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The next step is where you will go to the location where you saved your drawing either on your desktop, your flash drive, or on your computer in your C: drive under the client’s name.
Once you have located the file, click OPEN. You can start drawing where you left off.
As we have noticed in this chapter, we can see how Revit has made it efficient to begin your project by having various Revit templates to assist in the beginning stages of your project, depending on the project’s complexity, and whether it is a residential, commercial, or even a structural project.
Now let’s look at Chapter 2, Dimensioning in Revit, and how Revit makes this process easier by having the dimension styles preset for the user to begin dimensioning a project.
Dimensioning in Revit means to provide a clear and complete description of the object, house, building or distance between objects. A complete set of dimensions will permit only one interpretation needed to construct the object, house or building.
Revit offers two types of dimension styles. There are temporary dimensions and permanent dimensions.
The temporary dimension automatically appears when you draw a wall or place any object as the default. It appears as a faint dimension line, which allows you to type in your specific dimensions.
To change or modify the dimension number (numeric), first zoom into the number or location on the dimension line and simply click on the number. This will activate the MODIFY Box.
Then type in the new, desired dimension number or length, and press the ENTER key, or click anywhere in the screen.
After the dimensions have been changed, your temporary dimension will look like the following image.
To finish the command, click ENTER or anywhere on the white screen in the drawing window.
To change the temporary dimension to a permanent dimension, first click on the wall or object and the temporary dimension lines will appear. Activate the temporary dimensions.
Click on the DIMENSIONS symbol beneath the dimensions line. This will turn the dimension line black, and grips will appear.
Then click anywhere on the white screen in the drawing window to complete the function and the numbers will turn black (bold). Everything will be permanent.
The following image is an example of text applied below the dimension line.
Revit makes dimensioning much easier and more efficient, which speeds up the design process. As we have seen, Revit allows you to not only draw in the wall and place a dimension, but you can modify the dimension and move the wall before anything becomes permanent. Then you can switch over, and make all the temporary dimensions permanent with a simple click of the mouse on the dimension symbol.
The next chapter is Chapter 3, Beginning a Drawing. Here we start harnessing the power of the Revit software, and the fun really begins.
To begin drawing a design, you must draw in a clockwise direction, and try to center your drawing between the elevation markers.
For this project and demonstration, we will be designing a single-story house/building with 10’-0” high exterior walls.
First, be sure you are on the Architecture Tab, then select the WALL command.
If you click on the top section of the tile, it will quickly take you to the Architectural Wall default.
