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REVIT: FIRST PROJECT 101
GOAL:
Produce a printed construction document set using a combination of
Revit
and
AutoCAD
.
ASSUMPTIONS:
You’ve had basic
Revit
training and can produce a building model, create a simple parametric
Family
, and work on a project with others using a project
Central File
.
Ideally, at least one member of the
Revit
team has detailing, project management, and construction management experience. In other words, “knows how to construct an actual building.”
You are familiar with the project type and have a good
AutoCAD
document set to use as a guide.
MUST READ:
For basics, look at the following as well as other
AUGI
online help:http://www.scribd.com/doc/9773803/Understanding-Revit-Architecture-Beginners
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SET UP REVIT BEFORE YOU MODEL
Options / General / Username
Each user must enter a unique name so that the
Central File
will know who isdoing what.
Project File
Open a new one using an appropriate
Template
. Save it as a
Central File
to theserver and confirm that everyone can access and save to the
Central File
.
Project Information
Fill in as much as you know as soon as possible.
Levels
Set them up in an
Elevation View
and allow
Revit
to create the corresponding
Floor Plan Views
Use a naming convention for
Levels
which will make
Views
easy to find in the
Project Browser
. For instance, use “1
st
Floor” and “2
nd
Floor” instead of “first floor” and “second floor”
Project Browser
Organize the
View
section.
Try this: Add a
Project Parameter
called
“View Use”
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Set up the
Project Browser View Properties
to organize folders first by
View Use
and then by
Family and Type
Open the
Properties
for a
Floor Plan View
and type in
“WORKING”
for
View Use
Duplicate the
Working Floor Plan View
, open
Properties
for the duplicate, and type in
“PRINT”
for
View Use
Continue until you have full sets of
WORKING
and
PRINT Views
This approach will allow you to have
Views
that you use for
“Working”
on the model and other
Views
that you use to
“Print”
or
“Export to ACAD”
or whatever you need.
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BUILD THE REVIT MODEL AND SET UP REVIT SHEETS
Model
Start building the model in the
“Working”
Views
.
Mockup
Using your good
AutoCAD
set as a guide, decide which sheets will come fromthe
Revit
model (cover sheet, sheet index, plans, elevations, building sections,schedules) and which will be printed from
AutoCAD
(wall sections, details,standard general notes).
Visibility/Graphics
Set the
Print
Views
(where you will be placing notes and dimensions) to turn off
Reference Planes
and other elements that you don’t want to print.
As you set up your
Views
, you can start to develop
View Templates
which can help you standardize and quickly set
Visibility/Graphics
.
Graphic Elements
Create
Tags, Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Title Blocks
and other graphicelements which will match the ones you use with
AutoCAD
.
In the
Title Blocks
, be sure to include
Labels
which use
Project Information,Sheet Name
and
Sheet Number
parameters.
Sheets
Set them up and drag the
Print
Views
onto the appropriate
Sheets
.
Include a
Revit Sheet
for any sheets that will be printed out of
AutoCAD
so that the
Revit Sheet Index
will be complete. You will also need to add empty
Revit Sheets
for any consultant sheets to be included in the set.
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MUST READ:
Titles for Views on Sheets – How to make them look the way you want them toAU Tech Talk Article by Doug Bowers at AU Online:http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=tech_talk_detail&article_id=18&jid=9835
Project Browser
Organize the
Sheets
section
Try this: Add a
Project Parameter
called
“Sheet Use”
Set up the
Project Browser Sheet
section properties to organize folders first by
Sheet Use
and then by
Sheet Number
.This will allow you to have multiple sets of
Sheets
. For instance, you may want a set with a special
Title Block
for
Presentation
and then a set with your standard
CD
Title Block
. Also, you may want a set for
Sheets
which will be included in the
Sheet Index
but NOT printed out of
Revit
.Remember that a
View
can be placed on only one
Sheet
, so you may need multiple sets of
Views
for multiple sets of
Sheets
.
Sheet Index
Create a new
Schedule
for the
Sheet Index
(
View-Schedule-Drawing List
) andplace it on the appropriate
Sheet
(maybe on the cover where you might alsoplace a nice perspective view of the model).
Room and Door Schedules
Create and format these
Schedules
. The information in them will come from theproperties of
Rooms
and
Doors
and their
Tags
as they are entered. Drag the
Schedules
to the appropriate
Sheets
.
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COORDINATE THE REVIT MODEL AND AUTOCAD DETAILS
Revit
Building Section
Place a section tag in a
Plan or Elevation View
to create a
BuildingSection View
.Duplicate the
View
and set this copy’s
View Use
as
“Export to ACAD”
.Export this
View
to a
DWG
file.
Export the same
View
to the same
DWG filename
as needed as the model evolves so you will always have a current
XREF
background as you develop the
AutoCAD
sections and details.
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