February 8, 2012

Create Revit Levels using Array

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I have wrote about creating new levels in Revit. It’s fine if you only have several levels. But what if you have 20 levels? or may be 50? Drawing each level in elevation view would be ridiculous. Even by picking lines it would be a tedious task. Why not create them using array? We know [...]

Creating Floor Edge Slab and Custom Component

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We have created ceiling in our Revit model. Now let’s take a look to our void in stair area. There is a gap between floor at 2nd story and 1st floor ceiling. In the real world, of course this is not right. We have to close it. There are several ways to do that, depends [...]

Using Info Center to Notify RSS Update

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Have you noticed that you consistently see a pop-up message on the top right of your Autodesk Applications? Either it’s Revit, AutoCAD, Inventor or others. It’s the communication center. If you are connected to internet, then communication center will automatically check if there’s any new information available. This is not my original idea, I saw [...]

Ribbon Shortcut Key on Autodesk Products

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I know this information might be a little bit out dated. But honestly I’ve never user ribbon intensely before. Well, I don’t think most AutoCAD users never look for anything like it. Before AutoCAD already has command line. I accidently found that with ribbon interface, we can have alternative shortcut key. If you use any [...]

Creating Ceiling in Revit Model

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In this Revit Architecture tutorial, we continue to finish our model by adding ceilings.

Creating Railings

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Illustration: stock.xchng We have created staircase in our Revit model. But it’s not finished yet. There are some open area we have to close by adding railings. On the balcony at the front and back of the building, and on the void next to our stair. We will finish this in this session. As this [...]

Creating Staircase

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We completed our Revit model exterior by creating roof. Now we start working on the interior by creating staircase. If you always create stairs by drafting it in AutoCAD, you will love stair tool in Revit! Revit create stairs automatically, it will also calculate how many risers you should create to the next level. It’s [...]

Creating Roof Edges Profile

In the previous tutorial, we learn about creating roof in Revit model. We created a sloped roof, and a roof slab below it. We are going to use the roof slab as a gutter. So in this tutorial, we will close it edges using roof fascia. We will learn how to create two profile family, [...]