TABLE OF CONTENTS This chapter discusses how to look at a Revit model using the views set up in the default template, as well as how to create new views. We'll explore how to create plan, section, elevation, and 3D views. This chapter also discusses how to quickly create simple schedules and how to customize a schedule to show a wide range of information available in a building information model. Topics we'll cover include:
Visualizing a Revit model
Creating views
Working with views Schedules
In Chapter 2, we discussed the basics of the Revit interface. Let's now dive into the primary data visualization components of Revit. You'll notice immediately that Revit is designed with architectural drawing conventions in mind. The various views that Revit generates should be familiar: floor plans, sections, elevations, details, perspectives, and even schedules. Each of these is a way to display the building model in what Revit calls views. The view typology follows a long tradition; however, the act of creating them with Revit is quite new and can be very different from traditional drafting and CAD practices.
There is an important difference between Revit and CAD applications to keep in mind as we delve into documenting and viewing a building information model. In Revit, views are dynamic, living images taken from the same database that you created as you built your model. In CAD, views are represented by line drawings created manually from scratch and are independent of one another. Each drawing...
