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

1) Use the project file created from Week 2. Use it for this assignment. Based on your layout from week 2, using floor tool under architecture tab and select the floor with appropriate material and thickness using the property browser create a layout in the Ground floor Level. Align the floor plan with grids created from week 2

Introduction:

The revit platform for Building Information Modelling is a design and documentation system that supports the design, drawings and schedules required for building project. Bim delivers information about project desgn, scope, quantities and phases when you need it.

Architecture tab of the revit software contains various basic options to help the creation of a structure and these are:

Wall:creates non-structural wall in building model.

Door: adds door to the building model.

Window: adds window to the building model.

Components: places an element in the building model, based on a selected element type.

Column: adds a vertical load bearing element to the building model.

Roof: creates a roof using building footprint to define its boundaries.

Floor: Creates a floor for the current level of the building model.

Ceiling: creates a ceiling at a specified distance above the level in which it resides.

Curtain system: creates a curatin system on the face of a mass or generic model.

Curtain grid: creates a grid line in the curtain wall or curtain system.

Mullion: creates a vertical or horizontal mullion in a curtain grid.

Railing: creates a railing by sketching therailing path.

Ramps: adds a ramp to the building model.

Stairs: adds a stair to the building model by creating a coomon run, landing and support components.

Then various other options include rooms, room tag, area, tag area etc.

Structure tab helps in creating structural elements of the building.

Steel tab contains steel related elements.

System tabs contain vaious systems like ducts, fabrication systems etc.

Insert tab helps in inking other files to the revit file.

Annoatate tab contains options to add texts dimensions etc to the building model.

Analyze tab helps in the structural analysis.

Collaborate tab helps in collaborating works of various disciplines.

View tab contains various options to view the building model.

Manage tab, Add ins tab and modify tabs are the other tabs in the ribbon of the revit software.

1. Aim:

To create the floor for the layout created in week 2 and provide appropriate material and thickness to the floor.

Procedure:

• Initially open the week 2 assignment.

• Now in the order to create the flooring, Go to the architecture tab and choose the floor option to create the flooring.

• Hence the flooring is applied to the given drawing.

2) Add walls based on the floor layout. Pick lines or use the draw tool to modify the boundary of walls. Use the property browser to select appropriate material and thickness for walls. After creating the walls verify using the property browser to see if the top and bottom of the walls are constrained.

a. Based on your observation, what is beneficial for connecting walls with associated levels rather than being Unconnected
b. Which option is convenient for modeling walls, By Height or By Depth?

Aim:

To add the wall to the floor layout and provide materials and approprite thickness to the wall created.

Procedure:

• Open the week 2 revit file.
• Then, click on walls in the architecture tab.

• Then move to property browser to edit the wall thickness.
• Change the top constraint to level 2.
• Provide the wall thickness as required.

• Now, in property browser go to edit type for walls and edit the structure option to change the material and thickness, if needed.

• Then click on ok and apply
• Hence the wall thus has been created.

2.a) According to me, connecting walls with associated level is beneficial. This is beacause any change in the height of the levels will be aautomatically reflected in the walls too. This reduces our effort to orient it accordingly.

2.b) Modelling walls by height or by depth, both method is convenient, but I mostly use by height method, as we can adjust the height of the wall as needed more easily.

3) Copy the model elements ( wall, floor ) modelled to Ground Floor Level and paste it aligned to First Floor Level . Use modify tab to utilize copy and paste options to align
elements to a different level

Aim:

To copy the model elements modelled to ground floor level and paste it aligned to first floor level.

Procedure:

• Inorder to create the next floor, initially move to front view, i.e elevation.

• Now, select the enitre floor.
• Then in the modify tab choose copy to clipboard.
• Then in the paste option: aligned to selected level --> Level 2.

• The front elevation of the drawing as shown in the figure given below.

4) Use interior partition walls to create separate rooms within your residential unit. The model must include the following rooms

a. Living Room/ Drawing Room ( 15’ X 18’)
b. Dining Room (9’ X 11’)
c. Bed Room ( 9’ X 12’ and 15’ X 11’)
d. Rest Room ( 10’ X 12’ )
e. Kitchen (8’ X 10’)

Aim:

To create interior partition walls to create separate rooms within the residential unit. The model must include the following rooms:

a. Living Room/ Drawing Room ( 15' X 18')

b. Dining Room (9' X 11')

c. Bed Room ( 9' X 12' and 15' X 11')

d. Rest Room (10' X 12') e. Kitchen (8' X 10')

Procedure:

• Initially, go to architecture tab --> walls.
• Then in the properties select interior walls and create the model from the layout created.
• Then again go to architecture tab --> choose components --> load family --> Then include furnitures, lightings, beds, chairs etc in the model.

5) Based on week 2 assignment, the components to be included in a residential unit were inserted to the Revit file. Place these components in appropriate locations to add details to your residential model

a. Place Doors and windows in the wall at appropriate locations
b. The Living Room must include furniture set, couch table and TV desk and shelf cabinets
c. The Dining Room must include a table and chairs serving the purpose of eating
d. Bed Room must include a bed set, shelf, lighting and individual study desk and chair
e. Rest room should include bath tub and plumbing fixtures discussed in class
f. Kitchen should include countertops, gas stove cabinet and shelves to store food items
g. The wash/storage room can include washing machines and shelves to store clothes

All the components are available in Revit Library. Use them to place at appropriate locations to add details to your model. Use 3D navigation to check the model and its authenticity on a real time basis to verify the model

Aim:

To add the components that should be included in a residential unit like furnitures, doors windows etc.

Procedure:

• Go to architectural tab --> components --> place a component --> load families --> Then add different coponents like doors and windows, furnitures, lightings, shelves etc in the residential model created.
• Then go to view tab --> camera. Then create views of different rooms.

A. Place Doors and windows in the wall :

B. The Living Room :

C. The Dining Room

D. Bed Room

E. Rest room

F. Kitchen