CAAm1 - Hus - Revit

CAAm1 - Moduloppgave

HUS

 

This exercise is focused on making a 3D model of a house in Revit based on some drawings.

We have a drawing for the first floor, ...

 ... for the second floor, ...

... also views from outside showing roofs and some terrain details.

Finally, a terrain drawing with the information for creating the site.
The red lines show the location of the house.

The 3D modeling starts by defining the levels and placing the features of the 1st floor. I used both : the measurements that I could read from the drawing and measurements taken in Revit since the drawing was correctly scaled.

For the 2nd floor, I chose not to use the drawing as a base image. Instead, I used the 1st floor as guide in Revit and I placed the 2nd floor drawing in a separate Revit file to take maesurements.

Finally the roof was placed based on the outside views. Some of the windows were moved to look more like the drawings since que 2D drawings didn't show the height.

The site modeling starts by placing the elevation points based on the terrain drawing. I had some dificulties with the flat areas where the houses are located since Revit sometimes made strange arrangements.

I chose to make the site on a separate file first and then linked it to the house file.

This is the site before linking it to the house file.

After the site was linked, I used the building pad tool to prepare a suitable base for the house foundations. I used information on the drawings to create a cutout on the back of the house for the extended roof on the 1st floor, and also a base for the small closed terrace on the 2nd floor.

The house is placed on the terrain and some small adjustments are made to the house so it fits correctly.

Finally, some volumes are added to the site for context.

This was a very nice exercise. Exploring Revit convinced me that this is the correct tool for building projects. I usually hear people working with AutoCAD but Revit is much more advanced and focus for architecture purposes. I enjoy very much working in 3D with Inventor and  I could definately see myself enjoing as much having a job that uses Revit.


Not to forget here is the project plan for this exercise. It took a bit longer than planed.