Hi everyone.
I have a HUGE PROBLEM doing wall sections for my architectural plans.
The problem is that my boss and the architect are asking for what I beleive is impossible. But meaby someone might have the answer I am looking for.
Here it is.
I cut a section in a wall. See sketch A.
I apply 2D detail and reapeating detail to that section. See sketch B.
My boss thinks this should be done automatically by revit. Even if I assign materials with cut patterns to my wall layer elements, how would I get my dotted lines to line up properly for my wall cladding and my membrane layer?
The Architect wants all my wall layers and roof layers to seperate so they can be seen better. See sketch C.
He thinks that revit probably has a command that lets you seperate, or disasociate, 3D elements to let you move them in section or callout without actually moving them in the rest of the model.
So in other words, does anyone know how, or if, I can get revit to go from my sketch A to my sketch C automatically?
Thanks.
Go from A to C automatically? Can't be done. Not in Revit, and not in any software that I know of, at least not automatically. You're doing it the right way now. Model the basic wall construction, overlay with repeating detail components, notes, etc. and that's it. If you want the actual components separated beyond their actual construction sizes, you're going to run into all kinds of problems. You could do it via the cut profile tool, but then how are you going to dimension it? All of your dimensions would be off.
Good luck, 'cause it sounds like you're going to need it with what they're asking of you.
Rosskirby is correct. I just want to add that a tool similar (not exactly) to what your architect wants is going to be available in the new version of Revit (2012). Not to separate things in plan, as per your sketch C, but to show the wall in a special 3D assembly view, where the components of the wall can be cut, tagged, extended, or hidden.
Some information about this new feature has been posted by David Light in his blog, at this link:
http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2011/03/autodesk-revit-architecture-2012.html
...and has been explained in more detail by Jeff Hanson, from Autodesk, at Revitforum.org, at this link:
http://revitforum.org/showthread.php/1021-Preview-of-2012-New-Features?p=10090&viewfull=1#post10090