Chapter 4. Modeling Basics
This chapter focuses on the creation of the basic modeling elements—walls, floors, and roofs, as well as windows, curtain walls, doors, stairs, and railings. We'll take you through an exercise where you'll build a small house that touches the following basics:
Levels and grids
Basic walls
Floors, roofs, and ceilings
Doors and windows
Components
Stairs and railings
Getting started with a project
Levels and Grids
Levels and grids are the horizontal and vertical planes that represent major floor-to-floor divisions (levels) in a building as well as the vertical division of the building into structural bays (grids). In Revit, levels are powerful elements, as just about every model element in Revit has a relationship to a level. When ...
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