Curb And Gutter In Revit
Create streets sidewalks and curbs to create these site elements site designer modifies the base toposurface and places elements to represent the hardscape in the model.
Curb and gutter in revit. Assign the appropriate materials to the roadway curbs and topo asphalt concrete and grass now you can see things shaping up. When site designer creates the curb it updates the associated toposurface and places the curb. Usually curb and gutter are constructed together at a site. To create curbs that are not for streets use the locate curb tool and follow the general workflow in create site elements.
When creating a curb select a curb family that defines gutter parameters. There are a few ready made tools that can be used to make curbs such as soffit facia gutter in roofs and slab edge in floors. Special site designer families control the geometry of the elements. Go to an elevation view and move the road and the two inside most 6 pieces your gutters down your required curb height.
Once you have a hardscape base see part 2 creating a curb in revit is quite simple. Browse companies that make curbs gutters sidewalks and driveways and view and download their free cad details revit bim files specifications and other content relating to curbs gutters sidewalks and driveways as well as other product information formated for the architectural community. But these tools are simply a profile swept along an edge which can also be done by simply modeling in place. Curb families can include associated gutters.
When creating a free standing curb not a curb that surrounds a parking lot or a parking lot island after you select the curb host line the status bar prompts you to pick side for face of curb. Curb is a short wall installed to hold the pavement from the sides and act as a barrier between yard and street. Use site designer to create sidewalks streets with or without curbs and gutters and parking lot curbs and islands. However none of these tools will work on a sloping and curved edge.
It is abutted with a gutter which is a flat concrete slab that drains out water away from the yard.