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Mark Singleton
Building a Little Cabin
• Illustrated instruction to build a small cabin in
Autodesk Revit
Program: Revit
• Revit is a user friendly program to create 3
dimensional structures easily and quickly.
Buildings are created from either a 2D floor
plan view or a 3D view. It creates realistic
renders of computer models.
Walls
1. Select the “Wall” option in the “Build”
bar.
2. Click and draw out desired length of walls.
Create an enclosed room.
3. Use 3D view with the little house button and
look at your creation. Hold the scroll wheel to
move the camera, and hold shift and the scroll
wheel to rotate. To return to floor plan view,
select “Level 1” in the project browser.
Windows and Doors
4. Select the “Door” option in the “Build”
bar.
5. Once in Doors, ensure 36”x 84” is
selected. Hover cursor over the wall where
door is desired and click. Door direction can
be changed using blue arrows.
6. To add windows, select the “Window” option in
the “Build” bar. Choose desired window design in
the properties menu and hover over desired wall
section and click to place the window. Return to 3D
view to admire the entrance. Add windows as
needed.
Bathroom
Interior Rooms
Bedroom
7. Return to “Walls”, and create interior
walls for a separate bedroom and
bathroom.
8. Select “Doors” under the Build tab, and
add doors into the interior rooms. Interior
doors may be smaller than exterior.
9. Add a closet by creating a
small room, and adding a bi-fold
door
Go to 3D view to examine your rooms
and doors
Floors
10. Select the “Floors” option
under “Build”.
11. Create floors for each area
of the home that will have a
different floor material.
Now go to the 3d view and ensure that the floors
worked properly.
Materials and colors
Before
After
12. From 3D view, select the little white
rectangular prism in the bottom left
toolbar, and choose the “Shaded” pop
up option. The prism should turn blue,
and your model gain color.
13. Select the “Modify” tab,
the the small “Paint” icon.
14. In the “Materials
Browser”, search for
your desired material,
select it, and add it to
your model.
Adding Materials
16. Search for your desired material.
The top list of results are those
already in your model, the bottom
are not. Choose from the bottom
list. Press the upload button on the
desired material. It will now be
available in the “Paint” option.
15. To add materials that are not
in the existing “Paint” list, go to
the “Manage” tab and select
“Materials”.
Furniture
17. Choose the “Component” option in
the “Build” bar.
18. From there select “Load Family” in
the “Mode” bar.
19. This opens the “Load Family” menu.
Choose the “Furniture” file.
20. In “Beds”, choose your desired bed, and
you will be able to place it in your model. Add
more furniture as needed.
Roof
21. In the “Project
Browser, select the
“Level 2” floor plan.
22. Change the
“Underlay” option from
none to Level 1
23. Select “Roof” from the “Build”
bar
24. Add a 2’ 0” overhang.
25. Select the
outside walls and
press the
checkmark. Go
into 3D view and
look at the roof.
26. Select the roof.
Click and drag the
top to adjust the
height.
Site
27. In the “Project
Browser” change the view
to “Site”
28. Go to the “Massing &
Site” tab and select
“Toposurface”
29. Select “Material” and in
the “Materials” menu,
search for and upload grass.
30. Place four points around
your model, and press the
checkmark.
31. To avoid combining
with the floor, change
the elevation to -0’ 2”
Change color scheme to
“Ray Trace” and admire
finished cabin.
Done