Revit 2023: Revit Walls - An Alternative Approach to Design and Creation Series 3 of 6

06-29-2022

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Welcome! In today’s blog we will look at 6 alternative methods of creating walls using Revit 2023. These methods apply to older versions of Revit as well. In exploring these different methods of creating walls, try to consider the possibility of “how can I break this?” Think of ways to add or remove content that isn’t the norm. In doing so, you will find Revit is quite fun to play with. Enjoy!

Method 3 – Walls as Railings

This method is meant to use walls and custom families nested in the walls to act as a railing system. Sometimes working with the Railing command isn’t so intuitive so when you want a quick, down and dirty way of making a low wall with “balusters,” use this method. The key thing to remember in this method is that you are inserting a “baluster” custom family (wall based family) that has an Opening object within the family to cut the host wall (similar to a door or window inserted into a wall).

Pro Tip: Use different low wall types (glass, block, metal, etc.) and different custom “baluster” families to make interesting railing design.