This is how far I have got, in between having a day off and putting unwanted stuff on the local internet market.
Two conclusions:
1. Putting in walls and windows in Revit: easy.
2. Constructing floor structures and roof structures:a bit harder!
When it came to putting in the floor structure, things seemed to go a lot slower for some reason-most likely because I was doing things for the first time, and did not realise there was a multiple copy. (There is, you just have to look for the checkbox).
I downloaded a roof truss from somewhere but things came to a bit of a halt when I had to alter the existing family. This was when I realised that I had not quite understood families and creating them. So I spent most of the day trying to make a sloped rafter, even getting as far as making a bird's mouth at the lower end, which caused quite a few problems.
Maybe I have missed something, but I would have thought that a plain old rafter would have come with the package. It probably is, but is called something like "Structural Effects".
I can see that the English are on to the fact that the Americans speak American. For instance a "notch" in English is "coping" in American.
It has been a frustrating experience, but just reinforces what someone has said previously:"You can learn by yourself, but you will take less time if you have training".
After the last try, I found my rafter coming through as an elevation in a plan view, so I tossed the toys out of the cot and went and mowed the lawn. (Yes, I do know what I did wrong!)
Maybe I'm like a lot of those crusty old Autocad users: Don't show me anything new: my mind is made up. It just seems working in Autocad is wonderfully precise and extremely flexible: you can quickly draw anything you want. It's just that it is not parametric.
I seem to be stuck in the family editor, doing things the "correct" way (by my way of thinking!)
only to be greeted with error dialog boxes saying things like "reference dimensions are no longer parallel " and so on. Going to Youtube is no good as the tutorials there do not cover a sloping item such as a rafter.
As an Autocad user, you find yourself keying in things like "M" for move, when you should be pressing a button. Visibility states are another minefield for an Autocad user: there ain't no layers!
When you finally find out a way to hide something, it's gone forever because the way to get it back is not the same button or next to it!
3 comments:
As an old (in age) Autocad veteran, I find that trying to learn Revit is the most frustrating thing one can do. I have come across exactly the same problems with rafters. especially single pitch roofs and verandas.
Nice to get some feedback. I was beginning to think sloping roofs were out to get just me!
Best tip, don't even think "How would I do this in AutoCAD?" because it most likely won't be how you'd do it in Revit (or you wouldn't need to do it at all).
Like layers, no need for them as you control object(s) display directly in the view by instance or category. To quickly apply settings to multiple views look at View Templates.
Even AutoCAD wouldn't need them if all flavours had the same object visibility control AutoCAD Architecture's display system allows.
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