How to Use Revit to Draw a Water Dustpan
A water dustpan, also known as a drip stone, is a protective block installed at the bottom of a building’s protruding downspout. Its primary function is to prevent rainwater from washing away the roof when it falls onto it. The dustpan can be made by coating fine aggregate concrete mortar or by directly attaching a ceramic tile to the lower opening of the downspout on the roof for protection.
Since Revit does not include built-in water dustpan families, engineers must create their own using the standard metric model as a base.
Step 1: Select a template file by choosing Metric Conventional Model Based on Floor slabs; Family model.
Step 2: Once inside the Revit editing interface, press the shortcut key RP (Reference Plane). Change the offset value to 125 and draw two vertical reference lines. Then set the offset value to 150 and draw two horizontal reference lines.
Step 3: Create the bottom plate of the water dustpan. Go to Create → Extrusion → Rectangle, draw a rectangle, and set the extrusion endpoint to 30. Click the checkmark √ to confirm. (See the figure below.)
Step 4: Create the vertical wall of the water dustpan. Switch to the Left Elevation view, then select Create → Extrusion → Straight Line. Draw the outline as shown below.
Step 5: Switch to the Reference Plane view to adjust the position of the water dustpan wall, then mirror it as illustrated in the image.
Step 6: Create the rear wall of the water dustpan. Switch to the Back Elevation view, select Create → Extrusion → Straight Line, and draw the outline as shown.
Step 7: Enter 3D view to check the model’s appearance. The result should look like the example below.
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