Revit: Multifamily Housing

Learn how to design multifamily housing, including apartment buildings and duplexes, in Revit.

Introduction

• Producing a multifamily housing unit

1. Setting Up a Project

• Starting a project
• Placing levels
• Adding project information

2. Creating Walls

• Creating exterior walls
• Creating demising walls
• Adjust wall properties

3. Foundation Walls

• Creating foundation A
• Copy the foundation for units B–D
• Rename levels B–D
• Placing footings

4. Modeling Perimeter Walls

• Exterior wall
• Demising walls

5. Modeling Interior Walls

• Interior walls: First floor
• Interior walls: Second floor
• Interior walls: Basement

6. Door Placement

• Basement doors: A
• First floor doors: A
• Second floor doors: A

7. Floors

• Structural floors
• Finish floor: First floor
• Finish floor: Second floor
• Basement floor
• Garage floor

8. Columns and Beams

• Column locations
• Column placement
• Loading beam
• Beam placement
• Beam adjustments
• Beam and column adjustments
• Column adjustments
• Creating isolated footings
• Further thoughts

9. Stairs and Railings

• Stairs at basement
• Opening at first floor
• Stairs at first floor
• Opening at second floor
• Adding railings 1
• Adding railings 2
• Adding railings 3

10. Ceilings

• Flat ceilings
• Vault ceilings

11. Roofs and Accessories

• View creation: Roof plan
• Clean up exterior walls
• Model roof A
• Place roofs B–D
• Place fascia
• Place gutters
• Place downspouts
• Finalize roof plan

12. Sections, Callouts, and Interior Elevations

• Creating a building section
• Creating a wall section
• Creating an enlarged detail
• Creating an enlarged plan view
• Creating interior elevations

13. Creating a Site

• Site creation: First steps
• Adding topography
• Excavate from the building
• Changing site materials
• Adjusting basement walls 1
• Adjusting basement walls 2
• Create a simple sidewalk
• Create a simple road
• Adding plants

14. Kitchen, Bathrooms, and Utility

• Placing kitchens
• Placing a half bath
• Placing a full bath
• Creating a laundry closet
• Creating the utility room

15. Interior Elevation

• Placement of interior elevations
• Elevation annotation

16. Finalizing the Building Exterior

• Create exterior elevations
• Adding windows 1
• Adding windows 2
• Adjusting siding locations
• Creating the structural roof deck
• Modeling the deck floor
• Rail placement
• Adjusting the exterior walls

17. Creating a Basic Building Section

• Create the section view
• Clean up the floors with the structure
• Placing detail component
• Adding insulation to the walls
• Discussing note placement

18. Basic Electrical

• Placing lights at a flat ceiling
• Placing lights at a vaulted ceiling
• Adding receptacles 1
• Adding receptacles 2

19. Design Options and Groups

• Using design options
• Using groups

20. Rendering

• Creating exterior elevations 1
• Creating interior elevation 1
• Creating exterior elevations 2
• Creating interior elevation 2
• Bonus renderings and advice

21. Sheet Creation

• Create sheets
• Create a sheet list
• Placing views on sheets
• Printing

Conclusion

• Next steps