a few modeling quirks

[Anonymous]

Hello All.

I was *orking in Revit over the weekend,
on a small residential addition project,
and ran into a few issues:

1. Attach Wall Top to multiple Roof Objects?

Can you? I could not figure-out how to let Revit let me select more than one
roof object to constrain the top of a wall to. I have a long wall that runs
under different roofs of varying plate-heights and slopes. I'd like to
constrain it to all of them.


2. Manage parallel/aligned wall intersections/joins.

Assuming that the answer to my first question is: "no." ,
My approach to the situation was to split the wall, along it's length,
at each place where a new roof object transition occurs above.
Then, I attached each individual split section to the roof above.
This was ok, but subsequent grip-edits to the location of a split-point,
caused the wall to re-join. How can I prevent this from happening?
I know that there is an option to prevent wall joins on a wall object,
but that's not really what I'd like - I still want the wall to "clean-up"
@ the splits, just not revert to being one, continuous Object.

--
CoreyL

[Anonymous]

I think in this case you could use the "edit profile" tool on the wall.
Then align/lock to the different roof plates as req'd.

--
Jeff Hanson
Autodesk - AEC User Experience Team
Manchester, NH


"Corey A. Layton" wrote in message
news:6025731@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hello All.

I was *orking in Revit over the weekend,
on a small residential addition project,
and ran into a few issues:

1. Attach Wall Top to multiple Roof Objects?

Can you? I could not figure-out how to let Revit let me select more than one
roof object to constrain the top of a wall to. I have a long wall that runs
under different roofs of varying plate-heights and slopes. I'd like to
constrain it to all of them.


2. Manage parallel/aligned wall intersections/joins.

Assuming that the answer to my first question is: "no." ,
My approach to the situation was to split the wall, along it's length,
at each place where a new roof object transition occurs above.
Then, I attached each individual split section to the roof above.
This was ok, but subsequent grip-edits to the location of a split-point,
caused the wall to re-join. How can I prevent this from happening?
I know that there is an option to prevent wall joins on a wall object,
but that's not really what I'd like - I still want the wall to "clean-up"
@ the splits, just not revert to being one, continuous Object.

--
CoreyL

[Anonymous]

Hi Corey.

Select the wall, and attach it to one roof, the wall should still be
selected, then click "Attach" again, and select another roof.

--

Chris Needham.
Whangarei.
New Zealand.


"Corey A. Layton" wrote in message
news:6025731@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hello All.

I was *orking in Revit over the weekend,
on a small residential addition project,
and ran into a few issues:

1. Attach Wall Top to multiple Roof Objects?

Can you? I could not figure-out how to let Revit let me select more than one
roof object to constrain the top of a wall to. I have a long wall that runs
under different roofs of varying plate-heights and slopes. I'd like to
constrain it to all of them.


2. Manage parallel/aligned wall intersections/joins.

Assuming that the answer to my first question is: "no." ,
My approach to the situation was to split the wall, along it's length,
at each place where a new roof object transition occurs above.
Then, I attached each individual split section to the roof above.
This was ok, but subsequent grip-edits to the location of a split-point,
caused the wall to re-join. How can I prevent this from happening?
I know that there is an option to prevent wall joins on a wall object,
but that's not really what I'd like - I still want the wall to "clean-up"
@ the splits, just not revert to being one, continuous Object.

--
CoreyL

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Chris.

In some situations, this will work perfectly.
But in this particular case, it won't.

A higher roof's overhang extends over a lower roof's.
When I try to attach the Wall Top to both roofs,
the wall extends up to and flush with the fascia if the upper roof's
overhang.

I've handled this condition by manually adjustng the Wall's elevation
profile,
as Jeff had suggested earlier.

--
CoreyL

[Anonymous]

I did wonder if this was the situation you had, as I have the same problem
fairly frequently too.
Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't realise you could attach to
more than one roof.

I've had issues with editing wall profiles, and try to avoid it where
possible. And then I use the method you use in # 2.

--

Chris Needham.
Whangarei.
New Zealand.

"Corey A. Layton" wrote in message
news:6026300@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks, Chris.

In some situations, this will work perfectly.
But in this particular case, it won't.

A higher roof's overhang extends over a lower roof's.
When I try to attach the Wall Top to both roofs,
the wall extends up to and flush with the fascia if the upper roof's
overhang.

I've handled this condition by manually adjustng the Wall's elevation
profile,
as Jeff had suggested earlier.

--
CoreyL