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Revit Architecture(BIM) Building Information Modeling Program
Getting Started with…The House Project
Getting Started
Find the Revit icon on your desktop, right click and Pin to the Taskbar
To open click once from the Taskbar
Under Projects click New…
Getting Started
Now arrow down and choose “Architectural Template”
This is a look at some of the places you will be on the Revit
Interface ***make sure you know the names of these items listed
The Screen
STATUS BAR
4 ELEVATION MARKS
PROJECT BROWSER
TYPE SELECTOR
VIEW CONROL BAR
PROPERTIES PALETTE
RIBBON PANEL
OPTION BAR: Note that this will
change which each Ribbon Tool selected
RIBBON TOOLRIBBON TAB
VIEW CUBE
Making Exterior Walls
Under the Architectural Tab, click
on Wall > Wall: Architectural
In the Type Selector choose Basic Wall: Exterior – Brick and CMU on MTL. Stud
In the Options Bar choose: Level 2 and make sure the rest of the items are selected as below
FYI Making Exterior Walls You can customize the wall selected (or anything else)
or create a new wall type inside the Properties Panel by selecting the Edit Type button. For this exercise do not change anything…..
Making Exterior Walls
Now click a point in the View window, inside of the Elevation marks, and head right. Type in 50 and hit enter and you have completed a wall 50’ in length. ***Make sure you are going Horizontal
Pick a beginning point
and head right, type 50
then enter.
Be sure to stay inside
the elevation marks.
**** NOTICE THE DASHED
BLUE LINES AND THE
NOTES WHEN DRAWING
WALLS
Making Exterior Walls
Now head straight down and type in 30 and press enter. ***Make sure you are going Vertical
Head straight down,
type 30 and press
enter.
Making Exterior Walls
Now head left and snap to the
Intersection point , click
(you could have typed 50 & enter)
Then up and snap to the Endpoint to complete the four walls of your house, hit the Modify button to exit the wall command (or Esc twice)
(you could
have typed
30 & enter)
Making Interior Walls
Click on Wall and in the Type Selector choose Basic Wall: Generic – 5” then select the midpoint of the exterior wall and draw a vertical wall down 30.
Making Interior Walls
Select the midpoint of the exterior wall on the right and make a new horizontal wall going to the center wall
Now select the midpoint of the wall you just made and make a new vertical wall going up to the exterior wall
DONE -you have now
created walls in Revit!
Center Your Walls
If your walls are not in the center of your Elevation Marks; left click and drag a box around your walls. Then drag it to the center as shown below.
Adding Doors Under the Architectural Tab, click on Door
Make sure Tag on Placement
is selected
In the Type Selector choose Single-Flush 36” x 80”
Place the doors as shown
Modifying Doors Select the “Flip Arrows” to change the swing or
position of any door if necessary
Click on the dimension to change
the door position to 3’-0”
Change Door 2 position to 3’-0” as well
Both doors have the correct swing and position
Adding Additional Doors Select Door again and then click on Load Family
Select the Doors folder
For the front door, double click on Double-Glass 2
In the Type Selector change door size to 72” x 82”
(Notice the Preview
of what you select)
Adding Doors
Place the front door in the middle, as shown
Adding Doors
Select Load Family again
In the Doors folders, select Double-Panel 1 and place as shown.
Click on the door and change the size to 72” x 82”
Adding Wall Openings
Select Component>Place a Component
Then Load Family
Under the Openings folders select Passage Opening-Elliptical Arch
Adding Wall Openings
The opening is too small so we will make it bigger
In the Type Selector click on Edit Type
Change the width from 3’ 0” to 8’ 0”
Then click OK (Type 8-0)
Adding Wall Openings
The Passage Opening is shown below make sure it is in the center of the wall; if not click on the opening, select one dimension and type 7-6
Adding Windows Under the Architectural Tab, click on Window
Make sure Tag on Placement is
STILL selected then click Load Family
Go to Windows folder and open the Archtop with Trim option
In the Type Selector change the
size to 36” x 48”
Place this window as shown if the front right corner
Make sure window
is facing out, use
“Flip Arrows” to
change if it isn’t
Adding Windows Add more windows of your choice as shown
BE SURE when you add windows, you select close
to the outside of the wall as the placement
Notice all the window tags are on the outside of the walls….so are the windows….IF NOT flip windows and move tags outside of windows as shown
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3D View
Select the 3D button to see the house, review these other options
ROTATE THE
HOUSE
CHANGE FROM WIRE FRAME
TO REALISTIC
3D BUTTON
CLICK TO GO BACK
TO PLAN VIEW
ON THE VIEW CONROL BAR
IN THE PROJECT BROWSER
WITH THE VIEW CUBE
Lets try some other quick movement skills:
Hold down the mouse wheel + Ctrl (what happens?)
Hold down the mouse wheel + Shift (what happens?)
Hold down the mouse wheel & drag the mouse left and right (what happens?)
Scroll the mouse wheel (what happens?)
Double click the mouse wheel (what happens?)
To get your house back to a specific alignment:
Hover over the VIEW CUBE and click the little house (what happens?)
Click on each side and the top corners of
the View Cube (what happens?)
3D View Movement
Adding a Roof
Double click Level 1 to go back to the plan view
Click on Roof, then the
option Roof by Footprint
Click YES for the Lowest Level Notice.
In the Options Bar, change the Overhang: from 0’ 0” to 2’ 0” and keep Defines slope checked
Adding a Roof
Select the top wall, the dashed lines preview that your is roof 2’-0” outside your wall
Continue selecting all walls, when you are done click
on the green check
Viewing Your Roof
Click the + on 3D Views in the Project Browser
and double click on {3D}
Click on the workspace and you should
see your roof.
Editing Your Roof
Select your roof (it will turn blue) and Edit Footprint
Click on the purple line next
to the slope (purple) triangle
on the door wall
Uncheck Defines Slope
Click the Green Check
Editing Your Roof
Rotate your house to look at the front door view
Touch the front wall and select Attach Top/Base
Now touch the roof
How do you fill in the
small voids on both
sides of the front wall
so that the brick wall
goes to the roof?
DO
THAT
NOW.
3D House View
GABLE ROOF
HIP ROOF
You have created two different types of roofs
Elevation Views
In the Project Browser: click onto the
4 different elevation views to see a 2D
view of the house.
On the View Control Bar, change the visual style to Consistent Colors
East
Elevation Views
North
South
Elevation Views
West
Print Out Your House Click to get the house into a 3D view, rotate to a desirable angle close
to what you see below, change the Visual Style to Consistent Colors.
From the Annotate Tab, add your name with the Text Tool- click on screen and type your name in ALL CAPS under the front door, then click Modify
Go to the big purple at the top left and Print to
Set and select Preview (ALWAYS), if happy select Print
Adding Components
If time permits, go to Level 1 floor plan and add some components to the following rooms.
Adding Components
Go to Component > Place a Component
Then Load Family
Components for your rooms can be found under some of these folders:
KITCHEN APPLANCES