3D Brick shelf modelling in Revit!

[@stevecooper3010]

This is like magic, been wondering about how to get the external leaf of brickwork onto a footing Rather than floating on the slab Then hey presto it appears in my feed Cheers Gavin for your help

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Glad this helped! It's not a well known trick outside of resi building.

[@MemoNICA2011]

Thanks a lot! Damn, i had to watch this long time ago. . . i used to write you by e-mail 3 years ago for some Dynamo's Workflows and now i'm on this again . . I had to do this but with Wall Sweep Profile and definitely it's not the same . .

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Youre welcome! Yes its a bit easier vs wall sweeps.

[@xpost92]

Before I actually started using Revit I watched an entire course of videos on the entire program. Took a week but I knew these tools existed and when such a condition came about I remembered that you could do that. Many times this has happened actually.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Yes sometimes courses can be a handy place to begin in order to learn all the ins and outs of a tool like Revit.

[@reznor_59]

I use the foundation walls with two layers and the ledge layer unlocked at the top so I can use the top offset for the ledge. Speeds up the model and works better for coordination. Then you also don’t have to adjust the extents of stepped ledges.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Interesting idea - I'll try it out! I find keeping edges separate can be easier for takeoff purposes but could be made to work that way too for sure.

[@scottblosser3503]

@@AussieBIMGuru I use a method similar to James, but I go to wall type > edit structure > open the preview, switch view to section, then run a reveal. That covers my foundation brick ledge. To step my brick down into the brick ledge, I unlock the bottom offset of my brick and air gap and use the base offset function to drop it the depth of my brick ledge. I have found 2 faults in this method, the first is in material take offs. Material takeoffs pull the area of the the material is associated too, no the material itself. As long as you're not providing the model to a contractor and they are trusting material takeoff schedule, then it's a good method. The second is that when you have a foundation step and you're stepping brick ledge with grade, you end up with a small section of foundation wall that has to be duplicated and run a taller brick ledge to handle the grade change alignment with the foundation bearing height change.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@@scottblosser3503 Yes sweeps and reveals can be handy, especially for skirtings and cornices as well if you have predictable floor/ceiling to wall relationships.

[@nasirghobrial8477]

Hi Gavin, very useful tutorial thanks for sharing.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@bimandbeyondph]

You're the best man. Not just teaching the software but also sharing us the idea behind it. You're inspiring me to also do some BIM tutorials. Looking forward to your next videos.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the content, Always happy to see more content creators join the scene go for it :)

[@patrickmeares3837]

Thanks Gavin I knew about the base offset but never realised about the top offset or noticed the variables in the properties window , great tip thanks

[@AussieBIMGuru]

They don't actually appear unless the wall has the top/bottom unlocked. A sneaky little UI tweak.

[@dustinquintini]

Thanks for sharing Gavin, very powerful & useful tool. Much appreciated.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@robertorecoaro8423]

Cada uno de tus videos me deja sorprendido/Each one of your videos leaves me surprised

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Glad to hear you're finding new things via the channel! me alegra escucharlo :)

[@dionperich_BIM_TRAINER]

Greetings from BIM users Nice to see you Sir

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Nice to see you here too!

[@ralphoonyekwere4346]

great tutorial, i used to have problems with controlling wall layers. Thanks Gavin for sharing this.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@xpressotel]

Excellent, we're often called to apply various slab edges in the north depending on soil type.i.e 300x300 or 250 x 450,this helps heaps to develop that.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Yep they're perfect for drop slab edges on waffle pod slabs!

[@dykodesigns]

I didn't know you can type formula's directly in value fields. I vaguely remember the layer unlocking feature of wall leaves, but I had totally forgotten about it. I tend to create stacked walls for these sort of things. The unlock feature is so much more flexible, thanks!

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Glad to help you discover and rediscover some features!

[@Dgr8Basak]

Thanks a lot

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@NewMoneyYouTube]

Dude your channel is popping! Awesome to see

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Cheers mate! Not quite hitting the levels you're at currently, your channel growth is great. I've split my time a bit more on consulting lately, but the channel has been a great client collector for this. Developing a course platform too, targetting some more passive income!

[@albertoagad]

Thanks for this mate. You save me a lot of time modeling. Question. How do you model floor for bath? Do you offset/drop it below?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome! It would depend on the type of bath detail. For a bath above the floor I would usually model the bath and frame as a parametric family, leaving out the surface/wall tiling and accounting for this in front of the sheathing in the frame family. Then these can be modelled and accounted in the takeoff (e.g. wall tiles). If the bath is depressed into the slab then the slab would fold and I'd usually model that as another floor if the fold is accounted for in the setdown depth/thickness of slab - extending the perimeter of the floor to account for the fold. If it's a deep fold then I'd model the base slab and then use walls for the folded area, then join the elements together for a seamless graphical outcome.

[@8020BIM]

Big shoutout to our man Tom!

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Haha yeah he brings me heaps of great questions like that!

[@8020BIM]

@@AussieBIMGuru For sure - an informed soundboard to boune things with is a rare commodity. Grats on the continued growth btw Gavin, well deserved.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@@8020BIM thanks! It's weird to see it growing on its own bulk now, but wasnt that long ago i recall climbing those first 100 subs...

[@8020BIM]

@@AussieBIMGuru yeah at a certain tipping point it becomes a self driven upward spiral. Nobody sees/appreciates the amount of time and energy it takes to get to that point and will continue to take in order to even be maintained. Gotta keep feeding the beast 😂

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Indeed! I feel so slack taking a break from YT, look forward to getting time to come back. Too many topics to cover still.

[@ruwandissanayake1713]

Thank you mate.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@rustyphilip7826]

could you please make a quick tutorial on view range. my problem exactly is what to do if I want to see door and wall hung family placed at some 7 feet. I just Can't seem to make sense from the explanation. All the tutorial on this topic they all explain that's how it is, Is it not changeable?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

It's a fairly fundamental topic which I don't tend to cover, but I'll add a best practices video to my list. I would suggest if you have a family higher than the view range that you want to see, you either use a cuttable model line in the family that goes below view range and 2D representation in plan, or a plan region.

[@hf8547]

Would be a great feature but Revit breaks the wall junction in plan when unlocking wall layers to be extended. Hit and miss for me.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Yes the only way I've found around this is to use mitre junctions. It's close but far depending on the application it's being used for - I find it can do a majority of the residential brick junctions but there's a couple it still fails at such as porch corners.

[@robindaalhuizen8603]

hi Gavin, nice video, be however mindfull that ifc exported geometry with the adjusted wall layers can be an issue. In some cases it worked fine, in others it didnt export the adjusted layers at all and only the base wall geometry was exported.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Good to be aware of, but wont stop me using it haha - hopefully something Autodesk can fix in the future! I'm aware of quite a few IFC export issues with various tools and sub-tools, luckily most clients I show this to aren't in sectors demanding IFC currently, or anytime soon I expect (volume housing mainly - BIM isn't even a thing in that market yet for the most part).

[@rustyphilip7826]

very simple things. But I didn't know that

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Sometimes the simple things are the easiest to overlook.

[@backtojupiter]

Please share you drawing technic, i need to improve my speed by creating of detailed models.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I'll be releasing some courses on my platform eventually which show how I use my template to model and document a project. Most of how I draw and model is captured in how my template and content are set up, I don't really do a lot of 2D drawing itself. Probably wouldn't make for interesting viewing on KZbin though unfortunately as it takes a while to draw and model!

[@harilalmn]

Very good tutorial.... Though unlocking layers option has been there since long, Revit never allowed to unlock nonadjacent layers. Is it the same in 2022 as well?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

As far as I've seen it's still the same approach in 22 unfortunately. It would be great if we could control each side of the wall's core height rather than just as one. I believe there are some systems on the horizon that may solve this from what I have heard, but not sure when they'll be released.

[@ph00z00]

brilliant. couldn't see b/c of my screen maybe.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Couldn't see what exactly? Glad you liked it anyway!

[@ph00z00]

@@AussieBIMGuru small text on some of it. I'm generally watching from a distance to a big tv over my mantle. not your fault. I appreciate your posts and learn a lot @Aussie BIM Guru.