Upload your first building - Revit
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Navigate to the Projects page on the web-app and select Create New. Give your project a name, and hit OK.
Switch over to Revit and open the Finch plug-in, and select your new project and variant from the drop-down menus under the Project tab.
Create a Revit mass
Finch accepts mass families. Objects that are in the same mass will be boolean unioned upon upload. Check the Massing tab in the Finch plug-in to see how many Finch valid masses you have in your file.
Currently, a centerline is required for Finch to generate horizontal circulation.
Under the Architecture tab, select Model Line.
Draw a centerline across the length of the building, hit Modify to close it.
In the Model Line Properties panel, change the Line Style to Centerline and hit Apply.
A centerline controls the placement of Finch generated corridors. It represents the centerline of the corridor itself (if you input a 2m corridor, the corridor will be offset both sides of the centerline by 1m).
In the Finch plug-in, add gridlines using the Revit grid tool.
You can snap to gridlines while editing or while generating around a custom core.
When generating a floor plate, slide the Grid Lines weight fully to the right to prioritize it.
In the Finch plug-in, select Massing.
Check Active in view to only upload geometry that is visible in the current view.
Select Upload Massing.
The plug-in will display Uploading Mass Finished once the mass has been uploaded.
