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Revit Beginners: Stepped Foundation Plans

Revit Beginners

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. Saturday, July 22, 2006. came along.

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Revit Beginners: Surveys and Site Plans

Revit Beginners

Surveys and Site Plans. elevations, sections, 3D views, etc (similar to model lines) and youll have to adjust its visibility one view at a time. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone.

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Revit Beginners: Using Radar

Revit Beginners

You just linked a developed Revit model into a new project file and you cant seem to find it. If I just imported a project and I cant seem to locate the imported model the first thing I do is setup my radar. Go to a floor plan view and add four new elevations looking in all directions. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone.

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Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. Having built a few parametric families, here is my experience: The dimensions that are variable or can flex need to be modeled before any actual geometry. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. at 4:26 PM.

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Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

build your as-built model in the existing phase. Once an as-built model is done you might want to archive a copy of the model just incase the design scope changes and you have to start all over again with a clean as-built. The model builder is going to have to do partial demolition of walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, etc.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Coordinates Icons

Revit Beginners

Go to a floor plan view and hit the light bulb to reveal the two new coordinate system icons (the survey point triangle and the project base point circle). you can draw a simple building and link in a simple building (by shared coordinates) and move these two icons around a bit (clipped and unclipped) to see how the two models react or.

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Revit Beginners: Communicating your data

Revit Beginners

For instance you can combine custom room schedules with color fill plans (drafting. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Revit Zone. A parameter is basically any characteristic of a space or component that you want to illustrate, analyze or communicate. Knowledge Base. Partner Products. Product Activation. Request Manuals. Revit Content Library.

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