Revit Architecture

A feature enhancement in Revit 2014 allows you to choose elements that will be included or excluded when you click on elements in a model. There are two ways to adjust these settings,as shown in Figure 3.2: Click the drop-down menu under the Modify button in the ribbon, or use the icons …

Revit was one of the fi rst programs that had the ability to pre-highlight elements as you hovered the mouse pointer over them before actually clicking to select. Not only does this give you a clear idea of what you are about to select, but it also displays information about that object …

Understand the user interface. In addition to understanding how your project is organized, to use Revit software well you must understand how the user interface is organized. Once you grasp both of these concepts, you’ll be ready to move ahead. Master It The “big” areas of the user interface are the …

Project management involves all the project settings that control (and therefore restrict) the graphic information previously described in this chapter as relationships, repetition, and representations. Returning to the organization chart in Figure 2.22, you’ll see that a Revit project is managed with settings such as line styles, phasing, and view templates. To …

Two kinds of 3D views are supported: orthographic and perspective. The Default 3D view is orthographic, while Camera and Walkthrough views are in perspective. You can’t change one to another after they are created, so select carefully (Figure 2.56). We’ll also cover 3D views in more detail in Chapter 11. Orthographic views will …

You will use sheets to organize views and other annotation for the purpose of issuing printable (physical or digital) documents. Sheet borders can be customized, but the important fact to realize is that sheets are always scaled at 1:1. The important thing to remember is that you’re not going to select a scale …

All model elements have information about their properties such as size, material, and cost. You can report and interact with this information in tabular views known as schedules. There are six types of schedule views that can be accessed from the Create panel in the View tab of the ribbon: Schedule/Quantities, Graphical …

Legends are views in which you can display samples of model elements that won’t affect schedules and quantity takeoffs. There are two types of legends: legends and keynote legends. Regular legends are used to assemble analytic views of content in your project, graphics, geometry,tags, and so on—anything that lives in your …

Drafting views give you the ability to draw without fi rst creating a reference to something in your project. They may contain Detail and Repeating Detail components and any other annotation content. Drafting views are great for quickly documenting typical conditions that don’t require an actual model geometry. Once you’ve created a drafting …

There are two types of callouts available in the Type Selector: Detail and Floor Plan. Although Detail callouts may look like Detail sections graphically, they’re not visible inside other perpendicular views. So a callout created in plan view will not be visible in elevations or sections like a Detail section. It’s probably best …