In this exercise, you add a toposurface and a building pad to the building site.
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Add points at different elevations to create the terrain and create a building pad based on the foundation walls of the building. Before you begin, download the GSG_03_Terrain_Pad.rvt tutorial file.
Objectives
- Create a toposurface by defining points at different elevations.
- Create a building pad based on the footprint of the foundation walls.
- Use a section box to frame the 3D view including the terrain.
- Specify a grass material for the terrain for a realistic 3D view.
Add Terrain
- Open exercise file GSG_03_terrain_pad.rvt.
- In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Site.
- Click Site tab
Model Site panel
(Toposurface).
Notice that the Place Point tool on the Tools panel is selected by default.
- On the Options Bar, for Elevation, enter 1000.
- Click in the drawing area to add 2 points just to the left of the building, one above and one below the building.
- Change the Elevation value to – 500, and add 2 more points just to the right of the building – one above and one below the building.
- Change the elevation to 2500 and add points as shown.
- Change the elevation to 1000 and add points as shown.
- Change the elevation to 2500 and add points as shown.
- On the Surface panel, click
(Finish Surface).
- On the Quick Access Toolbar, click
(Default 3D View).
Add Building Pad
- Click Site tab
Model Site panel
(Building Pad).
- Click Modify | Create Pad Boundary tab
Draw panel
(Pick Walls).
- Select the exterior walls. Use Tab to select a chain of walls.
- Use
flip controls to be sure the pad sketch is on the inside face of the walls. Use the ViewCube to orient to Top to verify this.
- Use
- On the Mode panel, Click
(Finish Edit Mode).
- On the Properties palette, change the level of the pad to 01 – Store Floor.
- Orient the 3D view so it is displayed from the top/right angle, and click outside of the building and terrain to select the 3D view itself.
- On the Properties palette, under Extents, select Section Box.
- Select the section box in the drawing area, and drag the grip controls to modify the box, as shown.
- With the section box still selected, right-click, and click Hide in View
Elements to hide the section box.
- Select the terrain, and on the Properties palette, click the value for Material, and the
(browse button) that displays.
- In the Materials Browser:
- In the search field, type grass and press Enter.
- In the search results, double-click Grass to add it to the project. It displays in the top pane of the browser under In Document Materials.
- On the View Control Bar, click Visual Style: Hidden Line
Shaded to view the materials.