Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013: No Experience Required

Chapter 2

Creating a Model

Now that you have a solid working knowledge of the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture interface and you understand how it differs from most other drafting applications, it’s time to move on to creating the Revit model.

The first chapter had you add some exterior walls to the model, and this chapter will expand on that same concept. You’ll also be placing some of the components, such as doors, that were introduced in Chapter 1, “The Autodesk Revit World.” Revit is only as good as the families that support the model.

To kick off the chapter, I’ll focus on the accurate placement of interior and exterior walls. You also have a lot to learn about the properties of walls and how to tackle tricky areas where the walls just won’t join together for you.

In this chapter, you will learn about:

• Placing walls
• Using reference planes
• Adding interior walls
• Editing wall joins
• Placing doors and windows

Placing Walls

In Chapter 1, you placed some walls and then added exterior walls to the model. In this section, you’ll add more walls to the model. Although adding walls to the model isn’t difficult, you need to explore how to control these walls when adjacent items start moving around and corners get fussy. Also, I’ll present proven methods to ensure accuracy so that I can keep you from starting down the wrong path.

Adding Exterior Walls

To continue with the perimeter of the building, let’s add some more exterior walls. The first few walls you added to the model were pretty ...