How to create pavement/sidewalk?

[patricks]

Well I only use them for site plans, which have all flat floors (site) anyway, or for renderings where there isn't much grade change, and so a flat site surface works fine for that.

[BillyGrey]

Good deal Patricks,

My little experiment was meant to highlight Revit's capabilities, rather than question anyone's
current use.



Sooo, here's to a long standing wishlist item we hope will be resolved someday sooner than later.

[knurrebusk]

What can I say!

I meet this challenge on most of my projects, and it feels strange to spend hours getting nowhere.
I´ll use 2D linework to fake sloped/curved integrating with flat sites.

Never seen it done in proper 3D in Revit/native, and without huge workarounds.

[DanielleAnderson]

Here we usually use profiles and then voids for the curved corners. It's a real pain, I had to build a site last fall that was about 6 blocks by 8 blocks in downtown Seattle and the sidewalk thing was a nightmare with all the slopes. It is true that we could use more site tools, as discussed quite frequently in the wish list.
Nice rendering by the way Paul...is that a local building?

[Mr Spot]

My typical method for sloped sites, kerbs, sidewalks and streets has been:

FOR LARGE SLOPING SITES

Create the whole site topography.
Split the surface into its various components that will need to be at different levels then lower the street by selecting the topography and moving it in elevation.

Then I use in-place families for the kerb using sweeps with the path drawn in elevation.

FOR RELATIVELY FLAT SITES

As previously suggested using floors and slab edges.

[knurrebusk]

I´m just wonder why voids can´t be implemented with topo surfaces?
If I could make a topo surface, and cut it with voids Revit would rule even more!

My best guess is "Revit Land Desktop" or soemething, and why not.

[bowlingbrad]

Then I use in-place families for the kerb using sweeps with the path drawn in elevation.

Everything good up until trying to create an in place wall family (curb) at the correct locations. I try to place a sweep using 'Pick path' option. Am I supposed to use a 2d path to follow the grade? A little confused here...

[knurrebusk]

I´ll challenged everyone on this forum to use Revits´s site tool´s on very steep sites!
Never seen anything close to what we need in real life.

Ok! I`ll use a separate solution etc, and pay fore help.

[Alex Page]

I´ll challenged everyone on this forum to use Revits´s site tool´s on very steep sites!
Never seen anything close to what we need in real life.

Ok! I`ll use a separate solution etc, and pay fore help.

From NZ, I live in a particularly steep & hilly part of the country...the site tools are a real dissappointment and basically stops us dead when trying to present to clients

[knurrebusk]

From NZ, I live in a particularly steep & hilly part of the country...the site tools are a real dissappointment and basically stops us dead when trying to present to clients

These words just made my life so much calmer!! thanks!
I´m so much aware of Revit´s "numbero uno" qualities, but real life also need a certain
continuity in these fantastic tools