Revit Tutorials
Revit Tutorials
Exercise 1B: Starting a New Project
In this unit you start a new project using a template.
(You need Metric Datasets - Units 1-10 (zip - 38.8Mb) for this lesson-Click here to download it free of charge)
Templates are prepared drawing files that contain data according to office or project standards, helping to ensure that all team members working on the same project are using the same objects and standards. You can create these templates on your own, according to your office or project requirements.
Create a New Project from the Provided Template
In this exercise you add walls, doors,
windows, floor, and roof to create a
simple building that you will work on inunits 2-5.
1 On the File menu, click New >Project.
2 Click the Browse button. Click the Revit Workbook library shortcut icon.
Select Workbook Metric Template.rte.( Click here for Datesets for Units 1 to 10- In the default folder are templates for commercial and residential, as well as other specialized templates you can choose to start from. Each of these templates has unique families, views, and possibly sheets already loaded for you to work with.)
3 Select Workbook Metric Template.rte.
4 Click Open. Click OK.
A new project file is created
You can set the path to the default template used for all projects on the Settings menu: Options > File Locations > Default Template file. This determines which template is used when you click the New Project button on the toolbar.
Add Exterior Walls
On the Basics design bar on the left of your screen, click Wall.
On the options bar set:
* Type = Generic - 200 mm.
* Height = Unconnected 8000.
* Shape = Rectangle.
6 To draw the four exterior walls, leftclick at a point within the four elevation markers in the drawing area. Holding the mouse button, drag your cursor to the lower right and release the mouse button.
The rectangle should be about 12 x 10 m but does not have to be exact at this point.
Draw the Interior Walls:
7) Without exiting the Wall command, in the options bar set:
* Type = Interior Blockwork 100.
* Height = Unconnected 8000.
*Shape = Line.
* Clear the Chain check box.
8) Draw two interior walls, as shown in the image below.
In this section you add doors and windows to the project
(There are some door definitions in the project. You use the Load function to add more definitions)
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