Revit Floors
Revit Floors
Architecture Revit adding a Floor
Add a Floor:
19) On the Basics design bar, click Floor.
You are now in Sketch mode, and the design bar has changed. The default method for creating floors is by selecting existing walls (Pick Walls).
You can draw the desired shape of your object (floor in this case) using the Lines tool, but often it is much faster and easier to accept the default proposed mode.
The Pick Walls function automatically recognizes the boundary of the connected walls and generates a
closed loop of lines that represent the shape of the floor.
20 Hover-TAB-click to select all connected walls at once:
* Place the cursor over the inside
edge of one of the exterior walls (without clicking).
* Press TAB to highlight all four
walls.
* Left-click to select the highlighted walls as the floor boundary. Make sure you click the interior side of
the walls.
21)
On the design bar, click Finish Sketch to accept the floor sketch.
The side of the wall your cursor is on when you select a wall determines which side of the wall the sketch line is placed on.
When you use Pick Walls to define your sketch, Revit Architecture snaps either to the exterior/interior faces of the wall or to its structural core layer, as set on the options bar.
When you click the mouse button, the software reads the geometry into the command and creates a magenta sketch line at each wall.
You can reenter Sketch mode any time after designing the component by selecting the component and clicking the Edit button on the options bar.
22)
Open a 3D view by clicking the 3D view icon on the toolbar.
3D View Navigation:
23)
Rotate the model in the 3D view by pressing SHIFT and the middle button of the mouse at the same time, and then move the mouse.
The cursor changes to the 3D rotate cursor.
Alternatively, click the icon on the View toolbar to open the Dynamic View dialog box. Then select Spin
mode.
Model Graphic Style:
24)
Model graphic style by keyboard shortcut:
Press the SD keys (in sequence) to activate a shaded view.
The other keyboard shortcuts for graphic style are as follows:
* WF = Wireframe.
* HL = Hidden Line.
* AG = Advanced Model Graphics.
You can customize keyboard shortcuts by editing the keyboardshortcuts.txt file in the program folder.
25)
Model graphic style by view properties:
Right-click the view. Click View Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, change the Model Graphics Style to Wireframe.
Like any wall or door, the view itself has properties. The properties page of a view controls many aspects of how the model is represented.
26)
Model graphic style by Workspace View toolbar: Click the model graphics tool at the bottom-left of the workspace. Click Shaded with Edges.
Modify Position of Components with Temporary Dimensions.
27)
In the project browser, open Floor Plans Level 1 again by doubleclicking Floor Plans: Level 1. Select the left exterior wall. A temporary dimension appears.
The temporary dimension may not have the witness lines in the location you want. Drag the middle square grip on a temporary dimension line to a new location.
28)
Drag the square middle grip to the right exterior wall.
29)
Click the dimension text.
Type 12000 to change the building width to 12 meters. Repeat to make the North-South dimension 10000.
Revit Architecture uses real-world units: you can set them to metric or imperial. You can access the dialog box for setting units by clicking Units on the Settings menu..
30)
Select the interior wall. Use the temporary dimensions to set the interior vertical wall to 6000 from one of the end walls.
Notice that you have just defined a new position of the wall, but all other components adjusted accordingly. Temporary dimensions appear whenever you select a component. Edit these dimensions on the fly by clicking the text and typing the desired value. You can transform these dimensions into permanent dimensions by clicking the icon that appears below the dimension line.
31)
Add walls and doors to create a few more rooms, always using the image as a guide.
The interior walls are:
*Interior - Blockwork 100.
* Unconnected, 8000 tall.
The doors are M_single flush: 0915 x 2134 mm.
By right-clicking a component, you can use the Create Similar function, which activates insertion mode for the desired component. This command automatically inserts an object of the same type as the one selected.
32)
Select the double-entrance door and change its position by changing the value of the lower temporary dimension: Type 2000 in the dimension text.
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