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

Challenge Week 3

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.

Procedure:

1. Click on Architecture Tab > Floor > Architectural Floor

2. click on Modify Tab and select Pick Lines tool to select the boundaries for the floor to be created.

3. Defining the desired material and thickness of the floor slab.

4. Finally Aligning with the grids created in the last week asignment.

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.

Procedure:

1. Before creating Exterior and Interior Walls, we can edit the type of wall and create a new wall type based on our desired wall properties.

2. Define the Properties of the created wall type.

3. The wall is Unconnected in this case and the defined height of the wall is 10' .

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

Ans. It is more beneficial for connecting walls with associated levels as it becomes easier to manage in multi storey designs.

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

Ans. Since we start making from the ground floor to above so for modeling wall above ground level modeling by height is much more convenient.

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.

Procedure :

1. Select the whole floor plan.

2. click on the Copy to Clipboard icon in the Modify Tab.

3. Now click on Paste icon > Aligned to selected views.

4. Select First Floor Plan from the displayed options.

5. Now we can see in the 3D view that the elements of the ground floor have been copied to the first floor level too.

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.

Procedure :

1. Living Room and Dining Lounge

2. Bedroom

3. Toilet