Revit Tip - 10 Reasons Why You Can't See and Element

Great little tip from earlier in the year.  I thought I had posted this but turns out it was in my drafts... Top 10 Reasons You Can't S... thumbnail 1 summary
  • Great little tip from earlier in the year.  I thought I had posted this but turns out it was in my drafts... Top 10 Reasons You Can't S...

    Revit Tip - Show Wall Construction Lines for Existing Walls

    In Revit, by default, an existing wall that is visible in a New Construction view will show as a solid white fill in your floor plans.  But,... thumbnail 1 summary
  • In Revit, by default, an existing wall that is visible in a New Construction view will show as a solid white fill in your floor plans.  But,...

    Revit Tip - Creating Custom Hatch (Surface) Patterns - New

    I have mentioned here and there about creating hatch patterns in Revit...  Remember, let's call them "surface patterns" inst... thumbnail 1 summary
  • I have mentioned here and there about creating hatch patterns in Revit...  Remember, let's call them "surface patterns" inst...

    Revit Tip - Conditional Formatting (HOK)

    Nice little post at HOK's blog... A request was made to me this week by one our project managers who wanted to know whether we where ove... thumbnail 1 summary
  • Nice little post at HOK's blog... A request was made to me this week by one our project managers who wanted to know whether we where ove...

    Revit Tip - Dimension Options - Auto Dimension

    Here is a little tip from an easily overlooked dialogue box.  When creating dimensions you can easily create a strand of dimensions with one... thumbnail 1 summary
  • Here is a little tip from an easily overlooked dialogue box.  When creating dimensions you can easily create a strand of dimensions with one...

    Revit Tutorial - Streamline Topography : Auto Clicking

    Have you spent hours clicking millions of little dots to create beautiful site models in Revit? Are your survey CAD files ever able to use t... thumbnail 1 summary
  • Have you spent hours clicking millions of little dots to create beautiful site models in Revit? Are your survey CAD files ever able to use t...

    Padding the Floor: When to Use Building Pads and When to Use Floors?!

    As a result of Luke's post and a discussion I recently had with a colleague I find myself pondering...  What is the correct method of u... thumbnail 1 summary
    As a result of Luke's post and a discussion I recently had with a colleague I find myself pondering...  What is the correct method of u...

    Revit Tip - Revit and Photoshop Image Manipulation (Shades of Grey)

    Luke re-posted this before I got to it .... Great piece of information.  Remember, I did say this blog would give you quality over quantit... thumbnail 1 summary
    Luke re-posted this before I got to it .... Great piece of information.  Remember, I did say this blog would give you quality over quantit...

    Revit Tip - Finish Editing a Design Option

    This is more of a frustration than a tip...  When you have design options and you want to edit one element in an option you simply use the ... thumbnail 1 summary
    This is more of a frustration than a tip...  When you have design options and you want to edit one element in an option you simply use the ...

    Revit Tip - Funky Topo Edges and Pads (What Revit Wants)

    Luke posted a nice little tip that I have ran into numerous times during my Revit-using career... You know when you have two pads meeting at... thumbnail 1 summary
    Luke posted a nice little tip that I have ran into numerous times during my Revit-using career... You know when you have two pads meeting at...

    Revit Tip - SAuBIM Code Calcs for Colored Floor Plans

    I have spoken to you all before about the program my friend and I developed over the summer (SAuBIM - Code Calcs)... Well, turns out that w... thumbnail 1 summary
    I have spoken to you all before about the program my friend and I developed over the summer (SAuBIM - Code Calcs)... Well, turns out that w...

    Revit Tip - Phasing and Room Names - Revisited...

    Michael, one of your fellow readers, brought up a great point to the little tip I posted about Phasing, Demo, and Room Names : "Having... thumbnail 1 summary
    Michael, one of your fellow readers, brought up a great point to the little tip I posted about Phasing, Demo, and Room Names : "Having...

    Revit Tip - Use other View's Settings (View Template)

    Here is another nice gem I just noticed in Revit Architecture...  I noticed it in 2012 but check to see if it existed in 2011... And, surely... thumbnail 1 summary
    Here is another nice gem I just noticed in Revit Architecture...  I noticed it in 2012 but check to see if it existed in 2011... And, surely...

    Revit Tip - Phasing - Demo Existing and New Room Names

    I posted a few days ago about some frustrations I was having with the Rooms and phasing of Revit.  Well, turns out a simple change of my t... thumbnail 1 summary
    I posted a few days ago about some frustrations I was having with the Rooms and phasing of Revit.  Well, turns out a simple change of my t...

    Revit Tutorial - Custom Materials on Multiple Computers

    Being in school and in work can sometimes restrict you from copying and pasting custom materials into the Revit materials library.  Then, yo... thumbnail 1 summary
    Being in school and in work can sometimes restrict you from copying and pasting custom materials into the Revit materials library.  Then, yo...

    Revit Tip - Retaining Footing Do Not Join (Revit Rocks)

    Nice little tip to look out for when you are making footing in Revit.  Basically, your footings do not join because you might have accidenta... thumbnail 1 summary
    Nice little tip to look out for when you are making footing in Revit.  Basically, your footings do not join because you might have accidenta...

    Revit Tutorials - Creating a Pepple / Rock (buildz)

    A long long time a go.... during a time when conceptual modeling was non-existent in the Revit platform, I was asked about how to make a ... thumbnail 1 summary
    A long long time a go.... during a time when conceptual modeling was non-existent in the Revit platform, I was asked about how to make a ...

    Revit TIp - Save In-Place Families As New Families

    Great tip from Luke over at What Revit Wants.... Save an In-Place Family as an RFA for use in another project Do you have some awesome in-pl... thumbnail 1 summary
    Great tip from Luke over at What Revit Wants.... Save an In-Place Family as an RFA for use in another project Do you have some awesome in-pl...

    Revit Tip - Commenting with Noteblock (BIM TroubleMaker)

    Fantastic post over at BIM Troublemaker.  Using Note Block to schedule and manage comments in a Revit file... Genius! Click here to see the ... thumbnail 1 summary
    Fantastic post over at BIM Troublemaker.  Using Note Block to schedule and manage comments in a Revit file... Genius! Click here to see the ...

    Revit Tutorial - Rotate Multiple Columns at Once

    This is a little tip that might help a lot of you out.... Topics Covered: Placing Columns on Grid Lines Rotating multiple columns simultaneo... thumbnail 1 summary
    This is a little tip that might help a lot of you out.... Topics Covered: Placing Columns on Grid Lines Rotating multiple columns simultaneo...