Putting in baseboards is the most convoluted process Revit has to offer. Complex walls? No problem. Staircases? Easy. But for some reason, wall base has to be outrageously difficult. Steps are as follows:
Open a 3D or Elevation View
Under the Basics tab, click "Component", click "Load". Within the Imperial Library, choose the file "Profiles" and open all the files with the label "Base". You will also find cornices and crown molding in this file.
Next, click on the Modeling tab, Select Host Sweep, Select Wall Sweep. In the type selector (the drop down menu on the Options bar) you will see "Cornice" automatically comes up.
But you don't want a cornice, you want a wall base. So...
Click on Element Properties, Select Edit/New, Select Duplicate, type in "Base 1". Under Construction, click on where is says "Default". A drop down menu will appear; this is where the profiles you loaded will show up. Choose whatever wall base you would like to use. Click Ok twice.
Hit Host Sweep, hit Wall Sweep. Now go to the Type Selector and select Base 1. Now you can go to the walls of your 3D or Elevation View and snap the wall base. Rotate the building around to make sure you hit all the walls.
And that's it.
The worst part of the whole wall sweep process is you will have to do this every time you start a new project. Every time. Revit gives us easy stairs; they had to make something ridiculous.
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ReplyDeleteI know this is a very old post, but an easier way to do this is "model component in place." Select sweep, draw your path, and load the profile. Voila. (and this is me still using Revit 2011)
ReplyDeleteThis post was from Revit 2009. Glad to see it's gotten easier.
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