Revit Toposolid - Complete Revit 2024 Tutorial

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Overview
02:44 - Convert an old Toposurface into Toposolid
04:56 - Toposolid from CAD (Create from Import)
06:46 - Toposolid from CSV (Create from Import)
08:03 - Toposolid from Sketch
09:27 - How to add points
11:53 - Modifying points
14:21 - Contours (Graphics)
17:21 - Subdivisions
20:24 - Split Toposolids (split tool)
22:31 - Voids (Building pads, Underground Buildings)
24:10 - Cutting Toposolids (with walls and foundations)
24:58 - Hosting elements on Toposolids
26:27 - Graded Region (Phasing)
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[@hichmoe]

Yes sir ! I was waiting for this !!

[@ReutHefetz]

Thanks, exactly what I needed. Very simple to understand.

[@asfarq]

Great tips. I recently opened the new sample project for Revit, and it has a nice, simple approach on how to design roads: they are nothing but a subdvision, shorter than other subdvisions (such as grass and sidewalks). 😉

[@prosota8083]

Exactly what I needed, thanks!

[@wirdzenyuyanthonyjimmesiy6927]

You are amazing. You have been my best teacher. I'm grateful

[@a.mendes]

Amazing content! thanks for that

[@junaugalpalipao9613]

Great Tutorial as always. Thank You Sir.

[@hajarajem]

Literally all what I needed.. thank you VERY MUCH

[@abdullahnatsheh551]

I've been waiting for these features for years! Thank you for your videos.

[@dpolizzi81]

Great video. Thank you

[@Ar.Inamurrahman]

Amazing sir

[@Tony-oc7yf]

Great! Thanks!

[@essentializeall4003]

bro you are amazing. thanks for your content

[@balkanarchitect]

I appreciate that!

[@ayoub4059]

THANK YOU

[@user-hk6pj9qn2r]

thank you so much!

[@AssisHaubert]

Great tutorial. @Balkan Architect, the option about CUT/FILL is OLD, more than 17 years ;). Congratulations for your patience and quality of the content. Cheers from Brazil.

[@bennthirteen3701]

Fantastic.

[@MichaelThomas-jg3tz]

Thanks a lot well explained.

[@Leatt25]

I used floors instead of Topo surface since 2018. Happy with it so far. And the best thing about it, is that you can phase it!

[@mattyb1624]

You can phase subregions too... but this new version is shite haha

[@auto-fav8969]

Thank you a lot

[@mellowfellow6816]

Yet another half-finished "upgrade" by Autodesk. At least the have advanced part of the tool beyond 1997... Thanks for your detailed overview, Balkan Architect.

[@DD-eq2bl]

Absolutely amazing tutorial! For me, the video thats useful for me starts from 14:21 - Contours (Graphics) till the end!

[@jordysfn]

Thanks this changed on new version was confusing.

[@D4Academy-kp3sw]

Thanks!

[@hichmoe]

The fact that you can’t create negativ values for subdivisions makes this tool a lot worse

[@careyokumbe]

Huh come again ?

[@JamesFabian]

Yeah they should allow negative values for subdivisions.

[@abeccabunco]

thanks, this video help me a lot

[@JohanLGT]

Wow, first video ever with a really interesting sponsor moment.

[@surfh3r0]

I honestly don't use topography enough. Thanks for sharing your tips

[@jjpepper7071]

thank you revit god

[@charlesfield9286]

perfect

[@RazielitoBeagle]

Excelente!

[@MrBondarrr]

Please make a video and explain how these three parameters work in the properties of the level: On the floor above, Load-bearing structures, building a floor.

[@carloswalterbaltazarorihue1933]

Oh!! Nice :3

[@mohammadelhajjar7352]

Modeling Landscapes is absolutel the hadest among all the disciplines. Neither architecture, nor MEP or ther engineering divisions have and need such complicated modeling. Landscape is absolutely the most challenging and it is great to see that more and more features and being added to make things easier.

[@tonycook2347]

Excellent presentation, thank you. Another easy way to create a pad is to split the topo as you demonstrated and reset the shape, then you can adjust the height to suit. It is annoying how you can't delete sub-elements, or am I missing something?

[@quimeymartinezcacciola1179]

As always... Extreemely clear and concise. I would like you to know that when I did download the newest revit and saw this changes... I inmediately thought of you. Probably I´d be taking the site course in a couple weeks as well. Thanks you !

[@quimeymartinezcacciola1179]

I laughed at the "(and I really dont like them)" part hahahahahahah

[@adori1762]

I HOPE U CAN DO A NEW VID ON SCHEDULES FOR TOPOSOLIDS, IM HAVING ISSUES WITH GETTING THE CUT/FILL PARAMETERS TO SHOW UP, UR VIDS ARE REALLY HELPFUL!!

[@a.mendes]

Finally we can applied differents patterns on topography, for 3D views this is a big improvement

[@tonycook2347]

You could always split topo and apply different patterns.

[@sosa3308]

THE GOAT

[@satefutingatgoogle]

thx for the turorial. I would be more curious in Revit 2023 how would you go about making a topo for an existing house on a very sloped terrain and also phase that terrain for the proposed works. The real problem is when a house is carving into the surface and trying to phase that out. Maybe you find some time to talk about it. Thank you.

[@shaimaaemad6996]

Thank you for your video, would it be possible to do a tutorial on how to build underground while keeping the original topographyon top of the building? As this feature didn't exist in revit 2023.

[@louisbenedict75]

Wow, some great improvements, but still some tools need a review, subdivisions would be a powerful tool for large urban projects like airports. 😁

[@victorhbji]

17:48 this subdivision can be turned on a estructural element and apply to it some rebars? It can be perfect to modeling a nailing soil, (a type of soil stabilization.)

[@allegro1355]

Thanks for this tutorial. I found it very helpful. I have one question. @21:04 when I apply the -200 offset to my cut it moves the whole cut down by 200 which means I will have a protrusion at the bottom. Can you help me find out how to resolve this?

[@D-G-A]

Hi, talking about graded region, you show that moving sub elements gives the correct net cut/fill value. Is there a way to cut toposolid with in place components or families, and keep having the correct net cut/fill value, without using Environment plug in?

[@kinglew0773]

Is there a way for the toposolid to keep the paths and roads generated from AutoCad on the model also? I am doing a winery on the river Seine in France and when I created the toposolid it swallowed up half of the generated buildings

[@user-qt7le8rf5o]

Thanks for the tutorial, very helpful. Question, once the Toposolid has been split, how do you unsplit it or merge one toposolid to another? Without undoing? Revit 2023 used merge which was brilliant to adapt a topography to show different options as the project evolved. The join tool does not suffice, as you're still left with many pieces of toposolid. Help on the subject would be much appreciated.

[@myxomop]

i believe you just delete the subdivision

[@nicklopes1000]

You are amazing! Can you show a quick video on how to plot point on excel? I do civil but we mostly work with horizontal and vertical points but you mentioned that we need “z” points 🙏

[@mazanekm]

Perhaps you can try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZjIdHuaedangqc

[@_busrakaraguzel_]

can we create the terrain with curved lines? instead of dots

[@kevincoronado3873]

No encontré ningún video en español que me explicara ciertas cosas que tu explicaste, gracias.

[@deborahboye5495]

Hello, this tutorial has been very useful. I would like know if it is possible to import finished plans from one revit file to another. I have finished plans that i want to send into a new project but i can only import drafting view and schedule but i cannot import plans.

[@cameronpetie8318]

Great video. But what about creating building pads in Lite? Can't use Massing or Component-Model-in-Place.

[@markbouma2099]

When I use Graded Region, I have two toposolids, one in existing phase and one that has some mass removed in new phase. Revit only gives a number in the "filled" tab, but shouldn't this be in the "cut" tab?

[@bennieburger3153]

The voids are all good and well, but when the site is sloping more drastically, it does not fill the gap which exists above the surface but under the floor. So far I am not having much luck with the new Toposolids...

[@meike2576]

How did you link the CAD file at 4:55? I cant find anywhere where you can import the DWG file and make it visible in your revit model

[@ahmadhaif6963]

You can use shaft to make a pad in the tobosolid

[@uksafa8094]

Waiting for my Co to implement upgrade. Can anyone tell me if you can have varied ground layers under surface. Can you specify these levels to get an idea of how these levels will look?

[@jedsanford7879]

"unfortunately you cannot copy points" you said it

[@victorhbji]

i tried to modeling with structural slabs but this type of soil stabilization need to be aligned exactly to the surface

[@user-hs9fn6hj2r]

Hi sir, to draw path around building should we use property line itself in the new revit ?

[@tael6691]

The balkan-ignit

[@Giota-yo1qo]

Hi. Great Video. I tried to create the toposolid from an autocad file and then my toposolid is flat and there are no contour lines. Do you know why? Is something regarding the autocad file? Thank you

[@nicksmith8693]

Can you do a video around taking lidar data and making a topo solid?

[@onpointarchitects3022]

The contours are not smooth compared to previous versions. Which sucks

[@razvanmure]

22:10 DO you think it would be a good practice to create a Design Option before splitting and altering the toposolid? 🤔

[@balkanarchitect]

Interesting idea, I will look into that!

[@eatonasher3398]

@6:00 your import looks like it adhered to the contour lines exactly, but when I imported mine, it did not. I've gone down so far as importing 0.1m and 0.25m contour lines, but it STILL does not adhere to the contour lines. Is it possible to refine the mesh/decrease the size of the mesh faces in Revit? I've tried every different way of exporting the file with different contours/points/grids I can think of and nothing works very well.

[@mattmontgomery5618]

yes great, but can we now dimension to it in section?

[@AfzaalsVlog]

Creating Toposolid by using excel points. Does it means coordinates? or can you make tutorial showing points table also that how you add and thenuse it in revit to create toposolid?

[@studiobilanzuolo]

How can i work with toposolid in different phases? As-is vs as-will in a comparative way

[@rp2833]

Can you do a video on correct practice for detailing/annotating a Topo solid site. I find that there is an issue with dimensioning sloping gradients. Revit will now dimension lock on the hypotenuse(slope) rather and therefore site information that would be presented in 2D is different to 3D. I.E the steeper the slope of a ramp the difference between 2D and 3D will become larger. There must be a term for this perhaps.

[@davidn7712]

Is it possible to add toposolid after the structure has been modeled? Thanks

[@zainqureshi6833]

Please make a tutorial in which you actually build a structure or a small house on an irregular site and then calculate cut and fill and put the house on same level and after that please create elevations with site line

[@raekell]

pads used to work both ways. you could have a building pad ABOVE the topo and it would fill below it. is there no way to do this now??

[@zyzo99]

Hi, is it possible/reasonable?/ to convert floor-modelled terrain into toposolid?

[@steinaberg]

I wolud like to see a tutorial about creating water and shoreline, as is pictured in the thumbnail.

[@mosholombi]

Thanks Balkan, where Content library is situated or to download it ?

[@balkanarchitect]

If you don't have it installed, try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnvSeHRmmbV9hJI

[@dgmixvlog7480]

so making the topography solid means that it will now be included in clash detection warnings right? if that is the case, the new upgrade just makes it worse

[@mattzaust]

Turn off topography for the clash model, simples...

[@ieatplanets7086]

the split or subdivide topography is real janky was allot simpler before keeps coming up as an error

[@Cadcare]

What is the 'Piont' of this csv file? 7:06

[@StephanieHerynk]

Voids don't factor into cut/fill calculation... unless I'm missing something?

[@user-of3qg6kv4l]

Why, when I create the toposolid and want to make a path, it doesn't let me change said path or give it depth? It doesn't allow me to place anything in negative quantities

[@EngrMuhammadYasin]

No more need to use Civil 3D for contouring, Now Revit is amazing software for even everything ❤❤❤

[@johnvincentpilarca1269]

Nope. For complete civil earthworks, grading, long sections you still need civil 3D. Revit cannot do that. Topo solids in revit are for presentation purposes only. Specially when doing roads.

[@yianShineThrone]

Can Revit Toposolid sculpture like Zbursh or lumion, blender?

[@giuseppefunaro74]

Hi, I wrote several emails asking for information, but I have not received a reply. I would be interested in buying a course related to topographic modeling with Revit. I wanted to know if the course is also available in Italian (even only subtitles, not automatic). Thk

[@Gossie72]

Great tutorial! However, the Subdivide and Split tools generate too many errors with complex topo... back to the 2023 =(

[@sashaschiavi3308]

You cant copy topo points by simply LCLICK+CTRL DRAG and whrn you move a point in 3d it arbiratry changes its level!

[@user-of3qg6kv4l]

Where can I find the 'floor base void' component?

[@samuelrobertson8354]

I literally can't change the material of my divided topo solid. I can paint new material onto the OG solid but not the split. Please help!

[@peterdownes7234]

thanks for this but you didn't demonstrate how to create a toposolid from an imported survey plan using the sketch method. cheers

[@carlosguillermomazariegosd1424]

How does it affect the quantification tables in cut and fill, does the construction platform exist?

[@mattzaust]

No longer supported...

[@eknadhmuggu3470]

how to watch projects in 3d on mobile phone, and level by level

[@lucasalves6167]

How to join a region of topography that was previously separated from the topography? I separated the area of the land on which the architectural project will be carried out, from the rest of the topography so that when I change the contours of my terrain, the contours around the terrain do not change. It happens that I want to modify the region of my land, and the problem is that I can't unite the region that was previously separated with the rest of the existing topography of the surroundings (I reasoned that I need to unite two regions so that I can redraw the area that will be separated again ). Can someone help me ? 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@ahmedtaha8890]

Could you please share with us the excel sheet and AutoCad file for that you use to generate the topsolid Thanks for your video

[@mazanekm]

Perhaps you can try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZjIdHuaedangqc

[@mohammadjb3367]

URGENT.... How can i solve the problem when i group masses then when i copy the gropu it wont be copied!!!!

[@nightcoreedits266]

i cant for the life of of my get rid of the terrain inside the house i made. the building pad feature was so easy to use, but my group insists on making the house in 2024 and this feature is no longer there.

[@user-yb3qk1pg6l]

How can I calculate heating and cooling load in Revit 2024

[@jsevero77]

I use Revit LT. Is there another way to create a void? Revit LT doesn't have the massing tool.

[@balkanarchitect]

You can use the component tool

[@michaelapetrova4570]

Is there any way to make the toposolid looks smoother/natural? Thank you for the video, it was helpful :)

[@Cdramab]

I cant find the sub-divide option in revit 2024

[@bennyadammh]

Is it possible to create a toposolid Out of a Pointcloud?