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

1. 

Aim:-

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:-

Floor Plan

• Floor plan is a type of drawing that shows the layout of a home or property from above
• Planning of a building gives the idea about the building how the building will be done in future

 

Procedure:-

Step1:-

• This is a week 2 project
• The wall is creating by using a line 
• Click on the wall in the architectural tab then go to the line option to draw the wall
• In default the size of the wall is 8" Generic
• The exterior wall size is 9" and interior wall size is 4"
• The door and window families are placed here
• Assign the furnitures like tables, chairs, couch, beds, lamps
• Go to the load family and findout their category then you will get this inbuilt elements
• All the elements are placed with their respective places

 

 Step 2:-

• First select the ground floor plan in the floor paln which is in the project browser
• Then select the plan which you need to replicate into other floor
• Then click on the clipboard option
• Finally click on the paste option then you will get a so many option 

 

 

Step 3:-

• After selecting the paste then click on aligned to selected levels
• The selected levels dialauge box opens 
• Select the roof level then click on OK

 

Step 4:-

• To get this 3D view
• Click on the 3D view which is in the view tab
• Then click on the realistic in the visual style

 

 

 

Step 5:-

• To create the floors 
• Go to the floor option in the architectral tab then select the architectural floor

 

 

 

Step 6:-

• After selecting the floor architecture 
• Select a pick lines option to create a floor

 

 

Step 7:-

• Select the wall outer boundary to create the floors
• The lines should be close 
• If the line is not coinside with each other then it will show an error

 

 

Step 8:-

• After creating the lines by using a pick line option
• Click on right mark which is in green colour then the floor is careted
• The floor looks like this 

 

 

Step 9:-

• To change the thickness of the floor duplicate the Generic 12" floor size to Generic 6" floor
• And also change the dimension in the structure
• Then click on apply and click on OK

 

 

Step 10:-

• To assign a materials to the floor go to the properties
• Select the edit option in the structure then the edit assembly dialouge box opens 
• Click on the By category option

 

 

Step 11:-

• After selecting the By category then material browser dialouge box open 
• Select the wood material to the floor 
• The name of the material is wood stained
• Click on apply then click OK

 

 

 

Result:-

                         This is the 3D view of the model after selecting the material to the floor

 

 

 

2.

Aim:- 

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?

 

Introduction:-

Walls :- Wall is a structural and architectural element that are may or may not carry the load 

• In practically we use 2types of walls, Exterior walls and Interior walls in our construction 
• It reduces the cost and self weight

Procedure:-

Step1:-

• To assign a materials to the wall go to the properties
• Select the edit option in the structure then the edit assembly dialouge box opens 
• Click on the By category option
• After selecting the By category then material browser dialouge box open 
• Select the wood material to the wall

 

 

 

Step2:-

• Assign the materials to the walls
• The name of the material is clad-white
• Click on apply then click OK

 

Step 3:-

• To change the thickness of the wall from Generic 8" wall size to Generic 4.5" wall size
• And also change the dimension in the structure
• Then click on apply and click on OK

 

 

Step 4:-

• To get this 3D view
• Click on the 3D view which is in the view tab
• Then click on the realistic in the visual style

 

 

a. Based on your observation, what is beneficial for connecting walls with associated levels rather than being Unconnected

• According to my observation associated levels are very much beneficial because the wall will not go beyond that level when we draw it
• So it is very easy to controal the levels of the wall
• When we draw wall by using unconnected we need to change the height of each and every wall so it is difficult

b. Which option is convenient for modeling walls, By Height or By Depth?

• By height is very much convenient for modelling because when we draw the wall by using height the wall will take the height of the levels automatically
• By depth is used when we modelling the sub structures 

 

 

Result:-

 

 

                                               This is the 3D view of a building

 

3.

Aim:-

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

Introduction:-

Copy :- This option help us to replicate the selected the object to any where in the screen

• By using a copy option we can replicate the multiple number of object in a single selection by clicking on multiple option 

Procedure:-

 Step 1:-

• This is the week 2 project
• First select the ground floor plan in the floor paln which is in the project browser
• Then select the plan which you need to replicate into other floor
• Then click on the clipboard option
• Finally click on the paste option then you will get a so many option 

 

 

Step2:-

• After selecting the paste then click on aligned to selected levels
• The selected levels dialauge box opens 
• Select the roof level then click on OK

 

Step3:-

• To get this 3D view
• Click on the 3D view which is in the view tab
• Then click on the realistic in the visual style

 

 

Result:-

                                            This is the 3D view of the replicated building

 

 

4.

Aim:-

 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’)

The above are for examples. You can use them or use your measured entities to create your model based on your layout. You may include entry walkway, Patios or Guest
rooms based on your creativity and purpose of modeling. Convert units if you are using metric system

 

Introduction:-

Walls :- Wall is a structural element that are used to carry the load 

• In practically we use 2types of walls, Exterior walls and Interior walls in our construction 
• It reduces the cost and self weight

This question consists of a 

• Living Room/ Drawing Room ( 15’ X 18’)
• Dining Room (9’ X 11’)
• Bed Room ( 9’ X 12’ and 15’ X 11’)
• Rest Room ( 10’ X 12’ )
• Kitchen (8’ X 10’)

Procedure:-

Step 1:-

• The wall is creating by using a line 
• Click on the wall in the architectural tab then go to the line option to draw the wall
• In default the size of the wall is 8" Generic
• The exterior wall size is 8" and interior wall size is 5"
• Or else if you need another wall which is not in that list you can duplicate it and you can change the thickness of the wall so that you can you any time in that project
• Place a door and window components that  are preloaded by the Autodesk Revit
• Give the annotation for the building model

 

Result:-

 

                               This is the residential unit plan

 

 

5.

Aim:-

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

 

Introduction:-

Place a component:- It is used to place the component in the building model based on the selected element type

• Place a component is a preloaded component loaded by the Autodesk Revit
• Here doors, windows, tables, chairs, beds, lamps are categories
• The differnt types of doors, windows, tables, chairs, beds, lamps are families

 

Procedure:-

Step1:- 

• This is a week 2 project
• The exterior wall thickness is 9" and interior wall thickness is 4"
• The door and window families are placed here

Step 2:-

• To create a components go to load families select the category then select the family and then element which you want and click on open
• Ex:- To place a bed click on the components in the architecture then go to load family then select the category, family and element respectively then click on open

 

 

Step 3:-

• Assign the furnitures like tables, chairs, couch, beds, lamps
• Go to the load family and findout their category then you will get this inbuilt elements
• All the elements are placed with their respective places
• And the dimensions are mentioned by using a linear dimension in annotate tab

 

                     

 

 

 

Result:-

               

             This is the snap shot of the building after placing the door, window and furniture family