Introduction to REVIT concepts
1 ans:
Aim: To create a new project (Structural / Architectural / Construction template ) and name the project appropriately
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now we will get a screen like shown below
- Now click on R symbol which is shown in the top corner
- Now you will get a dialogue box
- Now click on new and select the project
- Now you will get a project dialogue box click on the architectural template
- Now you will get a new workspace as shown
- Now click on R symbol which is shown in the top corner
- Now you click on save as and project to give a name to the project
- Now a new window will open
- Now we can give a name as shown
- Now click on save to assign the name to the project
Result:
2 ans:
Aim: To Save the new project file. Close and open using icons from the file toolbar
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now click the R symbol (file) shown on the top left corner
- Now click on save as or save to save the project and name it as shown
- Now click on save and close the Revit software
- Now open the Revit software and click the R symbol (file) shown on the top left corner
- Now go to open and click on the project
- Now a new window will open
- Now select the project that is required as shown and click on open
Result:
3 ans:
Aim: To Create a rectangular layout of walls of about 40’-0” X 35’-0” from the architecture/ structure toolbar
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall
- Now we can able to draw the wall with the given dimensions as shown
Result:
4 ans:
Aim: To use the aligned option to add dimensions to the layout
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now select the annotate in the toolbar and click on aligned as shown
- Now we give dimension to walls drawn as shown below
Result:
5 ans:
Aim: To use the properties browser to switch to different wall types
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now keep the wall in 3D view as shown below
- Now select any wall and We will get the properties of the wall
- Now change the wall as we want as shown below
Result:
6 ans:
Aim:To create a 3D view from the view toolbar and save the view with the appropriate name
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now click on the view toolbar and select 3D view
- Now we will get the 3D model as shown
- Now Right-click on the view cube and click on save view
- Now a small tab will open
- Now give a name to the view as shown below
Result:
7 ans:
Aim: To navigate through the 3D model using the view cube. Orbit/pan through the model layout created
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now keep the wall in 3D view as shown below
- Now we move the cursor to the view cube
- Now we hold the left button of the mouse to hold the view cube and move the mouse
- Now the model will change into a different view as shown below
- Now click on the full navigation wheel which is below the 3D cube to open the steering wheel
- Now click on the pan and move the cursor to move the 3D model
- Now click on the orbit and move the cursor to rotate the 3D model
Result:
8 ans:
Aim: To use the visibility settings option below to switch model to shaded, realistic, hidden lines option
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now keep the wall in 3D view as shown below
- Now click on the cube and select different visual styles
- Now select shaded
- Now select hidden lines
- Now select Realistic
Result:
9 ans:
Aim: To turn the sun path on and off to view shadings in the layout created
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the wall and draw a wall as shown
- Now keep the wall in 3D view as shown below
- Now click on the sun icon on the bottom toolbar
- Now click on sun path on
- Now change the sun path as we need as shown
- similarly, click the sun path off
Result:
10 ans:
Aim: To use the Manage toolbar to enter project settings, project name, and project issue date
Procedure:
- Open Revit software
- Now open any template
- Now you will get the workspace
- Now click on the Manage toolbar
- Now click on project information
- Now project information dialogue box opens as shown
- Now click on the project issue date and give value
- Similarly select the project Name, project status, client name project address and project number
Result:
11 ans:
Analyze toolbar used in Revit and beneficial for design and modeling;
- Analyze toolbar helps you to perform analysis on our structural building The boundary conditions enable you to define point line and area boundary conditions in an analytical model. It will verify the boundary condition family types are loaded and assigned in your parametric features of the structural model, Similarly, we can apply point load to a model to evaluate the performance of the building.
- Similarly, we can add and edit load cases to define the design standard suggested load case to a mode we can combine different load cases using the load combination icon, Which will enable us to add and edit load combinations for the analytical model. The main purpose of using the Revit to evaluate the sustainability of the building that we modeling. So, we will be interested in evaluating the energy or energy optimization of the building that we are going to model. So, Revit offers features such as it creates an energy model from the features we have modeled in our project, and then the energy analytical model will be based on the conceptual masses. The building elements, and the material that we use to construct the building, and the quantity and the amount of material that is used in our project.
Analytical Model:
Add ing boundary conditions, types of load such as point, line, and area loads, load cases, and load combinations of point, lines, and area conditions using this toolbar.
Analytical Model Tools
It contains tools to adjust the analytical model, check for consistency, reset the model and check member supports in this tab.
Spaces & Jones
The toolbar is used to create space separators. Space separators are drawn to separate different rooms of the plan to differentiate the rooms. I t also contains a tab to name the space that is separated.
Reports& Schedules
Reports & schedules are prepared of the following
- Heating and cooling loads report
- Duct Pressure Loss Report
- Pipe Pressure Loss Report
- Panel Schedules
- Schedule/Quantities
Check Systems
Check systems for components such as duct, pipe, and circuits and showing disconnects
Color Fill
Energy Optimization
Energy Optimization for Revit is a fast, reliable, and scalable tool for better building energy performance.
- Analyze tab Energy Optimization panel
- Location
- Create Energy Model
- Generate
- Optimize
- Energy Settings
Energy Optimization for Revit provides clear guidance and direction towards better building energy performance for the entire design team, from concept to detail and design to the operation of new and existing bui ldings
Route Analysis
Use route analysis to calculate distance and time of travel from one point to another point in the model.
Structural Analysis
Using this toolkit structural designers and engineers can optimize their workflows in the cloud and on the desktop by using the analytical model built in Revit software by extending the Revit model to Autodesk® RobotTM Structural Analysis Professional software, or supported the third party analysis solutions. Once complete, analysis results can be easily stored and explored in the Revit environment.
12 ans:
In Revit, the links are found in the Insert tab
In Revit other models can be linked to the current model that is under production. The linking of models helps to create an optimized and efficient model in REVIT.
The link supports in Revit are
- Link REVIT: Using this link between two Revit models can be created i.e., one past and one current file. It specifies the relative locations of the individual buildings on campus or coordinates efforts across disciplines (Architectural, structural, and engineering).
- Link IFC: The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data model is intended to describe architecturally, building, and construction industry data. It is a platform-neutral, open file format specification that is not controlled by a single vendor or group of vendors. Link to an IFC file when you want to perform additional design work in Revit using the IFC fi e as a reference.
- Link CAD: When you link a CAD file to a Revit model, Revit maintains a link to that Whenever you open the model, Revit retrieves the current, saved version of the linked file and displays it in the model. Any changes to the linked file are displayed in the model. If the linked file changes while the model is open, reload the fi e to retrieve the latest changes. This ability to retrieve the latest changes to a CAD file is the difference between linking and importing. When you import a CAD file, Revit uses the version of the file that you imported. It does not retrieve or display changes to the imported file.
- Link Topography: When a civil engineer or a landscape architect creates topography data for a project and you want to reference it for a building model, you can link the topography to
- Link DWF Markups: When creating construction documents, a typical workflow is to print out a sheet, have it reviewed and marked up by the project architect or other professionals, and then return it to the originator of the sheet to have the requested changes made.
- Link Decals: Use the Place Decaltool to place images on surfaces of a building model for rendering.
- Link Point Cloud: Link a Point Cloud fi e into the project to provide a highly accurate visual reference of the existing condition of a building or site.
13 ans:
Revit provides several different ways to collaborate with team members who are also using the software.
- Helps link multiple Revit models together, simultaneously allowing other team members to work in the background
- Users on the same local area network (LAN) can work together in the same Revit model using Revit Work Sharing.
- When collaboration needs to occur among users who are not in the same geographic location, use Revit Server or Revit Cloud Work- o Revit Server connects offices that share a network but are not in the same geographic location.
Revit Cloud Work-sharing is a cloud-based service that allows any Revit users inside or outside a network to collaborate on a Revit model.
Revit Cloud Work-sharing helps in modeling with efficiency
- As the Revit Cloud Work-sharing service helps to author Revit models in the cloud concurrently with other team members.
- Before Revit users collaborate on a model in the cloud, you must upload the model from Revit to BIM 360 Document Managemen During the upload process, the following events occur:
- If the model does not yet have work-sharing enabled, work-sharing is automatically enabled, the Revit model is uploaded to the BIM 360 project, and a local y-cached version is created on your computer.
- If the model is already work shared, the Revit model is uploaded to the BIM 360 project, and a local y-cached version is created on your
- As alternatives to using Revit Cloud Work-sharing, you can use Revit Server to collaborate across a wide area network (WAN) or file-based work-sharing to collaborate across a local area network (LAN).