Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Creating Shaft Openings

To create a shaft opening, you just create a void through your model. This void, however, can conform to walls that are set in the model. The elevator shaft walls, for instance, will define the outside edge of your shaft opening. You may notice that the floors you added to the model are indiscriminately running uninterrupted, straight through the shafts. You need to void the floor. Also, the good thing about creating a shaft opening is that if you create another floor, the shaft will be cut out automatically.

First, you need to create two more levels. You need a subterranean level (T.O. Footing) and a penthouse level to extend the elevator shaft up through:

1. In the Project Browser, go to the South elevation.
2. On the Datum ...