From the course: Revit 2021: Essential Training for Structure (Imperial)

Linking architecture - Revit Structure Tutorial

From the course: Revit 2021: Essential Training for Structure (Imperial)

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Linking architecture

- I'd like to start with the fact that we need to deal with the architect. There's nothing wrong with the architect, in fact, I like architects. But we do need to know what they're doing in terms of building footprint. This where linking comes in handy. The objective of this video is to link in an architectural model. Then we'll pin it down and check out the halftone underlay settings. So let's jump in to Revit. What we're looking at here is our home screen, you can tell by hovering over the little icon here, that says home. Under models, we can open an existing model, we can start a new model. Clearly, you can open up previous models that you had opened. In our case, under models, let's go to new. For the template file, click the dropdown here, notice that we have a few templates we can choose from. We can either grab Imperial Structural Template or Metrics Structural Template. Whichever you're doing, I'm going to go with Imperial Structural, then we'll click okay. Congratulations! You're now on Revit. Notice off to the left hand side, we have our properties dialogue and we have what's called Project Browser. You might be in project one, I'm in project three, that doesn't matter 'cause we're going to save this anyway. Notice that we're in level two, that's just the default. Don't worry about that right now, we'll learn all about the project browser and the properties throughout this course. The fact that we're in level two doesn't matter 'cause when we bring in our model, it's going to bring it in based on internal origin. Let's do it, let's go to the insert tab, let's go to link Revit. Browse where you're keeping your exercise files. I'm going to grab my architectural model. If you're using another architectural model, that's fine, go ahead and use it. You can still follow along using that model on this course. Now down on the bottom, we don't have a lot of choices, but for positioning I want to keep it auto, internal, origin to internal origin. Click open. There we go. Now notice we can't see much but that's okay. The first thing I'd like you to do is select this link, it turns on a few items when you select it. Click on this icon right here, this is the pin button, this is important. We don't to accidentally move this link. With it pinned now, notice that you can't move it. We're safe now. Now with the link still selected, let's click in edit type. The reference type is overlay, that way if we link this model into another model, our architectural model won't show up. Let's turn on room bounding in case we want to add rooms to this model. Click okay. Now in our properties for our actual structural plan level two, I'd like to scroll down until we find discipline. This is set for structural which means that unless it's a barring wall or sheer wall or some kind of structural combination, we're not going to be able to see it with the discipline set for structural. Click the dropdown here and let's set it for coordination. Aha! Notice we can see some stuff now. I do know that there is a curtain wall out front here, but let's see why we can't see it. In our properties dialogue, next to visibility graphic overrides, click edit or you could type in v, g, for visibility graphic overrides. Notice that it's only for this structural plan level two. Let's turn on curtain panels, curtain systems and then curtain wall mullions. Click apply, click okay, there we go. Now we've linked in our architectural model successfully. One last thing I'd like to do is go to the manage tab, go to additional settings, let's come down to halftone underlay. We can select what our halftone looks like. From my way, I'm going to put it on one, I'll apply a halftone but I want to make it 80%. You can adjust this how you like to show your halftone underlays but I like it right about here. Click okay. It won't take affect until we change it back to structural. Hit apply. Now see those settings take effect. Switch it back to coordination, hit apply. And there we have it. So we're done, save your model similar that makes sense to you and you can keep using it throughout this course. There we go, that's how you link in architecture.

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