From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)
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Creating a pendant light - Revit Tutorial
From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)
Creating a pendant light
- Pendants can be tricky. I'd like to model a pendant light. The trick here is going to be the legs. I'd like to put in some variables to make it so we can pick a button to make the legs have different extension in case the ceiling or the structure they're mounted to is uneven or sloped. To get started with a pendant let's go to Families, let's go to New. I'm going to scroll down to Generic Model, my favorite. First thing I'll do is go to the Create tab and click Family Category and Parameters, I want to make sure it's a Lighting Fixture, then I'm going to click OK. Now I want to make my reference planes, I'm going to right-click on this vertical one and I'm going to Create Similar. On my Draw panel I'll Pick Lines, I'm going to Offset 2 feet to the left, to the right I'm going to Offset 1 foot up, and then down. Hit escape a few times. Of course I'm going to equally dimension these reference planes here, and I'm going to equally constrain these reference planes here. Now I'm going to…
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Creating a recessed 2x4 light fixture10m 1s
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Creating a pendant light9m 27s
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Modeling a wall sconce7m 31s
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Creating a light switch9m 4s
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Creating track lighting: Part 16m 52s
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Creating track lighting: Part 210m 25s
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Creating a nightlight5m 6s
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Creating an exit sign annotation4m 50s
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Creating a 3D exit sign9m 21s
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