Subscribe for email updates about Revit, Architecture, and more.īIMsmith is a free cloud platform for architects, designers, and building professionals to research, select, and download building product data. Thanks for checking out this Revit tutorial - if you have any questions or comments, please leave them below! Go ahead - now's your chance to create some crazy wall types! Play around with different combinations of sweeps to achieve your desired effect.Īs with any new skill, it's best to keep playing around with different features to really get the functionality to stick in your mind. (As you're working, remember to make sure the wall type preview is in section view in order to access the additional editing features.) If you want to create a new type based on an existing profile, navigate to the profiles in the Project Browser, where you can duplicate an existing profile to edit. When doing this, you can use any custom profile on your wall, as long as it's already loaded into your Revit project.
In the video, we demonstrate how to add sweeps like sills and parapet caps. You can continue to edit your wall type in any number of ways. Use the "Match Type Properties" command to apply the adjustments to the adjacent wallsīecause this change is an instance parametric adjustment, rather than a type parametric adjustment, you can use the "Match Type Properties" command to apply the adjustment to the neighboring walls. By zooming in, you can select a lower boundary of any layer to unlock it, in this case allowing you to adjust the layers' extents independently of the wall type's built-in instance parameters.ĥ. If you display the preview window in section view while editing the structure of the wall type, you can modify the walls' layers. If you change the wall's Location Line parameter to "Core Face: Interior," it will allow you to draw the wall based on the location of the stud in the wall assembly.Įditing some layer constraints allows you to have some flexibility in adjusting the extents of the layers. One wall will assume the variable height parameter, which reports the difference between the total wall height instance parameter and the height value of the remaining layer.Ĭreate a new wall, then navigate down to the stacked wall category to place the wall in your project.
Inserting a new layer allows you to stack one wall on top of the other. Navigate to the Stacked Wall Families section, then edit the family that already exists. Open the Revit project browser to view the wall types you just created. Download the free BIMsmith Revit Plugin, which brings the BIMsmith Forge app into Revit and allows you to build these wall system families without leaving Revit As a third alternative, you can expedite the entire import process with the BIMsmith Revit Plugin: Use the "Transfer Project Standards" tool in Revit under the Manage tab in Revitīoth of the above methods accomplish the same goal. RVT file you downloaded, then double-click the wall type and copy and paste from one project to another In the video, we download two separate Revit walls from the system starter drawer that differ by just one layer.Ģ. If you don't have one in front of you, head over to BIMsmith Forge to create and customize some Revit walls for free. Begin with a wall assembly of your choice.įirst, you'll want to get a wall assembly or two in a project for you to adjust and test out these features. How to Create Complex Wall Types in Revit 1. In this video, we'll take two similar Revit wall types, stack them together, modify their layer constraints, and then add various profiles to create one complex but useful wall type which will save you a lot of time while drafting and detailing various wall conditions. In this BIMsmith Revit Tutorial, Pete Heibel shares some tricks to get the most out of Revit's built-in wall features. Want to get more out of your Revit walls?