Adding Interior Walls

Interior walls are basically the same as exterior walls in terms of how they're placed in the model. This is a good thing. Luckily, you can be slightly more relaxed with the justification. Now that the building has a footprint, you can see more easily whether the walls need to be adjusted.

You'll start by laying out an elevator shaft and a stairwell, using an 8″(200mm) CMU wall system. To follow along, either keep going with the model you're developing or open the file NER-02.rvt:

  1. Open or make sure you're in Floor Plan level 1. Zoom into the northeast corner of the building, as shown in Figure 2.21.

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    FIGURE 2.21 Start drawing ...

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