After creating the main mass of your building, you'll need to import it into a project to further develop it. In this tutorial, I'll show you in detail how to import Revit masses into projects & calculate GFA (Gross Floor Area) for your building. Learn these tools to further your abilities in using Masses. Like & share if you found this useful!
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Have you considered creating an organic geometry in Revit but couldn't? Have you wondered how the large projects are designed at the most creative architectural firms? Here's a tool to help you with your workflow. Massing is a tool inside Revit that allows for modeling non-uniform geometries. In this introduction video I will illustrate how masses are created. Learn Autodesk Revit with Revit courses. In this short tutorial, you will learn how to open an existing Revit document. Revit sample files can be a great resource of learning the basic tools. Follow along and leave your questions below. SHOW MORE I've started a new video series on youtube, with the purpose of teaching Revit basics in a few minutes. Watch the first video now and let me know what you liked and what needs improvement. This first video is about Revit interface. What are view filters?View filters enable smart selection of Revit elements based on specified criteria, like selecting all visible structural columns of a specific size, or selecting all walls of 1hr fire rating. After creating the required filter, you may override elements graphics as needed to emphasis required information in project views. How to create view filters?Step 1: Go to view tab, Graphics, click Filters  Step 2: Click on New to create a new filter  Step 3: Give your filter a unique name, in this case (Walls 1hr Fire Rating), then click OK  Step 4: On the 'Categories' section, select Walls  Step 5: Under 'Filter Rules', Select Filter by: Type name. Select 'Contains' below & type (1-hr)  Note: (1-hr) has been added into the type name of a few wall elements in this project. Step 6: Click OK to confirm, your filter is now ready to be used in project views. How to apply view filters?Now that you have your filter ready, let's put it to action! Step 1: Open the Visibility/Graphics Override window (Shortcut: VV or VG)  Step 2: Switch to Filters tab & click Add  Step 3: Select the filter/s you want to add to the current view or view template  Step 4: Click 'Override Patterns' under 'Cut' column  Step 5: Select the desired pattern and color to identify 1-hr fire rated walls  Click OK to apply the filter to your selected view. 
Editing stairs in Revit can be challenging for new Revit users. Here's one of the options you need to know about stairs ... Stair EndingA stair usually connects 2 levels / floors together. A stair end can be either a riser or a tread. By default, Revit ends all stairs with risers. In this example, I'm using a stair by component for demonstration. Ending a stair with a riser looks like the example below ...   If you want to adjust your stair to end with a tread instead of a riser, follow these steps:
  After adjusting floor / stair positions, you will see a tread end of your stair.  If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at info@revit-courses.com
What?! Where is it?You probably have setup Revit on your computer a while ago, and you haven't explored this free tutorial yet! Click on Revit Menu button, point at Open, then select 'Sample Files'. these are sample files from Autodesk that will teach you how to use Revit for the first time. Just try it ...   You might have seen this famous house file done by Autodesk Revit several times before, but it's not only a BIM model... Inside this model views, you'll find many blue help icons like the one shown below.  Whenever you see one of those help buttons, select it to get a learning link for relevant subject. For example, the one shown on the rendering, actually takes you to rendering tutorial prepared by Autodesk.   Similarly, you'll find other help buttons about creating levels, views, dimensions, and more. A complete list of help topics is available on the welcome sheet.  I hope you'll make use of this free and ready-to use learning resource today. For your next step, of professional training, visit Revit-courses.com
 Architectural Design based on a modular grid When starting a new design project, sometimes you need a reference system or guidelines to align your elements to it. Revit has several reference elements. In this post, I will discuss two of them; Work Plane and Reference Plane. Work Plane"A work plane is always active, even if you don't see it" -A Revit Rule Even if you can't see it, the Work Plane is what you create any new elements upon. If you're in plan view, your work plane is usually the current level. To show the work plane, go to Architecture Tab> Work Plane Panel > Show Work Plane   Once you do this, you will see blue grid lines in your view. If you zoom out, you can see its edges and actually select it to customize as needed.   In the properties bar, change the grid to your preference.  Now you can use the grid as needed to create and align your elements to it. Notice: You can also Set Work Plane to any flat surface in 3D or rotate the work plane when needed.    Use the new work plane to create line elements or custom elements (In-Place Components) Reference PlaneYour Reference Planes are 3D planes that you can create in any 2D view. It may look like a dashed line, but it is actually a 3D plane that you can pick as your work plane. You may use it to identify a major axis in your design, define building setbacks or even as a sketch for staircase placement.  One of my favorite exercises for using Reference Planes, is attaching a wall to a plane in elevation or section views. Check the example below ...  Using Reference Planes as attach target for a curved wall  The end result for using attach to Reference Plane That's it for this week! If you like this post, share it, and don't forget to comment with your suggestions for next week posts. Until next week, see you!
Revit Live is Autodesk latest product for real-time rendering. It transforms your Revit models into immersive visualization experience. You can combine that with virtual reality and you get the best presentation for your ideas.  To download a trial version, visit www.autodesk.com/products/revit-live/overview Where to start?After installation, you get an icon named 'Live' in Revit Add-ins Tab. By simply clicking 'Go Live', your model is automatically uploaded to the cloud, processed and then downloaded to your computer for viewing. The process is fairly smooth and takes only a few minutes. You can then publish the same for viewing on windows or i-Pad. What to expect
In many cases of design, you come to a point where you need to consider options. What shape should the stair be, which entrance side is better, what is the best furniture layout? The best answer to this issue, is creating design options in Revit. This feature lets you keep using the same file, explore different layouts, create different views to share with others, and ,at the end, approve the best option when you want to.  Setting-up a design option setBegin by doing the following:
 
 Once you're done with the above steps, click Close. Now, select the model elements that will be affected by the desired design options, Choose add to option set from the ribbon menu as indicated below, mark the options where you want to keep these elements on and click OK.   You're now ready to change your model elements by selecting the desired option from the lower right tab. Once you're done, you can switch back to 'Main Model' for printing your changes.  On the next week's TIP, I will show you how to create separate views and sheets to print both options and what you should do when you want to accept one option and discard the others. Share this free tutorial with the community, and don't forget to comment below if you have any questions.
 Keyboard shortcuts can be found easily by hovering your mouse over any of the tools. If the marked tool has a default shortcut, it will show like the image to the side. Alternatively, you can press K + Space to open the Keyboard Shortcuts menu and search for whatever tool you need Top 20 most used Revit shortcutst really depends on your type of daily work. My favorite list of shortcuts is split into categories below: 1. Modeling
What is your favorite default or custom shortcut?Now, let me know your favorites. Share your thoughts in the comments section below and help me spread the knowledge!
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 This concludes this Revit Tip of The Week. Share with your architect / interior designer friends who need to learn this tool.
For a comprehensive training course, the easiest way to learn Revit is to attend group or individual sessions with a Certified Autodesk Instructor. Start today by booking your free first session. When you first launch a new project in Revit after installation, you'll see a message like this >  If you've installed Revit correctly -with connection to internet- you should see a list of templates that you can use to start your project. A template includes preset views, levels, annotation elements, ... etc that you will use in your project. Without a template, you only get to choose between Metric or Imperial units, and you'll find it really difficult to work with elevations, sections and other tasks. See below examples.   If you don't have the required Revit templates to start with, you may download them from Autodesk website link for the complete Revit content
You may also go to Revit Courses Downloads section to get a quick template to start with. If you have more questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at info@revit-courses.com for any quick fixes or request for a comprehensive training online or at your place. So, you have a tool that you use frequently. Instead of looking into the Ribbon bar tabs everytime you need that tool, create a shortcut for it! One of my most used commands is Trimming. Let's see how to activate it with the keyboard. First, switch to the modify tab and hover with your mouse over the trim tool. You can see a box showing brief explanation of the Trim/Extend to Corner Tool. Notice the shortcut between brackets (TR).  Ribbon menue > Modify Tab > Modify Panel > Trim/Extend to Corner tool If you try moving your mouse over the other 2 Trim modes, you'll see they have no set shortcuts for now. Let's add a keyboard shortcut to the 'Trim/Extend Multiple Elements' Command.
 You've now successfully set-up a new shortcut to use.
Note: If you assign a single letter shortcut, like 'J' for example, you'll need to press J, followed by Space-bar to activate the shortcut. On the other hand, shortcuts that are of two or more letters, Like 'TR' or 'TTR', require nothing but pressing the assigned letters "You do not need to press Space-bar or Enter to activate the shortcut". If you're working on a big shared model, and you find your synchronize process taking a lot of time, try closing all open views before you hit the synchronize button. Revit takes so much time regenerating views that you've open. Use the 'Close Hidden Windows' button on your quick access bar before you synchronize to minimize the time taken to regenerate them!
After we've discussed setting up your project in the previous post, it's now time to set some boundaries! For every architectural project, you need to set some boundaries, or Property Line as we call it in Revit. Let's create it now! Step 1: Switch to Site Plan View You can create the property line in any other plan view, but since we're going to create a site element, it's always a good idea to switch to site view. You'll see the project base point & survey point that look like a Circle & triangle respectively. These two points will be very useful later on to define project location, coordinates & elevation.  Step 2: Create The Property Line Now switch to the 'Massing & Site' tab, select 'Property Line' tool from 'Modify Site' panel.  Once selected, Revit will ask you of your preference to create it, either by entering distances & bearings, or create it by sketching. This depends on the type of available information: If you know distances & bearings of the property lines (used in some contries to draw maps & define properties), use the first method. If you have a sketch including dimensions, angles or diagonals, use the second. In this tutorial, I will use the sketch method.   Once you click Finish, Revit shows you the property Area at the 'Properties Panel' when selected. The newly created property line is now visible in all floor plan views (unless you need to hide it of course).  Your property lines are now ready!
This is a free Tutorial provided by Revit Courses. Level: Beginner Duration to complete: 5 mins Prerequisite: Autodesk Revit 2011 or later Installation (I'm using Revit 2017 for this tutorial) ... So, you've the software installed & ready to start your first project! But what is the proper way to start? In this short tutorial you'll get to know what you need to do that through the best possible approach. Step 1 - Create a new project After opening Revit, you'll see the 'recent files' screen. You can use available tools here to open previous projects / families or create new ones. Start by pressing 'New' under 'Projects'  Alternatively, you can press Revit menu button at the top left corner & select New > Project  Once you click 'New', you'll be prompted to select starting template. Select a template from the drop-down menu, make sure you're creating a new 'Project', not 'Project Template', then click 'OK'.  Note: If you can't see any templates in the 'Template file' box, you can download architectural template here.
Once you've opened the elevation, you'll see 'Level 1' & 'Level 2'. Click the level you want to edit, then click again on its value. All measurements are in mm if you're using the 'Metric Template' & it is measured from 'Project Base Point'.  Note: You can also click Level name to change as needed. Some architects prefer naming levels (Site Level, Ground Floor Level or G.F. lvl ... etc.)
 Continue creating more levels as needed. You may use Array tool to create several levels quickly. You're now ready to start working on your new architectural design project. Next, I will show you how to create Property Line, Datum Grids & basic building elements. Let me know if you're facing any proplems starting your project. Email me or leave a comment below. info@revit-courses.com Have you tried working with your team on a central file, but failed due to similar user name restrictions? If so, here's the solution. Setting the Username The Autodesk Revit software checks the current Username to assign the local file name and determine which worksets are available for you to open after you create a local file. By default, it uses the login name you provided when you entered the operating system. You can change the Username in the Options dialog box (Application Menu> Options) in the General pane, as shown below  Note: If you're signed to Autodesk 360, you'll see the same Autodesk ID as your username.
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