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 - 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...

    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 - 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 - 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...

    Revit Tip - Floor Plan and Ceiling Plan View Range Explained

    There has been a trend in the firm I work for with new Revit adopters... Particularly, the ones who started out in AutoCAD.  The issue stems... thumbnail 1 summary
    There has been a trend in the firm I work for with new Revit adopters... Particularly, the ones who started out in AutoCAD.  The issue stems...

    Revit Tutorial – Family Creation Series – Part 13 - Adjustable Angle Curtain Wall Door

    Topics Covered in the final part of the series (See the first and second video tutorials here)... Loading the nested family. Locking the ins... thumbnail 1 summary
    Topics Covered in the final part of the series (See the first and second video tutorials here)... Loading the nested family. Locking the ins...

    Revit Tutorial – Family Creation Series – Part 12 - Adjustable Angle Curtain Wall Door

    The second part of our creation of an adjustable curtain wall door series explores the following topics: Adding parameters. Flexing/Testing ... thumbnail 1 summary
    The second part of our creation of an adjustable curtain wall door series explores the following topics: Adding parameters. Flexing/Testing ...

    Revit Tip - Cannot See Underlay

    A coworker of mine ran into an interesting issue that I have yet to see.  He had a roof plan and wanted to see the first floor as an underla... thumbnail 1 summary
    A coworker of mine ran into an interesting issue that I have yet to see.  He had a roof plan and wanted to see the first floor as an underla...

    Revit Tutorial - Shaft Openings

    This is a very simple tutorial but can help you out quite a bit.  So often I see people creating mechanical and elevator shafts by sketching... thumbnail 1 summary
    This is a very simple tutorial but can help you out quite a bit.  So often I see people creating mechanical and elevator shafts by sketching...

    Revit Tip - Render Farm (Tocci)

    Here is another great little write up over at John Tocci's blog: For a variety of reasons I won’t delve into, this past week we found my... thumbnail 1 summary
    Here is another great little write up over at John Tocci's blog: For a variety of reasons I won’t delve into, this past week we found my...

    Revit Tip / Tutorial - Spell Check Entire Project

    Such a dumb little wishlist item... Really Autodesk?  You are telling me you can add conceptual massing to Revit but you can't make the ... thumbnail 1 summary
    Such a dumb little wishlist item... Really Autodesk?  You are telling me you can add conceptual massing to Revit but you can't make the ...