1004 - Revit Tip of The Week - Create custom Profiles

While working on the design, either architecture or interior design, you sometimes need to add cornice details like the one shown below ...

Cornice elements are created using a wall sweep element, from Revit Ribbon > Build Panel > Wall Sweep

The wall sweep element uses a default profile, a simple rectangle. But if you need to create a custom profile, you'll need to follow these steps:

• Create a new family

• select appropriate family template, a hosted profile

• Use line tool to create the profile shape, make sure it is a closed loop

• Save the profile to your computer and load into the project

• Change the wall sweep profile to your preferred profile

• Start creating cornice elements where required 

This concludes this Revit Tip of The Week. Share with your architect / interior designer friends who need to learn this tool. 
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