Chapter 12 • Detailing 614 Let’s do the latter. To add a line-based detail component, follow along: 1. On the Insert tab, click the Load Family button. 2. Browse to the Detail Components directory. 3. Select Div 06-Wood And Plastic. 4. Select 061600-Sheathing. 5. Double-click the file called Plywood-Section.rfa. 6. Click the Detail Component button on the Annotate tab; then, in the Properties dialog, make sure Plywood Section : 3/4 ″ is current in the Type Selector. 7. Click point 1 and point 2, as shown in Figure 12.44. 8. After you draw in the plywood, make sure the bottom is down past the break line. When it is, select the plywood, click the Draw Order button on the Modify Detail Items tab, and choose Send To Back. FIGURE 12.44 Drawing the plywood into the core Your bolt may become obscured by the blocking. This is OK. Simply select the bolt and use the Draw Order tool to bring the bolt to the front. Drafting on Top of the Detail 615 Now that you have a good grasp of adding detail components, we need to figure out how to control the line weight so the outlines of the bricks look a little bolder. If you remember, some of the detail components were modified based on the line weight of the filled region perimeter. This thickness was taken from Heavy Lines to Detail Items. We need to set the Detail Items to a thickness we can live with. 1. On the Manage tab, click the Object Styles button. 2. Scroll down the list until you see Detail Items. 3. Change the Projection line weight to 2, as shown in Figure 12.45. FIGURE 12.45 Changing the Detail Items Projection line weight to 2 4. Click OK. Your detail now has a bolder perimeter. NOTE It is a great idea to plot this detail right now! Although Revit does a nice job of letting you see the contrasting line weights on the screen, it may be a different story at the plotter. Do yourself a favor and make sure this is the line weight you want. Another item left to explore in terms of adding detail to a view is the simple concept of drawing lines. Drawing Detail Lines As mentioned before, in Revit you can simply draw lines. You can only get so far with detail components, and then you need to pick up the pencil and add your lines. The next set of procedures will focus on adding lines to your model; then we will look deeper into how these lines are created and modified. 1. In the Project Browser, make sure you are in Sections (Building Sections : Roof Taper Section). Chapter 12 • Detailing 616 2. On the Detail panel of the Annotate tab, click the Detail Line button, as shown in Figure 12.46. FIGURE 12.46 Click the Detail Line button on the Annotate tab. 3. In the Type Selector in the Properties dialog, click Medium Lines, as shown in Figure 12.47. 4. On the Options bar, uncheck the Chain option. FIGURE 12.47 Select the Medium Lines option from the Line Style parameter in the Properties dialog. NOTE Does this seem familiar? If you are used to the AutoCAD method of drafting, this is the same as starting the Line command and choosing the correct layer. 5. Draw a line, as shown in Figure 12.48. Be sure to use your endpoint and perpendicular snaps. Drafting on Top of the Detail 617 6. With the Line command still running, click the Pick Lines icon on the Draw panel. 7. Change the Offset to 1 1/2”, as shown in Figure 12.49. 8. Offset the line you just drew down 1 1/2″, as shown in Figure 12.49. FIGURE 12.48 Drawing a medium line FIGURE 12.49 Offsetting the line down 1 1/2″ to create a second line 9. With the Line command still running, change to Thin Lines in the Properties dialog. 10. In the Draw panel, click the Line button. 11. Change the offset to 0. Chapter 12 • Detailing 618 12. Draw the “X” for the blocking, as shown in Figure 12.50. 13. Copy the blocking down to form a double plate, as shown in Figure 12.50. 14. Draw another “X” below the plates to indicate a stud, as shown in Figure 12.50. FIGURE 12.50 Adding the detail to indicate studs and plates by using detail lines So, what makes a Medium Line medium and a Thin Line thin? This is a part of Revit that we need to have full control over. After all, your biggest challenge will be getting your plotted sheets to match your old CAD plotted sheets. Specifying line weights is crucial. Specifying Drafting Line Weights Just like in CAD, you would not dare to draw even a single line if you did not know the proper “layer” it was being drafted on, right? So why should Revit be any different? Drafting on Top of the Detail 619 The objective of the next procedure is to investigate where the line weights are stored and how they relate to the lines you are drawing: 1. On the Manage tab, choose Additional Settings ➢ Line Styles. 2. In the Line Styles dialog, expand the Lines category by clicking the plus sign next to Lines. Notice there are some line styles that appear to have been gener- ated in AutoCAD—they were. These line styles were imported when you brought in the legend back in Chapter 11, “Schedules and Tags.” 3. Click into the Wide Lines category and change the value from 5 to 4, as shown in Figure 12.51. 4. Click OK. FIGURE 12.51 Changing Wide Lines from 5 to 4 To learn more about setting up line weights and how to establish a good useful template, hop over to Chapter 23. This chapter is dedicated solely to BIM management. The next item to tackle is the fact that this detail looks naked without any text or dimensions added to it! Although we have applied both of these items in past chapters, we need to use them as they are relevant to detailing. Chapter 12 • Detailing 620 bu t Wh a t do “5” a n d “4” rep r e s e n t ? In Revit, line weights are sorted from thinnest to heaviest. You can add additional line weights, but I recommend that you stick to the 16 available. To see where these settings are stored, choose Additional Settings ➢ Line Weights. In the Line Weights dialog, notice that numbers 1 through 16 are listed. These numbers represent what you see in the Line Styles dialog. Also notice that the thicker line weights degrade in thickness as the scale is reduced (see the following graphic). Adding Notes In Revit, adding notes to a section can take on a whole different meaning than in CAD. You may remember back in Chapter 11 when we were able to specify mate- rials and then tag them in a plan. Well, you can do the same thing right here in Revit. Or, if you wish, adding notes to a detail can be exactly like it was back in CAD. Sometimes sticking to the tried-and-true isn’t such a bad thing either! The objective of the next set of procedures is to add notes by tagging materi- als, and to add notes by simply leadering in some text. Adding Notes 621 Adding Notes by Material Because we have some experience adding information to materials, it would be nice to leverage that experience here. The next procedure will involve going to the material settings and adding a description to the brick that reads BRICK FACADE. Then we will add that tag in the section. If you are confident, you can go and do this on your own. Your finished detail should look like Figure 12.54 at the end of this series of steps. If you would like some instruction, follow along: 1. On the Manage tab, click the Materials button on the Settings panel. 2. Select Masonry - Brick in the list to the left, as shown in Figure 12.52. 3. On the right side of the dialog, go to the Identity tab, as shown in Figure 12.52. 4. In the Description, type BRICK FACADE. 5. Click OK. FIGURE 12.52 Changing the Description to BRICK FACADE in the Identity tab Chapter 12 • Detailing 622 6. In the Project Browser, make sure you are in the section Roof Taper Section. 7. On the Annotate tab, click the Material Tag button on the Tag panel, as shown in Figure 12.53. 8. Once you place your cursor over the brick, you will see the tag fill in. Place the tag as shown in Figure 12.54. FIGURE 12.53 On the Annotate tab, click the Material tag button on the Tag panel. FIGURE 12.54 Placing the material tag Another method of applying a description to a material is to tag the item first and then fill out the tag. If you do so, the material will automatically be identi- fied, and the tag will be filled out the next time you tag the same material. 1. On the Annotate tab, click the Material Tag button on the Tag panel. 2. Place a tag, as shown in Figure 12.55, on the tapered roof insulation. Notice there is nothing but a question mark. This means Revit does not yet have a description for the material. Adding Notes 623 3. Press Esc twice; then click the question mark. It turns blue. 4. Click the question mark again and type TAPERED RIGID INSULATION (see Figure 12.56). FIGURE 12.55 Adding a material tag to the insulation NOTE When you add a material tag in this manner, you will usually have to move the text to the right or the left to make it readable. In this case, select the text and move it to the right using the drag grip. Now it’s time to just add some freeform notes. The great thing is, we have already done this, and we have gone as far as setting up our own leaders for that text. Adding Textual Notation We are duplicating efforts with text to drive home the fact that Revit lets you add text indiscriminately of the view, and also indiscriminately of the scale. Text in a plan is the same as text in a detail. And we are going to prove it in the next procedure: 1. On the Annotate tab, click the Text button. 2. On the Modify | Place Text tab, click the Align Right button on the Format panel, as shown at the top of Figure 12.57. . of procedures is to add notes by tagging materi- als, and to add notes by simply leadering in some text. Adding Notes 621 Adding Notes by Material Because we have some experience adding information. 12.55, on the tapered roof insulation. Notice there is nothing but a question mark. This means Revit does not yet have a description for the material. Adding Notes 623 3. Press Esc twice; then. Weights Just like in CAD, you would not dare to draw even a single line if you did not know the proper “layer” it was being drafted on, right? So why should Revit be any different? Drafting on