revit LT new user

[georgehobel]

OK... Im a new user to Revit.  Learning my way through my first model, an open air patio with fireplace, grill area, pizza oven, and more.  I need to find some stone wall families as there are none withing my current library.  I've tried Revit city, and downloaded a sample of stone, but i have no idea where it went... ???  That's just one of my questions, but it'll get me going....

[Anonymous]

Hello @georgehobel

You can create you own family (rfa. files or model in-place family) that will meet to your needs.

[georgehobel]

I figured it out at midnight last night, how to bring the new stone walls into my model.   I also found some fieldstone within the Revit materials... burried down deep.  I hadnt realized how deep those libraries go.

[georgehobel]

OK... i figured out how to get the stone walls I was looking for out of Revit City, and into my model and include them as types when I create walls. However, The graphics arent appearing the way I had expected.  The wall is just plain, without any features that would make you think it's stone.  Did I miss a step?  

[Anonymous]

Hello @georgehobel

Did you already put the stone wall materials to your wall? (see image for reference) If so, then turn your graphic display to "realistic" (see image).

If that doesn't work get back to me. Note that always duplicate type for walls/floor etc when you are creating different types of walls with different thickness/materials.

[georgehobel]

I've done several things....

1.  I finally found some "fieldstone" within the Revit library.. it's ok, but not really the style of stone we wanted..

2.  I learned how to successfully import components from Revit City... all sorts of stuff.. its like going shopping and playing with colorforms all rolled up into one.

3.  I found some stone patterns that fit the style we want.  I was able to load the family into the project, but there's no detail to the views.

I turned the detail level to high, and then went to realistic... my trees are crisp... the brick looks real.. the revit fieldstone looks great.. but the new stone looks like bland stucco.  

Also.. I learned how to do a sweep, and I created a brick archway at my firebox opening.. however... there's no detail to the brick.  It just looks like a red stucco band.???

[Anonymous]

I think the materials setting is the root of your problem.

Can you share the file which include the trees and the archway at your firebox opening.

Thanks

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @georgehobel

I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue?
Please mark any posts that help with "Accept as Solution" and thanks!

[georgehobel]

no Viveka... I have had found a solution... I did find more stone files within the existing libraries in Revit, "fieldstone".  Still wondering why I dont get any graphic detail with something like a brick rowlock.  The brick wall has perfect detail.  But when I do a brick rowlock sweep, its just a plain shape...no bricks.????  so much to learn...

[georgehobel]

my next task... figure out how to share a file within this forum.... lol

[georgehobel]

Here's the file I was working with.  It's my very first Revit creation, so I'm certain there's lots of room for improvement.  In a nutshell, I had a client that wanted an outdoor living space.  While I could easily understand my CAD drawings, they needed help visualizing everything in 3d.  Revit was the perfect solution, so I forced myself to learn it.  

I have since found better stone profiles within the Revit libraries, but you can see the brick arch at the fireplace... its blank, no detail.

[chrisplyler · Accepted solution]

Your brick arch at fireplace is made with an in-place sweep that is not assigned a material at all.

1. Edit the in-place.

2. Edit the sweep.

3. Change it's Material parameter.

4. Finish the sweep.

5. Finish the in-place.

Now, that's going to assign a single material to the whole sweep, which means if you choose a brick material with a brick pattern, you're going to get the same horizontal pattern line across the whole thing.

I'm assuming you want a horizontal pattern on the sides and a radial soldier pattern across the top? You're going to have to make the arch three separate sweeps to even get close to that, with the top one assigned a different material pattern than the two side pieces. But even then you aren't going to get a RADIAL soldier pattern across the top easily.

So perhaps you want to model each brick individually. Or, more practically, model a single brick for each leg of the arch and array them as desired. I've actually made an adaptive radial-arch family that I can quickly place above doors or windows, or that would work for your fireplace, but didn't save it. And I don't think you can do adaptive stuff with Revit LT. Is that right? I can't remember.

Easiest and probably best choice, since you've just got the one fireplace to do, is to use model lines to delineate the brickwork by first choosing the face of your sweep as the active workplane and then drawing the lines onto it.

If your end game is construction documents, I wouldn't even do that. You'll have a plan view that doesn't need to show it, and you'll have an elevation view of the fireplace in which you can just flesh out with detail lines to illustrate the brickwork.

[georgehobel]

Thanks Chris... i just dont know what i dont know... these arent for conatruction drawings, just design. Im advancing in my revit kmowledge, but not to the point of producing construction drawings yet....still using CAD for that for now. Dont know what you mean by "adaptive"... thanks for the info. I'll keep at it.

[chrisplyler]

I've been Reviting for like seven years now and I figure I know about a third of the stuff there is to know. Revit is a big learning curve. Anybody who tells you he can do anything you want in Revit with his puny couple of years worth of experience is a liar. The more you learn, the more you realize you've got a lot more to learn.