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Then, nest the Planting family into this new Generic Model family: STEP 6: NEST THE GENERIC MODEL FAMILY INTO A FINAL REVIT PLANTING FAMILYĪt this point, we have a Generic Model family. At Medium, we will show the Revit default cardboard tree so that the tree can be rendered to RPC: STEP 5: NEST THE COMBINED REVIT PLANTING FAMILY INTO A GENERIC MODEL FAMILYĬreate a new Generic Model family and name it “Placeholder”: This way, they will show only at the Fine level of detail. Select 2 nested tree elevation families and change their Visibility Settings as below: STEP 4: SET UP 2D REVIT TREE PRESENTATIONS AT MEDIUM AND FINE LEVELS OF DETAIL When placing the nested family in “Tree Base”, do so in a plan view where the 2 default reference planes meet. Load each of the newly created tree annotation family into “Tree Base”, essentially turning them into a “nested” entities. STEP 3: NEST 2D PLAN & ELEVATION TREE ANNOTATION FAMILIES INTO A NEW REVIT PLANTING FAMILYĬreate a new Planting family using the same Revit template. Import the tree plan or elevation DWG and place it in a Floor Plan or Elevation, respectively. STEP 2: CREATE 2D TREE ANNOTATION FAMILIES FOR REVITįor each custom tree plan or elevation, create 1 new Revit planting family. If yours is in another format, make sure to convert that to DWG first. We can use up to 2 tree elevations, one for the Front/Back view and one for the Left/Right view.įor this tutorial, we picked our favourite blocks from the AutoCAD library and exported each to a separate DWG. Pick any tree annotation blocks of your choice.

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PRO TIP: Prefer learning by watching?Ĭlick above to learn from our free YouTube training channel! STEP 1: FIND YOUR FAVOURITE 2D TREE PLAN AND ELEVATION SYMBOLS You will need intermediate-level Revit knowledge. Or, follow steps below to make one yourself.

At all levels of detail: Show a custom tree plan symbol in floor plans.

At Fine: Show custom 2D tree elevations of your choice.

At Medium: Show the Revit cardboard 3D tree which can be rendered.

At Coarse: Show tree elevations as 3D solids.

Realistic or Ray Trace mode will show the RPC render appearance of the cardboard tree).

Cardboard Tree Material (show only in shaded mode.

Your current Visibility & Graphic settings or tree schedules will continue to work.Ģ.15 Mb, tiny for a 3-in-1 tree with DWG-like annotation! Our smart tree family will have the below key attributes: Category Make it as symbolic or realistic as you like!

Choose to render either the tree’s family geometry or RPC appearance simply by changing the view’s level of detail.

Once integrated properly, they will scale with the tree and help bring your drawings to life!

Use any tree plan and elevation symbols of your choice.

Show in different levels of detail distinctive tree annotation, from blobs to detailed components.

No more endless lists of identical tree types!

Change tree height and radius independently from one another using instance parameters.

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This tutorial will show how to create this smart tree so you can: Hate duplicating Revit family types just to make some trees bigger? Getting sick of their dull look? Wish you could change their radius and height independently from each other? Stop dreaming we have the only Revit tree family you will need (most of the time)!

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