DETAILING STRATEGIES in Revit

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OUTLINE
Model Content : Balancing Act
Building Elements

Detailing : Tools
Detail Elements Graphics Elements Annotation Elements

Deliverables
Sheet Layout

Revit Demonstration
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Model Content : Overview

Project :
Digital representation of the real world physical objects Not every component needs to be modeled

Details
Bridges the gap between design and reality How a design should be built design intent Show how materials should interconnect

Over-detailing : Balancing Act

The method that gets the job you get paid for, done in the shortest time frame is the right one.
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Revit : Building Elements

MODEL ELEMENTS Host Elements ( Built-In Place Construction ) Floors Walls Roofs Ceilings Stairs Ramps Component Elements ( Everything else ) Doors Windows Furniture Specialties
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VIEW ELEMENTS ( The way you see and interact things) Floor Plans Ceiling Plans 3D Views Elevations Sections Schedules

ANNOTATION ELEMENTS Datum Elements ( Non-physical items used for context ) Levels Column Grids Reference Planes Annotation Elements ( 2D components visible on one view ) Dimensions Text Notes Loaded tags Symbols

Model Content : MVs vs. DVs

MV : Detail (Model) Views
Model geometry as the base underlay Callout from a plan, section, or elevation view Add detail components while using model geometry Model changesdetail needs updating

DV : Drafting Views
Details not directly associated with the model Conditions where the model is not needed
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Model Content : By View Type

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Plans Schedules Sections Elevations Model View Notation Drafting View
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Detailing Tools : Elements

DETAIL ELEMENTS Components Detail Lines Detail Groups Constraints GRAPHIC ELEMENTS Visibility Regions Line Tools View Depth ANNOTATION ELEMENTS Dimensions Notes Symbols Callouts

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Tools : Detail Elements

Components (Detail)
Create and load custom detail components to place in the detail Construction components :
Structural Steel Metal studs

Detail Groups Constraints Detail Lines

Sketch over Model elements Visible : in view theyre drawn
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Tools : Graphic Elements

Visibility
Turn off / Halftone

Line Tools
Line weights Edit cut profile Hidden lines : Show / Remove

View Depth
Parent vs. Independent

Regions
Masking Region:
Obscures elements in a view 2D and 3D

Filled Region:
Fill pattern : closed boundary Represents materials 2D, View-specific graphic
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Tools : Annotation Elements

Dimensions
Specific dimensions to that detail

Notes
Text : not intelligent Keynotes : most to least intelligent
Element - Material - User

General Notes : global

Symbols Callouts
Close-up view of a plan or elevation view Detail annotations : added to callout view
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Deliverables
General More Detailed Very Detailed
Changes in General affect others (downstream)

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Bldg + Wall + Detail : Sections

Building Section

Wall Section

Detail Call-Out

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Bldg + Wall + Detail : Sections

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Deliverables : Sheet Layout

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Deliverables : Sheet Layout

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Deliverables : Sheet Layout

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Deliverables : Grid Box(es)

1x2

2x2

3x2

1x1

2x1

3x1

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Deliverables : Common Scales

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Input vs. Output

Technology (input) affects Deliverables (output)

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Input vs. Output

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REVIT : Demonstration

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Conclusion

Questions??? Comments??? Concerns??? Suggestions???

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Deliverables : Over Detailing

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Deliverables : Over Detailing

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