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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:50:10 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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I haven't used massings much and could really use some help figuring out the best way to do this...

I had a concept for a cottage that I wanted to model in Revit.  I created what you see in the attachment as a mass family and loaded it into a new project (perhaps not the proper way to do this?).  I want to turn the geometry I created into solid walls.  The challenge is that no part of the profile of the wall is exactly similar - so, converting the faces into generic walls won't work.....

How would you do this?  What would be the best way to achieve the desired outcome?



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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:55:27 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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You can do wall by face but each portion that has a different wall will have to me just that part of the mass.

 

Your really doing this backwards.  A little time spent ahead of time understanding the software is always an advantage. 


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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:20:49 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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If I am doing this backwards, what would be the best way to do this then?


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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:37:11 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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The backwards was not understanding Revit first.  You need to learn about how and when to use masses and how to then apply Revit elements to them.  So I suggest you look at tutorials on that.


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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:46:10 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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Thanks for replying but, this is not my first time using revit - the geometry I have dealt with in the past wasn't this complicated and I just haven't used massing elements much up until now so there is a bit of a learning curve.  If you know of any tutorials that might help with my particular situation a link would be helpful...I will also do some searching myself.

It might be simple if the profile of the wall was consistant all the way around but, 'tis not.


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Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:58:48 PM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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As I said earlier.

"You can do wall by face but each portion that has a different wall will have to me just that part of the mass."

 

That means multiple mass families - not one.


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Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:35:21 AM | Need HELP creating walls from mass

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This can be done in one family; just draw the curves that define the walls in three horizontal planes, create form (just surfaces) load into project, do wall by face.


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