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 - 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 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 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 Tutorial – Family Creation Series – Part 11 - Adjustable Angle Curtain Wall Door

This is a topic that always comes up... I don't know why Autodesk does not simply put doors with adjustable swings in the content librar... thumbnail 1 summary
This is a topic that always comes up... I don't know why Autodesk does not simply put doors with adjustable swings in the content librar...

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 Tutorial - Window Elevations

I posted a while ago about the hassles of creating curtain wall elevations ... It seems every project I work on there is a dillema that aris... thumbnail 1 summary
I posted a while ago about the hassles of creating curtain wall elevations ... It seems every project I work on there is a dillema that aris...

Revit Tip - 5 Revit 2012 Timesavers (Revit Clinic)

A few nice little tips from Revit Clinic... 5 Revit 2012 Timesavers I've organized some of my favorite enhancements below with the 2012 ... thumbnail 1 summary
A few nice little tips from Revit Clinic... 5 Revit 2012 Timesavers I've organized some of my favorite enhancements below with the 2012 ...

Revit Tutorial - Creating Curtain Wall Elevations in Revit (Revit Dialog)

A new blog surfaced a few months ago and I completely forgot to mention it....   Looks to be a promising resource with some great little Rev... thumbnail 1 summary
A new blog surfaced a few months ago and I completely forgot to mention it....   Looks to be a promising resource with some great little Rev...

Revit Tutorial - Create a Monolithic Stair Stringer

This is the sort of thing that many people will sit there and think, "Well, why the heck do you need a stringer on monolithic stairs... thumbnail 1 summary
This is the sort of thing that many people will sit there and think, "Well, why the heck do you need a stringer on monolithic stairs...

Revit Tutorials - Total BIM Lessons!

Looking through the Autodesk BIM Curriculum just release at the Education Community I stumbled upon a HUGE series of tutorial videos... For ... thumbnail 1 summary
Looking through the Autodesk BIM Curriculum just release at the Education Community I stumbled upon a HUGE series of tutorial videos... For ...