Have you ever looked at an assembly, maybe even a wall assembly, and wondered exactly how it would be built with the layers on top of layers?
Many manufacturers typically provide such cut away views of their products. Maybe you were wondering how you might be able to capture that perspective for your own detailing. It’s actually quite easy in Revit when dealing with Parts. Let’s take that wall for example:
When we have a typical system family type made of layers, such as this wall type from the OOTB Revit Architectural template, we can quickly extract those layers to be individually manipulated- even in a 3D view.
Simply select the element, such as the wall shown here (at left), and scroll over to the Modify tab. On there will be the Create panel, as you can see below. Select Parts.
And instantly the element is broken apart by individual materials, much like it is assembled. These individual materials can then be selected and even edited, to some extent.
All while maintaining a connection to the original set of properties. This means your schedules remain intact. You keep the utility of the information stored within these properties, but now you can show them in a whole new dimension!
However, in order to individually manipulate these materials, you’ll want to have the ‘Show Shape Handles’ box checked on each material you intend to manipulate the display of.
Simply push and pull the familiar handles to adjust for your needs. You can even hide some (such as the air gap shown).
From there, it’s only a task of noting it up like you would a typical 3D view.
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