Where can I get these or how see jpg

[Dave Lewis]

Many questions, see the attachment

I am looking for a few items
#1 is how do I do end of the rafters / facia to not be cut ala 90 degrees
#2 the wall attic vent
#3 I drew this building in revit. The jpg is from autocad
My outside wall in elevation has 2 lines representing the second floor between 8' and 9'
I know I can join the first floor and second floor wall but as soon as I put in a second level floor I could no longer do that.

How can I get this vinal lap siding that goes up 12'?

In my elevations in revit I have a 4" slab but what I want is a thick line representing the ground. How can I do that.

Does anyone have a tutorial on how to do foundations. I need the 24" deep footings to show up in sections but so far all I have is a 4" slab

I know its alot but thankx for any imput.

[whittendesigns]

My apologies for saying this, but it seems lately you have a ton of questions, many which have been answered before here or at revitCity. It seems you have been given this program and jumped right in on a project without getting the basics down.

I would highly suggest you do the tutorials that came with the program and use the search button.

They are both your friend.

#1. Select the roof, go to properties, scroll down.
#2. You have to make a generic model in the family editor.
#3. There are a few different ways. You can create a small wall that represents your rim board. You can go into the wall properties, go into section view and unlock the layers of exterior siding. Then go into your view, pick the wall and grab the grips to stretch the wall to your other wall.
#4. Draw your site plan.
#5. Footings are an automatic one click at your structural tab>foundation>wall

[dhurtubise]

#1 is how do I do end of the rafters / facia to not be cut ala 90 degrees
- Change the Rafter Cut to Plumb cut
#2 the wall attic vent
- That will need to be build from a wall hosted family if you can't find the right one in the library.
#3 I drew this building in revit. The jpg is from autocad
My outside wall in elevation has 2 lines representing the second floor between 8' and 9'
I know I can join the first floor and second floor wall but as soon as I put in a second level floor I could no longer do that.
- Not sure i totally understand this one

How can I get this vinal lap siding that goes up 12'?
- If you're talking about the elevation pattern, select one line (with TAB) and rotate it

In my elevations in revit I have a 4" slab but what I want is a thick line representing the ground. How can I do that.
- Use the linework tools

Does anyone have a tutorial on how to do foundations. I need the 24" deep footings to show up in sections but so far all I have is a 4" slab
- You can find footings in the structural menu, they will attach to a wall. I personnaly prefer using a wall but it's up to you

I know its alot but thankx for any imput.[/QUOTE]

[Dave Lewis]

See my elevation
the outside wall should be one piece from top to the bottom
except I can see the second story ceiling and the floor

[dhurtubise]

I would assume that it's the floor sketch that goes too far.

Can you post the file ?If it's too big email me at daniel.hurtubise@@lemaymichaud.com

[Dave Lewis]

I got with another guy in my office and what we came up with was to offset the floor object 1" and then to extend the first floor wall to the top of the floor object. This visuall fixed the problem. For some reason I could not join the first floor and the second floor walls together. I think for the next project I will not draw the entire first floor and then copy it to the second floor like I did. I will start by drawing one wall from the ground all the way up to the roof.

[dhurtubise]

Would you happen to be ab ex ADT user ?
In Revit you tend (9 time out of 10) to draw things like they will be build. So exterior wall will go from ground to roof, etc..

[whittendesigns]

I will start by drawing one wall from the ground all the way up to the roof.oo, I don't kow if I would do that. It depends on the situation. If you are a previous ADT user, it will seem very tough why Revit does things the way they do. You should really try to have everything designed(modeled) as you would in the field. I think you would find some things much easier.

When I draw my levels, I have numerous levels and reference planes all named.

This is how I have my levels for residential (assuming 2 story) from bottom up

bottom of footing
foundation
site (set at 0'0"0)
main floor framing
main floor
second floor framing
second floor
roof
ridge

you can have multiple levels that do not show up in your project browser to keep things clean. like I don't have bottom of footing showing up there, because for what I do it serves no purpose.

my first floor walls are from top of the subfloor, to the bottom of the second floor framing. I have noticed that I have run into problems if I have done differently (18' walls and splitting)