Newbie Help - Please!!

[Anonymous]

Just started a degree in Architectural Technology and we have to use Revit.  My experience is with AutoCAD so its a bit of a struggle at the moment.  Anyway, is there any good free downloads for families, etc that I can use in my drawings?  I'm following a book too, to hopefully get me quicker upto speed but some of the items used in the book ( based on 2016 ) aren't in my 2017 Student version.  An example is a wall : Basic Wall - Exterior Brick on Mtl. Stud.  I don't have it.

Or am I looking at this wrong?

I also have to draw my house for one subject.  I need a wall that is wood stud with plasterboard.  I've been looking at the edit assembly tab and think I can achieve what I need, but I'm a little unsure as to what `Project Material` to use as there are 2 structural timber options.  I don't think its the `wood` option as that would generate a solid wood wall, rather than frame.  The wall is a frame with vertical and horizontal pieces of wood, insulation between the openings and then plasterboard on one or both sides.

Can anyone help please?

Sorry if I'm sounding a bit thick!

[micphillips]

You may have the correct families, but just do not have them loaded. You can go to Insert > Load Family > and then choose the default families you wish to insert into the project. When you insert a family into a project, it does not mean it is visible. You then must place the family (ie. draw the wall). For additional families that are not included with Revit, I recommend the website "Revitcity.com". It has very useful information as well as nearly any family you could ever want, all for free.

I don't really understand what you mean by your second paragraph. When you construct the wall, you can choose a structure material (any material in the material library). You can also apply a finish (again any material in the library, which should include Gypsum wall board).

I hope this helps you.

[ToanDN]

Start a project using a Template, e.g. Architectural template, so that you can have some basic commonly used wall types.

You can also create a wall type from scratch. For example a wall type consists of a 3.5" wood framing material structural layer and a 5/8" of gypsum wallboard material finish layer on either sides.

[Anonymous]

Hi, my second paragraph related to how does someone know what the wood structure is made up of?  Everyone knows a brick wall is generally bricks all held together by mortar.  I take it a wood wall is a generic term and the builder would know we meant a stud wall ( wooden battens made into a frame ).  But how do I introduce insulation into the frame as a plan view would just make you think it was a wooden batten - the insulation is in the gap between the battens therefore either above or below the drawn item?

As an example -

15mm Plasterboard

100mm Stud wall & Insulation

15mm Plasterboard

But in the create a new wall area, you'd enter 4 items which would make the wall thicker - EG 15mm Plasterboard, 100mm Wood, 100mm Insulation, 15mm Plasterboard.

How do you get the insulation in the wood stud bit?

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi, my second paragraph related to how does someone know what the wood structure is made up of?  Everyone knows a brick wall is generally bricks all held together by mortar.  I take it a wood wall is a generic term and the builder would know we meant a stud wall ( wooden battens made into a frame ).  But how do I introduce insulation into the frame as a plan view would just make you think it was a wooden batten - the insulation is in the gap between the battens therefore either above or below the drawn item?

As an example -

15mm Plasterboard

100mm Stud wall & Insulation

15mm Plasterboard

But in the create a new wall area, you'd enter 4 items which would make the wall thicker - EG 15mm Plasterboard, 100mm Wood, 100mm Insulation, 15mm Plasterboard.

How do you get the insulation in the wood stud bit?

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If wood framing and insulation occupy the same space then there should be one single 100mm layer under wall type settings.  You can add wood framing detail component and batt insulation symbol in large scale plan details or wall type plan/ section details.