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HEY I AM TRYING TO MAKE WINDOW SURROUNDS LIKE THE SILVER ONES IN THE PICTURE ATTACHED, I HAVE TRIED CREATING THEM WITH IN PLACE MASS STARTING WITH THE BOX TEMPLATE AND ALTERING IT, HOWEVER I DONT THINK THIS IS VERY ACCURATE....IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC WAY IN WHICH TO CREATE THEM? I AM USING REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2011... THANKS
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Did you mean the surround on the left of the image? Try to create a face based/ wall based family (generic catagory) and use it. You can use simple extrusion to do it.
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Try creating a sweep hosted on the windows opening. Use this profile http://revit.autodesk.com/library/archive2009/Library/Revit%20Architecture%202009%20Library/US%20Library/Families/Profiles/Trim-Exterior-Flat.rfa
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Christofur84, Did you mean to use this profile to create a in-place family? I would think using a loaded family is a better way in this case sinceyou can make it as a parametric family and be able to use it for other projects. and creating a loaded generic family is quite easy in this case.
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Problably would be better for future use....i was just going for the quick fix...model in place...generic model...the sweep becomes somewhat parametric if you change windows sizes
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I would suggest that you don't use a mass for elements like this. For both in-place families and loaded families, you should model the item in the correct category. If this is a wall element, then you would want to place it in the wall category so that it can be controlled in VG.
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I would also model in place. A sweep in the wall category with "pick 3D edge" to define its path, the path being the wall edge where it's cut by the window.
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THANKS GUYS
I ENDED UP DOING IT WITH A REGTANGULAR MASS AROUND THE WINDOW FRAME EXTRUDE IT, THEN OFFSET THE MASS AND EXTRUDED IT AGAIN...WORKED BRILLIANTLY
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP
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My only comment is why a mass? I can never understand why someone would use a mass rather than a true component element assigned by category. If this should be part of the wall then make it be in the wall category - not mass.
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My only comment is why a mass? I can never understand why someone would use a mass rather than a true component element assigned by category. If this should be part of the wall then make it be in the wall category - not mass.
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