Autodesk® Revit Basics Training Manual. Brian W. Clayton

can either drag the length of the wall to 50 feet long, or you can just begin drawing the wall and type in the distance of 50 feet (or whatever distance you need the walls to be). If you zoom in close to the wall, you will see the wall measurement numbers will change to increments of one inch.

      Continue to draw the walls all around and make them 50 feet on each side for this exercise. Your drawing should look like the following screenshot.

      

In this example, the wall that was selected was the BASIC WALL: EXTERIOR – BRICK ON WOOD STUD.

      Once the walls are all placed, click the MODIFY Arrow.

      

Please do not click the ESC Key, as this will cancel out other functions in later steps in Revit which you may not desire. If you click the ESC Key in some instances it is the equivalent to hitting CRTL + Z, or the UNDO command numerous times, and clearing out your entire project or entire work. If you do this, you might have to start over again.

      If you click on the DETAIL LEVEL Button at the bottom left, change the detail level to FINE and then you can see the hatches symbols in your material on the wall detail.

      Use the DETAIL LEVEL Button to show the hatch detail for walls and other objects.

      

You won’t see the hatches if you used a generic wall, since it doesn’t have material on the exterior or interior.

      The next step will be placing interior walls in the space. Follow the same steps as before to select a wall, but select an Interior 4-3/4” Partition (that is a basic interior wall thickness). Once selected, it will appear in the view window.

      In this example, we will be creating a room, 17’-0” × 17’-4”, in the bottom left corner. Begin by clicking the mouse on the exterior wall to place the new interior wall you selected in the bottom left corner and (release the mouse button) drag the wall up the screen 17’-0” to make the wall and click the mouse button to stop the wall.

      Next, we will complete the room by drawing the other wall. If you are still in the Modify/Place Wall command on the ribbon, then you can continue to extend the wall over to the left or whichever wall you are connecting to.

      Click anywhere on the white screen in the drawing window and the command will end and the project will have a completed room.

      If by chance you had drawn the wall and gotten out of the wall command before extending the other wall, as seen in the following screen shot, don’t worry. There is an easy fix for this.

      Simply click on the wall command in the Architectural Ribbon, and select the INTERIOR 4 ¾” PARTITION wall again.

      Connect the wall to the existing wall in your drawing.

      

Don’t worry about aligning the two walls. Revit will do that for you.

      Then extend the wall over to the other side or to another wall you want to connect with.

      The completed room layout should look like this:

      Revit has allowed you to design a complete exterior and interior of a home or commercial building with a few clicks of a mouse and an extensive library of walls. These walls are already pre-made for you to use and modify at a later point. This will allow you to become very precise in your designs.

      If you notice your room doesn’t match the dimensions shown, refer back to Chapter 2, Dimensioning in Revit, to adjust the wall length. Simply click on the wall and adjust the temporary dimension length, and the wall will move to your desired position.

      Now we can move on to making your project inviting. Let’s take a look at Chapter 4, Placing Doors and Windows.

CHAPTER 4

       Placing Doors and Windows

      PLACING DOORS

      To begin placing a door in your drawing, go to the Architecture Tab, and select the DOOR tile to activate a list of doors in Revit.

      This command will open up a quick door selection of what is already available, so you can choose which door you want to use in your design. You can then drag the door of your choice to your design, and place it in the specified location in the wall.

      

If you want the door to have a mark or door tag identifier such as 101 or 101A, then make sure TAG ON PLACEMENT is highlighted.

      When placing a door, notice that the temporary dimensions appear just like we discussed in Chapter 2, Dimensioning in Revit. So, if you need to place a door in a specific location, you can click on the dimension and type in the specific distance, and the door will move to your new desired location. For example, if you want the door to be placed 6 inches from the edge of a wall (like in your home), then you can specify that distance.

      Here is another example of placing a front door following the same steps as before. Click on the door drop-down category and drag the door into position.

      

When placing doors in a project, doors are “host-based,” which means that the doors have to be placed in a wall. They cannot be placed out in the middle of nowhere. If you attempt to put a door in without walls, you will notice that you get a circle with a line through it. This means that you can’t put the door in that position.

      Once you have selected the door and placed it in your house or building, click the MODIFY Arrow to end the command. Please don’t click the ESC Key.

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