Setup Model and Paths

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MICHAEL KILKELLY: Welcome to set up

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your model and paths of travel.

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Here we are in the space planning for new health

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guidelines learning path.

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And this is the second lesson in this workflow.

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In this lesson, we're going to set up

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our model, then create some preliminary movement paths.

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We'll start by placing one way indicators

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to mark the direction of movement in our model.

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Next, we'll create paths of travel

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that show the movement paths from the medical center

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entrance to an exam room.

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Ready to get started?

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All right, let's go.

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So to start, I'm going to open Revit 2021,

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and I'm going to click Open to load the medical center sample

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file provided with this lesson.

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So here I am in the medical center model.

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I'm going to click on the Working Ground Floor view

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here in the project browser.

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So here is my ground floor view.

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Next, I'm going to click the Analyze Revit.

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And the people flow toolkit is located right here next

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to the path of travel tools.

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So I'm going to zoom in a little bit.

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And here's the main entrance to the building.

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I have some exits located here.

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What I want to do now is specify my entrance and exits

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using the one way tool.

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So let's zoom in on the main entrance.

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Here we are.

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Next, I'm going to click the one way indicator tool up here.

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The one way indicator is a generic model family

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that the path of travel tool uses

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to determine movement paths.

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I'm going to place the instance right

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here on the vestibule door just like that,

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and I'll add another one on the other vestibule door.

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Now, if I zoom in and select the indicator,

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I can see that I can control the left and right extensive it.

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And if I click here, I can flip the indicator as well.

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And I'll just click it again to flip it back.

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So now my indicators are pointing directly

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into the building.

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So if I click on the indicator above,

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I can see that it's not fully touching the door

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on the right hand side.

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I want to make sure that my indicators touch geometry

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in the model.

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So I'm going to drag the indicator over to the right

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so that it touches the wall.

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OK, that looks better.

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Now, let's zoom back out.

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And I know I want to control the flow through these two doors

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on the inside of the model.

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So they should be going one way into the exam area.

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So let's set their direction right now.

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So I zoom in on the two doors.

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Then I click One Way Indicator tool to place the family.

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And I click on the door to place the first indicator.

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Now I'm going to place the second indicator.

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I need to rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise.

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To do this, I can simply press the spacebar to cycle

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through all the rotation options.

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There, that's better.

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Now I can position it over the second door into the exam area.

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So let's zoom in a little bit to place it better.

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That looks good.

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Now I can adjust the ends of the family instance

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to fit the door opening.

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OK, looking good.

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So these doors are all set.

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Let's zoom out and add indicators to all of our exits.

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I need to indicate all the exits, which are located here

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in the building.

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Let's do them one at a time, and we'll start with this exit

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first.

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So I'm going to zoom in on it here.

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And now, I select the One Way Indicator tool again,

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and I want to place the indicator

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right over the door like this.

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Next, I click on the endpoints to adjust the indicator

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to match the door opening.

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So now the indicator is correctly

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sized to the door opening.

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Let's zoom out and work on the other exit.

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We'll zoom in right over here, and then again I'll

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click on the One Way Indicator tool.

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So to place the indicator on the door, I need to rotate it.

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So I press the space bar and then

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I press it again to rotate another 90 degrees.

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OK, that looks good.

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So I'm going to place it over the door

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and then click to insert it.

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Now, I need to adjust the endpoints again

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to match the door opening, so I drag the controls in

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to fit the opening.

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And that looks much better.

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OK, so now I'll zoom back out.

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So now I have a first pass at controlling

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the flow of movement into the building then back out.

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Let's go ahead and create some movement paths.

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We're going to use the multiple paths tool right here.

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So I click the tool and I'll keep the path separation value

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at six feet since we want a six feet of social distance.

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I click OK.

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Then I click a point right here by the front entrance.

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That's my start point.

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Next, I'll click a point here inside the exam room.

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In the tool, we'll go through and calculate the paths.

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And it tells me that it generated two paths

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to this point.

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You'll notice one of the paths is outside the building

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while the other is inside.

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So having patients go outside the building

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to get to the exam room may not be the best approach.

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But now I know that I have two options to get patients

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from the front entrance to the exam room in a way that's

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socially distanced.

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If I click on one of the path lines,

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I can see that the distance required to travel along

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the path is 117 feet, and for the second paths it's 319 feet.

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So personally, I like the first path.

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What do you think?

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It's a little bit shorter.

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All right.

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Take a look at the activity in the next section

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and give this a try yourself.