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Hi all: I'm new to revit, and my company wants to find out if revit fits to our needs, so I've been playing with the trial version, and I have some questions: In revit, what is the level of detail you are able to work with?, in the main 3d model, not in detail views. I mean, for instance:can you model a brick wall, and then you put on it a finish layer? or you just simply draw the wall with all the finish, insulation, etc. information embedded?. If I have a 14mm brick wall with stucco finish, painted in white color, and then I have the same 14 mm brick wall with stucco finish, but painted in yellow instead, do I have to create a different wall family?, or is there any tool to just change the finish or color without changing its main properties?. And at least, this is the common construction system we use in my country (concrete, structural brick walls, and stucco finishes): [IMG]http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5142/sm01modelcf5.jpg[/IMG] What would be the best strategy to model a building with this system?, should I model the wall brick to the full height, in order to mantain the same finish in the exterior view?, or should I model the brick wall up to the concrete beam, then add the beam, and then add the concrete slab? If I model this last way, I end up with different finishes in the exterior. Should the concrete roof be attached up to the exterior face of the beam(overlapped) or should I model elements without overlappings. This is because I overlapped concrete elements, but in sections, they appear overlapped, with lines crossing, and I don't like it. Thanks in advance. Best regards Renato
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As far a wall finish colors are concerned I approach this by creating one wall type with the basic finish layer and then using the Paint Bucket tool to apply the different colored materials. This tool applies the color to only the surface and does not affect the structure of the wall. As for the other question, I would model the brick all the way up and add the floor. The concrete beam can be applied as a Floor Slab Edge sweep and cut out of the geometry of the wall. There is probably a better way to do this, but I don't know. I usually deal with Masonry wall and isolated steel structure.
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