you have not done repeatedly through- out this book—it’s just a matter of finding the right button to get it all started. 1. Make sure you are still in the detail called Roof Taper Section. 2. On the Detail panel of the Annotate tab, click Component ➢ Detail Component, then click the Load Family button as shown in Figure 12.4. FIGURE 12.4 The Load Family button on the Mode panel of the Modify | Place Detail Component tab 3. Browse to the Detail Components directory. (It is located in the Imperial Library directory.) 4. Open the Div 01-General folder. 5. Click the file called Break Line.rfa. 6. Click Open. 7. In the Type Selector of the Properties dialog, be sure that Break Line is selected, as shown in Figure 12.5. 8. Press your spacebar twice. (This will flip the break line into the cor- rect orientation.) 9. Pick a point similar to the one shown in Figure 12.5. The next step is to simply start drafting. As mentioned earlier, you are only going to get so far with 3D modeling before you have to take matters into your own hands and simply draft. The way we can approach this in Revit is to take the parts of the detail we want to keep and hide the rest. After we hide portions of the detail, it is time to start adding our own ingredients such as detail com- ponents and good old-fashioned lines. Chapter 12 • Detailing 586 FIGURE 12.5 Placing the break line and flipping the component th i s Flippin’ br e a k li n e is ba C k W a r d ! If you forgot to flip the break line as you were inserting it and it is now masking the wrong region, that’s OK. Simply press Esc, and then select the break line. Now you can press the spacebar twice to flip the break line, as shown in the following image: Drafting on Top of the Detail 587 Masking Regions To let you hide portions of the detail, Revit has added a nice feature called a mask- ing region. Instead of wrestling around with items you ultimately have little or no control over, you can hide these items to make way for your detailing. To learn how to apply a masking region, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you are still in the detail called Roof Taper Section. 2. On the Detail panel of the Annotate tab, click Region ➢ Masking Region, as shown in Figure 12.6. FIGURE 12.6 R e g i o n ➢ Masking Region on the Annotate tab 3. In the Properties dialog you’ll see some choices in the Subcategory. Choose Invisible Lines, as shown in Figure 12.7. NOTE By selecting Invisible Lines, you ensure that the perimeter of the masking region will not be visible once you exit Sketch Mode. 4. Again on the Draw panel, click the Rectangle button. 5. Draw a rectangle at the approximate points shown in Figure 12.7. 6. After you place the rectangle, click the Finish Edit Mode button on the Mode panel. The area is now masked. The problem is, though, some areas such as the break line are a little too masked. The next procedure will step through chang- ing the display order of a detail’s objects: 1. Select the break line, as shown in Figure 12.8. 2. On the Modify | Detail Items tab, click the Bring To Front button, as shown in Figure 12.8. Chapter 12 • Detailing 588 FIGURE 12.7 Click the Rectangle button on the Draw panel and place a masking region as shown. Your detail should now look like Figure 12.9. The next step is to add a brick face. Yes, Revit did show the brick before we masked it, but we need to show coursing, as well as how the façade is tied back to the wall. To do this, we will use a function called a repeating detail. Repeating Details Revit has a procedure that allows you to add a detail component as a group. You do this by basically drawing a line, and Revit adds the detail in an array based on the points you pick. Drafting on Top of the Detail 589 FIGURE 12.8 Click the Bring To Front button on the Modify | Detail Items tab after selecting the break line. To learn how to add a repeating detail, follow this procedure: 1. On the Detail panel of the Annotate tab, select Component ➢ Repeating Detail Component, as shown in Figure 12.10. 2. In the Properties dialog, choose Repeating Detail : Brick from the Type Selector, as shown in Figure 12.11. 3. Pick the point labeled “1” in Figure 12.11. Chapter 12 • Detailing 590 FIGURE 12.9 The detail with the completed masking region FIGURE 12.10 Select Component ➢Repeating Detail Component. TIP Picking that point is going to be a little harder now that it’s not there! The objective is to draw an actual façade based on the existing points where the Revit-generated brick once resided. When you hover your mouse over where the brick was, you will see the masked detail appear, as shown in Figure 12.11. Once it appears, you will see the point you need to pick. 4. After you pick the first point, move your cursor down the view. 5. Notice the brick is facing the wrong side. Press the spacebar to flip the brick into the wall, as shown in Figure 12.11. 6. Pick the point labeled “2” in Figure 12.11. Drafting on Top of the Detail 591 FIGURE 12.11 Adding the repeating detail based on the points shown Your detail should look like Figure 12.12. The next step is to keep going with the repeating detail. The problem we are faced with here is that we need to deal with the soldier course that is in the exterior wall. We can add that in a moment. Right now we need to complete the brick down past the break line. If you feel like you are getting the hang of adding this repeating brick detail, go ahead and add the second repeating detail. If you would like some instruc- tion, follow along: 1. Click the Component ➢ Repeating Detail Component button on the Detail panel on the Annotate tab. 2. Pick point 1, as shown in Figure 12.13. 3. Press the spacebar. 4. Pick point 2, as shown in Figure 12.13. Make sure you pick the second point well past the break line, or the brick will stop short. 5. Press Esc twice. Look at Figure 12.14. Does your detail look the same? O Remember, you can add a second repeat- ing brick detail by right-clicking on the first one you added and selecting Create Similar. Chapter 12 • Detailing 592 6. Select the break line. 7. On the Arrange panel, click the Bring To Front button. The repeating detail is now behind the break line. The next step is to add the soldier course. This will be done in the same way as adding the break line. In this respect, Revit offers a good library broken down into the CSI format. FIGURE 12.12 The first repeating detail FIGURE 12.13 Picking two points Drafting on Top of the Detail 593 FIGURE 12.14 The bricks are being placed. To add the soldier course, follow along with the procedure: 1. On the Detail panel on the Annotate tab, click the Component ➢ Detail Component button, then click the Load Family button. 2. Browse to the Detail Components folder. TIP If you have not noticed, when you click the Component ➢ Repeating Detail Component button, you always go to the Detail Components folder. This may go without saying, but it took a few months for this author to understand this simple concept. 3. Go to the Div 04-Masonry folder. 4. Go to the 041200-Clay Unit Masonry folder. 5. Select the Bricks-Top.rfa file. 6. Click Open. 7. When the file is loaded, select Bricks-Top : Standard - 3/8 ″ Joint from the Type Selector, as shown in Figure 12.15. 8. Press the spacebar once to flip the detail to a vertical plane. 9. Place the detail as shown in Figure 12.15. As you are placing the detail, you will notice that Revit will snap it into the proper position. . mentioned before, Revit provides a good number of 2D details that we can insert at any time. When Revit does not have the component we need, we can always cre- ate one. It is not that hard to. the Div 04-Masonry folder. 4. Go to the 041200-Clay Unit Masonry folder. 5. Select the Bricks-Top.rfa file. 6. Click Open. 7. When the file is loaded, select Bricks-Top : Standard - 3/8 ″ Joint. that point is going to be a little harder now that it’s not there! The objective is to draw an actual façade based on the existing points where the Revit- generated brick once resided. When you