article thumbnail

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. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Architectural Desktop.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Surveys and Site Plans

Revit Beginners

Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. The survey needs to be a part of the Revit model or Revit wont consider it when exporting your site plan to DWG. We design traditional, high-end residential work.

Revit 40
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Two New Bloggers

Revit Beginners

J B Zallan of Los Angeles is a Revit, Architectural Desktop, AutoCAD consultant and Autodesk Approved Instructor whos sharing his thoughts at CAD vs BIM. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Architectural Desktop. Subscribe To.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

Anyone who has developed a custom remodel residential project can tell you its not as simple, clean, or intuitive as a custom new construction residential project. Plans require additional cleanup, but this approach reduces the frequency and types of cleanups required, particularly obvious when you move on to elevations and sections.

article thumbnail

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. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Architectural Desktop. Answer: Build a placeholder family. David Duarte.

Revit 58
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes

Revit Beginners

and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Architectural Desktop. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Go to Annotate.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Instant Section Box

Revit Beginners

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. and select your floor plan callout from the list of views. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Architectural Desktop. Instant Section Box. Go to any 3D view. Go to View.

Revit 40