Introduction to REVIT concepts
Question:1) From the file menu, create a new project (Structural / Architectural / Construction template ) and name the project appropriately.
Answer.
Aim: Create a new project.
Procedure:
1)Open Revit software
2) select New for menu bar
3) select Project
Question2) Save the new project file. Close and open using icons from file toolbar.
Answer.
Aim: Save new Project
Procedure:
1) Select File menu.
2) Click Save as.
3) Save New project.
Question:3) From the architecture/ structure toolbar familiarize with options to draw a wall. Create a rectangular layout of walls of about 40’-0” X 35’-0”
Answer
Aim : Draw a Wall.
Procedure:
1) select Architecture tool Bar.
2) Select wall tool.
3) Select Structure wall.
4) Draw wall 40'0"×35'0".
Question:4) From the Annotate toolbar use the aligned option to add dimensions to the layout.
Answer
Aim: Dimensions
Procedure:
1) Select Aligned Dimension Tool.
2) click first one corner
3) select opposite side corner
4) Show Dimension in layout
Question:5) Use the properties browser to switch to different wall types
Answer
Aim: Change wall type.
Procedure:
1) Select properties
2) Select Wall
Question:6) Create a 3D view from the view toolbar and save the view with the appropriate name
Answer
Aim: Create 3D View.
Procedure:
1) Click view Toolbar.
2) Select 3D view.
3) Select Default 3D view
Question:7) Navigate through the 3D model using the view cube. Orbit/pan through the model layout created
Answer
Aim: Create 3D model layout
Procedure:
1) Click Navigate through
2) Select view
3) Using Navigate
Question: 8) Use the visibility settings option below to switch model to shaded, realistic, hidden lines options
Answer
Aim: Using visibility settings
Procedure:
1) Click visual style
2) Select Shaded.
3) Click visual style
4) Select realistic.
5) Click visual style
6) Select Hidden line
Question:9) Turn the sun path on and off to view shadings in the layout created.
Answer
Aim: Using Sun path options
Procedure:
1) Click Sun setting
2) Select sun Path On
3) Click Sun setting
4) Select sun Path off
Question:10) Use the Manage toolbar to enter project settings, project name, and project issue date (choose according to your convenience).
Answer
Aim: Create Project name and Project issue date.
Procedure:
1) Click Manage Toolbar.
2) Click Project information
3) Create Project Name and Project issue date.
4) Click ok and Save project
Question:11) What is the Analyze toolbar used in Revit? How it is beneficial for design and modeling
Answer
Analyze toolbar help to perform analyze on our structural Buliding.
The Boundary conditions enable to define points line and area boundary conditions in an analytical model.
Question:12) What are the links that Revit supports to be linked to the model?
Answer
The elements in the linked model as reference for dimensions and Alignment.
A linked model can be copied any number of times in a host project.
Question:13) Why do you need the Collaborate tab in Revit? How it supports modeling and its efficiency.
Answer
Connected to the internet can collaborate on a model stored within a project in cloud.
Work sharing is automatically enabled.
The Revit model is uploaded to the project and locally cached version is created on computer.
Once Link in the Revit model can be local link or cloud links.If initiated collaboration on a model that includes cloud links, should migrate the linked model to the cloud.