Revit Tip - Wall Wraps, Brick, and Windows

My buddy Nick was having trouble figuring out how to get his brick to stop at the CMU layer (similar to the image below).  How can you ensure the brick is always wrapping correctly?  The answer is simple... The closure...


Check out the videos below for a better explanation....

Topics Covered:

1. Wrapping Brick in a wall.
2. Editing the window family.
3. Re-Aligning the "closure" reference plane.
4. Testing the new window.

• Click here to view the video via YouTube.
• Click here to view the video via ScreenCast

Revit Tutorial - Stained Glass Windows

Here is a little something I discovered while created a Chapel this past semester.  I noticed there were lots of forum posts out there searching for the best way to create stained glass in Revit.  This was not to difficult and yielded some awesome results...

Topics Covered:

• Creating stained glass material and bump pattern.
• Applying stained glass material.
• Rendering stained glass in a curtain wall and a window.
• Day, Night, and Interior views of the stained glass.

Click here to see the tutorial via YouTube
Click here to see the tutorial via Screencast

Tutorial/Tip - Doors and Windows

Recived and email:

"Hi TRK,

Let me first introduce myself. I'm Rachid de Wind, 24 year old and an architectural student.

I have always worked with AutoCAD for drafting, mainly because here that's what they use to teach with at school, but now I am revitized ... but to a serious note now, I just started learning revit and began a project after going through your nicely made "student to student" tutorials, which are amazing, I included a pdf of a sheet with just a couple views of the project, and a few SketchUp views of the problem I'm having, wich is that in this house I'm designing there are some doors that have windows attached to it both on one side and on top, and this is a problem for me because I can not find it in the familly, so that means making it myself, so here comes the simple question on this complex subject, is it possible for you to make a quick tutorial on how I would go about making this door/window?? "

Thanks for the email Rachid. This is a question that should not need a tutorial. It is very simple. The answer is project based. First, if you would like to schedule the windows within the windows schedule then do not make them part of the door family. Simply used a window family and place them on the wall where they need to be.

If the project utilized the window and door as a single unit (maybe straight from the factory) then create the window withint he door family. I do not want to go to far into creating the window family because that can be learned from my many tutorial already posted or used for a different subject.

Presonally, I have done both. There are some projects thats benefitted from using the transum and sidelight windows as part of the door and many that have benefitted from seperating the two families.

Hope this helps you, Rachid, and maybe some of my readers.

Tutorial - Glass vs. Glazing

Lots of the emails I have been receiving tend to revolve around rendering.  Many of them are about the plague of "dark renderings".  This video was the result of two emails I received where custom windows were built.  

The problem with the custom windows were the glass was a tad thick (around an inch to an inch and a half) and the render material was set to "Clear Glass" and not "Clear Glazing".  This is all very application specific, but it is definitely something that you want to keep in mind when creating glazing and rendering in Revit.  Enjoy and I hope it helps!

Topics Covered:

• Rendering Materials: Glass and Glazing
• Rendering Comparison of Curtain Walls
• Rendering Comparison of Cubes

Click here to view the tutorial - Glass vs. Glazing