In this session I’ll talk about scaling, content reuse, profiles, moldings, formulas, nested components, and complex forms in both the traditional and adaptive component family editors. This session is part case study (of the journey I took from the original idea all the way to the publication of a book) and part tutorial (to show the “nuts and bolts” of how we built the families), all demonstrated directly in Revit software. Challenges were many, but there were plenty of successes as well. Parametric families are the cornerstones of Revit software, and this project presented an ideal way to push Family Editor to its limits. Years ago I began exploring the possibilities of creating the classical orders of architecture in Revit software. If you want to kick your family editor modeling skills to the next level and break out of the basic box, come join us for this hands-on session! (You should have familiarity with Revit® essentials). I like the challenge of building most of this geometry in the traditional family editor, but we will also discuss some ways to incorporate the completed family into adaptive components to leverage unique features like divide and repeat. This will be a fully parametric family that is scalable and leverages coarse, medium and fine levels of detail. But we won’t stop with just modeling these forms. These will become sweeps and swept blends defining the overall forms.
We will then create the profiles required for the volutes and scrolls. We’ll look at planning the family and breaking it down into its constituent parts and pieces. PreAre you tired of boring box families? Ever heard anyone say: “You can’t do that in Revit®?” Well in this lab, we are going to model a complete Ionic column capital from start to finish. But we will cover solid and reliable ways to use shared coordinates to ensure that your models are always positioned correctly. We won’t cover every possible approach to using coordinates in this lab.
We’ll explore common scenarios involving single buildings, multiple buildings and how to both set up coordinates and maintain them as a project progresses. The goal will be to remove some of the mystery surrounding this sometimes baffling topic. In this class we will walk through a few file linking scenarios using Shared Coordinates. In fact, Revit’s approach is quite powerful indeed. But unique doesn’t make it any less powerful than other software. Let’s face it, Revit’s way of handling coordinate systems is unique. If you are new to Revit and worksharing, this lab will be just what you need to get up and running quickly.Īnyone who has used Revit for a while knows that the mere mention of shared coordinates always gets the attention of users both new and old.
You will learn best practices for working together in Revit and how to avoid common pitfalls. We will also look at all the new 2012 goodies. You will learn to make changes, synchronize with central, reload latest and relinquish. In this hands-on lab, we will break into teams, create our local files and learn how to work together in a live worksharing project. This is where the Worksets workshop comes in. To make matters worse, you can’t really learn about worksharing effectively on your own-you need a team. There is lots of terminology to learn and special procedures to follow. The trouble is that worksharing can be complicated. Worksharing enables multiple users to make edits to a single central file and coordinate those changes across the entire project team. If you are working in Revit, one of the first things you need to learn about is Revit worksharing. Most projects require the efforts of many individuals.