Part 1 Creating the Outside Boundary and Filled Region.
Part 2 Creating the Light and Arraying the Group.
Part 3 Adding the Reference Planes and Aligning the Lights, Constraining the Location.
Part 4 Creating the Alternate Plans.
Part 5 Inserting the Views into the Sheets, Creating a PDF of the Drawings.
Note: All screenshots are from the Autodesk® Revit® software.
Starting the Tutorial
If needed, Start Revit 2017 by clicking on the icon on the desktop.
Open the last version of the Warm Up project, WU2-3.
Save the file as WU3-1.
WU3-1 – Creating the Outside Boundary and Filled Region Click on the Drafting View tool in the View tab, Create panel.
Name the New Drafting View, LIGHTING PLAN and set the scale to 1/4” = 1’-0”.
Using the Detail Line tool, draw the outside of the four walls.
Use the Wide Lines style.
Outside of the Four Walls Next you will draw the boundary of the filled region.
Click on the Region tool in the Annotate tab, Detail panel.
Region Tool
Click on the Edit Type button in the Properties Box.
Edit Type Button In the Type Properties Dialog, click on
the Duplicate button. Name the new region Gypsum.
Name Dialog After the region is
created, click in the box to the right of the fill pattern.
Click again on the small button with the
“…” inside.
This will open the Fill Patterns dialog.
Type Properties Dialog
Select the Gypsum-Plaster material.
Press the OK button to close the box.
Fill Patterns Dialog Click the box next to
Color. Select the light gray color as shown.
Color Dialog Click the OK button to close the Type Properties dialog box.
Set the Line Style to Wide lines and draw a rectangular shape as shown.
You do not need to match the sizes exactly.
Filled Region Boundary Click the Green Check to complete the boundary.
Green Check
You will see that the inner rectangle is filled with gray stippling.
Add dimensions to control the size of the inner and outer rectangles as shown.
Dimensions Added Click on one of the edges of the inner
rectangle.
The dimension connected to the line will turn blue.
Click on the dimension text and change it to 6”.
Dimension Changed Repeat the process so that all four edges are
6” from the outside edge.
As you change each dimension click on the dimension and lock it.
This will represent the walls of the room.
Locked Dimension
Once the four 6” dimensions are locked, click on one of the inner vertical lines and change the inner width to 25’-0”.
Repeat the process for the horizontals lines.
The inner height will be 20’-0”.
Final Wall Dimensions This is the end of Part 1. Save your file as WU3-1.
WU3-2 – Creating the Light and Arraying the Group Next you will create the symbol for the 8” recessed light fixture.
Open the WU3-1 file. Save the file as WU3-2.
Create a new filled region material called Solid White.
a. Start with the Solid Black type.
b. Create a Duplicate and name it Solid White c. Change the color from Black to White.
d. Click OK to create the material.
Using the Region tool, draw a 4” Radius circle.
Set the Line Style to Medium Lines.
4" Radius Filled Region Click the Green Check to finish the circle.
Draw two thin lines through the circle at 90 degrees apart.
Finished Light Symbol Move the symbol inside the room, you will see that
the filled region blocks out the gypsum pattern.
Light Symbol Moved Inside Room Select the circle and the lines. Click on the Create Group tool. Name the group
“8” Light”.
Create Group Tool Create Detail Group Dialog
Select the group. Click on the Array tool.
Array Tool
Setup the Options bar as shown. Then click to the right of the original symbol. A total of five copies will be made. Make sure that the Group and Associate box is unchecked.
Options Bar
Light Selected Copies Created
Repeat the process and create four rows of five lights.
Completed Array This is the end of Part 2. Save your file as WU3-2.
WU3-3 – Adding the Reference Planes and Aligning the Lights, Constraining the Location
In this part you will add reference planes for each row and column of light fixtures.
You will then align and lock the fixtures to the planes. Lastly, you will control the location of the lights by dimensioning the reference planes.
Open the WU3-2 file. Save the file as WU3-3.
Click on the Reference Plane tool in the Architecture tab, Work Plane panel.
Reference Plane Tool Draw a reference plane to the
right of each column of lights.
Reference Planes Added Click on the Align tool in the Modify tab, Modify panel.
Align Tool Align the fixtures to the
Reference Planes.
Check the Multiple Alignment checkbox to keep from having to click the reference plane each time.
Multiple Alignment Checkbox
Click the Reference Plane then the Vertical Line.
Reference Line and Vertical Line
Once the light fixture moves onto the line, click the padlock.
Alignment Locked Repeat the process for the rest of the column.
Column Locked Repeat the process for the other four
columns.
Columns Locked
To test the locked alignment, move the reference plane. The fixtures will move with the line.
Draw four additional reference planes horizontally below each row.
Lock the fixtures in each row to the reference plane.
Rows Locked
Add a row of dimensions as shown. For the columns and the rows. Your dimensions may be different.
Dimensions Added Add a second row of dimensions above the first.
Second Row of Dimensions Added Click on the second row.
Click on the EQ toggle above the row.
EQ Toggle
The columns will be equally spaced from each other.
Columns Equally Spaced Click on the first vertical reference
plane.
Set the first dimension to 3’-6”.
Repeat for the last vertical plane.
The lights will remain equally spaced.
Select and stretch the reference plane by dragging the endpoint through the fixtures.
Change the First Dimension to 3'-6"
Change the second dimension.
Second Dimension Changed to 3'-6"
Repeat the process for the four rows.
Rows Aligned and Located
Try changing the end dimensions to see how the fixtures change location.
Add the text note as shown.
Text Note Added This is the end of Part 3. Save your file as WU3-3.
WU3-4 – Creating the Alternate Plans
Open the WU3-3 file. Save the file as WU3-4.
Once you have completed the first lighting plan you will then create two alternate plans.
Right-click on the Lighting Plan in the Project Browser.
Select Duplicate, Duplicate with Detailing.
Duplicate with Detailing Selected Rename the view, LIGHTING PLAN – ALT 1.
Repeat the process and rename the second copy, LIGHTING PLAN – ALT 2.
Refer to the diagrams below to set up the alternate plans.
Lighting Plan - ALT 1
Lighting Plan - ALT 2 This is the end of Part 4. Save your file as WU3-4.
WU3-5 – Inserting the Views into the Sheets, Creating a PDF of the Drawings
Open the WU3-4 file. Save the file as WU3-5.
Drag and drop the first lighting plan of into the sheet.
Fill out the title block with your name, and date.
After clicking on the edge of the border, you may fill out the information in the properties box.
Title Block Properties Repeat the process for the other two plans.
Set up the sheets as shown.
A103 - Lighting Plan
A104 - Lighting Plan - ALT 1
A105 - Lighting Plan - ALT 2
Print the drawings to PDF as you did in the first and second projects.
This is the end of Part 5 and Warm-Up Exercise #3. Save your file as WU3-5.