Tutorial - EIFS Aesthetic Joint

I was asked a question about how to show panel joints in elevation and 3D views.  There are many ways to do so.  In this tutorial I show one simple way to do it... but not necessarily the correct way.  If you need to have TRUE joints there are other routes to take.  I will go over those in later videos.

Topics Covered:

• Creating a Wall Sweep Profile
• Adding a Wall Sweep to a Wall
• Editing a Material
• Creating a Custom surface pattern.
• Manipulating a Model Line based surface pattern.

Tutorial - EIFS Aesthetic Joint

Tutorial - Angled Beam Systems

Chris asked:

"I have attached a file to illustrate what I'm attempting to accomplish.  Given the scenario:  two masonry bearing walls, joists spanning between the bearing walls.  
How do you slope the entire beam system at, say, 1/4" in either direction?"

Here is a quick tip/tutorial for your enjoyment.

Topics Covered:

- Created a beam system

- Sloping a beam system

- Changing the beam's orientations

Tutorial - Angled Beam Systems

Another Revit 2010 Video!

David is on a role over at Design Reform... Must be nice to have Revit 2010 already!

Check it out here.

Tutorial - Door Frame (Plan View) - Part 1

Phillip asked:

"Thanks for the great video tutorials. I have a problem modifying the doors. I don't like Revit's format of not showing the door frame.I tried many different ways and I just can't get the frame to appear on the floor plan. On construction drawings, showing the frame makes it easier to locate and dimension doors especially in a modular masonry wall. I know I am doing something wrong, any info to correct this would be highly appreciated."

Thanks for the question Phillip.. I have ran into this problem in work and have been asked by fellow students the very same question.

There are two ways to go about this.  The first is to create a parametric masked region in plan view and the second is to model the actual frame.

Topics covered:

- Editing a door family

- Creating Parametric Masking Region (Symbolic)

- Loading Door back into project

- Editing Object Style of Door (Line Weight, etc...)

Tutorial - Door Frame (Plan View) - Part 1

Stay tuned for the second option...

To Model, or Not to Model?

I handed in a project I did in Revit for a Structures class and received a few questions about it. Using this project as an example I would like to address one question I was asked by a few people:

"How did you model every single CMU block and the bond beam?!"

Well the answer is simple... I didn't. Click the link below to view the tip/tutorial.

Detail Components... A short run through.