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. This will give us an opportunity to present the following basics:
Levels and grids
Basic walls
Floors, roofs, and ceilings
Doors and windows
Components
Stairs and railings
Starting 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 Architecture, levels are powerful elements, as just about every model element in Revit ...
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