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<\/p>\nIn this Post we are going to talk about visualization\u00a0of the model and quantities take-off by means of schedules:<\/p>\n
Have a look to these two images:<\/p>\n
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In the left one it\u2019s difficult to see at a glance which column or beam profiles is being used. Right one has some filters applied which assign a different color to each type column or beam. Clearly managing and checking model will be easier with second option. You can employ this method in 3D views but also plan or section views.<\/p>\n
My recommendation is to create some \u201ccontrol views\u201d. The aim for these views is to control the model using coloring filters, using and highlighting important dimensions or adding some other elements or annotations you may considered. It keeps model under control.<\/p>\n
Remember Visibility Settings can be save as a template and be used in all models you want. You do once you benefit always. Please, find how create and use filters in some other Post about Visibility:\u00a0Revit Graphics Appearance (IV) \u2013 Naming and Using Filters.<\/p>\n
I think one of the best parts of Revit is Schedules. They mean an alphanumeric verification of what we are modeling and also, and not less important, they allow us to calculate quantities.<\/p>\n
Next image shows the structural column schedule of the previous model. A few things can be commented in it.<\/p>\n
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First of all, in the Sorting\/Grouping<\/em> tab I have unselected the \u201cItemize each instance\u201d option. So, it shows data in groups according with the Sorting\/Grouping<\/em> Settings. We can see some parameters are blank, which means that those parameter have not same value for all instances. That is good because it says us that something may be wrong.<\/p>\n Next thing we see is that we have Volume\/unit and Volume, it\u2019s because I want Volume per instance unit and Total Volume. Volume\/unit is a Calculated Value<\/em>. Calculated Values<\/em> are created in Fields tab. Its formula is something as silly as \u201c=Volume\u201d, the difference lays in the \u201cCalculate Total\u201d option in the Formatting tab: in Volume\/unit is unselected and in Volume selected. It\u2019s a nice trick for having the two options at the same time.<\/p>\n I have used another Calculated Value: Weight. It is used to calculate Weight of profiles. See I also applied previous trick: duplicate field in order to have \u201cper unit\u201d quantity and \u201ctotal\u201d quantity.<\/p>\n Notice this data will change as model changes and also that we can add a \u201ccost\u201d Calculated Value, so we have an always updated first budget.<\/p>\n Hope you find it interesting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Visualization and Schedules In this Post we are going to talk about visualization\u00a0of the model and quantities take-off by means of schedules: Visualization.\u00a0Control of the model Have a look to these two images: In the left one it\u2019s difficult to see at a glance which column or beam profiles is being used. Right one has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,783],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidelines","tag-technology-revit","tag-technology-revit-structure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Post_III_a_04\"](\"https:\/\/www.modelical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Post_III_a_04.png\")
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