New stair families in Revit 2013

This blog has been translated into English from a French post on the Revitez blog I saw a translation request from Lukey Johnson on Linkedin. Although I've forgotten most of the French I once learnt many years ago in school, with a little help from Google translate it goes something like this (I hope!):

In Revit 2012 we only had 1 stair system family that we could use, with all the parameters loaded into a single system:

With the new method of creating stairs in Revit 2013 we now have 11 family systems:

All of these new systems are connected together via different relationships to make a staircase. The diagram below, which I have translated from the original shows the relationships between these systems. (Click on the image to see a full preview.)

For example, the family "One Peice Stair" or One Peice Run is used in the following systems: Assembled staircase, Cast In-Situ Staircase and Prefabricated Staircase. Which can only be modeled via the "Stair by component" tool. But a variety of "One Peice Stairs/Runs" may be shared between several different versions of these families. This item is an extract from the course material: Mastering Revit stairs. Being prepard and coming soon.

You can view the original un-translated version of this entry on the Revitez blog here. "

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Revit Roundtable Wrapup - 2013.02.07 - Detailing

This week Bernard brought to us the exciting world of Detailing via an Autodesk University class directed by Paul F. Aubin (AB3744) where we learned the in and outs of creating details as model based, detail component based and hybrid.

High points of the class were "Edit Cut Profile" and "Show Hidden Lines" command (both under "View" tab and both worth remembering about). There was also some discussion about keynoting which of course led to the need for a smaller project team to take the lead with implementing a new keynote standard (more on that later I am sure).

Class handouts for those that missed the roundtable can be found here:

S:\BIM-Revit\EDUCATIONAL INFO\Revit Roundtable\13.02.07 Detailing

AB3744 - Detailing in Autodesk Revit Architecture (the video we watched today)
319-2 (another handout)

In addition, you should have created an account with Autodesk University to easily access the videos and information whenever you need.

Autodesk University Classes

You will need an account to access the following links:
AB3744 class (from today)
AB2080 Class - Creating Construction Details in Autodesk Revit Architecture
AB2080 Class Handout