Did anyone EVER tell you that Sweeps can't go in more than two directions? Feel free to point and laugh!
1) Start with some basic geometry - I always like to start with a wall, cut with voids, maybe edit its profile - you have absolutely no idea how flexible walls can be!
2) Model in Place a Sweep. Use the Pick Path tool to define the path.
3) Sketch or add the profile. Delete the wall. And Voila!
A word of warning - this process will work with a certain level of geometric complexity. If the path you are trying to pick is too complex, then Revit will throw it's hands up and refuse to oblige.
Going onto bigger and better things.....
Ever been frustrated about Revit's inability to model components in context - which is why you take the easy way out, model in place, and possibly follow the rules to safeguard your model and convert the in place family to a family?
Did you know that
1) while sketching to create in place geometry, you can copy and paste the linework to a family of the correct category? model and constrain as usual
2) while creating in place geometry, while you are in the Edit In Place mode, you can copy the geometry and paste it in a family of the correct category? Constrain as usual.
In closing - HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, AUTODESK!!! I've been using and teaching Autodesk products - AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, Civil 3D, Inventor, 3DS Max, AutoCAD Architecture, and last but not least - Revit - since the mid 90s. While all of the products I've used have been wonderful tools, it's the intellectual challenges posed by Revit which has made me a passionate proponent of the software. Nothing like beating up the software and making it cry, right?
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