Create a 3D view with section box First, let’s prepare our 3D view. If you want to show only a part of your model, create a 3D view with section box. If you are not familiar with section box, refer to this post inRevit Zone: Section Boxes. If you use Revit 2016, you can easi...
With the floor slab selected, go to the Modify | Edit Boundary tab in the Revit ribbon. Here, you will find the Opening tool, which allows you to create openings of various shapes and sizes in the selected floor slab. To create a rectangular or square opening, click on the Opening tool...
Controlling Revit Rebar visibility in 3D Views ModellingRevit Rebaris a fairly straight forward process. Select your rebar shape, cover, click on a host and your done (There’s a bit more to it than that, but that’s for a different blog post!). But often once you are done, your reba...
In Revit most duct fittings families expose an Area value for the cross sectional area of the fitting. This is only the case for fixed-seze fittings however. Parametric duct fittings do not expose this value directly in the family. Parametric duct ...
IFC files don't necessarily only contain a BIM project. Just as you have Revit families, and can somewhat propagate shared parameters, IFC allows you to create project libraries that define either types of objects or groups of properties (known as property sets in IFC lingo). Technically, you...
Introduction to 3D modeling for architectural design Get started with Revit 3D modeling software for architecture and learn to create and edit walls, doors, windows, roofs, stairs, and other elements and core modeling concepts. 3D modeling for mechanical design using Inventor ...
How to create a vertical cable tray in Revit to match the one shown in the image: This can be done with the free Revit MEP Fabrication extension. Use Revit's built-in cable tray: Draw cable tray in plan. Look at the cable tray in a section or elevation t
Step 1 – Create Views in Revit Animated GIFs work best when you use a consistent view point and change something within the view, like the visibility of elements or the cutting plane of a section box. For this example, I’m going to change the cutting plane of a section box so my ...
Now I want to create my own model and run simulation. Is there any special way for creating a Revit model for CFD analysis?? How does Duct read in CFD that created in Revit (Solid or Hollow sheet metal)?? I have created a architectural model with ductwork and made sure it is as ...
Hi everyone! Our firm is upgrading from Revit 2019 to Revit 2025. The first issue is that our entire Family library was created by a single user in