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Revit Architecture 5. Set the fonts and the dimension styles. 6. Make the keynotes, symbols, callouts, section markers, and elevation markers that match you company’s standards. 7. Preload all of the components that you’ll typically use when producing drawings (model components and detail components). 8. Add some of those typical details and notes you always have in every set of drawings. 9. Make the schedules that always appear in the set. 10. Set the view templates.
tural system, ductwork, piping, and electrical in your model. If you are really fortunate, your lighting designer, interior designer, technology consultant, food services consultant, fire protection consultant, landscape architect, and civil engineer will also be using Revit. I am quite happy to report to you that all of these disciplines are using Revit and using it successfully! When you link these models to yours, it will affect the views. Update your template! It’s like keeping your saber sharp.
Now all you need is for someone to give you a task. With someone sitting behind you as you draw, you will add four walls to the model in four seconds. In another 12 seconds, you’ve added a floor and a ceiling. Take your last remaining 14 seconds to add a roof and have a sip of tea. Now it’s time to show your witness that in 30 seconds, you have created a basic floor plan, reflected ceiling plan, roof plan, exterior elevations, sections, and a really cool perspective. Not only have you drawn them, they’re already placed on sheets in the drawing set and ready for printing and distribution. There is no better feeling than hearing your witness gasp at your Revit Mastery!
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND Not a quote from Star Wars, but it does seem appropriate. You’ve learned the skills needed to master Revit for producing drawings that match your company standards. But there’s always a bigger fish! Have you considered becoming the Revit Emperor? Do you know the depth of the tools that Revit has to offer? It is almost infinite! Learn what advanced There’s always a bigger fish. tools are available. I wouldn’t recommend trying to actually learn all of these tools at once. It is better to know that tools are available to learn, as you need them. CONSULTANTS You have the ability to link the models of consultants into your model and they can link yours into theirs. If you have a good consultant, let them know up front that you are moving toward Revit. This gives them the chance to learn with you. If you are really fortunate, your consultant will have already implemented Revit and you can siphon off some of their experiences. Linking models allows you to see your consultant’s designs in all dimensions. Now you will have a struc24 www.augi.com
PRESENTATION In my first job out of college, the boss asked me to produce a basic perspective. I modeled and rendered the building in 3D Studio. Imagine my surprise when he asked for a simple drawing, not photorealistic! After all these years, we finally have a tool that allows you to make simple black and white images. This allows you to critique the form of the building, not the color. You can change an elevation from grayscale to color then back again by applying view templates to the view. Once you’ve learned this skill, update your template.
A design presentation without color.
A realistic presentation of the same view.
The same view set up for construction. July 2011