From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)

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Modeling a wall sconce

Modeling a wall sconce - Revit Tutorial

From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)

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Modeling a wall sconce

- Let's make a really fancy wall sconce. You don't have to be an architect to model one of these. By creating a revolve at 180 degrees, I'd like to show you how to make a wall sconce. To get started, let's go to Families, New and I want to scroll down to Generic Model Face-Based. Let's click Open. There's not going to be any parameters or any reference planes. We're just going to model a nice, fancy revolve. On the Create tab, let's go to the Revolve button. Now, what I'm going to is I'm going to start with my line and I'm going to come up about a foot. I'm going to come out about a foot also. I'm going to come straight down an inch. Now, on my Draw panel, I'm going to click on Start, End Radius Arc. I'm going to come in about four inches. I'm going to go up. I'm going to come back in about 4 inches at a 45 degree angle. I'm going to go down. Now, I'm going to click on my Line button. I'm going to come down a quarter of an inch. I'm going to go to my arc again. I'm going to come down…

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