DESIGNING OF VILLA USING REVIT

INTRODUCTION:

Autodesk Revit is a software which help the create the modeling and layout of the tree
dimensional building information modeling software for architects, landscape architects,
structural engineering ,layout engineers, designers and contractors developed by Autodesk. It
allows users to design a building and structure and shape of the 3d model by defaults furniture
setup and its components in 3D, annotate the model with 2D drafting elements, and access
building information from the building model's database. Revit is 4D BIM capable with tools to
plan and track various stages in the building's lifecycle, from concept to construction and later
maintenance and/or demolition

Revit can be used as a very powerful collaboration tool between different disciplines in the
building design sphere. The different disciplines that use Revit approach the program from
unique perspectives. Each of these perspectives is focused on completing that discipline's task.
Companies that adopt the software first examine the existing work flow process to determine if
such an elaborate collaboration tool is required.

AUTO CAD PLAN: -

In that floors we have bed rooms and kitchens and living rooms and glass walls ( Curtain Walls),
Windows and Doors and Ventilation and common and attached wash rooms.
DIMENSIONS: -

 Area of plot 44’ x 43’

 Total 1892sft
 Open well staircase-15’ x 6’
 Walls thickness – interior-6’, exterior-9’
 Doors- D1 – 3’6” x 8’, D- 3’ x 8’
 Openings- O – 3’ x 8’
 Windows- W- 3’ x 6’
  Ventilation- V-1.5’ x 3’
 Parking area 10’ wide.

We are giving Ramp and Stairs

DESCRIPTION: -

Create a project:

In the drawing area, under Projects, click New.

 In the New Project dialog, under Create New, verify that Project is selected.
 Under Template file, verify the second option is selected, and click Browse.
 In the left pane of the Choose Template dialog, click Training Files, and open \Imperial\
Templates [Metric\Templates].
 Select default.rte [DefaultMetric.rte], and click Open.
  In the New Project dialog, click OK

Creating Walls:

To create the wall in Revit software- go to Revit software and double over it. Then we enter
into the file menu. In file menu select project browser.

1 In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click 00 Foundation to open that view in the
drawing area.

2 On the Design Bar, click Wall

3 In the Type Selector, select Basic Wall: Retaining - 12'' Concrete [Basic Wall : Retaining -
300mm Concrete].
4On the Options Bar: Click (Draw). For Height, select 02 Entry Level. For Loc Line, verify that
Wall Centerline is selected. Verify that Chain is selected.

ROOF: -

The predominant roof type in the city is the pitched roof, and it should generally he used. Flat
roofs may be considered in certain hillside locations, where this is a more common building
form. The streetscape analysis should inform as to the type of roof appropriate to the site.

• Sloped roofs should incorporate a considerable amount of articulation in order to break up the
mass of the building and make it visually more interesting.

• In duplexes or triplexes built on the hillside, the building should be terraced to reflect the
sloping terrain. When a flat roof is used, terracing or other technique for minimizing expanses of
flat roof must be incorporated into the design.
Adding Floors And steps: -

In this exercise, you create floors in the building model. To create floors in Revit Architecture,
you must sketch them first in a sketch editor. You use 2 different sketching options, Pick and
Draw, to sketch the floors.

Open the 01 Lower Level floor plan. 2 Create a floor using the Pick method:

■ On the Design Bar, click Floor, and then click Lines.

■ On the Options Bar, click (Pick Lines), and verify that Offset is 0.

■ Beginning with the north wall and moving counterclockwise, select the interior of the walls.
■ On the Design Bar, click Modify. 3 Enter ZR, and zoom in to the top right corner of the
model. If the floor lines do not create a closed sketch, the sketch is invalid and you need to clean
the lines up. To be valid, the sketch must be a closed loop with no disconnected or crossing lines.

Adding Interior Walls

1 Open the 01 Lower Level floor plan.

2 On the Design Bar, click Wall.

3 In the Type Selector, select Basic Wall : Generic - 6'' [Basic Wall : Generic - 200mm].

4 On the Options Bar:

■ Click (Draw).
■ For Height, select 02 Entry Level.

■ For Loc Line, select Wall Centerline.

■ Clear Chain.

■ Zoom in to the west wall, move the cursor along the north wall centerline, enter 26' [8000
mm], and press ENTER to specify the wall start point. Move the cursor down, and click on the
south wall centerline to complete wall 1.

■ On the Design Bar, click Modify.

■ Right-click on the wall, and click Create Similar.

■ Using the following illustration as a guide, place additional walls to create rooms.

c) Exterior Wall Cladding

• Two or three types of cladding materials should be used in order to avoid large expanses of
uniform material.
 • Consideration should be given to incorporating a secondary material into vertical design
features. This can help to break up the mass of the building. Accent colours can also be used to
the same effect.

•For corner sites, consideration should be given to orienting one entry to each street.
Consideration should be given to front/back or top/bottom duplexes on hillside or narrow lot
duplex sites.

DOORS: -

In this exercise, you load doors from the Training Files folder into the project, and then add
interior and exterior doors to the model.
1 On the Basics tab of the Design Bar, click Door. There are a limited number of door types in
the project because there were few in the default template. You can load additional door types
from the Training Files folder.

2 Load doors from the Training Files folder:

■ On the Options Bar, click Load.

■ In the left pane of the Load Family dialog, click Training Files, and open \Imperial\Families\
Doors [Metric\Families\Doors].

■ While pressing CTRL, select the door types: Bifold-4 Panel.rfa, Double-Glass 2.rfa, Single-
Glass 2.rfa [M_Bifold-4 Panel.rfa, M_Double-Glass 2.rfa, M_Single-Glass 2.rfa].

■ Click Open.

3 Add exterior doors:

■ Open the 01 Lower-Level floor plan.

■ On the Design Bar, click Door.

■ On the Options Bar, clear Tag on Placement.

■ In the Type Selector, select Double-Glass 2 : 72'' x 84'' [M_Double-Glass 2 : 1830 x

2134mm], add a door to the east wall as shown, and then click Modify

Open the 02 Entry Level floor plan.

■ On the Design Bar, click Door.

■ In the Type Selector, select Double-Glass 2 : 72'' x 84'' [M_Double-Glass 2 : 1830 x 2134mm]

■ Place the door in the north wall 7' [2100mm] from the end of the retaining wall, as shown.

Adding Windows:

In this exercise, you work in elevation and plan views to add windows to the model. You use
alignment and dimension tools to more precisely position the windows.

1 Add windows in an elevation view:

■ Open the South elevation view, and zoom in to the building.

■ On the Design Bar, click Window.

■ On the Options Bar, clear Tag on Placement.

■ On the Options Bar, click Load.

■ In the left pane of the Load Family dialog, click Training Files, and open \Imperial\Families\
Windows [Metric\Families\Windows].
■ Select Casement 3x3 with Trim.rfa [M_Casement 3x3 with Trim.rfa], and click Open.

■ Add 2 windows, approximately as shown. You will position them and align them with the top
of the retaining wall later. If either of the windows spans an internal wall, a warning

2 Open the 01 Lower Level floor plan. Because the windows are at the top of the wall, they are
above the current view range for the plan.

3 Modify the view range:

■ In the drawing area, right-click, and click View Properties.

■ In the Element Properties dialog, under Extents, for View Range, click Edit.

■ In the View Range dialog, for Cut plane Offset, enter 7' [2160mm].

■ Click OK twice. The windows are now visible in the south wall
Attaching Walls to the Roof

1 Open the 03 Roof floor plan. 2 Attach the basic walls:

■ While pressing CTRL, select all the interior walls and exterior walls, except the curtain walls.

■ On the Options Bar, click Attach. In this exercise, you attach interior and exterior walls to the
roof. When you attach the curtain walls, Revit Architecture warns you of consequences and
modifies the placement of mullions.

■ For Attach Wall, verify Top is selected.

■ In the drawing area, select the roof.

■ Click in the drawing area, or click Modify on the Design Bar to end the command.

3 Attach the curtain walls: Open the North elevation view.

■ Move the cursor over the curtain wall, and press TAB until the status bar indicates that the
curtain wall is selected, select the outside edge of the curtain wall, and then click Attach.

■ Select the roof. In the error dialog about curtain wall mullions, click Delete Elements.

■ Open the East elevation view, and attach the east curtain wall to the roof. 4 Open the To
Building 3D view.

5 On the View Control Bar, click Shadows Off ➤ Shadows On. All walls extend up to the roof.
Note the spacing of the top row of mullions/panels; because the spacing parameter cannot be
satisfied, mullions are created where the walls and roof attach.

6 Save the project file.

Adding Stairs and Railings:-

In this exercise, you complete the interior of the model by adding a staircase on the lower level,
and then adding and modifying railings on the lower level and the entry level.
1 Open the 01 Lower Level floor plan.

2 Add stairs: ■ Zoom in to the east side of the model.

■ Click the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, and click Stairs.

■ Click near the double doors to start the stair run.

■ Move the cursor to the left until the tooltip indicates that no risers remain, and click to specify
the stair endpoint.

■ On the Design Bar, click Finish Sketch.

3 Edit the floor profile:

■ Open the 02 Entry Level floor plan.

■ Zoom in to the east side of the model.

■ Select the floor, and on the Options Bar, click Edit. On the Design Bar, click Lines.
■ On the Options Bar, verify that Chain is selected.

■ Click at the corner of the model lines below the stairs to specify the start point.

■ Move the cursor to the left, enter 6' [1800mm], and press ENTER.

■ Move the cursor up, enter 3'4'' [1100mm], and press ENTER. This distance is the width of the
stair and its stringers.

■ Move the cursor to the right, and click on the vertical line to complete the sketch On the
Design Bar, click Finish Sketch.

■ In the alert dialog, click No. 4 Move the stairs and railings:

■ Using a selection window, select the stairs and railings. To select only elements completely
within the boundary of the window, drag the cursor from left to right.

■ On the Tools toolbar, click (Move).

■ Click the lower left corner of the stairs as the move start point.

■ Click the lower corner of the modified floor profile as the move end point, and then press
ESC.

5 Modify the railing type: Open the To Building 3D view.

■ While pressing CTRL, select both railings (zoom in as necessary).

■ In the Type Selector, select Railing : Guardrail - Pipe [Railing : 900mm Pipe]. 6 Add a railing
to the entry deck: ■ Open the 02 Entry Level floor plan.

■ On the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, click Railing, and then click Railing Properties.

■ In the Element Properties dialog, for Type, select Guardrail - Pipe [900mm Pipe], and click
OK.

■ On the Options Bar, click (Pick Lines), and for Offset enter 4'' [150mm].

■ Zoom to the entry deck on the north side of the model.

■ Click the interior of the angled floor on the right, and then click the interior of the adjacent
vertical floor line, as shown

■ On the Design Bar, click Modify, and then select the angled railing.

■ Drag the left endpoint to the right, so that the resulting railing extends just past the retaining
wall.

■ Select the vertical railing, and drag the lower endpoint up until the resulting railing is 10'
[3000mm].
■ On the Design Bar, click Finish Sketch.

DOCUMENTING THE PROJECT: -

In this exercise, you add tags to the project and schedule doors and rooms. You change an
element in the door schedule and see that the change is automatically made in the associated
plan. You also add color fill to rooms and modify crop regions for several views that you later
add to a presentation sheet view. 1 Create a section view:

■ Open the 02 Entry Level floor plan.

■ Click the View tab of the Design Bar, and click Section.

■ Begin the section on the left side of the model and end it on the right side, making sure it cuts
through the stairs.

Double-click the middle of the section head circle to display the section view. Alternatively, in
the Project Browser under Views, expand Sections (Building Sections), and double-click Section
1.
2 Add door and window tags:

■ Open the 02 Entry Level floor plan.

■ Click the Drafting tab of the Design Bar, and click Tag All Not Tagged.

■ In the Tag All Not Tagged dialog, press CTRL, and under Category, select Window Tags.
■ Click OK.

3 Create a door schedule:

■ Click the View tab of the Design Bar, and click Schedule/Quantities.

■ In the New Schedule dialog, for Category, select Doors, and click OK.

■ In the Schedule Properties dialog, for Available fields, select Family and Type, and click Add.
Add the following fields: Width, Height, and Mark.

■ Using the Move Up button, move Mark to the top of the list so that it displays first in the
schedule.

■ Click the Sorting/Grouping tab, for Sort by, select Mark, and click OK.

■ Double-click on the right column boundary of the Family and Type column to expand it to its
full width.

4 Change a door schedule:

■ For the Mark 7 door, click the Family and Type field, and select Bifold-4 Panel : 60'' x 84''
[M_Bifold-4 Panel : 1525 x 2134mm].

■ Open the 01 Lower Level floor plan. Notice that the bedroom door tagged 7 is now a bifold
door. Changes made in the schedule are automatically synchronized in the associated plan.

■ In the Type Selector, select Single-Flush : 30'' x 84'' [M_Single-Flush : 0762 x 2134mm] to
return the door to the original family and type.

■ In the Project Browser, under Schedules/Quantities, double-click Door Schedule. The Mark 7
door is also restored to the original type in the schedule. This bidirectional associativity in Revit
Architecture ensures that changes made to any part of the design are coordinated in all
associated views, including schedules.

5 Modify the properties of the 3 retaining walls to specify them as bounding elements for room
area calculation:
■ Open the 01 Lower-Level floor plan.

■ On the Design Bar, click Modify.

■ While pressing CTRL, select the 3 retaining walls, and click (Properties).

■ In the Element Properties dialog, under Constraints, select Room Bounding, and click OK. 6
Create a Room schedule that contains the following fields:

■ Number Name Area The schedule is empty but is updated when you add rooms and room
tags to the building. 7 Add rooms and room tags on the entry level: Open the 02 Entry Level
floor plan.

■ Click the Room and Area tab of the Design Bar, and click Room.

■ Click to the left of the stairs to tag the large room, click in the upper room on the west side of
the building, and then click in the small room on the west side.

■ On the Design Bar, click Modify.

■ Double-click the tag text in the large room, change it to Entry, and press ENTER.

■ Change the tag text in room 2 to Bedroom, and the text in room 3 to Store.
8 Add rooms and room tags on the lower level:

Open the 01 Lower-Level floor plan.

■ On the Room and Area tab of the Design Bar, click Room.

■ Beginning in the large room on the right and moving clockwise, click in each room to add the
tags.

■ On the Design Bar, click Modify.

■ Double-click the tag text in the large room, change it to Living Room, and then press ENTER.

■ Change the tag text in room 5 to Bedroom, the text in room 6 to Bathroom, and the text in
rooms 7 and 8 to Store.

LIVING ROOMS:

This is the area is for general use. Hence the living & drawing room should be planned near the
entrance south east aspects. During colder day the sun is towards the south & will receive
sunshine which is a welcoming feature. During summer sunshine ti the northern side & entry of
sunrays from southern or south – east aspects do not arise.

KITCHEN:

Eastern aspects to admit morning sun to refresh & purity the air.

The Kitchen Life study was commissioned by the Social Science Research Unit of the Food
Standards Agency. We would like to thank Helen Atkinson, Sian Thomas, Robyn Polisano
(formerly of the SSRU) and their colleagues for their guidance and enthusiasm throughout the
study. We would also like to thank the project advisory group members, Professor Richard
Tiffin, Professor Anne Murcott and Dr Alizon Draper for their input and support. Professor Peter
Jackson provided additional support and guidance to the authors in his capacity as advisor to the
University of Hertfordshire team; this was very much appreciated.

We would like to acknowledge and thank all the pilot and main study participants who gave so
generously of their time and without whom this project would not have been completed. We
would also like to acknowledge and thank some of our University of Hertfordshire colleagues for
their input and time, particularly Avril Nash and Julie Mace and acknowledge the valuable
contributions made by Jessica Mitchell, Alice Martin and Nick Piper.
BED ROOM:

Bed may also be provided with attached toilets, there size depends upon the number of beds, they
should be located so as to give privacy & should accommodate beds, chair, cupboard, etc., and
they should have north or – west south – west aspect.

BATH & W.C:

Bath and w.c are usually combined in one room & attached to the bed room and should be well
finished. This should be filled with bath tub, shower, wash-hand basin, w.c, shelves, towels,
racks brackets, etc., all of white glazed tiles. Floor should be mosaic or white glazed files.
Instead of providing all bed room with attached bath and W.C separated baths & latrines may
also be provided
VERANDAH:

There should verandah in the front as well as in the rear. The front verandah serves setting place
for male members & weighting place for visitors. The back verandah serve a ladies apartment for
there sitting, working controlling, kitchen works etc., verandah project the room against direct
sun, rain & weather effect. They used as sleeping place during the summer and rainy season &
are used to keep various things verandah also give appearance to the building. The area of a
building may vary from 10% to 20% of the building. 20
ORIENTATION: After having selected the site, the next step is proper orientation of
building. Orientation means proper placement of rooms in relation to sun, wind, rain, topography
and out look and at the same time providing a convenient access both to the street and back yard.

The factors that affect orientation most are as follows.

 Solar heat

 Wind direction

 Humidity

 Rain fall

 Intensity of wind site condition

 Lightings and ventilation

SOLAR HEAT:

Solar heat means sun’s heat, the building should receive maximum solar radiation in winter and
minimum in summer. For evaluation of solar radiation, it is essential to know the duration of
sunshine and hourly solar intensity on exposed surfaces.
SITE CONDITIONS: Location of site in rural areas, suburban areas or urban areas also
effects orientation, sometimes to achieve maximum benefits, the building has to be oriented in a
particular direction.

LIGHTING:

Good lighting is necessary for all buildings and three primary aims. The first is to promote the
work or other activities carried on within the building. The second is to promote the safety of
people using the buildings. The third is to create, in conjunction to interest and of well beings.
DRIVEWAYS:

amount of pavement on the front yard should be as limited as possible and therefore driveway
widths should be minimized. Where a driveway leads to a double garage, it should be narrowed
near the street, and the wider portion near the garage should be screened with landscaping.

• In certain instances, such as where the two garages of a side-by-side duplex building are
adjacent, a shared driveway access from the street should be used.
• Access to parking should be accommodated off a laneway if it exists. Rear-lot garages should
be designed to a high standard and may incorporate some of the design elements of the house -
for example, a similar style roof, cladding materials, and colors.

• Where a lane access is not available and a parking garage must be integrated into the building
and accessed from the street, the facade of the building should be designed to ensure that the
garage doors do not visually overwhelm the building.

REVIT PLAN:

1ST FLOOR PLAN:

2ND FLOOR PLAN:
BEFORE RENDERING:

AFTER RENDERING:
3D VIEWS: