AUTODESKKK® REVIT® 2017 for ARCHITECTURE NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED AUTODESKKK® REVITTT® 2017 for ARCHITECTURE NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Eric Wing Executive Editor: Jody Lefevere Development Editor: Tom Cirtin Technical Editor: Eric Bogenschutz Production Editor: Dassi Zeidel Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett Editorial Manager: Mary Beth Wakefi eld Production Manager: Kathleen Wisor Book Designer: Franz Baumhackl Proofreader: Amy J. Schneider Indexer: Ted Laux Project Coordinator, Cover: Brent Savage Cover Designer: Wiley Cover Image: ©iurii/Shutterstock Copyright © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-119-24330-4 ISBN: 978-1-119-24332-8 (ebk.) ISBN: 978-1-119-24331-1 (ebk.) 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Acknowledgments Before I ever even pondered writing a technical book such as this one, I was the guy who bought them and studied them from the front to the back. This specifi c page, however, I always thought was somewhat superfl uous . . . bordering on self-indulgent. As I sit here now, after fi nishing 14 chapters (and 8 online bonus chapters), I can categorically say that the 750-word allotment only scratches the surface of the list of people close to me who have been tremendously inconvenienced by my unavailability and, conversely, by my temperament during the rare occasions when I was available. Of course, topping this list are my wife, Jennifer, and the kids, Cassidy and Jacob. You guys always come through for me, and there is no way I could have written a single chapter without your support; and yes, you get to go to Disney World again like the last 10 years! Also, I’d like to thank Grandma, Baci, and Dziadziu for constantly watching and being with the kids. On the technical side, thanks to Stephanie McComb for acquiring the book and working with me on my manuscript and for her constant patience as I con- stantly fell behind schedule. Thanks to Eric Bogenschutz for his thorough tech- nical edits and for keeping the images making sense with the lessons. I would really like to thank Tom Cirtin for keeping it all on track. About the Author Eric Wing lives inSyracuse, New York, with his family. He is the BIM services manager for C&S Companies, which is a full-service engineering/architectural fi rm headquartered in Syracuse. Eric’s degree is in construction engineering; he earned it from Delhi University. In addition to writing this book, Eric has written A utodesk® R evit® A rchitecture: No Experience Required 2010 through 20177 and R evit Structure Fundamentals 20100 , and he co-wrote M astering Revit Structure 20099 . Eric also authors Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks videos for Lynda.com. Eric is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University. 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Contents at a Glance Introduction xix CHAPTER 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1 CHAPTER 2 Creating a Model 45 CHAPTER 3 Creating Views 105 CHAPTER 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 165 CHAPTER 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 213 CHAPTER 6 Floors 255 CHAPTER 7 Roofs 303 CHAPTER 8 Structural Items 353 CHAPTER 9 Ceilings and Interiors  407 CHAPTER 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 463 CHAPTER 11 Detailing 529 CHAPTER 12 Creating Specifi c Views and Match Lines 595 CHAPTER 13 Creating Sheets and Printing  611 CHAPTER 14 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 641 Index 665 Contents Introduction xix Chapter  The Autodesk Revit World 1 The Revit Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Revit Workfl ow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The View Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Object Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Modifying and Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Building on Existing Geometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 View Control and Object Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 File Types and Families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 System and Hosted Families (.rfa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using Revit Template Files (.rte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using Revit Family Files (.rft) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Chapter  Creating a Model 45 Placing Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Adding Exterior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Using Reference Planes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Adding More Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Adding Interior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Editing Wall Joins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Displaying Wall Joins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Disallowing Wall Joins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Placing Doors and Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Adding Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Placing Openings in Your Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 xiv Contents Adding Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Chapter  Creating Views 105 Creating Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Adding Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Understanding the Composition of a Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Making Other Level Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Creating and Modifying Building Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Adding a Building Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Making Building Modifi cations in a Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Adding Wall Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Creating Detail Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Using Crop Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Splitting a Section Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Creating Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Creating and Modifying a Camera View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Adding a Camera View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Modifying the Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Creating an Elevation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Interior Elevations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Elevation Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Annotation Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Chapter  Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 165 The Basic Edit Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 The Move Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 The Copy Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 The Rotate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 The Array Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Radial Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Linear Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Mirror Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 The Align Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Locking an Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 The Split Element Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Contents xv The Trim Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 The Offset Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Copy/Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Creating the Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Chapter  Dimensioning and Annotating 213 Selecting and Applying Dimensioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Aligned Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Linear Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Angular Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Radial Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Arc Length Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Constraining the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Using Dimensions to Move Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Using Dimension Text Overrides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Placing Text and Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Adding Leader Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Changing the Leader Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Modifying the Text Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Changing Text Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Chapter  Floors 255 Placing a Floor Slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Creating the Slab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Sketching the Slab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Building a Floor by Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Adding Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Adding a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Splitting the Floor Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Adding an Alternate Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Splitting and Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Creating Shaft Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Are You Experienced?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302