Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 No Experience Required - part 70 pot

We will create sheets much as we created most other views, because that is all a sheet is: a view.. In the Project Browser, scroll down until you see a category called Sheets, as shown

creating and Populating sheets

The first part of the chapter will focus on the creation of a sheet, and how to populate it with views Although you have completed this task back in Chapter 11,

“Schedules and Tags,” it is time to drill into the ins and outs of sheet creation Luckily, when we create and populate sheets, Revit holds true to form—that

is, we still don’t have to start setting up different drawings or models to simply reference them together We will create sheets much as we created most other views, because that is all a sheet is: a view But a sheet goes one step further Look at a sheet as a view that collects other views for the purpose of printing The objective of the following procedure is to create a new sheet To get started, open the model you have been working on If you missed the previous chapter, go

to the book’s web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2011ner From there you can

browse to Chapter 14 and find the file called NER-31.rvt

1 In the Project Browser, scroll down until you see a category called

Sheets, as shown in Figure 14.1

2 Right-click on Sheets and select New Sheet (see Figure 14.1).

3 In the Select Titleblocks area of the New Sheet dialog box, select the E1

30 × 42 : Horizontal title block (It is probably the only one available.)

4 Click OK.

F i g u R e 1 4 1 Selecting a new sheet

N O T E the title block we are using is a standard autodesk-supplied

title block Later in the chapter, we will look at how to make custom title

blocks also, your new sheet may be numbered differently from the example

in the book this is OK; we are going to change the numbering in a moment

Congratulations! You now have a blank sheet The next procedure will involve

adding views to the sheet by the click-and-drag method

1 On the View tab, click Guide Grid, as shown in Figure 14.2.

2 In the Guide Grid Name dialog, call the guide Grid 30x42, and click OK.

3 Select the guide grid, and drag it into place by using the blue grips, as

shown in Figure 14.2

4 With the guide grid still selected, change Guide Spacing to 3” in the

Properties dialog, as shown in Figure 14.2

N O T E Note that you do not have to add a guide grid the guide grid

keeps your plans in the same spot from sheet to sheet, and can be a good idea

F i g u R e 1 4 2 New to Revit 2011, you can add a guide grid to a sheet.

5 In the Project Browser, find the dependent view called Level 1 West,

as shown in Figure 14.3

6 Pick the view, and hold down the pick button.

7 Drag the view onto the sheet, as shown in Figure 14.3.

F i g u R e 1 4 3 Dragging the view onto the sheet

8 When the view is centered in the sheet, let go of the pick button You

will now see the view following your cursor Try to align the lower-left corner of the viewport with a guide grid, and then click This will place the view onto the sheet

This is how you populate a sheet using Revit—quite the departure from CAD One nice detail is that the title is filled out, and the scale will never be incorrect The next step is to start renumbering sheets so we can create a logical order

sheet organization

If you have been following along with the book, you will already have a sheet numbered A101 It would be nice if we could give this sheet a new number and start our sequence over again Revit lets you do just that

The objective of the next procedure is to change the sheet numbering and to add

more sheets, allowing Revit to sequentially number the sheets as they are created

1 In the Project Browser, find the sheet A101 - Unnamed and right-click.

2 Select Rename, as shown in Figure 14.4.

F i g u R e 1 4 4 Renaming the sheet

3 Change the sheet number to A601.

4 Change the name to SCHEDULES AND GENERAL NOTES.

5 Click OK.

6 Right-click on sheet A103 (if it is not named A103, it is the only other

sheet other than A601, the sheet you just created)

7 Select Rename.

8 Change the number to A101.

9 Change the name to WEST WING FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

10 Click OK.

Your Project Browser should now resemble Figure 14.5

With the sheets organized, we can now proceed to create more As we do, we

will see that not only do the sheets number themselves, but all of the sections,

elevations, and callouts will start reading the appropriate sheet designations

F i g u R e 1 4 5 The reorganized Project Browser

The objective of the next procedure is to create more sheets and to add views

to them

1 Right-click on Sheets (All) in the Project Browser.

2 Select New Sheet.

3 Click OK to add the title block.

4 At the bottom of the Properties dialog, select 30x42 as the guide grid,

as shown in Figure 14.6

5 In the Project Browser, find the dependent view called Level 1 East and

drag it onto the new sheet

6 Pick a point on the sheet to place the view aligned with the guide grid,

as shown in Figure 14.6

7 In the Project Browser, double-click on the A101 sheet, opening the

view Notice that the view reference next to the match line is filled out with the appropriate designation

8 Double-click on A102 to open the view again.



You may also notice a

plus sign (+) next to

a101 If you expand

the tree by clicking

on the +, you can see

the views that are

included on this view

this can prove to be

immensely useful

because you cannot

add a view to another

sheet (or the same

sheet for that

mat-ter) if it is already

included in a sheet.

F i g u R e 1 4 6 Adding another sheet

You may notice in the Project Browser that sheet A102 is still unnamed The

next procedure will describe a different way to rename and renumber a sheet

1 With Sheet A102 opened, zoom into the right side of the view, as

shown in Figure 14.7

2 Select the title block Notice that a few items turn blue If you

remember, any item that turns blue can be modified

3 Click into the text that says Project Name and type NO EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED.

4 Click into the text that says Unnamed and type EAST WING FIRST

FLOOR PLAN (see Figure 14.7).

5 Create another sheet using the 30x42 Horizontal title block.

6 Number it A201.

7 Name it ENLARGED PLANS.

8 Add the 30x42 grid guide.

9 Drag the following views onto the sheet:

Typical Elevator Shaft



 Typical Men’s Lavatory



 Typical Women’s Lavatory





10 Arrange them so they are in a row, as shown in Figure 14.8.

F i g u R e 1 4 7 Changing the title block information

F i g u R e 1 4 8 Creating a sheet and adding views in a row across the bottom of the page

N O T E also notice that the title block is filled out the page number

and the sheet name are filled out because we edited these names when we

made the sheet, but the project name will appear on every new sheet that

we create

Now that the first floor plans and typical enlarged plans are placed on a sheet,

it is time to move on to adding the details that we created

If you feel as though you have enough experience creating a sheet and adding

views, go ahead and proceed on your own Your new sheet will be numbered A301

and called Building Sections, and you will add the views East Corridor Section, West

Corridor Section, Section at West Training, and West Wing South Wall Section Your

sheet should look like the figure at the end of the procedure

If you would like some assistance in putting the section sheet together, follow

along with this procedure:

1 In the Project Browser, right-click on the Sheets category.

2 Select New Sheet.

3 Select the E1 30×42 Horizontal title block, and click OK

4 In the Project Browser, right-click on the new sheet and select Rename.

5 Give the new sheet a number of A301 and a name of BUILDING

SECTIONS.

6 In the Properties dialog, add the 30x42 grid guide.

7 In the Project Browser, find the Sections (Building Sections) category.

8 Drag the section called East Corridor Section onto the lower-left

cor-ner of the sheet

9 Drag the section called Section at East Training onto the sheet to the

right of the East Corridor Section

10 Drag the section called West Corridor Section onto the sheet and place

it into the upper-left corner Be sure you align it directly above the East

Corridor Section

11 Drag the section called East Wing South Wall Section to the right of the

West Corridor Section and directly above the Section of West Training

Notice the alignment lines will allow you to accurately place the section

After you have these four sections in place, your sheet A301 should look

like Figure 14.9

F i g u R e 1 4 9 The completed sheet A301

Now that we have created a few sheets, you may want to make some adjustments

to the view without leaving the sheet The next section of this chapter will focus on

the properties of a viewport and how to make it live on the sheet so we can make

modifications

Modifying a viewport

Wait a second Isn’t a viewport AutoCAD vernacular? Yes, it is But a viewport in AutoCAD and a viewport in Revit are two different things altogether

In Revit, when you drag a view onto a sheet, a linked copy of that view becomes

a viewport This is what you see on the sheet Any modification you make to the original view will immediately be reflected in the viewport, and vice versa See Figure 14.10 for a graphical representation

The objective of the next procedure is to activate a viewport to make modifica-tions on the sheet, and also to explore the Element Properties of the viewport

1 Open the sheet A301 (if it is not open already).

2 Zoom in on the viewport West Wing South Wall Section, as shown in

Figure 14.11

F i g u R e 1 4 1 0 The relationship between the original view and the viewport

3 Select the view.

4 Right-click and select Activate View, as shown in Figure 14.11.

5 With the view activated, you can work on it just as if you had opened

it from the Project Browser Select the crop region, as shown in

Figure 14.12

6 Stretch the top of the crop region up so you can see the entire view.

7 Stretch the bottom of the crop region down to expose the bottom of

the section

F i g u R e 1 4 1 1 Activating a view

N O T E By activating the view in this manner, you are essentially

open-ing that view the only difference between physically openopen-ing the view in the

project Browser and activating the view on the sheet is that by activating

the view, you can now see the title block, which will help in terms of layout