Revit Handout by Lomos Enterprises Pvt Ltd

CONTENT
1. Interface & Units
2. Levels
3. Creating components & setting work planes
4. Massing
5. Void Massing
6. Variations in Massing
7. Divisions, patterns & frames
8. Adaptive Components
9. Mass by face
10. In place mass
11. Introduction to parametric modelling
12. Using parameters for modelling
13. Instance & Type Parameters
14. Walls & grids
15. Windows & doors
16. Floors, roofs & ceiling
17. Curtain walls
18. Railing, ramp & stairs
19. Model group, model line & model text
20. Rooms & legends
21. Importing & linking
22. Topo-surface, building pad & contours
23. Annotation, tagging & detail lines
24. Setting views, sunlight, shadows & exploded views
25. Rendering & Walkthroughs
26. Create sheets, exporting sheets & exporting views

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1. Interface & Units

Always start off your project with an architectural template

- Scroll for zoom in & out
- Middle wheel for pan
- Middle wheel & shift for orbit
Always important to have properties and the project browser all the
time on either sides to work, which can be found under VIEW – USER
INTERFACE

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Units can be set under MANAGE – PROJECT UNTIS

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2. Levels can be set & renamed under any of the elevations found
in the project browser

For Revit 2018 & above know that you can switch between the tabs
open in the upper ribbon, for other users – VIEW – SWITCH
WINDOW.
Close hidden/in-active will close all inactive windows and keep one
window open per project/file

Add levels by going to DATUM – LEVELS

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3. Creating components
You can download and use components – COMPONENTS – PLACE
COMPONENT , you can use www.revitcity.com /
www.bimobjects.com for the same by making a free account.

Specify the type of components you intend

to create under – COMPONENTS – MODEL
IN PLACE

- All components (solid & void) as explained

- Set the plane by going to plane – set
- View the work plane by – Show

Make sure to set the work planes as

required based on what you intend to
model

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4. Massing
Revit files are mainly as follows :
- Revit project files - .rvt
- Revit template files - .rte
- Revit massing files - .rfa
- Revit family files - .rfa
To open a Revit mass template – File – new – Conceptual Mass

a. Draw a profile – open / closed – select profile – create form

b. Draw work planes – horizontal / vertical – draw profiles –
create form
Point element – gives 4 planes
Model line – no planes - black
Reference line – 6 planes - pink

Draw on face / draw on work plane

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5. Void Massing
Void mass cuts solid mass – draw profile – select – create Void form
Automatically cuts solid forms – if not then use cut geometry

Circle – cylinder or sphere

6.Variations in Massing
- Push/pull rotate face
- Push/pull rotate vertex
- Push/pull rotate edges
- Add profile (turn on XRAY) : Edit profile , rotate profile,
push/pull profile
- Add edge
- Select face – divide face – select pattern in properties

Modify U/V parameters as per requirement

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- Adding frame/panel as per requirement

7. Division, pattern and panels
Create new family – curtain panel pattern based

Select the profile from selecting the grid and changing the properties
Place a point, select a perpendicular plane , draft a profile, select
path and profile create form, load into project (mass).
8. Adaptive components : create a mass – divide -create a pattern
*Remember to turn on 3d snapping while creating the form
Create a form with 3D snapping with 4 points and 3 line segments -
create multiple suck forms – select all and create form
Select form divide surface – switch off V grids
- Create new family – Generic model Adaptive
- Select similar work place
- Place the same number of points (4)
- Make the points Adaptive
- Join points using reference lines
- Place a point , set a perpendicular plane , create a profile –
select profile – path and create form
- Load into project

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- Select surface – go to surface representation and switch on

nodes- so the same for all 3 surfaces
- Go to create – components to get the loaded geometry and
place it on the surface one at a time
- Try repeat and see of revit is able to compute the rest of the
geometry

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9. Mass by face
In the mass – click on load into project and place the mass in revit
architecture
Things to consider
- Zoom to fit to fit in the mass
- Turn on mass under mass & site- first tool
- Check zoom to fit in your 3D
Go to elevation – add levels – go to 3D select mass – mass floors –
select all the levels where you need mass floor plates
Go to wall by face – select the faces where you need walls – same for
floor by face – roof by face – last step mass can be turned off.

10. In-place Mass

Go to in-place mass-give the mass a name- Revit is basically going to
turn your revit architecture into massing interface directly so you can
do mass in the revit architecture template itself.

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11. Introduction to parameters

- Conceptual mass – make a square – go to create – dimensions –

align and select the two opposite sides and dimension the same
– repeat for the other two sides as well
Select the dimensions – Add parameter and give them unique names
Can be controlled by using family types
Formula to relate them using family types
Make a cube – dimension the faces- for height change the work place
and dimension it

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Same with a cube

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12. Using parameters for modelling:

Example of a column – example of a door
Different parameters for – rotation, material, offset, height,
length, breadth, angle etc

Create parameter using dimensions between work planes /

reference planes

13. Instance parameter & Type parameter

Instance parameter – can be changed directly on the properties
menu – different for every instance used.
Type parameter – same for all the instances placed – can be changed
by going to edit type in properties but changes the entire type so to
avoid this always EDIT TYPE -DUPLICATE – change values

14. Walls & Grids

- Wall thickness – edit type – add layers – change material
- Split walls – edit type – section preview – split wall – add layer
– select the split part – assign – modify
- Adding sweep and reveal in the sectional preview
- Height of the wall adjusted using top and bottom constraints,
unconnected height for adding height that we want on our
own. Offset to change height accordingly
- Edit profile of the wall makes wall behave like extrusion so can
edit it like wise.
- Using curtain wall – 3 types
- Curtain wall on normal wall and cut geometry
Grids
- Draw grid lines – visible in elevations and sections as well

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- Click on grid line and tick mark on the other side of the grid line
without labelling to enable labelling
- Automatic grid labelling based on the previous value given!

15. Windows & Doors

Both behave exactly same – all properties to be changed under
properties – edit type
Make sure to duplicate so existing features don’t change
To Change the entire appearance – click on door/window and edit
family – all elements in the family are components with basic
modelling tools used so can edit extrusion / new extrusion can be
made – materials in properties for new extrusion.
If you don’t wish to change all the windows and doors then make
sure to save family before loading into the project. Else overwriting
will change all the doors and windows in the project.

16. Floors, roofs and ceiling

Floors & ceiling
- Draw like an extrusion
- Edit type- structure – edit – add layers change thickness and
material
- For different height floors (drop slab, etc) just add an offset –
positive or negative for that piece of floor slab.
Roof
3 types – roof by face (already covered), roof by footprint & roof
by extrusion.
a. Roof by face covered by mass by face

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b. Roof by footprint just draw the footprint of the roof – click on

the roof lines and switch off the defines slope next to it by
clicking on the line and then turning off defines slope
c. Roof by extrusion – select a plane and draw the profile (single
line) of the roof and finish it which generates the roof.
Thickness of the roof – structure – edit – add layers and change
materials and layer thickness.
Height of the roof can be set by setting the height in properties by
changing levels / offset.
To make walls attach to the roof – select walls – attach top / base
and select the roof, make sure the roof overlaps the roof so the walls
can attach the roof.

17. Curtain Walls

Walls – properties – curtain walls – 3 types of walls – plain glass –

with grid – with panel
Curtain wall by face
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Can select one curtain panel and change materials for the same

18. Railing , ramp and stairs

Railing – sketch single line / loop. But single rail element at a time!
Rail – properties – edit type – baluster / rail structure – change
profile (new profile – new family – metric profile)

Ramp – always duplicate

Add ramp width – ramp slope (to be calculated) – set ramp max
inclined length – material of ramp in properties
Ramp can be open / close based – properties ramp – thick/solid
3 types of ramp – straight line, curved lines and ramp by sketch.

Stairs – Always remember to enter riser – width – tread depth as per

needed
Width in properties: Duplicate type and create new stairs always.
Multiple type of creating stairs – most useful is stairs by sketch
19. Model group – select elements – create group
Create group and model elements – made groups can be used as
group select and place it as required.
Model groups behave the same way as each other.
Model line – different types of line – same as annotate line
Remember line thickness is always as THIN LINES (TL)
Model text is always your 3D text to use in the model –
properties same as always!

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20. Room
Create rooms – bounded by walls
Open rooms can be separated using room separating lines – once a
room TAG is deleted, use room tag command to tag the rooms again
Room tag properties can be changed in properties –
area/volume/number
Adding Legend
Annotate – colour fill legend – Space type: room, colour scheme :
name
Different names take different colour – select the legend edit type
and change the fill type or fill colour.

21. Linking and importing

Link models to use as it is – in project browser – revit links
Unlink and unload , edit – save and close, go to links in project
browser and reload
Once imported – select the import instance – in-case of not being
able to select it, right click zoom to fit – box the screen – filter –
select the .DWG file -import units – smallest unit used for drafting
and importing number: 1

22. Topo surface , building pad , split surfaces and contours

Define height / contours using topo surface points, make sure to
work only in the site plan to see things related to toposurface.
Use split surface to define your actual site / roads in site.
Change material in properties for the split surfaces.

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Building pad will make it flat – higher or lower the site surface – can
be changed in properties.
Can label the contours using label contours.
23. Annotation, tagging and detail lines
Annotation – different annotation types – all straightforward
Tag doors, windows and other elements
Detail lines – model lines

24. Setting views

Save orientation and lock view at the bottom of the screen
Switch on shadows – switch on sun path as required
Select an element – displace elements to create exploded views.
2 point perspective views to bet set using camera under default 3D
views.
25. Any set view can be rendered – rendering setting
straightforward – once rendered can be saved to project to use
on sheets/exported out of project as image

Walkthrough camera to be set under Default 3D view ,

walkthrough- set cameras for walkthrough at different heights-
now walkthrough visible in project browser- set angles for
individual key frame (camera) – export the walkthrough by
exporting as animation.

26. Creating sheets in two ways – a. New title block – load

into project
B. Sheets – project browser – create new sheets (to be done
even after loading in new sheet from new title block)

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To change anything in sheet – select sheet – edit family and do

the change.
To add elements to the sheet – drag and drop – viewports
Can scale viewports by clicking on viewports and going to
properties and changing scale.
Edit type in viewport properties and turn off view title to turn
off any unwanted naming below sheets.
To clean viewports- select view port – activate viewport and
select elements and hide elements.
Remember 3 types of duplicate and duplicate as required to
place the same elements on various sheets.

Export / print (PDF) – visible region/entire view/select view or

sheets – select as needed - raster image quality as 300, zoom
to 100% and proceed.!

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