Transcript
00:04
With the mass in place, we can now start to add Revit elements to the face of that mass.
00:10
In our case, I'd like to add a roof.
00:14
Since it's a weird shaped roof, I'd like to add some transparent material to let in some natural sunlight.
00:21
So let's get started.
00:25
In Revit, as before, we click on the central model, and we are informed that it needs to create a local copy of the central model.
00:37
And I want to override the existing copy, just to make sure that I have all the latest information from the central model.
00:45
We find ourselves in the Startup view. So let's go to the 3D view we created. Garden Roof 3D.
00:55
And let's change our visual style to consistent colors.
01:03
You notice that our mass does not show up.
01:07
That is because when we created the mass, it only enabled the mass visibility temporarily.
01:19
If I go to my Massing Insight, I have the ability to Show Mass by View Settings.
01:25
However, I'm going to go to my Visibility Graphics and turn it on there. So I type in VG as my keyboard shortcut.
01:35
And I scroll down to Mass. And I put a checkmark next to the Mass, Apply, and OK.
01:46
Okay, now we can see the mass.
01:52
Now let's add a roof. You will notice that in the Massing & Site tab,
01:58
we have the ability to model by face, either Curtain Systems, Roofs, Walls, or Floors.
02:05
We also have that ability on the Architecture tab,
02:10
on the various pull-downs, Roof by Face, Floor by Face, etc.
02:17
We'll go from the Massing & Site tab and select Roof under Model by Face.
02:25
Let's go with a basic roof, generic 12-inch, and let's edit the type.
02:30
Click on Edit Type.
02:33
And what we want to do is duplicate that type. So I click on Duplicate and call it Garden Roof.
02:42
And then I click on my Edit tab.
02:46
We'll make the thickness of the roof 2 inches. Be sure you add an inch symbol.
02:54
And for the material, click on the little Browse button, and let's create a new material.
03:02
On my drop-down list below, I go to Create New Material.
03:08
Right-click to rename it, Garden Roof.
03:16
Click on the Appearance tab.
03:21
I want to see an image, so when I click on No Image Selected, the hyperlink,
03:28
it does not go to the folder where all my materials are.
03:32
So cancel out of this, and here's a bit of a shortcut.
03:37
I click on an existing material that has an image,
03:44
and I click on the image, and it browses out to the right folder.
03:52
All I need to do is cancel out of this.
03:54
Go back to my Garden Roof, and now it knows which folder to find the materials in, and now I can find the material that I want.
04:05
I'm going to change my views to thumbnails, and I can right-click and see large icons.
04:18
I want to find Fabric, start typing it in, and I want to find Fabric Red.
04:27
Fabric Wire Red. So I click on that and click Open.
04:35
My thumbnail updates, but I want to make this transparent and translucent.
04:43
So I expand my Transparency,
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check it on, and make the transparency about 40%.
04:55
Could use a slider or simply type in 40.
04:59
And the Transparency amount should be about 40 as well. Once again, I'll type it in.
05:08
On the Graphics tab, I can simply say to Use Render Appearance.
05:14
And for the Patterns, Foreground, Background, for my Cut and my Surface Patterns, we can just leave those as they are.
05:25
We'll click OK.
05:27
And that material is now assigned to my Garden Roof. Basic Roof.
05:33
We'll click OK, and OK once again to dismiss the Type Properties dialog box.
05:45
Now with the type selected, now Revit is looking for a mass to create the roof.
05:54
So I click on the mass. It highlights, and in my contextual ribbon, I click on Create Roof.
06:03
And the roof is created from the mass.
06:06
Our visual style is currently set to Consistent Colors. So let's change that to Textures.
06:14
And you recall that we had turned on the mass in the Visibility Graphics.
06:20
So let's turn that off by typing in VG at the keyboard, go down to Mass, and uncheck that.
06:31
And here is our roof created from the mass.
06:42
Pretty sweet.
06:45
Now it's kind of floating in midair, so we need to start generating some walls, which we will do next.
00:04
With the mass in place, we can now start to add Revit elements to the face of that mass.
00:10
In our case, I'd like to add a roof.
00:14
Since it's a weird shaped roof, I'd like to add some transparent material to let in some natural sunlight.
00:21
So let's get started.
00:25
In Revit, as before, we click on the central model, and we are informed that it needs to create a local copy of the central model.
00:37
And I want to override the existing copy, just to make sure that I have all the latest information from the central model.
00:45
We find ourselves in the Startup view. So let's go to the 3D view we created. Garden Roof 3D.
00:55
And let's change our visual style to consistent colors.
01:03
You notice that our mass does not show up.
01:07
That is because when we created the mass, it only enabled the mass visibility temporarily.
01:19
If I go to my Massing Insight, I have the ability to Show Mass by View Settings.
01:25
However, I'm going to go to my Visibility Graphics and turn it on there. So I type in VG as my keyboard shortcut.
01:35
And I scroll down to Mass. And I put a checkmark next to the Mass, Apply, and OK.
01:46
Okay, now we can see the mass.
01:52
Now let's add a roof. You will notice that in the Massing & Site tab,
01:58
we have the ability to model by face, either Curtain Systems, Roofs, Walls, or Floors.
02:05
We also have that ability on the Architecture tab,
02:10
on the various pull-downs, Roof by Face, Floor by Face, etc.
02:17
We'll go from the Massing & Site tab and select Roof under Model by Face.
02:25
Let's go with a basic roof, generic 12-inch, and let's edit the type.
02:30
Click on Edit Type.
02:33
And what we want to do is duplicate that type. So I click on Duplicate and call it Garden Roof.
02:42
And then I click on my Edit tab.
02:46
We'll make the thickness of the roof 2 inches. Be sure you add an inch symbol.
02:54
And for the material, click on the little Browse button, and let's create a new material.
03:02
On my drop-down list below, I go to Create New Material.
03:08
Right-click to rename it, Garden Roof.
03:16
Click on the Appearance tab.
03:21
I want to see an image, so when I click on No Image Selected, the hyperlink,
03:28
it does not go to the folder where all my materials are.
03:32
So cancel out of this, and here's a bit of a shortcut.
03:37
I click on an existing material that has an image,
03:44
and I click on the image, and it browses out to the right folder.
03:52
All I need to do is cancel out of this.
03:54
Go back to my Garden Roof, and now it knows which folder to find the materials in, and now I can find the material that I want.
04:05
I'm going to change my views to thumbnails, and I can right-click and see large icons.
04:18
I want to find Fabric, start typing it in, and I want to find Fabric Red.
04:27
Fabric Wire Red. So I click on that and click Open.
04:35
My thumbnail updates, but I want to make this transparent and translucent.
04:43
So I expand my Transparency,
04:47
check it on, and make the transparency about 40%.
04:55
Could use a slider or simply type in 40.
04:59
And the Transparency amount should be about 40 as well. Once again, I'll type it in.
05:08
On the Graphics tab, I can simply say to Use Render Appearance.
05:14
And for the Patterns, Foreground, Background, for my Cut and my Surface Patterns, we can just leave those as they are.
05:25
We'll click OK.
05:27
And that material is now assigned to my Garden Roof. Basic Roof.
05:33
We'll click OK, and OK once again to dismiss the Type Properties dialog box.
05:45
Now with the type selected, now Revit is looking for a mass to create the roof.
05:54
So I click on the mass. It highlights, and in my contextual ribbon, I click on Create Roof.
06:03
And the roof is created from the mass.
06:06
Our visual style is currently set to Consistent Colors. So let's change that to Textures.
06:14
And you recall that we had turned on the mass in the Visibility Graphics.
06:20
So let's turn that off by typing in VG at the keyboard, go down to Mass, and uncheck that.
06:31
And here is our roof created from the mass.
06:42
Pretty sweet.
06:45
Now it's kind of floating in midair, so we need to start generating some walls, which we will do next.
Now that we have our massing, we can convert that mass to a Revit roof object.
To convert the mass to a roof, follow these steps:
