Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

CHAPTER 18

Site and Topography

You might be asking yourself if there is a fourth Revit. No. It would be nice if there was a “Revit Civil,” but there isn't such a thing. So, we're left to our own devices when it comes to adding a site to a model. This is fine, because in many cases, Revit is well equipped to take on the challenge. Unfortunately, also in many cases Revit is dependent on AutoCAD or MicroStation to provide a real-case scenario for a site that can be imported (similar to importing a plan or a detail). Fortunately, Revit provides tools to add a topographic surface to an imported CAD site.

• Adding a site within Revit
• Splitting the surface
• Creating subregions
• Adding site components
• Adding building pads to displace earth
• Adding a property ...