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I am in need of advice, I can stumble my way though it but any help would be great, I am a structural drafter, we have a project that is a large glass atrium with some pretty complex geometries, I am more familiar with creating this sort of thing in AutoCAD 3d so thats what i did, the project is now being done in Revit 2012. Currently the roof is created as a hollow solid mass in AutoCAD, now I am needing to convert this into a Revit Roof system with beams... etc attached, any tips on good ways of doing this would be great. Thanks!
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Ah ... expediency takes off its cloak and reveals a turtle in disguise....
Some of the guys in here using conceptual massing tools may be able to help you. - Cross your fingers....
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Just your luck, it happens that I just made some videos of me taking a sketchup geometry and converting it into a revit mass to be used in the exact same manner. Here are the videos:
http://gibsonhh.info:8081/revit/video/ORUMass1.swf
http://gibsonhh.info:8081/revit/video/ORUMass2.swf
http://gibsonhh.info:8081/revit/video/ORUMass3.swf
http://gibsonhh.info:8081/revit/video/ORUMass4.swf
http://gibsonhh.info:8081/revit/video/ORUMass5.swf
With the outcome to date looking something like the attached image. Everything in that image is a true Revit wall, roof, glazing, etc. The hardest part is visualizing the geometry and seeing how Revit accomplishes the same thing. Let me know if you have any questions about how this process works.
Edited on: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:05:19 PM
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"we have a project that is a large glass atrium with some pretty complex geometries" - Just for curiosity, can you post some screenshots about those "Complex Geometries"?
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how do i post a screen shot, i tried a JPEG and its not showing up
and those videos arent playing for me for some reason...
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Some browsers are not yet supported by the RevitCITY site. Google Chrome and Firefox later than 3.6.23 will not work. Try an earlier version of Firefox or IE.
Also make sure the image size is small enough. I use a free screen capture program call "Screenhunter free" and it makes a ver small gif file.
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Like I told you before at the chat room, apply roof by face and wall/curtain system by face
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Or like this
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awesome thanks! once i get back on this project ill be sure to let you guys know how it goes, im sure ill have more questions too haha
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