U-shaped Ramp to Mezzanine

[tstewart]

Hw to draw a U-shaped ramp w/ landings to a Mezzanine level?

[barthbradley]

 Instead of building the Landing into the Winder, why not create a Floor at the Mezzanine Level and then place a U-Shaped Winder between the Level below and the Mezzanine Level?  

[Alfredo_Medina]

Is this an architectural question or a Revit-related question?

How can the observer know where the mezzanine level is to give any advice?

[tstewart]

Revit question because the model is in Revit. The Mezzanine level is between the Ground & Second Floors.

[barthbradley]

Your question, as I understood it, was how to include a Landing in the U-Shaped Winder. If this is something you really need to do, then Edit and Convert Winder to Sketch-Based and then sketch your Landing Boundary. 

[tstewart]

How to draw a U-Shaped ramp around the U-shaped Stair?

[Alfredo_Medina · Accepted solution]

Yes, mezzanine is in between first and second floor, but what is the distance that the ramp has to reach? Why don't you first draw the ramp in plan view and section with detail lines or reference planes? Once you get the architectural part correct, then you start the Ramp tool and click on points over your lines or planes in plan view. 

[tstewart]

How to draw a U-Shaped Ramp in plan? The landing is not correctly displaying and the height to Mezzanine is 12'.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@tstewart wrote:

Hw to draw a U-shaped ramp w/ landings to a Mezzanine level?

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It is the same as drawing a ramp between any levels:

- Start a Ramp

- Specify Base and Top Level/elevation

- Specify Width

- Draw Runs (landings will be added automatically between runs)

- Adjust each Run's location and length

- Finish

[tstewart]

Thank you and it worked.

[Alfredo_Medina · Accepted solution]

Again, this is an architectural question. You need to solve your ramp first with reference planes. Make sure it works, and complies with codes, etc. Then you use the Ramp tool or the Floor tool to do it. 

For 12' rise and U-shape, you need a very long ramp with intermediate landings on each run, which probably does not fit in that space. That's why I suggest that you work all this yourself with planes, and see if it works.

[tstewart]

Got it and the ramp is approx. 96'-144' which is what I figured. I wanted to make a U-shaped Ramp to cover that distance.

Thank you,

TS

[tstewart · Accepted solution]

How to draw multi-landings U-shaped ramp?

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

@tstewart 

Exactly the same as described in previous replies...instead of straight sketch it as a U.

Alternatively, you can place a U Shaped floor and modify its sub-elements 

Note: this also would require that u sort out your ramp design to be aware of the heights ot needs to reach and at what slopes.that being said, a U shaped ramp around the posted stair will not comply with ADA codes or any other HCA codes... will be too steep and good to serve as a slide/conveyor 

[tstewart]

I wanted landings at each intersection and midway of ramp runs. Is that the same process?

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

Yes the same...you just need to calculate the slope first in order to edit/create the appropriate ramp type. You need to input the desired slope and max run in the ramps type properties 

Using a floor with edited sub-elements can make your life easier though you just need to input the elevations at each landing.. if u r not familiar with floor su-elements, see youtube below 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNccuzxmLs

[tstewart]

Great solution and thank you.

[Alfredo_Medina]

It does not seem to matter if things make sense, or if a ramp fits or not, or if it complies with codes or not.

Why don't you simply go to the help search in Revit and type "ramp". That will give you the steps, which seems to be all you care about. What is the point of starting a thread for this. All this conversation seems to be in vain, in my opinion. 

Ramp:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-3CCCB8E9-2ABB-495D-8B3E-079A4986D65C

[tstewart]

The idea is sometimes better than the end result.

[Davidminkov_work]

Only reasonable way to do it is with a floor that you edit afterwords to the desired levels, the ramp function is only usable for the most basic of ramps.