A1 Comments

 

Overall

As a class you did an excellent job on this assignment and generally found it rewarding despite some degree of frustration when things went wrong. 

Several people did interesting work going beyond the basic tutorial.  I warned them that I might ask them to demo.  You now have the following experts in the class who may help you when you get started on more advanced work

• James Drogals – MEP
• Lynn Vu – Topography and complex shapes
• Charlie Young – Structures

 

Revit Specifics

• When creating another floor you need to create another level.  - You’ll always have one more level than floors because the top level is used to anchor the roof.
• Finding how to do things in Revit – Do take advantage of the Revit help and online tutorials.  They’re generally very good.
• Viewports – As we discussed in class, they scale of a view is a “property” of that view.  It can be changed in the properties box either of the main view or by selecting it on the sheet.
• Keystroke Shortcuts – While Revit doesn’t work in the same way as Autocad, I think you’ll find that there are quite a few keyboard shortcuts once you become more proficient.
• Changing Floor Dimensions - To change the floor dimensions you need to go to that level and then be in the "Modify | Floors" tab of the ribbon.  You can "Edit Boundary" or use other tools.