When spatial planning, some practices prefer to use proxy Revit elements to speed up the design iteration process. At BVN, we have developed a suit of families which we call ‘Push-it’. We use this methodology for the early stages of healthcare projects where the schedule of accommodation is critical.
In this workflow, an architectural column family is created which represents a ‘real’ Revit room. It contains various instance parameters including the width and length. This allows users to easily flex the family without fear of the room ‘breaking’ due to a missing wall. Hence, it is a quick and dirty spatial planning tool before we proceed to substituting these families for real Revit rooms and walls.
The family has a 2D door family nested into it. Using instance parameters, the user can decide where the door is to be placed. However, to ensure fast computation, only two adjacent walls are available for the door to be placed. If the door is required to be in the…