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On the Floor panel to the right of the Create Floor Boundary tab, click Finish Edit Mode.. Now that the footings are mostly in place, it is time to think about placing piers and spread

4 In the Properties panel, click Edit Type.

5 Click Duplicate.

6 Call the new slab 12″ Elevator Slab.

7 Click OK.

8 Click the Edit button in the Structure row.

9 In the Layers field, change Thickness to 1′–0″, as shown in Figure 8.60

F i g u R e 8 6 0 Changing the structure thickness

10 Click OK twice to get back to the model.

11 On the Draw panel, click the Pick Walls button.

12 On the Options bar, set Offset to 1′–0″

13 Pick the three elevator shaft walls, as shown by the numbers in

Figure 8.61

14 Set Offset back to 0.

15 Pick the elevator shaft walls, as shown in Figure 8.61.

F i g u R e 8 6 1 When picking the elevator shaft walls, be sure to include the

1′–0″ offset.

16 Set the Offset value back to 0 in the Options bar if it is not already.

17 Pick the Exterior foundation wall.

Now that the perimeter is set, it is time to start trimming the edges to make

sure you have a continuous, closed loop:

1 On the Modify panel, click the Trim/Extend Single Element button.

2 Trim any overlapping corners, as shown in Figure 8.62.

3 On the Floor panel to the right of the Create Floor Boundary tab,

click Finish Edit Mode

4 Repeat the process for the south elevator.

F i g u R e 8 6 2 Trimming up all the corners

Your plan should look like Figure 8.63

F i g u R e 8 6 3 The finished elevator pads

Now that the footings are mostly in place, it is time to think about placing piers and spread footings in the foundation Luckily, as you are soon to discover, you already know how to do this

Piers and spread Footings

Piers and pilasters, simply put, are concrete columns This is how Revit sees these items, and this is the easiest placement method

A nice thing about this method is the fact that the grids are in place as well

as the steel columns that bear upon them The only real trick is deciding which plan to put them in

The objective of the next procedure is to add footings to the bottoms of the structural walls:

1 Remain in the T.O Footing plan.

2 On the Structure panel of the Structure tab, click the Column ➢

Structural Column button

3 On the Insert tab, click the Load Family button, as shown at the top

of Figure 8.64

4 Browse to Structural ➢ Columns ➢ Concrete

5 Pick the file called Concrete-Square-Column.rfa

6 Click Open.

7 At the top of the Properties dialog, select the 24″ × 24″ column

8 Start placing the columns at the grid intersections, as shown in

Figure 8.64

9 Press Esc, and then go to Level 1.

10 Zoom into the corridor.

11 Move the piers under the columns.

12 Do the same for the pier under the doorway, as shown in Figure 8.65.

F i g u R e 8 6 4 Start placing piers.

F i g u R e 8 6 5 Making the necessary adjustments

Now it’s time to add the spread footings under the piers This process will be almost identical to the process we just went through:

1 Go back to the T.O Footing floor plan.

2 On the Foundation panel of the Structure tab, select the Isolated

Foundation button, as shown at the top of Figure 8.66

3 No structural foundations are loaded into the project, so click Yes.

4 Browse to Structural ➢ Foundations

5 Select the file called Footing-Rectangular.rfa

6 Click Open.

7 In the Properties dialog, click the Edit Type button.

8 Click Duplicate.

9 Call the new footing 36″ x 36″ x 12″z.

10 Click OK.

11 Change Width to 36″

12 Change Length to 36″

13 Change Thickness to 12″

14 Click OK.

15 Add these footings to each pier.

16 Your foundation plan should resemble Figure 8.66.

F i g u R e 8 6 6 The completed foundation

Having a foundation in place in an architectural plan can be good and bad It

can be bad because structural items will start showing up in places you may not

want to see them The last procedure of the chapter will involve isolating the

structure from the architecture

structural views

By creating a structural view, you are essentially duplicating an architectural

view and hiding the structural items in that view Sound easy? That is because it

is! Just follow these steps:

1 In the Project Browser, right-click on Level 1 and select Duplicate

View ➢ Duplicate With Detailing, as shown in Figure 8.67

F i g u R e 8 6 7 Selecting Duplicate View ➢ Duplicate With Detailing

2 Rename the view called Copy of Level 1 to Level 1 Structural Plan.

3 In the Discipline category of the Properties dialog, select Structural

from the list, as shown in Figure 8.68

4 In the Project Browser, right-click on Views (All), as shown in

Figure 8.69

5 Click Properties.

6 Change Type to Discipline, as shown in Figure 8.70, and then click OK.

F i g u R e 8 6 8 Changing Discipline to Structural

F i g u R e 8 6 9 Right-clicking in the Project Browser

F i g u R e 8 7 0 Changing Type to Discipline

Now the Project Browser is broken down into categories This will be helpful for large projects with a mix of structure and architecture Let’s add the T.O Footing plan to the Structural category:

1 In the Project Browser, right-click on the T.O Footing floor plan.

2 Click Properties.

3 Change Discipline to Structural.

This is getting easy! The T.O Footing plan is now categorized with its

struc-tural brethren Let’s go make the Level 1 Architecstruc-tural plan truly architecstruc-tural:

1 Open the Level 1 Floor plan (Architectural).

2 Scroll down to View Range.

3 Click the Edit button in the View Range row.

4 Change both –1′–0″- increments to 0

4 Change both –1′–0″- increments to 0

5 Click OK.

The foundation information is no longer displayed in the Level 1 floor plan

Although the last part of this chapter was short, it is a nice look into the Project

Browser and shows how you can start to get organized If you would like more

practice, go into the Project Browser on your own and start organizing it the way

you think you would like

N O T E If you need more structural tools than those provided within

revit architecture, or you are, in fact, a structural engineer or designer, you

may want to consider purchasing revit Structure

Are You experienced?

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place a structural grid in your model using the architectural walls as a

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add additional grids at a radius or by sketch where needed

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add columns to the grid lines

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ceilings and interiors

Now that the exterior shell is up and the rooms are basically laid out, it

is time to start considering the interiors As it stands, we have a bunch of rooms with the same wall finish, the same floor finish, and no ceilings to speak of The restrooms don’t have any fixtures, and the rooms are going

to be useless without furniture

Another issue is that we don’t have any separate views such as furniture plans

or finish plans This chapter will dive into all of these items—and then some!

Creating ceilings





Creating ceiling openings and soffits





Interior design





adding alternate floor materials