Those are called Gravity/Retaining wall...If that is what you want to do there are at least 5 methods I can think of...here are the simplest and least complicated:
Method 1
Massing and Site > In Place Mass (Same applies if you want to do it in a family then save and load it into the project). You can either do it in two portions (Wall + Foundation then join the two geometries) or one portion (Wall and Foundation extruded together)
- First begin with modeling a new Mass. Trace a chain of lines to form the contour at the bottom level of the wall and an offset of this chain at the top level (aligned one side and other side variate to form the angle you require).
- Select the two paths (bottom level and upper level) and use the command Create Form > Solid Form and then check Finish Mass. You get a wall with slopped surface onto which you can later apply Wall >Wall by Face> select Retaining Wall from the list (In case you want to schedule later)
- Repeat the same for the foundation and up two you if you want them two elements or one element.
PS: You can select family & category to suit the purpose you intend to use this G-wall for. I would personally pick Generic or Wall or any other category which can host rebars, openings and inserts depends what it's (the Gravity wall) priorty use is
Method 2 (I prefer this)
Another easy way is Component > Model in Place > Family Category and Parameters> Walls ... and use Blend/sweep… (Trace the profile section you showed in the attached picture wall + foundation) and then Sweep along a path which you have on your site.
See Movie from YouTube below
Method 3
I think this is what you were refering to in your original post. Although many use this method; I personally DON'T like this for 2 main reasons; you can not quantify sweeps built in to the wall structure and you can not add rebars to them. And scond reason is because I don't like using Revit just to create useless element which do not serve any other purpose except a graphical one. There are better ways to do that than using built in wall sweeps.
Anyhow; to that you can use a hosted profile family to create a sweep which you can apply to the Wall. To do this go to
- First Create the profile using hosted profile family
- Model it to look like a right pointy triangle and save it as a family
- In your project draw a foundation wall
- In the Properties Edit Type > Structure > Edit ….
- At the bottom change preview to the section view. This will enable sweeps
- Go to the sweeps menu and add the profile you created above as a sweep to the wall (it will be basically a sweep along the whole front elevation top to bottom)
- When done you can then apply wall foundation to the wall from structural tab
- Then when done select the foundation and change its eccentricity in the Properties dialog in order to center it below your gravity wall.
Other Methods
There are a few Extensions and Add-ins you can get from Autodesk Store which can model retaining and gravity walls in a very detailed manner including reinfrocement steel, rebar schedules ...etc
Another extension which I can think of is Site Designer which is a subscription app but now is free for EDU accounts too. I know it has retaining wall tool but not sure how close it can get to what you want
If the above is what you require accept as solution and suites the purpose you need to use this wall for ..Accept as solution.
If you prefer ONE particular method and need help with it...name it and I can record a screencast with the command lines and load it here once I get back to the office.
