Revit Tutorial - Creating a Tree with Adaptive Components (Revit Swat)

I'm not sure if this will replace RPC trees or photshopping trees after rendering but it is a very cool technique and will improve your knowledge and skills with adaptive components.

This tutorial was created over at Revit Swat (a blog that was started sometime last year and has some god content you should all check out.... Not to mention the website template is very easy on the eyes).

Click here to see the tutorial...

Free Revit People and Tree Detail Components

Luke re-posted a link to some... interesting... families.  They are detail components uploaded by Art Archtiecture...  The blog is in Russion but Google will translate it pretty well.  The families are actually kind of cool and can add some interest to your elevations or sections...  Like this:

Click here to go to Art Architecture and download the families free...

Click here to go to Luke's post and download the families free...

Revit Tip - Change the Color of RPC Trees

I know many people who like the simplicity of placing RPC Trees and plantings into a model but are frustrated when they find out the only way to use them is when rendering.  Well, this is only partly true.  By changing the color of the RCP tree you can get some nice effects WITHOUT rendering... Like this image below:

Changing the color of these RPC Revit trees is so simple I am not even going to make a video.  Just follow these steps:

1. Go to the "Manage" tab.
2. Click the "Object Styles" button.
3. Scroll down and find the "Planting" category.
4. Under the Material column click the blank box and browse...
5. Create a material with whatever surface color you desire.

An there you have it... Tah dah!  Now you can make some nice visualizations with and without rendering!
*Little Tip*  Sometimes is it nice to rotate some of the trees randomly when using them in both a rendering and shaded view...