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

0. Introduction

01 - Revit limitations
02 - Design solutions for a house
03 - Modelling to specific code

1. The Site

04 - Site location
05 - Using SketchUp Pro to create contours
06 - Creating a topography
07 - Mapping a texture to the Toposurface
08 - Establishing the reduced level with Building Pads
09 - Linking and unlinking the site to the house

2. Floor Design

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

3. Walls

15 - Designing a wall to code
16 - Building the euro house wall family to meet code
17 - Forming the wall openings
18 - Using curtain walls instead of windows
19 - Creating a bespoke Revit mullion profile
20 - Using and modifying the mullion family in the project
21 - Creating a bespoke Revit curtain panel frame
22 - Adding the glass and door handle to the panel frame
23 - Building the picture window

4. Roof

24 - Designing a roof to code
25 - Revit roof options - Slab or rafters
26 - Preparing the two-part roof
27 - Creating the rafters
28 - Trimming the rafters
29 - Adding the purlins
30 - Completing the roof

5. Details

31 - What Revit gives you versus what you need to show
32 - Exploring the annotation toolset
33 - Detail line styles
34 - Using lines and hatches
35 - Creating a detail component
36 - Finishing the roof detail
37 - Creating the internal cladding repeating detail
38 - Annotation options

Conclusion

39 - Next steps