Revit Family Man-FOTW

Thursday, 14 Spetember, 2006

Revit Family of the Week

Detail Components. Brick Details
I have been meaning to post the Detail Components Catagory of families for a while now. Over the next comining weeks I will be attending to the lack of consistancy of the family posts, by trying to flood it with some really cool Detail families.

This is just a start. Spend time on your detail components!

The zip file contains detail components for facebrick and plaster details, also for left and right side of the wall. Once applied to the repeating detail tool, BANG, brick walls in detail sections in seconds.

Do Enjoy!

Dimensions and Constraints
Wall Width	Wall Width
Brick Course Height	height between joints
Mortar Thk	set the thickness of the mortar joints
Center Joint	set the center joint half width

Revit Family of the Week

Monday, 24 July, 2006

Sliding Doors - into Cavity Walls
I have also been meaning to build these families for ages. Doors that fit into cavities either along the wall or with in the wall. These are not the most fantastic doors, however, the objective here is to indicate how the cavities are accomplished. Open the family files and check out the voids.
When starting a new door family delete the current opening and create a new void from a plan view to control the interaction with the wall.

Do Enjoy!

Dimensions and Constraints
Width	Opening Width
Height	Opening height of the Doors
Wall Width	Instance parameter to set the wall width
Cavity width	Formula that gets the cavity size from the wall Width

Friday, 30 June, 2006

Sliding Stacking Doors
There are two families I have been meaning to build for a long time. A shopfront with nested door options (see next week) and a sliding stacking door system that works. I have a number of clients in the upmarket Residential sector who constantly ask for a stacking system that works well. Well this week I put a bit of thought into it and came up with this Family Of The Week.

Do Enjoy!

Dimensions and Constraints
Width	Opening Width
Height	Sets the height of the Stacking Doors
Fanlight Rail Height	Sets the height of the Fanlight
Bumper Rail Height	Sets the height of the Bumber Rail
Panel Centers	Controls the width of the panels and the array formula of the uprights as well as the plan representation of the no off panels.
Fanlight Rail Visible	toggle to switch the fanlight rail on/off (instance)
Bumper Rail Visible	toggle to switch the bumper rail on/off (instance)
Frame Material	Sets the Frame Finish.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2006

Sun Screen Vertical - Line Based
Here is a Vertical Line Based Sunscreen Family for covering up the windows exposed to the harsh elements. Simple draw this component in plan from the top or head height level of the sun screen

Dimensions and Constraints
Length	2 Pick line based. Instance Parameter.
Height	Sets the height of the Component from the head height down.
Beam Sizes
Beam Width	Width of the vertical beams
Beam Depth	Depth of the vertical beams
Beam Centres	Controls the array formula by setting the centers between beams.
Louvre sizes
Louvre Width	Width of the horizontal louvres
Louvre Depth	Depth of the horizontal louvres
Louvre Centres	Controls the array formula by setting the centers between Louvres Remember to adjust the louver sizes to avoid overlapping and visa versa.
Frame Material	Add your own paramater.

Tuesday, 20 June, 2006

Variable Shopfront Window.
This is a great window family for shopfront use, that has a number of variables to play around with and set. Once again from one family comes many options with the use of various parameters. The width is an instance parameter which together with the panel width parameter, controls the array of panels.

Dimensions and Constraints
Width	Instance Parameter. Just drag for the desired width of the window.
Head Height	Sets the Head Height of the entire system
Height	Sets the height of the window
Window Head Height	Sets the height of the window to the underside of the fanlight
Bumber Rail Height	Sets the height of the bottom bumper rail
Inset	Controlls the offset of the window from the exterior face of the wall
Panel Size	Sets an equal size for the panels of glass
arrays and divides	These are all controlled by a number of formulas. Only change these if you are comfortable with formulas.
Fanlight Visible	a switch for the visibility of the top fanlight rail/mullion
Bumper rail Visible	a switch for the visibility of the bumper rail/mullion
Glass Material	Offset the upright from the shelf end
Frame Material	Material Finish for the fins


Variable Shopfront

Friday, 12 May, 2006

Casework Shelving with wall mounting uprights. 2-Pick Family for Revit R9. Enjoy!

Dimensions and Constraints
Length	2-pick line based
Depth	Sets the depth of the shelves
Height	Sets the height of the uprights
Upright Centers	Controlles the distance of the centers between uprights
No Off Shelves	Sets the array of the no. off shelves
Upright Width	Sets the width of the upright
Upright Depth	Sets the depth of the upright
Start of shelves	Offsets the start distance of the first and last shelves
Shelf Thk	Thickness of the shelf
Offset from FFL	Offset of the uprights from FFL
Shelf End Offset	Offset the upright from the shelf end
Fin Material	Material Finish for the fins
Upright Material	Material Finish for the uprights
Shelf Material	Material Finish for the shelves

Thursday, 11 May, 2006

Revit Family of the Week
Ready for download this week is a Standard Timber Truss. There is obviously a minimum span that one is restricted to. If that is the case a little editing to the family is required. It is inserted as a Structural Beam Component this tool icon is found on the structural Design Bar .

Dimensions and Constraints
Roof Span	Adjusts the length to the reqired span
Roof Pitch	Sets the angle of the truss
Roof Overhang	Sets the overhang form the centerline of the wall
Truss Start	Controlles the distance of the first vertical ties
Rafter THK	Sets the thickness of the rafters
Material	Material Finish for the shelving system

May 05, 2006

Revit Family of the Week
2 Pick Families or line based families, are just the most usefull tool to come out of Revit 9. I will be posting a number of examples over the next coming weeks. I already have quite a collection it's just the time to put it all here. This week I have done a cool shelving system with horizontal shelf array as well as a verical array and visibility

Dimensions and Constraints
Length	Instance. Drag blue toggles to desired length to adjust or edit the length
Depth	Sets the depth of the shelves
Height	Sets the height of the Component
Skirting Height	Controlles the height of the skirting
Upright Thk	Sets the thickness of the outer uprights
Shelf Thk	Sets the thickness of the shelves
No off Upright Spaces	Array for no off uprights- User defined
No Off Shelves	Array for no off shelves- User defined
Upright Visibility	Switches the inner uprights on or off
Material Backing	Material Finish for the backing board
Material	Material Finish for the shelving system


Shelving	Shelving	Shelving

April 25 2006

Revit Family of the Week
This week we look at the introduction of Revit 9, Line Based Families. These are so COOL!
Line based families are supplied with two templates namely Detail Component Line Based and Generic Model Line Based. The uses of which are just unlimited, from counter tops to more advanced families with array formulas. These with a simple line tool. By selecting two points the family is filled along the length of the line between the points.
This weeks example is of a sun screen with an array formula that sets up the centersof the wall mounts.

Dimensions and Constraints
Length	Instance. Drag blue toggles to desired length to adjust or edit the length
Depth	Sets the depth of the screen from the wall
Beam Centers	Sets the centers of the beams
Beam Array	Controlled by the Length divided by the Centers
Louvre Centers	Sets the centers of the Louvres
Louvre Array	Controlled by the Depth divided by the Centers
Louvre Angle	Set the angle of the Louvres
Louvre Size	Set the size of the Louvres

March 25 2006

Revit Family of the Week
This week we have some counter tops.
Not the greatest, most advance families, but I find them extremely useful for setting out areas like kitchens, workstations etc. What makes these counter tops pretty cool is they are set up with instance parameters for the lengths. After placing, one just has to drag the grips or align to the required lengths.
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Dimensions and Constraints
Length	Instance Drag blue toggles to desired length, or use align tool
Depth	Sets the depth of the top. 3 Predefined sizes 450mm;600mm;900mm
Height	Sets the height to the top of the counter
Counter Thickness	Sets the Counter top thickness
Materials and Finishes
Counter top	Material parameter for the counter top


Straight counter top	L-Shaped Counter Top	U_Shaped Counter top

Revit Family of the Week
March 15, 2006

This window family allows the user to specify how many panels to place in the window.
there are 4 family types from a 2 panel to the 5 panel. The user can add More.
1 Panel is not an option.

Dimensions and Constraints
No Off Panels	Sets the number of panels for the window type
Window Width	Sets the Width for all the panels.
Height	Sets the height of all the panels
Window Centers	Determines the centres between the windows
Materials and Finishes
Frame	Sets the frame Material, current = default frame
Glass	Sets the Glass Material, current = Glass