How To Split Siding In Revit

My problem i am having is that i have an exterior structural wall and on the entire surface of that exterior wall i want to put 4 wood cedar siding horzontal direction repeatedly to the top of the roof.

How to split siding in revit.

To split a layer. When editing the structure of a vertically compound wall use the split region tool to divide a wall layer or region horizontally or vertically into new regions. Share your knowledge. Click the split region button under modify vertical structure and move your mouse pointer along the inside face of the brick layer to a point 4 0 1 200 mm above the bottom of the sample as shown.

I can get a reveal on the walls that are. When you split a region the new regions assume the same material as the original. You can split the wall to parts and assign different materials to them. Welcome to the revit forum.

Are the items actually build installed not painted. Revit precast panels using reveals. Siding soldier brick course window header sill etc. Split face paint method is bad because it can get destroyed when edits are made.

Next choose horizontal or vertical placement then click on the wall in the location where you want the joint. What is the process to get materials such as board batten or channel siding to go vertical instead of horizontal. To access the split regions tool open the edit assembly dialog for the wall type. Select the wall sweep you just made and edit the type properties.

November 17th 2011 04 15 pm 4. A powerful add on for managing walls in revit letting you rapidly disassemble layers into different wall types fully control joins and gap distances split walls into separate panels with predefined settings insert gravity points and manage information with an export to excel feature. I am a newbie revit user for the 2011 not the 2012 as i can not downgrade. In this video we explore a couple of ways to add more detail to a wall type by using board and batten as an example.

Hardiplank but have the top 1 or so on slanted and straight profiles to have a reveal and be metal instead of the siding. How do i do that in revit. Select row 2 in the layers list and then click the insert button to add another row immediately below the first exterior layer. See access tools for vertically compound walls.