Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 No Experience Required - part 44 docx

Click in the bottom layer, and click the […] button to change the material, as shown in Figure 9.30.. On the Modify | Plan Region tab, click the View Range button.. Adding Light Fixture

F i g u R e 9 2 9 Creating one cool soffit!

7 Click the Edit button in the Structure row.

8 Click in the bottom layer, and click the […] button to change the

material, as shown in Figure 9.30

F i g u R e 9 3 0 Click the […] button to change the material.

9 In the Materials dialog, find Wood - Mahogany.



revit will allow you

to add the wall only

as a 180° arc You

will need to pick

each side of the

circle to accomplish

a full 360° soffit.

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ne v e r ass u M e an y t h i n g!

They say you should never assume anything, and in this case “they” are

right! Let’s add a section through this entire row of rooms to gain a

perspec-tive on what is going on here

1 On the View tab, click the Section button.

2 Cut a horizontal section through the entire side of the building, as

shown here:

3 Select the section.

4 In the Properties dialog, change Detail Level to Fine.

5 Change the name to Section at West Training (Yes, these are

eventu-ally going to be training rooms.)

6 Open the new section You now have a clear perspective of what is

going on with this area

10 Change Surface Pattern to Wood 2.

11 Change Cut Pattern to Plywood, as shown in Figure 9.31.

12 Click OK twice.

13 Click OK one more time to get back to the model.

14 In the Properties dialog, change Height Offset From Level to 14’–1”.

15 Place the ceiling inside the soffit.

F i g u R e 9 3 1 Altering the mahogany

You need to adjust your plan region; it has to be set so the cut plane is either below or equal to 14′–1″ so you can see the lower ceiling:

1 Pick the dotted rectangle surrounding the rooms This is the plan region.

2 On the Modify | Plan Region tab, click the View Range button.

3 Change the Offset value for the cut plane to 14’–1”, as shown in

Figure 9.32

4 Click OK.

F i g u R e 9 3 2 Changing the cut plane to 14′–1″



You won’t be able to

see the ceiling at the

lower elevation, so

stop picking in the

middle of the circle!

as a matter of fact,

if you picked inside

the circle more than

once, undo back to

the point before you

started picking in

the circle.

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Your ceiling plan should look like Figure 9.33

F i g u R e 9 3 3 The completed ceiling

We are getting there with this ceiling, that’s for sure! The only task left is to

add some light fixtures

Adding Light Fixtures to ceilings

Adding lighting fixtures to a Revit Architecture model is not a difficult task, but you

must follow a few guidelines to achieve success in installing lighting For example,

you must work with the Ribbon to find a face in which to insert the component:

1 Go to the Level 1 ceiling plan where you have been adding the wood

ceilings

2 On the Home tab, click Component ➢ Place Component, as shown in

Figure 9.34

3 In the Mode panel of Modify | Place Component, click Load Family,

and then browse to Imperial Library ➢ Lighting Fixtures

4 Open the file Pendant Light - Disk.rfa

5 Place the light approximately as shown in Figure 9.35.

N O T E there are no snaps when you are trying to place most

com-ponents You will have to place the fixture and then move it into position

Needless to say, this is an extra step

F i g u R e 9 3 4 Click Place Component on the Home tab

6 Move the light to the center of the radial soffit This time, you can

use snaps (see Figure 9.35)

F i g u R e 9 3 5 Moving the fixture to the correct location

7 Open the section at the West Training building section Notice the

light fixture is in the exact location you expected it to be

N O T E If you have directly skipped to this part of the chapter, open the file called NER-26.rfa You will have to delete the fixtures that are in place, but you will still have the views you need

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8 Select the fixture.

9 Click the Copy button on the Modify Lighting Fixtures tab, as shown

in Figure 9.36

10 On the Options bar, be sure the Multiple button is checked.

11 Copy the fixture 3′–0″ to the right and 3′–0″ to the left (see Figure 9.36)

F i g u R e 9 3 6 Copying the fixtures in the section

yi k e s, th i s is n’t to ou r sta n da r ds!

Yes, the default line thicknesses are hideous In Chapter 23, “BIM Management,”

we will deal with line thickness For now, you can click the Thin Lines icon to

scale back the thickness of the lines, as shown here:

trate that you are now in a fully modeling environment When you switch back

to plan, you will see that the fixtures have been moved In later chapters, you will learn that this will also add line items to schedules

Now, let’s make some more fixtures:

1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 ceiling plan.

2 Zoom in on the radial soffit You will see the two new fixtures.

3 Select the right and left fixtures.

4 Click the Rotate command on the Modify | Lighting Fixtures tab.

5 On the Options bar, make sure Copy is checked.

6 Rotate the fixtures 90° to create a total of five fixtures, as shown in

Figure 9.37

F i g u R e 9 3 7 You are now copying and rotating as if you were in flat,

2D AutoCAD.

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N O T E Notice that the fixtures overlap the gypsum soffit this is

because you are actually standing on Level 1 looking up revit architecture

has finally taken the confusion out of the reflected ceiling plan mystery

Now that you have experience dealing with ceilings, it is time to start working

on some interior design Ceilings are a part of this, but what about wall treatments,

trims, and architectural millwork? These items will be covered in the next section

interior design

Congratulations! You have arrived at possibly the most difficult subject when

it comes to 3D modeling Why is that? Well, for starters, this is the area where

nothing is easy in terms of shape and configuration For example, suppose you

want a crown molding at the ceiling where it intersects the walls And suppose

you need the same crown at the radial soffit Of course the floors and walls are

not the same material, and you need to add furniture as well

I can go on and on listing the complications we will face here, so let’s just jump

in The first part of the process will be adding plumbing fixtures and furniture

Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture

Adding a desk follows the same procedure as adding a light fixture Notice, though,

when you added the light fixture it just “knew” that it was supposed to be hosted

by the ceiling It is important to note that most furniture is not hosted by a floor;

it is actually hosted by a level This becomes very important if you have a floor

sys-tem offset from a level Your furniture will ignore the floor and stick to the level it

is associated with

To begin, we will have to knock off the less glamorous but all-too-important

task of adding bathroom fixtures:

1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 floor plan (floor plan, not

ceiling plan)

2 Zoom in on the lavatory area, as shown in Figure 9.38.

3 As you can see, there is a callout of this area Double-click on the

call-out bubble to open the view called Typical Men’s Lavatory

N O T E Now that you are more experienced with revit, you can see the

benefit of having named this view to something understandable at this stage

in the game

some fixtures In the Insert tab, click the Load Family button.

5 In the Imperial Library directory, browse to the Plumbing Fixtures folder

6 Select the file called Toilet-Commercial-Wall-3D.rfa and click Open

F i g u R e 9 3 8 The lavatory area

7 In the Type Selector, make sure the 19″ Seat Height-Type toilet is selected

8 Place it along the north wall approximately 6″ from the west wall, as shown in Figure 9.39

Because we’re not creating a military barracks from the 1960s, we need some stalls Unfortunately Revit does not provide any stalls out of the box, but this book you bought does! To add some toilet stalls to the model, go to the book’s

web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2011ner From there you can browse to

Chapter 9 and find these files:

Toilet Stall-Accessible-Front-3D.rfa





Toilet Stall-Accessible-Side-3D.rfa





Toilet Stall-Braced-3D.rfa





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F i g u R e 9 3 9 Placing the 19″ Seat Height toilet 6″ from the west wall, along the north wall

Grab Bar.rfa





Double Sink - Round.rfa





Once you locate the files, download them to the location where you keep all of

your Revit families Then follow along with the procedure:

1 On the Insert tab, click Load Family.

2 Browse to the location where the new families are kept and select the

new files; then click Open They are now loaded into your project

3 On the Home tab, click the Place A Component button.

4 Select Toilet-Stall-Accessible-Front-3D-60″× 60″ Clear

5 Pick the corner of the bathroom, as shown in Figure 9.40.

T I P If you are having difficulties placing the stall directly in the

cor-ner, place it at any location along the north wall, and then move it to the

corner so it looks like Figure 9.40