PRODUCT FOCUS
Revit Architecture
Figure 2: Modeling with WFRC Edit Structure Dialog and Create Part command
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
• Base rule for most of detailing method.
• Part shapes and geometry are coming from the layers in the WFRC structure dialog.
• Fast modeling. • Simple method. • Overall scheduling is okay (not for special detail). • Do not need complex tricks or tips. Disadvantages: • Limited ability for detailing particularly in the vertical elements. • Many limitations in pattern details. • Limits for creating free space as a Layer.
2. Combination of WFRC Modeling and Create Part Command This command, released in the 2012 version of Revit, gives us a huge ability for 3D detailing. Advantages: • Create parts according to layers and split area in the WFRC structure. • Many options for extend model and detail after the parts are created. • Create Schedules from parts that are created with the Create Part command. November 2016
• Many weaknesses in pattern details. • Still no option for vertical component because we have all wall layers in the horizontal extend.
3. Combination of WFRC Modeling Create Part Command and Place Component tools Now we have WFRC modeling and we can extend our model with the Create Part command, but we are still missing something—for example, some vertical parts such as stud, some fastening parts, and many other things that we are not able to create with regular tools in Revit. We can add solid objects with the Place Component command. Advantages: • Include the advantages that we talked in the previous method. • Add solid model and new shapes with family modeling. Disadvantages: • Cannot add detail over the shapes of the parts that are coming from the Create Part command. Many Revit teams use phasing, creating a “prior” phase to place models where they don’t interfere with the main project model.
www.augiworld.com 13