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
AIM: To create a floor with appropriate material and thickness in the Ground floor level using week 2 project file. And align the grids.
PROCEDURE:
Step 1: Open week 2 project file
From Architecture tab, select Floor and then Floor: Architectural and draft the floor in the ground floor.
After drafting of the floor below image in plan and 3D view
Step 2:
Now align the floor plan with the grids.
For this use the Architecture tab and select Grid and add the horizontal and vertical grids to the drawing.
After adjusting the horizontal and vertical grids.
Result: Created a floor in the Ground floor level and aligned the grids.
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: Add walls based on the floor layout and select 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:
Step 1:
From Architecture tab, select Wall and draft the interior walls on the floor.
Step 2:
Add material and adjust thickness of walls from property browser.
For this select Edit type and it opens a pop-up.
There we need to select edit at the structure and it opens a pop-up.
Adjust the material to Brick common to exterior and interior walls and thickness of 12” to exterior walls and 8” to interior walls.
Step 3:
Check all the walls if the top and bottom constrained. Bottom constraint (Base constraint) is Ground floor and Base offset to be 0’ 0” and If Top constraint is unconnected, then change it to Up to level: First floor.
Result: Added walls based on the floor layout and selected material and thickness for walls. After creating the walls checked the top and bottom of the walls are constrained using the property browser.
2 a. Based on your observation, what is beneficial for connecting walls with associated levels rather than being Unconnected
Based on my observation, connecting walls with associated levels is good to use, because if we change the level height, the wall height will change automatically.
Example:
Ground floor to first floor height is 10’ 0”
If we change, Ground floor to first floor height to 12’ 0”, the wall height is also changed to 12’ 0” by associating levels.
But if we use unconnected, then if we change the level height, the walls should be at the given unconnected height only.
Example:
Ground floor to first floor height is 10’ 0”
If we change, Ground floor to first floor height to 12’ 0”, the wall height is not changed to 12’ 0”, it is 10’ 0” only
By the above examples, we can conclude that associating levels is good to use than unconnected height.
2. b. Which option is convenient for modelling walls, By Height or By Depth?
By height option, if we model the wall, the wall will be drafted from selected level to top.
By depth option, if we model the wall, the wall will be drafted from selected level to bottom.
Based on my observation, I can say that, by height option is convenient for modelling walls, because if the wall drafted from selected level to top, it is easy to draft the walls.
By depth option, we will confuse at the time of drafting why wall is going bottom from the selected level.
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: Copying the model elements (wall, floor) modelled to Ground Floor Level and paste it aligned to First Floor Level.
INTRODUCTION:
Step 1:
Select the wallsa and floor and it opens modify tab.
Click on the copy symbol marked in red on below image.
Step 2:
And then click on paste and select Aligned to selected levels
It opens a pop-up, then select first floor.
Then the walls and floor will be copied to first floor from ground floor.
Plan View
3D View
Elevation View
Result: By the above steps we can copy the model elements (wall, floor) modelled to Ground Floor Level and paste it aligned to First Floor Level.
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’)
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 modelling. Convert units if you are using metric system
AIM: By using interior partition walls to create separate rooms within residential unit. The model must include the following rooms
a. Living Room/ Drawing Room
b. Dining Room
c. Bed Room
d. Rest Room
e. Kitchen
PROCEDURE:
We need to adjust the interior walls according to our room measurements in the residential unit.
If we select the wall, it shows the dimensions on either sides of it, we can change the measurement here for the room, shown in below image.
By the above method, we need to adjust all room’s measurements.
In the residential unit, I have included the Living room, dining room, 2 bed rooms, 2 rest rooms, kitchen and parking area with the below measurements.
LIVING ROOM (16' 8" x 26' 8")
DINING (12' 8" x 10' 0")
2 BED ROOMS (12' 0" x 15' 0")
REST ROOM (10' 0" x 9' 0")
WASH (6' 0" x 9' 0")
KITCHEN (12' 0" x 10' 0")
PARKING AREA (12' 8" x 21' 8")
Result: By above method, we can use the interior partition walls to create separate rooms within residential unit.
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
- 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 below components in appropriate locations to add details to the 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 cabinet’s
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
PROCEDURE:
Step 1:
From Architecture tab, select Door to add doors for the entry to the rooms.
And select Window to add windows to the rooms
After adding doors and windows to the residential unit.
Step 2: Add furniture set, couch table, TV desk and shelf cabinet’s to the living room.
Add all the above furniture from the Architecture tab and select component and then place a component.
After adding the furniture in plan view
3D view
Add a table and chairs serving the purpose of eating in dining room.
Add a bed set, shelf, lighting and individual study desk and chair in the bed room.
Add bath tub and plumbing fixtures in the rest room.
Add countertops, gas stove cabinet and shelves to store food items in the kitchen.
Add washing machines and shelves to store clothes in the wash.
All the mentioned components are added to the residential unit. The plan and 3D views are shown below.
Plan view
3D View
Result: Added the below components in appropriate locations to add details to the 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 cabinet’s
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