Revit 2010 - Sweeping and Reference Points
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Software : Revit Architecture 2010
Description :In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we cover the new way to make sweeps in the conceptual mass environment. Like all the other methods, the tool intuits the operation based on the selection you give it. In this case I feed it a path and a profile and knows to make a sweep.
What do you think of this approach. At first I was a bit skeptical, but now that I have been using it for a while it’s really growing on me 
Topics Covered:
- Sweeps
- Reference Points on a Line
- Direct Manipulation
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Great videos. I really like the new 3d tools in Revit 2010. They are very intuitive and easy to use. I’ve been using during the years many 3d programs. But these form making tools in Revit are much more elegantly made than anything else.
This new modeling environment looks great. Reference points and direct manipulations are very welcome. It’s just a shame that all this is confined to massing. All these new modeling features would be equally useful when modeling RFAs and in-place families, in fact I’d argue more useful for the majority of users who are not involved with curvy buildings but need better tools to model plumbing and light fixtures, furniture, etc.
in 2009 the massing tools were the same whether you are creating RFA and in-place families or a “massing” of the building. are they now two separate tools?
Yes. These new features are available in the massing environment only. The modeling IPFs or RFAs has not changed form R09.
-Chreers,
RK
if I create a organic model in the massing environment, can I apply some materials in regular environment(in project file in 2010) or can I create floors in the massing environment?
David,
Just stumbled onto your site, very nice videos. I’m very excited to see where Revit went with the Massing tools. I noticed in a previous video, 3d dimensioning. What are the dimensional limitations on your sweep? Can you cut a section and dimension to the edges? Can you dimension to the points you have?
Great stuff, keep it up!
Sook:
>If I create a organic model in the massing environment, can I apply some materials in regular environment(in project file in 2010)?
Yes, materials can be applied in the conceptual massing editor or in the project environment.
> can I create floors in the massing environment?
Floors can be created in the project environment after using the ‘Mass Floors’ functionality to intesect the Mass with Levels. Mass Floors can also be scheduled by themselves to quantify gross areas, volumes and perimters
Matt Jezyk
Senior Manager,
AEC Simulation User Experience
Autodesk
Matt,
Thank you for your answer.I appreciate it.
I have one more question about materials in the massing environment. I was looking at materials in ME. There are only few default materials only. Then, do I need to create new materials or can I get more materials some where in the future.
Why on earth don’t we have this type of shape forming tool in the MEP family editor?
That seems criminal to me.
It seems very familiar to me the point tool in revit, it seems that the concept comes from bentley generative components but actually i really like it.
what i heard is, they hired Dr. Robert Aish, the creator of generative components for Bentley.
(http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=917445)
Today is the day I leave Rhino…
Thanks David….
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The profile/path approach is exactly what is used in SketchUp, and quite well to. Nice to see it taken to the proper level by the Revit boys!
c
Hallo
How can I edit path like in Revit 2009?
Spline Through Points: How does one predetermine the order of the points in the spline generation? The Spline Through Points command always picks its own path regardless of the order in which I pick the points.
Matt -
I want to see my adorable grandsons !
Oh yeah, 2010 is a decent version. But what is this “sweeps in the conceptual mass environment” ? You used to complain about our “medical-ese” @ the dinner table.
I have an idea to create a light over a pool table that is an exact replica of the balls when they are in the rack. i wanted to have all aspects of it illuminate. say maybe twice to three times the actual scale of the balls and the rack. could you possibly tell me if you can assign parameters of this nature to these types of masses i’m seeing you create.i must also metion i’m actually a carpenter who has many innovative designs i want to impliment it’s just i am only self teaching myself revit from scratch so if you could explain how you would place such wild geometry that can be created. i guess i’m asking what restrictions does the plane your creating these entities have constrained on them.
if i place several reference points along a curve and try to spline thru them … is it possibel to tell revit the sequence in which to connect the points?
hi, I have a question concerning views. Once you create a reference point on a curve, can you actually set a view orthogonal to the reference plan passing through that point??thanks and thanks for the nice videos…
I am having some trouble with spline point, am trying to make an enclosed shape but the curve doesn’t connect between the 1st point and last point…
the Question is: how to make enclosed shape with driving points????
how can I change unit to metric?
Thanks
Hi,
Your videos are really helping me understand these new features in revit, so thank you
What I want to know is, how can I implement all of these to make an actual building (especially a curved roof)? I would really like your help! Thanks again