creating kerbing

[kathy71046]

How do people make kerbing?

I have a profile, so do I make a mini wall and sweep it, or is there a better way?

[mcaddc]

Perhaps easier to download kerbing from RevitCity.com just to get you started.

Just navigate to their Downloads section and do a search for "Curb".

May be easier to then modify that kerbing to suit your specific requirements.

[Jun Austria]

How do people make kerbing?

I have a profile, so do I make a mini wall and sweep it, or is there a better way?

I believed "Kerb" is the commonwealth term to US "Curb". Anyway, I also scratching my head on this. If applied to toposurface. I just use sweep on the flat plane. But if the toposurface start to slope up or down and turn around a corner. Thats the part I said "how?".

[Chad Smith]

If you are working on a pretty simple flat site then you could get away with using some kerb families found on the web as mentioned above.

If it is a complex site, then I would just forget about it. You will most likely put more effort into achieving your outcome than it is worth.

Revit's site tools are very basic, but we are hoping that in the next release we might see some great improvements in this area.

[Jun Austria]

If you are working on a pretty simple flat site then you could get away with using some kerb families found on the web as mentioned above.

If it is a complex site, then I would just forget about it. You will most likely put more effort into achieving your outcome than it is worth.

Revit's site tools are very basic, but we are hoping that in the next release we might see some great improvements in this area.

This is a killer feature if the Revit R&D can do it.
For now, on my Perspective Rendering. I just use subregion to represent my Kerb/Curb. from far its kinda acceptable. For close up, I just use a Sweep profile only on the visible view.

[patricks]

For site plans I create the paving and grass as floors, and then apply a slab edge with a curb profile. Works great and is very fast. As mentioned it works for renderings, as well, if there isn't too much elevation change across your site.

[Jun Austria]

For site plans I create the paving and grass as floors, and then apply a slab edge with a curb profile. Works great and is very fast. As mentioned it works for renderings, as well, if there isn't too much elevation change across your site.

I could have sworn I saw a lightbulb on my head after reading your post. Thanks for the tip.

[Jun Austria]

For site plans I create the paving and grass as floors, and then apply a slab edge with a curb profile. Works great and is very fast. As mentioned it works for renderings, as well, if there isn't too much elevation change across your site.

Ooppss. Floor Slab Edge doesnt work on edge with varying "Z" value.
Maybe roof use as a Floor will work...(talking about misuse).

[mruehr]

on slabs i use a railing as curb
railings are hosted or can be eddited manual
yust make your rail 0 height and exchange the profile to the curb profile

[kathy71046]

Thanks for the ideas guys, our reseller rang me and said to use a floor slab like patricks, although I must say that mruehr's railing idea sounds good too.

Fortunately this is for proposed finished levels, and so sloping isn't an issue.

Either way, the making a floor slab to use as a garden bed/carpark area etc was the buit of the puzzle I was missing, so I should have no problems now with this second job.