Getting Started
Getting started with using the model editor!
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This page includes several videos that walk you through the process of cleaning up the advanced Revit sample model. You don't need the sample snapshot or the Revit plugin to follow this video. You can use the online version of the Model Editor and select the sample model by clicking on the Pollination logo on the bottom right side of the screen and selecting About
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Introduction
How to follow this video using the online version
User interface overview
Merge the snapshots into a single snapshot
Introduction
Room editing commands overview
Turn off commands help popup
Remove the holes inside the rooms using the "Remove Holes" command
Changing units
Remove columns at the edge of the rooms using the "Remove Short Segments" command
Clean up the room walls using the "Join Coplanar Faces" command
Summary
Review the causes of misalignments and gaps in Revit
Highlighting non-orthogonal lines using ALT + O
Find adjacency gaps using a command with the same name
Explain the strategy to fix the internal misalignments versus the facade alignment
How to delete the points
Review "Pull to Room" and "Align to Room" commands
Use the "Pull to Room" command
Create alignment lines
Considerations about creating infinite alignment lines
Local alignment lines
Use the "Align" command for the first time
Fix other gaps in the model
Fix the misalignments caused by the artistic separation lines
Fix the interior and facade misalignments
Clean up the room edge. An example of using the "Pull to Room" command effectively
Aligning the exterior facade for all three levels
Review the quality of the alignment and fix the issues
A word of caution about not cleaning up the model more than what is needed
Use the "Validation" command
Checking the validation errors
Use the 3D preview
Use the "Repair Windows" command to repair the windows
Undo history
Use the "Repair Windows" command to repair the windows for the second case
Manage level's visibility
Place missing rooms using the "Fill gaps" command
Edit rooms' properties in the table
Use solve adjacency and check for gaps
Quality check the second level
Quality check the third level
Add shades' snapshot to the model
Check ceiling adjacencies
Export options
Using the "Snap to Grid" command as an addition step before exporting to IES VE
Our pact with the Pollination users
Review the level of the details in the model
Use the "Merge Room" command for merging rooms
Use the "Simplify Windows" command to simplify the windows
Export to an INP file to export the model to eQuest
Switch to the entry-level before clean-up
Use the "Merge Rooms" command with a higher tolerance to avoid clean-up
Use the "Split Core and Perimeter" command
Model boundary cleanup
Re-run the "Split Core and Perimeter" command
Closing remarks