jj mac
2010-09-21, 02:00 PM
I was wondering how other people out there are showing beams, columns etc. on their floor plans as either below the floor slab or above the cut plane (as overhead lines).
We have been looking at different techniques in Revit, however when we come to sort out one issue it seems we create another.
For example when we draw a concrete beam the beam is placed on the level which it is supporting – Good. In order to see that beam, we adjust the view depth to a value below the bottom of the associated level and see the beam as dashed – Great. Next we move to a section view and join the beam to the floor to show the elements as being monolithic. In plan, the beam disappears. Why? Bad. The work around to this, is to abandon the view depth concept because we want to keep the elements joined, and instead, using a reflected ceiling plan we overlap the two views on a sheet. More work and fiddling around.
Is this the right way to do this? Is there another technique anyone is using that works better? How is this done in Revit Structure?
Another question involves showing beams above - and only beams. Far as I can tell, the same concept of overlapping views on a sheet is the only way to do this. Again... I may be missing something here - is there a better technique? Sometimes all we want to do is show the structure above or below for analysis reasons. Using underlays works ok but we cannot isolate only the structure…?
These seem to be fundamental graphic display functions that are not obvious in Revit. In CAD of course we use an XREF, and bingo. Revit is not CAD, but there must be a way to do these basic things.
Any ideas???
We have been looking at different techniques in Revit, however when we come to sort out one issue it seems we create another.
For example when we draw a concrete beam the beam is placed on the level which it is supporting – Good. In order to see that beam, we adjust the view depth to a value below the bottom of the associated level and see the beam as dashed – Great. Next we move to a section view and join the beam to the floor to show the elements as being monolithic. In plan, the beam disappears. Why? Bad. The work around to this, is to abandon the view depth concept because we want to keep the elements joined, and instead, using a reflected ceiling plan we overlap the two views on a sheet. More work and fiddling around.
Is this the right way to do this? Is there another technique anyone is using that works better? How is this done in Revit Structure?
Another question involves showing beams above - and only beams. Far as I can tell, the same concept of overlapping views on a sheet is the only way to do this. Again... I may be missing something here - is there a better technique? Sometimes all we want to do is show the structure above or below for analysis reasons. Using underlays works ok but we cannot isolate only the structure…?
These seem to be fundamental graphic display functions that are not obvious in Revit. In CAD of course we use an XREF, and bingo. Revit is not CAD, but there must be a way to do these basic things.
Any ideas???