03 - Revit Beginner - Intro To Revit

TRAINING COURSE
BASICS OF BIM FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

INTRODUCTION TO REVIT
❑ User Interface
❑ Navigation
❑ Selecting elements in Revit
❑ Concept of Revit Elements
❑ Understanding Type and Instance Properties
❑ Understanding Revit Families
THE SIX STAGES OF REVIT 6. Zen of Revit
1. Initial Excitement
5. The Enlightenment
3. Creamy Middle
2. First Bump
4. Never Again REVIT stage

USER INTERFACE
USER INTERFACE - EXERCISE
1. Open Sample Project File: rac_basic_sample_project.rvt
2. Go to Project Browser -> Double Click on Level 1 and open the view
3. Next, double click on 3D View named “Approach” and open the view
4. On the Ribbon, go to View Tab -> Windows Panel -> Tile Views
5. Select any one wall in the model and see if the contextual tab opens up in the
Ribbon named Modify | Walls
6. While the wall is selected, go to Properties palette and notice the different
properties of the wall.
NAVIGATION - EXERCISE
1. Open the Default 3D View from the Quick Access Toolbar.
2. Select any one element. Press Ctrl and select any other element to add to the
selection. Press Shift to unselect the element from the selection.
3. Use your mouse and click left to right window to select multiple elements.
Similarly, try to select multiple elements using right to left window. Notice the
difference.
4. Use the mouse wheel to pan in the view. Use Shift+mouse wheel to change the
orientation of the view.
5. Use the ViewCube and change the orientation of the 3D view to FRONT.
REVIT ELEMENTS
All elements in Revit are organized in •Model Elements include categories that
a hierarchy of, have 3D geometry such as Walls, Doors,
Windows, etc.
•Elements •Datum Elements include categories that
are used as references for the project such
• Categories as Levels, Grids, etc.
• Families •View-Specific Elements include categories
• Types that describe or document the project on a
specific view such as Dimensions, Text,
• Instances. Annotations, etc.
REVIT ELEMENTS - EXAMPLE
REVIT ELEMENTS - EXAMPLE
• Element: Model Elements (because they contain 3D geometry)
• Category: Furniture
• Family: There are two different design of chairs in this example:
• Executive Chair
• Desk Chair
• Type:
• Executive Chair Types:
• Blue Chair
• Desk Chair Types:
• Blue Chair
• Black Chair
• Instances:
• Executive Chair -> Blue Chair -> 6 Instances (around the table)
• Desk Chair -> Blue Chair -> 5 Instances (in the left)
• Desk Chair -> Black Chair -> 4 Instances (in right)
REVIT ELEMENTS - EXERCISE
Element: Model Element
Category: Structural Columns
Family: …………..
Type: ……….
Instances: …………….
REVIT ELEMENTS - EXERCISE
Element: Model Element
Category: Structural Columns
Family:
• Square Columns
• Type:
• 12” x 12”
• Instances: 3
• 18” x 18”
• Instances: 2
• Round Columns
• Type:
• 15”
• Instances: 1
Family
REVIT ELEMENTS - EXERCISE Type

Category
Instances selected in ()
1. Open the Default 3D View from the Quick Access Toolbar.
2. Select one of the walls. Check the properties palette.
3. Notice the category, family and type names displayed.
4. Right click on the element -> select all instances -> in entire
project
5. All instances of that type present in the project will be
selected.
6. Note the number in the brackets () besides the category
Walls showing the instances selected.
7. Press Esc to deselect all elements.
TYPE AND INSTANCE PROPERTIES
Change in Type
Property affects all
instances of that type.
Change in Instance
property affects only
the instance that is
selected.
TYPE AND INSTANCE PROPERTIES - EXERCISE
1. Open Default 3D View.
2. Select one of the Wind Towers and
check its properties.
3. The location of the wind tower is an
instance property, so any change will
affect only the instance that is
selected.
4. Go to Edit Type and open the type
properties.
5. Change the Total Height and say Ok.
See that the total height of all wind
towers of that type have been
affected.
FAMILIES
❑ System Families
System families are predefined in Revit. You do not load them into your projects from
external files, nor do you save them in locations external to the project. Examples of System
families include Walls, Roofs, Floors, Ducts, Pipes, Levels, Grids, Viewports, etc.
❑ Loadable Families
Unlike system families, loadable families are created in external *.RFA files and are loaded in
the project. Building elements that are usually purchased, delivered and installed in/around a
building such as windows, doors, electrical fixtures, furniture, mechanical equipment,
plumbing fixtures, etc are examples of loadable families. Some annotation elements that
require customization, such as symbols, title blocks, tags, etc are also loadable families.
❑ In-Place Families
If you need a project-specific component that is unique to your project condition, you may
use In-Place Families. In-place family take reference to the geometries in the project and can
be resized or adjusted according to the referenced geometry. However, you cannot create
multiple types of the same family. Each individual component that you create will be
considered as individual family.
FAMILIES - EXERCISE
1. Go to Insert Tab -> Load from Library panel -> Load Family
2. Access your installed library and load a furniture family into the project.
3. Go to Architecture tab -> Build Panel -> Component
4. You can see in the properties palette that the newly loaded family is available for
modeling.
5. Click in the model anywhere to place that component.
QUIZ
Open 3D view named “Living Room” in
the rac_basic_sample_project.rvt
How many INSTANCES

of the orange color
‘600*600’ type of ‘Sofa-
Ottoman’ Family are in
the entire project?
REVIT FILE FORMATS
❑RVT – ReViT project file
❑RTE – Revit project TEmplate file
❑RFT – Revit Family Template file
❑RFA – Revit FAmily file
REVIT FILE FORMATS - EXERCISE
1. Open Revit
2. Go to Models -> New
3. Under template file menu,
click browse to select one of
the template files. Note that
file format is *.RTE. Select
one of the template files.
4. Make sure Project is selected
under ‘Create New’.
5. Say OK to create a new
project.
6. Save this project file as *.RVT
format
PROJECT UNITS
PROJECT UNITS - EXERCISE
1. Go to Manage tab on the Ribbon
-> Setting Panel -> Project Units
2. In the Project Units dialog box,
Under discipline -> select
Common
3. Change the Length units to the
unit of your choice(Ex: Meters)
4. Select required Rounding values
(Ex: 1 decimal place) and Unit
symbols to be displayed (Ex: m)
5. Click OK for Format dialog box.
6. Click OK for the Project Units
dialog box.
7. Units for the length has been
successfully changed.
SAVE - EXERCISE
1. Go to File Tab -> Save
2. Give file name and Choose the file type as
*.RVT (Ex: Learning Revit Online_Sample
Project.rvt)
3. Click Options -> File Save Options dialog
box will appear -> Choose the maximum
number of backups you would like to have
for this file.
 Every time you will save, a previous version of the
file would be saved as a backup till the maximum
number of backups specified here is reached. After
that, it will keep removing the oldest revisions and
add a newer version of the backup file. Each backup
file will get a suffix of “000n”(n=number of the
backup version) with the project name. (Ex:
Learning Revit Online_Sample Project.0001.rvt)
4. Click Save. Now, you have successfully

created a Revit project file.
SUMMARY
❑ User Interface ❑ Revit File Formats
❑RVT and RTE
❑ Navigation ❑RFA and RFT
❑ Selecting elements in Revit ❑ Setting up a project
❑ Concept of Revit Elements ❑Project units
❑Save Settings
❑ Understanding Type and Instance Properties
❑ Understanding Revit Families
NOTES
Please find the notes of today’s session at:
1.Revit Concepts
1. Introduction to BIM
2. Introduction to Autodesk Revit
3. Concept of Revit Elements
4. Different kinds of Revit Families
5. Difference between Type and Instance Properties
2.Navigation
1. Tour of the User Interface
2. Viewing and Navigating within Revit Interface
3. Selecting Elements in Revit
4. Understanding Revit file formats

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TRAINING COURSE

BASICS OF BIM FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

4. Never Again REVIT stage

REVIT ELEMENTS - EXERCISE Type

How many INSTANCES

4. Click Save. Now, you have successfully

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