Detail item - Tapered insulation

[Marcus.Isacsson]

Hi fellas!

Is it possible to somehow create a tapered insulation within Revit? 
Do you have to create your own family for that (pretty complicated?).

If so, does anyone have one to spare? 🙂

Thanks in advance

[dzanta]

is the tapered insulation something you want to model in 3d or just 2d?

if you need to show as a 3d model object, use a floor and adjust subcomponents and points for sloping, then change material to "insulation."

If you need to show as 2d only to embellish a view, just use a Filled Region.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@dzanta wrote:

is the tapered insulation something you want to model in 3d or just 2d?

if you need to show as a 3d model object, use a floor and adjust subcomponents and points for sloping, then change material to "insulation."

If you need to show as 2d only to embellish a view, just use a Filled Region.

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Just need it as 2D detail items right now. Didn't know that insulations existed as filled regions for those cases.
How does it behave when tapered? Do you have a screenshot and the .pat file?

[barthbradley]

You could do it with a variable thickness floor and modify sub-elements.  

[ToanDN]

It's just graphic symbol.  Draw a few shorter ones and change their sizes.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@ToanDN wrote:

It's just graphic symbol.  Draw a few shorter ones and change their sizes.

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Takes som time drawing those at x places. I'm looking for a timesaver 🙂

[Ilic.Andrej · Accepted solution]

Since this is not the first time someone posts this question, I took the time to create this family. Take a look at it. Its amazing 😉

[Marcus.Isacsson]

@Ilic.Andrej you're a star! Thanks 🙂
(...should be implemented in the software though?...)

[Ilic.Andrej]

You re welcome 🙂 Well it could be OOTB family if Autodesk takes it 🙂

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@Ilic.Andrej wrote:

You re welcome 🙂 Well it could be OOTB family if Autodesk takes it 🙂

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Used it now. Is it possible to somehow change the K value into real degrees? Now it's trial & error instead of inserting the correct angle. 

[solvdesigns]

Thanks!

[mikemgalea]

I am going to be frank here, the fact that revit doesn't do this out of the box, as a part of the insulation command, is just another demonstration of how this product was made by people without any real design or detailing experience. If you are looking for features that need to be added to make this overpriced bag of bolts work, just turn to the people in your autocad architecture division. This issue was resolved literally decades ago by them. I didn't spend the money to move to revit to reduce productivity and go back in time.