farrowing house design using revit

[nathanyiel]

hi everyone.any ideas on how to construct a farrowing house design using revit? i have searched plans on the internet and i am having difficulties on how to start my plans.i have found out that it was a combination of concrete and timber (for trusses). i'll be grateful for any ideas that may help. thank you. God Bless everyone

[barthbradley]

A hog house?  

Can you post a photo of it? 

[Sahay_R · Accepted solution]

Decide on what you want the plans to be.

1) Start by creating walls - exterior and interior - doors, windows

2) Add in floor (I don't think that a ceiling would be required)

3) Add in the roof

Once you have gotten this far, then we can think about things like roof trusses, foundations, etc.

[barthbradley]

@Sahay_R: a floor in a hog house? carpet too? 

[Sahay_R]

@barthbradley - in case you haven't noticed, I DID omit a ceiling. However, hogs do need some kind of terra firma to stand on. To the best of my knowledge. pigs still don't fly......

@nathanyiel - don't let the bickering obscure the preceding Words Of Wisdom!

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @nathanyiel

• Check this site and see if that gives you an idea of the Farrowing House Unit 
• See here for layouts and here for examples of hog house plans
• For the crates you could create a custom family (5'9" wide x 7' 9" long)
• You may consider a farrowing yurt if you are designing for a colder zone

Hope that helps!

[Sahay_R]

Thanks to you, @Viveka_CD, I am now an authority on farrowing houses......

[Viveka_CD]

[barthbradley]

@Viveka_CD: This is actually quite fascinating. I been spinning off your links into a plethora of information on the subject from around the world. And, you know what, @Sahay_R: they do have floors and ceilings! Also, the Danish have building codes that govern their design/construction! Who'd have thunk! 

[chrisplyler]

I'll suggest constructing the entire building envelope out of exhaust fans.

[barthbradley]

HA! I actually came across a "Mechanical Ventilation Design Worksheet for Swine Housing"!   

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @nathanyiel

I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue?

Please mark any posts that help with "Accept as Solution" and thanks! Kudos welcome.

[nathanyiel]

good day ma'am @Sahay_R

i am very sorry for the late response. i've just read you reply today and i think i have created the farrowing house like what you have suggested. please refer to the attached image, or if you may allow, i will send the revit file, and suggestions are welcome. there's a lot of room for improvement on my work, especially on roof and trusses.

[nathanyiel]

no sir @barthbradley just a typical farrowing house 🙂

[nathanyiel]

thank you so much ma'am @Viveka_CD. if you will allow, i would to hear from you any suggestions/ideas about the farrowing house that i have created. attached are the images of my work. thank you very much.

[Sahay_R]

@nathanyiel - looks good to me! Nice job!

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @nathanyiel

Looks good! 

Thanks for getting back. Have you decided your materials for the structure?

Regards,

[nathanyiel]

thank you ma'am @Sahay_R and ma'am @Viveka_CD

i've been thinking if i can replace the support of the roof. i've watched tutorials from youtube about roof trusses and managed to follow along.here's what i have created. but i want to make the rafter steel structure from wooden structure. also i want to know if there's any way i can make my custom steel truss.

thank you very much.

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @nathanyiel

Try the trial Rafter Framing for Roof Models in Revit®*

Metal Framing Rafter+ lets you quickly create full rafter systems in Revit® models for light gauge steel frame roofs of any shape or complexity.

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Regards,