Revit: Detailing to European Codes

Course details

House styles and building methods vary all over the world, and European design has some pretty strict code to get through to make sure that the house is warm, breathable, and watertight. In this course, Paul J. Smith applies some of these rules to a super-insulated house on an exposed headland in South Wales, and not only explains the design decisions that need to be considered for the floors, walls and roof, but also how to get more out of Revit by modelling more accurately and with more detail. The temperate climate and exposed position of this house will challenge any designer, so join Paul J. Smith as he recreates this project from the topography to the detail drawings and explains how to design with Revit and not just model.

Concepts

Introduction

Revit limitations
Design solutions for a house
Modelling to specific code

The Site

Site location
Using SketchUp Pro to create contours
Creating a topography
Mapping a texture to the Toposurface
Establishing the reduced level with Building Pads
Linking and unlinking the site to the house

Floor Design

Designing the floor to code
Creating accurate insulating materials in Revit
Creating a ground bearing slab to code
Adding the slab and enhancing the wall floor join
Using a beam system to create a suspended floor

Walls

Designing a wall to code
Building the euro house wall family to meet code
Forming the wall openings
Using curtain walls instead of windows
Creating a bespoke Revit mullion profile
Using and modifying the mullion family in the project
Creating a bespoke Revit curtain panel frame
Adding the glass and door handle to the panel frame
Building the picture window

Roof

Designing a roof to code
Revit roof options Slab or rafters
Preparing the two-part roof
Creating the rafters
Trimming the rafters
Adding the purlins
Completing the roof

Details

What Revit gives you versus what you need to show
Exploring the annotation toolset
Detail line styles
Using lines and hatches
Creating a detail component
Finishing the roof detail
Creating the internal cladding repeating detail
Annotation options

Conclusion

Next steps