Introduction
Walls are arguably one of the most important elements of any building. As such, the Wall Tool is a prominent function of Autodesk Revit Architecture. In this tutorial, I show you how to create Wall elements- including how to control their placement both horizontally (Location Lines) and vertically (Top / Base Constraints)
Unit Agenda
- Walls are a System Family
- Main Wall Groups
- Creating a Basic Wall
- Wall Location Lines
- Adjusting the height of your walls
- Creating new Wall Types
- Clockwise convention
- Changing the direction of your walls
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Walls are a System Family
In the previous Unit, I introduced the concept of System Families. System Families are created by Revit at the time you need them. They can only exist within the the Project in which you create them. This is fundamentally different from Component Families which can be saved as individual, distinct files outside of any Revit…