Creating Walls, Partition walls and Floors for a residential layout using REVIT

1).

Aim: To create floor and assigning material and thickness using property browser.Aligning it with the grids.

Procedure:

Step 1:

Click on the floor created.( from architecture tab- floor -pick lines and select the boundary lines).Click on edit type (generic 12" floor is created) , then type properties dialogue box appears.

Step 2:

Click on duplicate , enter the name as "Generic 5" floor".Type properties dialogue box appears.Click on edit in strcuture.In edit assembly dialogue box, we can change the thickness and material, thickness is kept 5"mm.

Step 3 : 

Click on by category under material tab.Select oak flooring from the material browser and click ok.

Result:

Floor is created and material is assigned.

The created plan is aligned with the grids.

 

 

2).

Aim : To add walls Add material of wall and thickness.Make top and bottom of wall constrained

Procedure:

Step 1:

From the architecture tab select walls architecture  and  create the walls.

Step 2:

From architecture tab , in doors -load family and Door double glass is loaded.Place the door in the Main entrence.

Step 3:

Select the wall , go to property manager - edit type - create duplicate so we can edit the properties.Give the name as wall ,select edit from the Generic 12" wall.

Step 4:

In the edit assembly dialogue box, click tab under material,to change click on the thickness tab and change the thickness to 8".From the material browser , select concrete masonry unit  as material, we can see it under the appearance tab.

Step 5 :

Click ok.

Step 6:

Select the walls and look at property browser on the left.The base constain is in level 1 , in the top constrain select level 2 (3000mm)

Result:  

Walls are created.

Material concrete is selected.

 

Top and bottom of wall are constrained.

 

(2a) 

Ans:If walls are connected to level , if we change the height of level , the walls connected to the levels will automatically adjust to that level.

Eg : In floor plan , click on architectural tab- wall 

In the top also we can select the level, or after creating the wall select it and go to properties and change it to level 2

If we go to the elevation view we can see that the elevation of wall  is created from base level1 to top as level 2.

If we change the value of level 2 to 4000, we can see that the wall created also moves to a height of 4000.

(2b) 

Ans: On the other hand , if the wals are un connected , if we are changing the level, the walls remain in the height given during drafting.

Eg: Go to property browser by selecting the wall and change the top constrain to unconnected.

Now the initial level is 4000mm .

If we change the level to 3000mm, we can see that the wall remains unmoved.

So connecting the wall is convenient as it will be moved with the level.

For modelling height will be the convenient option.

 

3).

Aim :  Use of copy and paste and aligning the plan to the other levels.

Procedure:

Step 1 :

Select the model in 3d view.Click on copy to clipboard.

Step 2 :

Select Paste and select  aligned to selected levels.Select level 2 , and click ok. Delete the top door.

Result: 

The ground plan is copied and paste and aligned to the first floor level.

 

4).

Aim :To use interior partition wall to seperate rooms

Procedure:

Step1:

From the architectural tab , select wall -architecture.Select interior partition wall of 4".

Step 2:

Place each of partition wall to create different rooms.Create stairs by clicking on stair option from outside.

Step 3:

For creating bedrooms in first floor , use wall tab  -generic 8"mm for exterior and basic 4" partation wall for interior wall.By door in the architecture ,place the doors.

Step 4 :

For windows, also go for architecture tab -windows.

Step 5:

Create room tags by clicking on room in architecture tab.

Step 6 :

Create handrail for the patio in the entrance of the first floor.

 

Step 7:

Create column below the patio.

Result:

• Partition walls are used to create rooms.
• Patio is created.

 

 

 

5).

Aim: Adding of components to the model 

Procedure:

Placing of doors and windows

Step 1:

From the architecture tab, click on door and create doors for each room.From architectural tab, click on windows and place the windows in all rooms.

Step 2:

Place ventilators for the toilet.Place Door double glass for main entrance.

Ground floor:

First floor:

Step 3:

Living room:

In architectural tab, click on place components.Click on load family to load the sofa ,tea table, Tv desk and Tv.

Step 4:

Place the camera to get the living room 3d view.

Step 5:

Dining room:

Place table round with chairs in the dining room .Load it from the family.

Step 6:

Set the camera view for dinning.

Step 7:

Bedroom:

Click on place a component from the architectural tab.Load family - load bed, table, chair, light and place it in the room.

Step 8:

Set the camera and take the 3d view.

Step 9: 

Rest room:

In the restroom from the plumbing tab in load family load bath tub, water closet.Insert in the drawing by place component option in architectural tab.

Step 10:

Set the camera for 3d view.

Step 11:

Kitchen :

In load family under speciality equipment’s kitchen is found -cabinet are also included along with hood and hob.Refrigerator is also loaded from the mid-range folder.

Step 10:

Set the camera for 3d view.

Store room :

Step 12:

Washing machine and storage cabinet is loaded into the store room.

Step 10: Set the camera for 3d view.

 

Result:

Components are placed in each room and 3d view is created.

Plan View:

Ground floor:

Ground floor and First floor: