topic Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017 in Revit Architecture Forum

Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:55:06 GMT

Hello,

I am currently trying to create a wall that folds up vertically in Revit 2017. I essentially want to have a hinge (or similar element) along the top portion of the wall that allows it to open vertically. I have enclosed an image that shows the basic motion that I am looking for the wall to do, with the piece of wood attached to the hinges being the wall and the space with the stereo system being the interior space of the building. Thank you for your help and let me know if you need further clarification.

Thanks,

Preston

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

ToanDN — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:26:18 GMT

Which parts of the process to create this family do you need help with?

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:54:34 GMT

Thank you for your speedy reply. I need help with creating the part of the assembly that moves. Is there a way to create a hinge system essentially?

Thanks,

Preston

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:04:16 GMT

you can make the hang in generic family and import it in the other family containthe movable part

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

Viveka_CD — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:05:47 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Check out the recommendations by @L.Maas at the thread HERE where he discussed creating families with hinged parts.

Regards,

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

ToanDN — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:06:47 GMT

You could create it with angle parameter(s) to control the rotation of any components. If you are looking for something like a slider to slide up and down to animate the wall opening and closing at various angle then there is no easier way to be done in Revit natively. IMHO if it only to understand and ensure the dimensions and clearances work for the operation then there is no need for such complication.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

Sahay_R — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:28:46 GMT

Edited. Pays to read the post carefully.

Adapt an OOTB Awning window family. CTRL-C>>CTRL-V the geometry into a generic model family, tweak the parameters as needed. Drop it into the model as a model-in-place Wall.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

chrisplyler — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:47 GMT

Somebody is over-complicating things.

This is basically just a hangar door. Make a new door family from the standard template. Get rid of the default door surround trim. Then build a swinging panel that adjusts to the default width and height parameters, that's hinged at the top, and that has a new angle parameter to go with that hinging action.

It's no different than any standard door that you want to make an adjustable swing for to show the leaf at various angles, except that it's hinged across the top instead of along a side.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

chrisplyler — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:39:08 GMT

Here is the family.

Default opening angle is set to 0.01 degrees. Don't try setting it to zero. It breaks. Probably also breaks at 180 degrees but I haven't tried it.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

chrisplyler — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:52:18 GMT

@ToanDN wrote:

You could create it with angle parameter(s) to control the rotation of any components. If you are looking for something like a slider to slide up and down to animate the wall opening and closing at various angle then there is no easier way to be done in Revit natively. IMHO if it only to understand and ensure the dimensions and clearances work for the operation then there is no need for such complication.

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say exactly. Slider controls are pretty easy.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

ToanDN — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:20:55 GMT

Well done! I will need to try that sometime.

Re: Creating Operable Walls in Revit 2017

chrisplyler — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:31:32 GMT

Make anything with a control grip and then drive your desired parameter with a formula that somehow relates to the control grip's parameter. That's all.