Explore the process of 3D modeling in Revit Structure with this in-depth guide. Learn how to make adjustments to parameters such as the base offset and unconnected height, and discover how to incorporate architectural lines into your structural modeling.
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- This article explains how to use Revit Structure to create a 3D model of an architectural add-on, specifically an equipment room.
- It details the steps of modeling new walls, adjusting parameters like the base offset and unconnected height to align with the architectural blueprint, and creating unconnected wall panels at any finished floor line.
- As part of the modeling process, the guide also demonstrates how to incorporate the architectural lines into the structural wall model and how to place and set footings for the structure.
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Hello and welcome back to Revit Structure. In our previous video we had just relinked our architectural model and we're taking a look at some of the additional items that the architect has now provided us with the addition of the equipment room and an additional room in the basement area. Let's start modeling.
Let's take a look at the new equipment room. Okay, we have a 24 × 12 foot room addition onto our existing building. Let's start by modeling in new walls.
Let's take a look at the walls. Let's go to the structure panel. Let's go to the wall tool.
Let's pick it. Okay, here we have our basic foundation 12 inch concrete wall which is what we want to use. Let's take a look at the parameters now.
We have the finished face exterior which is what we want and we have it at level zero. Our base offset shows minus eight foot five inches. Well, we want this at minus one foot to match the top of our footings.
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So let's pick it, put in minus one and here we have our base elevation set. Okay, let's look at our top constraint. Here we have the top constraint set to level zero.
Well, what we want to do is we want to create a wall panel that is unconnected at any finished floor line. So let's pick unconnected. We now have an unconnected height of eight feet.
Well, we want this unconnected height to be nine feet because the unconnected height is the total panel height from the top of footing to the top of wall. And as you remember the top of our footing is minus one. So minus the one foot we come up with an eight foot high wall which is the clearance that the architect needs for his equipment.
Okay, let's start placing walls. What we want to do is incorporate our wall line with the architectural line. So let's find the intersecting point of the architect's wall and our structural wall and that point is here.
Okay, let's pick it, stretch our wall to the end point of his wall and let's zoom in on the next point. Let's pick it and stretch our third wall to our wall line. Pick it and we see we have our three walls in place.
Let's go to modify, get out of that command. Now that we have it placed let's take a look at it in 3D. Let's go to our project browser.
Let's go to our 3D view, pick it twice. Okay, here we have our 3D model. Let's go to the back side where our vault is and take a look at it.
There is the three walls that will encompass our equipment room. Okay, let's get out of this view, go back to our level zero or basement view. Okay, what we want to do now is place foundations here.
Let's check to see what our typical foundation was that we placed at our other walls. Let's highlight this. We've got a 36 × 24 bearing footing.
So, let's go back to our structure tab. Let's go to our wall footings, structural foundations. Let's pick this and we find we have the 36 × 24 inch bearing footing.
Okay, let's go to our model. Let's highlight the wall. Let's pick it and the program will automatically set the footing to the underside of our wall.
Let's pick the other two. And there you have it, footings for our structure. Okay, now that we've placed our walls and our footings, that's it for this video.
We'll see you in the next one.