Shade overhang and shade fins

[arghavan.A]

Hello!

What is the best way to draw Shade overhang and shade fins using Revit 2018?

I want to draw the shadings in the picture below:

Regards,

Arghavan 

[ennujozlagam · Accepted solution]

@arghavan.A hello, either you create model -inplace sweep in the project itself or make a family and load into your project. thanks

[arghavan.A]

@ennujozlagam thanks! Can you please tell me how should I create a model inplace sweep? I don't want to create a new family.

[ennujozlagam · Accepted solution]

@arghavan.A hello, i don't have my own but you can refer to youtube tutorials how to create sweep here are some samples. LINK / LINK. thanks

[arghavan.A]

@ennujozlagam Thanks! I found out how to do it eventually!

Follow up question

I want to export this model as IFC, how should I assign the IfcShading to this object?

[ennujozlagam]

hello, just go to FILE export > ifc. thanks

you wrote

how should I assign the IfcShading to this object?

what do you mean? can you please explain more. thanks

you can use insert > link IFC to your revit project file.

[arghavan.A]

What I mean is that this mass object is not by default a shading, so Revit would not assign IfcShadingDevice to it by default. For example, as a contrast to this case, when you create a wall, Revit is intelligent enough to assign an IfcWall to it.

My question is, how can I assign any desired Ifc to a mass object?

[ennujozlagam]

@arghavan.A hello, i saw your question in a previous thread HERE did you get an anwer? i'm not sure about this. thanks

[arghavan.A]

Hi!

No, I still have not found my answer yet.

[FAIR59 · Accepted solution]

you assign a subcategory to the mass-forms.

and then you can define in the Export / Options /  IFC-Options how the mass gets exported

[arghavan.A]

Thanks @FAIR59!

But did you add IfcShading yourself?

[FAIR59]

yes, in the options you can type anything you like. You mentioned ifcShading, so I typed that, I didn't check if its a valid ifc entry

[arghavan.A]

@FAIR59 Hello again!

I tried to add "My Shading" to subcategory as you said, but it does not apply! When I write it and hit the apply button, then subcategory turns into <None> again. Any suggestion why this happens?

Regards,

Arghavan

[arghavan.A]

This is a picture of what I mean. Please correct me if I miss understood what you said earlier. 

[FAIR59 · Accepted solution]

you have to define the subcategory before you can apply it.

To make a subcategory -  [Manage][Object Styles] select the category (Mass or Generic Models) and make a new Subcategory.

[arghavan.A]

Hi again!

I tried to delete the subcategory that I created, and it was deleted in the "Object Styles". However it still exists in the list of subcategories in the the IFC Options! Is there any solution to remove it altogether from the IFC Options as well?

Thanks!

Arghavan

[FAIR59]

There is no solution using Revit. But the IFC-options file is a text-file, perfectly readable. So find the file and delete the line where the subcategory is defined.

I haven't tried it, so make a backup copy first in case of disaster