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Before you begin to use Revit Architecture, you need to become familiar with the interface, the types of objects you will be using to create your designs, and basic project templates.

Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

■ Describe the Revit Architecture 2008 user interface. ■ Work with different types of Revit Architecture 2008 elements and families. ■ Start a new project with different templates.

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After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

■ Describe the Revit Architecture 2008 user interface.■ Work with different types of Revit Architecture 2008 elements and families.■ Start a new project with different templates.

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Lesson: Exploring the User Interface

Overview

This lesson describes how to use the different parts of the Revit Architecture user interface.

Most of the commands accessed by using the menus are also available on various toolbars and Design Bar tabs. Options or commands that are based on the tool being used or the current selection set are contained in context menus. If you are familiar with the toolbars and context menus, you can access the commands faster. Some of the user interface elements, such as the status bar, provide tips that assist you while you work.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

■ Identify the different parts of the Revit Architecture user interface. ■ Describe the Design Bar tabs. ■ Explore the Revit Architecture user interface.

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Overview

This lesson describes how to use the different parts of the Revit Architecture user interface.

Most of the commands accessed by using the menus are also available on various toolbars and DesignBar tabs. Options or commands that are based on the tool being used or the current selection set arecontained in context menus. If you are familiar with the toolbars and context menus, you can accessthe commands faster. Some of the user interface elements, such as the status bar, provide tips thatassist you while you work.

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The Revit Architecture User Interface

Revit Architecture is a powerful CAD application that uses the building information modeling methodology and runs on the Microsoft® Windows® operating system. Like any Windows® application, the user interface of Revit Architecture features menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, and windows that you can use to perform various tasks. You can use the mouse to select commands from the menus or toolbars.

Identifying the Primary User Interface Elements

The following illustration shows the main window of the Revit Architecture user interface.

Menu Bar Menus with commands, settings, and standard functions.

Toolbars Buttons for standard functions and frequently used tools.

Type Selector List of the types of the element selected on the Design Bar or of an element that is selected in a view. Selecting a different element changes the options available in the Type Selector list.

Design Bar Multiple tabs that provide quick access to multiple commands. The standard Design Bar tabs are replaced by special tool palettes when you select commands such as Roof, Floor, Create Mass, or Family Editor. These special tool palettes provide additional functions for editing the elements with which you are working.

Status Bar Displays the name of the family and element type when you position the cursor over an object. It also displays tips or hints when you use a command.

Project Browser Displays a tree view of a logical hierarchy for all views, schedules, sheets, and families in the current project.

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Th R i A hi U I fThe Revit Architecture User Interface

Revit Architecture is a powerful CAD application that uses the building information modelingmethodology and runs on the Microsoft® Windows® operating system. Like any Windows® application, the user interface of Revit Architecture features menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, and fwindows that you can use to perform various tasks. You can use the mouse to select commands from the menus or toolbars.

Identifying the Primary User Interface Elements

The following illustration shows the main window of the Revit Architecture user interface.

Menu Bar Menus with commands, settings, and standard functions.

Toolbars Buttons for standard functions and frequently used tools.

Type Selector List of the types of the element selected on the Design Bar or of an element that is selected in a view. Selecting a different element changesthe options available in the Type Selector list.

Design Bar Multiple tabs that provide quick access to multiple commands. Thestandard Design Bar tabs are replaced by special tool palettes when youselect commands such as Roof, Floor, Create Mass, or Family Editor. These special tool palettes provide additional functions for editing theelements with which you are working.

Status Bar Displays the name of the family and element type when you position the cursor over an object. It also displays tips or hints when you use acommand.

Project Browser Displays a tree view of a logical hierarchy for all views, schedules, sheets, and families in the current project.


Working with Context Menus

Context menus are displayed when you right-click an object or an area of the user interface. They list common commands, such as Zoom, and other commands related to the current task. For example, if you place a door in a drawing, select it, and then right-click it, the context menu displays commands such as Flip Hand or Flip Facing.

The Design Bar

The Design Bar is displayed on the left of the main window. You can use the Design Bar to quickly access commands that help you design a building project.

Design Bar Tabs

The Design Bar has 10 tabs. The Basics, Modeling, and Drafting tabs are active by default. You can display or hide the remaining tabs as required, either displaying all 10 tabs or only those you use frequently.

The following illustration lists the Design Bar tabs.

Properties Button Displays the properties of the object that you have selected in the Type Selector list or the current view.

Options Bar Context-sensitive options for the currently selected command.

View Window Displays the view that you have selected in the Project Browser. Views can be tiled or maximized to fill the entire view window.

View Control Bar Provides shortcuts to commonly used view commands, such as View

Scale and Model Graphics Style.


Working with Context Menus

Context menus are displayed when you right-click an object or an area of the user interface. They listcommon commands, such as Zoom, and other commands related to the current task. For example, if you place a door in a drawing, select it, and then right-click it, the context menu displays commandssuch as Flip Hand or Flip Facing.

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The Design Bar is displayed o eft of the main window. You can use the Design Bar to quicklyaccess commands that help you design a building project.

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The Design Bar has 10 tabs. The Basics, Modeling, and Drafting tabs are active by default. You can display or hide the remain s as required, either displaying all 10 tabs or only those you use frequently.

The following illustration lists the Design Bar tabs.

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Options Bar Context-sensitive options for the currently selected command.

View Window Displays the view that you have selected in the Project Browser. Viewscan be tiled or maximized to fill the entire view window.

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View Commands for creating new views for projects, such as floor plans, sections, elevations, and schedules.

Modelling Commands for placing or creating building model elements.

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Room and Area Commands for creating rooms and areas.

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Construction Commands such as Site Components, Phases, and Schedules/Quantities, which are used by construction managers and estimators.

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Exercise: Explore the Revit Architecture User Interface

In this exercise, you explore the different parts of the user interface.

Your firm is standardizing on Revit Architecture. You will need to explore and learn the user interface before you start work on a project.

The completed exercise

Completing the ExerciseTo complete the exercise, follow the steps in this book or in the onscreen exercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics. Click Exercise: Explore the Revit Architecture User Interface.

1. Open i_firestation_ui.rvt or m_firestation_ui.rvt. The file opens to the 3D view.

2. In the Project Browser, under Views (All), Floor Plans, double-click Main Floor.

3. On the View toolbar, click Zoom In.

4. Click and drag around the lower building to zoom in to that area.

5. In the lower-left room, move the cursor over a chair to highlight it.

The chair type is displayed on the status bar.

6. Move the cursor over the wall below the chair to highlight the wall. Select the wall.

The wall type is displayed in the Type Selector list.

7. On the Options Bar, click Element Properties to open the Element Properties dialog box.


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■ Notice the types of properties that are included.

■ Click Cancel.

9. Examine the Options Bar.

Notice that it displays commands for modifying the selected wall.

10. On the Design Bar, Basics tab, click Wall. Notice that the Options Bar displays options such as Location Line, Chain, and Offset for sketching or placing new walls.

11. On the Design Bar, click Drafting tab. Notice the tools that are available on the Drafting tab.

12. In the Project Browser, under Elevations (1/2" Square) (Elevations (10mm Square)), double-click South to open the view.

13. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D} to open the 3D view.

14. On the View Control Bar:

■ Click Model Graphics Style.

■ Click Wireframe to change the view to wireframe.

15. Click Model Graphics Style, again. Click Shading with Edges to change the view again.

16. Click Window menu > Tile. Notice that all the views have remained open.

17. Click File menu > Close to exit the project. Do not save any changes.

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8. In the Element Properties dialog box:

■ Notice the types of properties that are included.

■ Click Cancel.

9. Examine the Options Bar.

Notice that it displays commandmodifying the selected wall

10. On the Design Bar, Basics tab, click Wall. Notice that the Options Bar displays options such as Location Line, Chain, and Offset for sketching or placing new walls.

11. On the Design Bar, click Drafting tab. Notice the tools that are available onthe Drafting tab.

12. In the Project Browser, under Elevations (1/2" Square) (Elevations (10mm Square)), double-click South to open the view.

13. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D} to open the 3D view.

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Overview

This lesson describes how to work with different types of Revit elements and families.

You create a building model by adding elements to it. These elements represent the different parts of a building, such as windows and doors. You can create collections of similar types of elements, which can form a family, and modify them without any additional programming. For example, a building model has different types of windows, such as fixed and opening, which can be of different sizes. You can group the fixed windows of different sizes as a family. In the following illustration, the 24" and 36" windows belong to the window family. The round dining table and the stacking chair belong to the furniture family.

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About Building Elements

You use building elements to create a building design. Elements include walls, doors, roofs, windows, and so on. You can create and modify building elements. They also help in coordinating changes and maintaining consistency.

Definition of Building Elements

You add building elements when you create a project. They are the fundamental building blocks of a project. When you place an element in a model, the individual element is called an instance of that element type. An instance has some parameter values in common with the element type. Instances can be classified as Model and Annotation.

The following table describes each instance briefly.

Building Element Types

There are five classes of building elements: host, component, datum, annotation, and view.

The following table describes each element briefly.

Instance Description

Model Elements such as walls, windows, doors, and roofs that help in the 3D representation of the building design. Model elements have a specific location in the building.

Annotation Elements such as dimensions, tags, and elevation symbols that establish context or add supplementary information to document a building design. Annotation elements have a specific location on a drawing sheet.

Class Description

Host Elements such as walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings that form the basic built-in-place structure of a building.

Component Elements such as windows, doors, and furniture that fill out the details of a building design.

Datum Elements such as levels, column grids, and reference planes that establish a context for project objects. These elements help put together a building.

Annotation View-specific 2D elements, such as dimensions, text notes, and section tags. These elements help produce building documentation.

View Elements such as plans, sections, and schedules that dynamically represent a building model. These elements have their own properties and can be modified or deleted. View elements also control the annotation elements placed on a view. If you delete a view, you will lose the annotations placed in the view. View elements do not control the model elements.

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You use building elements to create a building design. Elements include walls, doors, roofs, windows,and so on. You can create and modify building elements. They also help in coordinating changes and maintaining consistency.

Definition of Building Elements

You add building elements when you create a project. They are the fundamental building blocks of a project. When you place an element in a model, the individual element is called an instance of thatelement type. An instance has some parameter values in common with the element type. Instancescan be classified as Model and Annotation.

The following table describes each instance briefly.

Building Element Types

There are five classes of building elements: host, component, datum, annotation, and view.

The following table describes each element briefly.

Instance Description

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Building Elements as Objects

Elements such as walls, doors, and windows are recognized as actual objects. The properties of these objects, such as structure and behavior, are called parameters. These properties simplify the process of creating a building model. For example, when you draw a wall element, you do not need to ensure that the wall layer is active as in a conventional CAD application. You also do not need to separately draw the faces and internal structural details of the wall element. The wall element is part of the wall category and has all the visual attributes of a wall, such as the required lineweight and color.

The wall element also behaves as a wall. You can join it to other walls, connect it structurally to floors and ceilings, and place windows and doors in it. In addition, intelligence is programmed into elements so that their behavior is affected by the relationships they share with other elements.


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About Families

Families are groups of similar elements. You can use a large number of predefined families in your project. You can also create families for your project by using templates for doors, windows, furniture, and electrical fixtures.

Definition of Families

A family integrates elements that have same parameters, identical use, and similar graphical representation. Elements within a family may have different parametric values, but the set of parameters are the same, including their names and meanings. For example, doors of different types, such as double glass, overhead-sectional, and single-flush, are generally placed in different families. Within the double-glass door family there may be variations in door size, glass size and placement, or frame type. Families can be further classified into component families and system families.

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Definition of Families

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The following illustration shows table families, each with different types of tables listed by size.


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Component families are families of common components and symbols used in the building design that have standard sizes, configurations, and parameters. You can load component family files into a project or create them using family templates. You can also define properties and graphical representations for component families. Most families are component families. System families have predefined parameters and graphical representations. They include walls, dimensions, ceilings, roofs, and levels. System families are not available as files for loading into a project, nor can you create them.

A special type of component family is an in-place family, such as a roof cornice. An in-place family is created and edited solely within a project and is specific to that project model.

You can use a predefined system family to generate new families, which then belong to that system family within the project. For example, the behavior of a wall is predefined in the system. However, you can create different types of walls with different compositions. You can also transfer system families between projects, if required.

Example of Families

The following table gives an example each of family, element, type, and instance families.

The following illustration shows Annotation Symbols, Doors, and Furniture Families from the Project Browser.

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In this exercise, you work with different types of building elements, families, and views. You also change the parameter of a window.

You are working on a municipal fire station project. You identify the elements and their families in the project.


Completing the ExerciseTo complete the exercise, follow the steps in this book or in the onscreen exercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics. Click Exercise: Work with Revit Elements and Families.

1. Open i_firestation_elem.rvt or m_firestation_elem.rvt.

2. In the default 3D view, notice the host building elements, such as walls and roofs. Also notice component elements, such as doors and windows, placed in the host elements.

3. In the Project Browser, under Views (All), Elevations (1/2" Square) (Elevations (10mm Square)), double-click South to open the south elevation view. Notice the windows are from the same family but have different sizes.


Exercise: Work with Revit Elements and Families

In this exercise, you work with different types of building elements, families, and views. You also change theparameter of a window.

You are working on a municipal fire station project. You identify the elements and their families in the project.


Completing the ExerciseTo complete the exercise, follow the steps in this book or in the onscreen exercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics. Click Exercise: Work with Revit Elements and Families.

1. Open i_firestation_elem.rvt or tm_firestation_elem.rvt.

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3. In the Project Browser, under Views (All),Elevations (1/2" Square) (Elevations (10mm Square)), double-click South to open thesouth elevation view. Notice the windows arefrom the same family but have different sizes.

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6. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Main Floor to open the Plan view. Notice the furniture components placed in the rooms.

7. In the Project Browser, expand Schedules/Quantities to display the schedules associated with the project.

8. Double-click Door Schedule. The door schedule with details such as Mark, Family and Type, and Width is displayed. The schedule view itself is a view element, and each row displays certain properties of a door, which is a component element.

9. In the Project Browser, under Sections (Building Section), double-click Section 3 to open the sectional view. Notice the datum elements such as levels and column grids.

10. Click Window menu > Tile. All the open view elements are displayed.

11. Click File menu > Close to exit the project. Do not save any changes.

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6. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Main Floor to open the Planview. Notice the furniture components placed in the rooms.

7. In the Project Browser, expand Schedules/Quantities to display the schedules associated with the project.

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Lesson: Starting a Project

Overview

This lesson describes how to start a new project with different templates.

You set up a project before you start creating a building model. You need to know the usage of default templates when you start a project to make the design process efficient. You also need to learn how to organize your content on levels, load in content families, and set up annotations to match company standards. All these requirements can be met by setting up template files.

The following illustration shows a building model created using a project template.

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■ Describe a project. ■ Describe project templates. ■ Describe the default project template. ■ Describe Revit file types. ■ Describe vector and raster data. ■ State recommended practices for starting a new project. ■ Start a new project.


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Overview

This lesson describes how to start a new project with different templates.

You set up a project before you start creating a building model. You need to know the usage of default templates when you start a project to make the design process efficient. You also need to learn how to organize your content on levels, load in content families, and set up annotations to match company standards. All these requirements can be met by setting up template files.

The following illustration shows a building model created using a project template.

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■ Describe a project.■ Describe project templates.■ Describe the default project template.■ Describe Revit file types. ■ Describe vector and raster data.■ State recommended practices for starting a new project.■ Start a new project.

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About Projects

A project provides essential information about a building model such as the size and location of components, materials used, annotations, and so on. The display settings in a project file define the appearance of the model in project views. Based on requirements, you can customize the default settings of a project.

Definition of a Project

A project is the entire building design and the associated documentation. It provides complete information about various parametric building components required to represent a building model in standard dimensional views and schedules.

Beginning a Project

Creating a Building Model

You add parametric building components such as windows, doors, and walls to a project while creating a building model. You then create plan, section, elevation, and 3D views and make the required changes to complete the building model. The changes that you make in one view propagate throughout the project, and all associated views automatically update.

Specifying the Project Environment

You define the environment of a project while creating a building model. The project environment includes the display and material settings such as colors, fill patterns, and line styles of various components. Defining the environment imparts a standard appearance to the building model. You can customize the environment settings at any point during the design process because they are saved with the project.

Example

The following illustrations show a project file in plan, elevation, and, 3D views.

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A project provides essential information about a building model such as the size and location of components, materials used, annotations, and so on. The display settings in a project file define theappearance of the model in project views. Based on requirements, you can customize the default settings of a project.

Definition of a Project

A project is the entire building design and the associated documentation. It provides complete information about various parametric building components required to represent a building model instandard dimensional views and schedules.

Beginning a Project

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You add parametric building co onents such as windows, doors, and walls to a project while creating a building model. You then create plan, section, elevation, and 3D views and make the required changes to complete the building model. The changes that you make in one view propagatethroughout the project, and all associated views automatically update.

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A project file is based on a template that provides the initial settings, such as the material and display settings. You can customize this template any time during the project. You can also start a project without using a template.

Definition of a Project Template

A project template enables you to start a project by providing initial conditions such as the default project units and settings, the default building levels and standard views, and other components. You can either select a template from the template library, or you can save a project and use it as a new project template. New projects inherit all the families, settings, and geometry from the starting template.

Types of Project Templates

You can use the following standard project templates to start a project.

Project Template Settings

You can modify the settings for views, levels, materials, and annotations using project templates. They have a library of family content.

Additional Elements for Templates

You can assign elements to project templates such as sheets, drafting views and details, schedules, additional families, cameras, groups, detail groups, links, and import/export settings.

Starting Without a Template

When you start a project without using a template, only one level with a plan view and a reflected ceiling plan view is created. You need to specify whether you want to use imperial or metric units. Only the basic, curtain, and stacked walls load while windows, doors, and other components do not load and no elevation view is created in the project.

Template File Type

Project template files have an .rte extension. By default, they are stored in the template folders at the same level as Imperial and Metric Library folders.

Template Description

Default For new projects, unless you specify.

Commercial For designing commercial structures; includes additional levels and views.

Residential For designing residential structures; includes additional levels and views.

Structural For using visibility settings, preloaded families, and views adjusted for structural design.

Construction For using views and preloaded schedules specific to the construction industry.


Ab P j T lAbout Project Templates

A project file is based on a template that provides the initial settings, such as the material and displaysettings. You can customize this template any time during the project. You can also start a project without using a template.

Definition of a Project Template

A project template enables you to start a project by providing initial conditions such as the defaultproject units and settings, the default building levels and standard views, and other components. You can either select a template from the template library, or you can save a project and use it as a new project template. New projects inherit all the families, settings, and geometry from the startingtemplate.

Types of Project Templates

You can use the following standard project templates to start a project.

Project Template Settings

You can modify the settings for views, levels, materials, and annotations using project templates. Theyhave a library of family content.

Additional Elements for Templates

You can assign elements to project templates such as sheets, drafting views and details, schedules, additional families, cameras, groups, detail groups, links, and import/export settings.

Starting Without a Template

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Project template files have an .rte extension. By default, they are stored in the template folders at thesame level as Imperial and Metric Library folders.

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The following illustration shows the location of the standard imperial templates.

About the Default Project Template

You can start a new project by using the default project template. This template provides default settings for colors, line styles, and lineweights, and the standard views of the building model.

Definition of the Default Project Template

The default project template is a standard template that creates a new project with two levels: Level 1 and Level 2. It sets the default project units, imperial or metric, and loads a subset of component families that you can use to create the building design.

The Default Project Template Views

The default project template creates standard views of the building model. They are north, south, east, and west elevations, two floor plans, two reflected ceiling plans, and a site plan. The floor plan view at Level 1 is the default view. You can use this view to start creating the walls of the building model. If you add more levels to the project, a plan view and a reflected ceiling plan view are automatically created for each new level.

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The following illustration shows the location of the standard imperial templates.

About the Default Project Template

You can start a new project by using the default project template. This template provides defaultsettings for colors, line styles, and lineweights, and the standard views of the building model.

Definition of the Default Project Template

The default project template is a standard template that creates a new project with two levels: Level 1and Level 2. It sets the default project units, imperial or metric, and loads a subset of component families that you can use to create the building design.

The Default Project Template Views

The default project template creates standard views of the building model. Theyf are north, south, east, and west elevations, two floor plans, two reflected ceiling plans, and a site plan. The floor plan view atLevel 1 is the default view. You can use this view to start creating the walls of the building model.If you add more levels to the project, a plan view and a reflected ceiling plan view are automaticallycreated for each new level.

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The Default Project Template Settings

The following settings define the appearance of the default project template.

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Colors Defines colors for line styles and families.

Titleblocks Creates a set of titleblocks for your project and loads them like families.

Families Loads the families you often use.

Line styles Defines line styles for model components and detail lines in a project.

Line weights Defines line weight for model and annotation components.

Fill patterns Defines fill patterns for materials. Fill patterns are commonly used in walls.

Materials Defines materials for model components, including postrendering appearance.

Units Specifies the unit of measurement for lengths, angles, and slopes.

Snaps Sets snapping increments for model views such as plan and 3D views.

Dimensions Defines the look and size of dimensions for a project.

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The Default Project Template Settings

The following settings define the appe ance of the default project template.

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Colors Defines colors for line styles and families.

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Families Loads the families you often use.

Line styles Defines line styles for model components and detail lines in a project.

Line weights Defines line weight for model and annotation components.

Fill patterns Defines fill patterns for materials. Fill patterns are commonly used in walls.

Materials Defines materials for model components, including postrendering appearance.

Units Specifies the unit of measurement for lengths, angles, and slopes.

Snaps Sets snapping increments for model views such as plan and 3D views.

Dimensions Defines the look and size of dimensions for a project.

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About Revit File Types

Revit uses three types of files: project files, template files, and family files. Each one has a different file extension.

Definition of Revit File Types

You can save the project in three file formats. Revit project files, in which you work to create building models, have a .rvt extension. Revit family files in which you create objects such as doors, windows, annotations, symbols, and titleblocks that are loaded into the project files have a .rfa extension. Template files that are used to create project and family files have a .rte extension.

Saving Project Files

You can save and access template files on the local hard drive or on a network, depending on your setup. You save project files on a network at a location that everybody in the design team can access. You can also save a project file as a template file.

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Revit uses three types of files: project files, template files, and family files. Each one has a different fileextension.

Definition of Revit File Types

You can save the project in three file formats. Revit project files, in which you work to create buildingmodels, have a .rvt extension. Revit family files in which yot u create objects such as doors, windows,annotations, symbols, and titleblocks that are loaded into the project files have a .rfa extension.Template files that are used to create project and family files have a .rte extension.

Saving Project Files

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You can use vector data from collaborators using CAD programs or from existing CAD files to create a building model, a detail, or a toposurface. You can use raster data or image files as background for a view, as sketch information to trace over when starting a building model, or as logos in titleblocks.

Definition of Vector and Raster Data

Vector data has both magnitude and direction. Vector graphics structure is used as a means of coding line and area information in the form of units of data expressing magnitude, direction, and connectivity.

All image files are classified as raster data. Raster data consists of grids of pixels with specific color value. Revit can import raster files in JPG, JPEG, BMP, and PNG formats. You can import images to use as background images in a project or as visual aids when you create a building model.

Import Symbol

Elements such as lines, text, and blocks in imported vector data files become a single object called an import symbol. You can edit an import symbol only by moving it as one large piece or by tracing over it to create drawings. However, you can dimension individual parts in the import symbol and align objects with them. For example, you can snap walls to the lines representing walls in the imported drawing.

2D Data

You can import all 2D objects in CAD files, except for rays and construction lines, as import symbols in a drawing. You can explode the import symbol into text, curves, lines, and filled regions. You can also import a DWG™ or DXF™ file that contains rendering data.

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Definition of V r and Raster Data

Vector data has both magnitude and direction. Vector graphics structure is used as a means of codingline and area information in t orm of units of data expressing magnitude, direction, andconnectivity.

All image files are classified as raster data. Raster data consists of grids of pixels with specific colorvalue. Revit can import raster files in JPG, JPEG, BMP, and PNG formats. You can import images to use as background images in a project or as visual aids when you create a building model.

Import Symbol

Elements such as lines, text, and blocks in imported vector data files become a single object called an import symbol. You can edit an import symbol only by moving it as one large piece or by tracing over it to create drawings. However, you can dimension individual parts in the import symbol and align objects with them. For example, you can snap walls to the lines representing walls in the imported drawing.

2D Data

You can import all 2D objects in CAD files, except for rays and construction lines, as import symbols in a drawing. You can explode the import symbol into text, curves, lines, and filled regions. You can alsoimport a DWG™ or DXF™ file that contains rendering data.

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ACIS Objects

You can import ACIS objects from DWG, DXF, and SAT files. You can also import most DGN surfaces and solids, except B-spline surfaces, from MicroStation® software.

NOTE: To use ACIS imports for face-based host commands, you import geometry into an in-place family of the Mass or Generic Model category.

Line Weights

You can import pen numbers from a DWG or DXF file and map them to a line weight. Each layer in the file is assigned a line weight based on pen number and line weight settings. Standard pen and line weight mappings that follow predefined national standards are provided in the default project template. You can also create your own mappings. When you save these mappings to a text file, they become the set mappings for the project. These settings are retained within the project template.

Scaling

You can determine the scale factor of imported DWG or DXF files in your project from the import units and scale factor properties of the import symbol. If you change the import units, the scale factor is automatically updated. You can also specify a different scale factor.

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You can import 3D data from other CAD software as import symbols. Surfaces, regions, faces, and 3Dsolids are imported as 3D import symbols that have limited snapping. You can disassemble or explode the import symbol. However, it is not possible to explode all 3D objects. The following illustration shows 3D solid objects such as a box, a cone, and a cylinder in hidden-lines view.

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NOT To use ACIS imports for face-based host commands, you import geometry into an in-place family of the Mass or Generic Model category.

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Guidelines for Starting a New Project

When you start a new project, you select either the default project template or a standard template from the template library. Based on your requirements, you can customize the default template settings and save the new settings as a template file. The following best practices help when starting a project.

Guidelines

■ Start with the Level 1 floor plan, default view, to create the ground floor exterior walls. You can also create or import a site plan in a site view to establish the context for your building.

■ Define additional floor levels: After you create the walls on the first floor, switch to any of the elevation views. In the elevation view, draw new levels to define floor elevations. You can use dimensions when placing levels to make your floor spacing accurate. Define levels for all your floors, roofs, and tops of exterior walls.

■ Establish links between walls and levels: Select walls to edit their properties and set the wall height to the appropriate level height. After you have linked walls and levels, return to the ground floor plan. The exterior walls now span floor levels, and you can use them to lay out all the other floors and roofs.

■ Create the rest of the building using each level. To navigate to any level while working on the design, select the floor from the Project Browser or click the required level symbol in an elevation view.


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Guidelines

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■ Create the rest of the building using each level. To navigate to any level while working on thedesign, select the floor from the Project Browser or click the required level symbol in an elevation view.

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In this exercise, you start a new project with the default template and import a file containing site data to the project.

You import site data from an AutoCAD® drawing file and use this data to generate a topographic surface.


Completing the ExerciseTo complete the exercise, follow the steps in this book or in the onscreen exercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics. Click Exercise: Start a New Project.

1. Click File > New > Project.

2. In New Project dialog box:

■ Under Create New, select Project.■ Click OK.

3. In the Project Browser, notice that Level 1 is bold, indicating that this view is active.

4. In the Project Browser, under Elevations (Building Elevation), double-click South to change the view. Notice that two levels, Level 1 and Level 2, are defined by default.

5. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Site to make the view active.

6. Click File menu > Import/Link > CAD Formats.

7. In the Import/Link dialog box:

■ Navigate to the folder where you saved the courseware datasets to select the site_model.dwg file.

■ Click Open.

TIP: Enter ZF to zoom out to view the complete model.

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Exercise: Start a New Project

In this exercise, you start a new project with the default template and import a file containing sitedata to the project.

You import site data from an AutoCAD® drawing file and use this data to generate a topographic surface.


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steps in this book e onscreenexercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2: Revit Architecture Basics. Click Exercise: Start aNew Project.

1. Click File > New > Project.

2. In New Project dialog box:

■ Under Create New, select Project.■ Click OK.

3. In the Project Browser, notice that Level 1 is bold, indicating that this view is active.

4. he Project Browser, under Elevations (Building Elevation), double-click South to change the view. Notice that two levels, Level 1 and Level 2, are defined by default.

5. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans,double-click Site to make the view active.

6. Click File menu > Import/Link > CADFormats.

7. In the Import/Link dialog box:

■ Navigate to the folder where you savedthe courseware datasets to select thesite_model.dwg file.

■ Click Open.

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You have now been introduced to the Revit Architecture user interface. You understand that elements are the parametric building blocks, and template files expedite project setup, and you can begin to create designs in Revit Architecture.

Having completed this chapter, you can:


8. Right-click the Design Bar. Click Site.

9. On the Design Bar, Site tab:

■ Click Toposurface.■ Click Use Imported > Import Instance.

10. In the view window:

■ Place the cursor over the imported toposurface to highlight it.

■ Select the toposurface.

11. In the Add Points from Selected Layers dialog box:

■ Clear all the check boxes except C-TOPO-MAJR.

■ Click OK.

The toposurface appears as shown.

12. On the Design Bar, click Finish Surface.

13. On the View toolbar, click Default 3D View.The toposurface appears as shown.

14. Click File > Close to exit the project. Do not save any changes.


Chapter Summary

You have now been introduced to the Revit Architecture user interface. You understand thatelements are the parametric building blocks, and template files expedite project setup, and you canbegin to create designs in Revit Architecture.

Having completed this chapter, you can:


8. Right-click the Design Bar. Click Site.

9. On the Design Bar, Site tab:

■ Click Toposurface.■ Click Use Imported > Import Instance.

10. In the view window:

■ Place the cursor over the importedtoposurface to highlight it.

■ Select the toposurface.

11. In the Add Points from Selected Layers dialogbox:

■ Clear all the check boxes exceptC-TOPO-MAJR.

■ Click OK.

The toposurface appears as shown.

12. On the Design Bar, click Finish Surface.

13. On the View toolbar, click Default 3D View.The toposurface appears as shown.

14. Click File > Close to exit the project. Do notsave any changes.

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