Monday, March 4, 2013


How to create a chair in Revit:
By Mia Koster

Step 1: click on new and select family option


Step 2: select the Generic Model and Open






Step 4: select then the Pick a plane and select the horizontal plane on your screen






Step 5: click on the Elevation Front


Step 6: click on the Insert Tab and then click on Image, followed by selecting the chosen image in documents or where the image of the chair is saved




Step 7: place the image above the plane

Step 8: continue by selecting the Create tab and then click on the Extrusion option



Step 9: then start by drawing the outline of the chair and when a double line occurs type in TL and it will change to a single thin line, after you finished the outline click on the green correction mark .

Step 10: then click on the reference level




Step 11: continue to 3D-view and double click on view 1, then go to the Home box at the top right corner and click on the house image

Step 12: your chair will then transform into a 3D-view

1 comment:

  1. Mia, this chair is a bit simple and the final result does not look like the actual chair. Just doing an extrusion like this does not show me any of your skills and does not allow me to do a decent assessment

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