Revit Wall Details 

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Thanks! The short answer is no. There are some items you can lock to the model, but not everything, so if the wall moves you are going to have to do some updating to the detail. You could also do drafting view details and link them in to your drawings. Pros and cons to each method.

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For my wall structural layer I set the material cut pattern to be solid and dark grey, so it poches nicely in plan. Then in the sections I turn off wall cut patterns so they are all white.

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Have you considered putting your studs using the beam system and columns so they show up automatically when you cut the section?

No. You don’t need to model every stud. And they wouldn’t show up in section anyway unless your section cut through a stud, which is not what you want to be showing in a section.

@@HyperfineArchitecture What if you are doing a building section and want to show the floor joists - typical for residential designs. Would you use the beam system then? or show detail components for the joists?

Could do it a few ways, most commonly with drafting. Either draft the plywood and shingles extending over the fascia, or use Cut Profile on the actual roof to cut the structural layer back, or key in a drafting view detail that links to your standard detail.

@@HyperfineArchitectureI thought so. Do you find this process repetitive if you have a lot of views? I usually copy the roof in place, move and change the new roof layers to be plywood and shingles, then offset one inch. This applies to all views but Depending on the roof has its setbacks.

@@valeriepierre7297 not too much, certainly not more than annotating elevations. Depending on my roof assembly sometimes I model the overhang/rake as a separate roof, but never to the level of detail of 1". In a 1/4" section you wouldn't see that anyway. So you could draft it once in a typical wall section then group those elements and paste them into other sections. Or draft a typical detail and key it in, or maybe even create a detail component for your typical eave condition. You'll have to decide what's the most efficient for your workflow and consider the value added, if any, of modeling that level of detail.

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Launch the section tool, and before you click to draw a new section, look at the top for a checkbox that says, “Reference Other View”. Then select the view you want to key in and THEN draw the section

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