Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015: No Experience Required: Autodesk Official Press

Chapter 18 Site and Topography

When it comes to adding a site to a model, the Autodesk^® Revit^® Architecture software is well equipped to take on the challenge. However, in many cases Revit is dependent on Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® or MicroStation to provide a real-case scenario for a site that can be imported (similar to importing a plan or a detail). Fortunately, Revit provides tools to add a topographic surface to an imported CAD site.

• Adding a site in Revit
• Splitting the surface
• Creating subregions
• Adding site components
• Adding building pads to displace earth
• Adding a property line
• Creating a toposurface by instance
• Creating a graded region

Adding a Site in Revit

To get started, let’s do something easy and then migrate into the more difficult ...