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I am starting my first project in Revit. The building has precast concrete panels for the exterior walls. Any ideas how I should show the panelsl? Right now I have a continuous wall with the material set as precast concrete. Was wondering how to show the lines of the individual panels on the elevations? I tried spliting the wall in 8' sections but the lines didn't show up.
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I have not tried to do this yet, but you could create an in-place family for the panel sections and then attach them to the wall. Also, in the past I've used a mass to model object such as trim boards, etc. One drawback is that these masses won't be part of the schedule/material list.
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You may wish to explore using "curtain walls" for your precast wall.
"Curtain walls" in my opinion should be renamed a "ruled wall system" as that is what they are.
Place a "curtain wall" define the curtain grid to be where you want yur panel joints. Then select the "panels" and change them in the type selector to a "wall type", Then define a mullion for yuor panel joint and place the joints as a "mullion".
You joints will then show up in plan, section and elevation.
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Tom,
Thank you so much. Using the curtain wall system works great!!  So much to learn.
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We use precast all the time in our office and have had the most success using reveals to show panels. We draw our exterior walls contiguously, with interior furring. We then use a reveal with chamfered edges that extend through the thickness of the concrete panel.
To create a reveal:
1. Create the profile of your reveal and save it with a descriptive name. I find it easiest to just modify an existing profile. Make sure to draw a closed polyline. I usually extend the shape out past the face of the wall just a little.
2. Load this profile into your project. (You can do this from within the Family Editor if your source project is also open, or you can later load the profile like any other family.)
3. Place a wall reveal in your project. These are found under the Modeling design bar/Host Sweep/Wall Reveal. Pick vertical or horizontal, and place in your wall.
4. Select this reveal and go to its properties.
5. Duplicate the reveal and give it a descriptive name, like "Tiltup Reveal."
6. Edit it's properties, and under Construction/Profile, select the profile you just made.
Viola, a precast reveal.
Note, you could also create a solid sweep from this profile (though I don't know why you'd want to ) by using the same process under "Wall Sweep." In Revit, a profile is a profile. Sweep or Reveal determines if you are creating a solid or a void.
Hope this helps, and welcome to Revit! You'll never go back!
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Good to see another Indiana user.
I think how you represent the panels needs to be driven by what you want out. We did a large precast building where we wanted to control the joints and schedule the number of each type. We were able to do this with a wall hosted inside the curtain wail.
The only downside is if you have complicated geometry. If you have walls that curve and you're going to get fussy in the end with making sure things work precisely, I would model each panel type, bring them into the project, and place them as required. In my opinion, it's actually quicker than the curtainwall method if you set your families up correctly. The curtainwall will just assume the panels are curved and really distort the true dimensions and SF of the space.
Though they've gotten better in 9, joins with curtain walls a still a little fussy, too, (especially with irregular geometry) which is why I've moved to the individual family types.
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A few pages back in the gallery is ny post of a precast garage I did. In the view shown, I only have some reveals between the spandrel beams and the columns but on another side, I have panels with both horizontal and vertical rustication joints. I used reveals for all of it.
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Hello Kevin, You stated: "I would model each panel type, bring them into the project, and place them as required. In my opinion, it's actually quicker than the curtainwall method if you set your families up correctly." How do you model that then bring it into the project? Complete noobie question from a complete noobie, Thanks, Damon
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Hello Kevin, You stated: "I would model each panel type, bring them into the project, and place them as required. In my opinion, it's actually quicker than the curtainwall method if you set your families up correctly." How do you model that then bring it into the project? Complete noobie question from a complete noobie, Thanks, Damon
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I make concrete homes with individual panels and the disjoin command is the ultimate command. I use a shared parameter as well to help schedule the wall panels. Though on my drawings I only need to show the concrete, I find it difficult to add more materials to the wall like insulation or brick and still get a nice wrapping on the corners, So I usually make a working drawing and a Render drawing. This method also allows you to calculate the volume of the concrete as well. I use many calculated parameters as well here, like weight, trim, linear footage.
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You may wish to explore using "curtain walls" for your precast wall. "Curtain walls" in my opinion should be renamed a "ruled wall system" as that is what they are. Place a "curtain wall" define the curtain grid to be where you want yur panel joints. Then select the "panels" and change them in the type selector to a "wall type", Then define a mullion for yuor panel joint and place the joints as a "mullion". You joints will then show up in plan, section and elevation.
Tom--this is genious. Brilliant. And I am posting this almost a decade later and they still haven't changed it...
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Courtain panels can't host rebar if im not mistaken.
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Why would you want to?
CW panels can be set to be walls which will host rebar.
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I am currently trying to make precast concrete panels walls but they have curves on one side, can anyone help me with this?
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