Casework Sections. The most efficient way in Revit?

[vkulikajevas]

What is the best way of making furniture drawings in Revit? I have found this process extremely frustrating when you have to show insides of casework.. Keep making sections in the plan view, and keep looking for the section of each and every furniture in Section View List (ranaming, repositioning it, rescoping the area..). 

Alternatively Legend can be used to show the outsides of the Casework (if it was modeled not in place...). Although, you can't make a section to show insides of your casework there. So the only way I have found to do that in Plan view, cutting all the Building..

So what is the best way, in your opinion to show insides of certain casework on the drawing in Revit?

[Anonymous]

We typically do 2D details for the internal casework configuration, with parameters (such as width or depth) that associate with the 3D casework family's parameters (such as width and depth).  

[vkulikajevas]

Thank you for answer @Anonymous . I understand that, but I was asking about showing section on the drawing, not parameter number. Maybe you can do that with a parameter and assign it to the view?

[Anonymous]

I was referring specifically to section views, where we draw the base, shelves and internal detail in a parametric 2d family.

[hmunsell]

it looks like you have at least 6 different sections shown in the view you circled. you are also calling out 2 other views on that sheet. i assume they are the important ones in that circled view. in cases like that we just select he unwanted sections and pick Hide in View. 

[vkulikajevas]

Hello, @hmunsell  and @Anonymous , not exactly what I was meaning by this question post.

I will try to be more specific:
If i create my furniture views in LEGEND, i have all views in one sheet, without creating bunch of unnecessary view sheets. Thus I can import this Casework legend with all views to the drawing:

The Problem is that I can't make sections (Show internals of the casework) in The Legend. So to make sections I have to make them separately in the project area View, and the List of Sections fills in with bunch of unwanted sections of Casework. Is there a workaround around this?:

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

An option for you is to look at the Assemblies in Revit - this creates specific views that you may require.

[hmunsell]

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@vkulikajevas wrote:

The Problem is that I can't make sections (Show internals of the casework) in The Legend. 

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Correct, you can not cut a section in a Legend. likewise, you can not place a Section created with the section tool on a legend view. Maybe rethink the use of "Legends". Just because the view category is Legend, doesn't mean a Sheet view cant show the same information. Creating Assemblies as @Anonymous suggests is a good option too.

[aidenyang]

I usually do the caseworks in family, and then load it into a project where I would use legend. I would do the section drawings in the plan by using wire frame view, and using fill region to do the section drawings. I find this to be a little bit better and more flexible than doing multiple sections in plan.

[paikos.vrachnosCZXN3]

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