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Extending Dynamo’s functionality
By Dennis Collin
Dynamo for Revit is an open source visual programming platform. It is installed as part of Revit. D...
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Adding a prefix to Revit’s Mark parameter with Dynamo scripting – Part 2
By Dennis Collin
Following on from my recent post about using Dynamo to create list of Revit components and combinin...
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Revit 2020 – Brick Wall as Railing - Part 1
By John Flanagan
In this blog I will show you how to modify a railing element and turn it into a brick garden/park f...
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Understanding Revit Parameters – Part 3, Project Parameters
Revit comes with built-in system fields attached to its objects as standard, and these fields can be shown in schedu...
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Understanding Revit Parameters – Part 2, Family and Shared Parameters
By Dennis Collin
A Revit family is so much more than a graphical symbol. It certainly fills that role, however, it ca...
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Revit 2020 - Transfer One Setting
By Justin Doughty
When working with projects in Revit, you may come across the need to transfer just one setting bet...
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Revit Tip – Pin down objects to prevent unintentional model changes!
By Dennis Collin
So many times whilst training I get asked the question, “How do I stop people messing up my Revit m...
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Revit 2020 - Schedule Duct Fitting Angle
By Justin Doughty
When creating a duct fitting schedule in Revit, not all of the information from the model is avail...
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Revit 2020 – Brick Wall as Railing - Part 2
By John Flanagan
Please read my previous blog Brick Wall as Railing Part 1 for an introduction. In this Part 2 we wi...
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Revit 2020 - Dummy Tags
By Justin Doughty
There may be instances when using Revit where you need something freely editable, that isn’t quite...
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Using Dynamo to display door swing information
By Dennis Collin
Whilst training I am often asked the question whether Revit will show door swing or handing informa...
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Adding a prefix to Revit’s Mark parameter with Dynamo scripting - Part 1
By Dennis Collin
When creating items in Revit, the software assigns many built in parameters, such as Manufacturer, ...
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Revit - Move and rotate surface patterns
By Garry Stockton
Move and rotate surface patterns
At times you may need to align ceiling grids, brick hatch and CMU ...
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Revit 2020 - Wall Sweep Tip
By John Flanagan
Revit 2020 Wall Sweep Tip
Introduction
When editing a wall type, always remember to duplicate and r...
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Revit 2020.2 - Path of Travel Improvements
By Dennis Collin
In Revit 2020 a new object type was introduced called Path of Travel Lines which are useful to disp...
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Revit 2020 - Baluster Editing Options
By James Philip
This is a situation many of us encounter. We have just created the perfect stair, but the Baluster le...
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Revit 2020 - Axis Communications Plugin
By James Philip
The Axis Communications Plugin for Revit 2020 is a great suite of tools for adding security equipment...
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Revit - Orient to View
By Garry Stockton
Orient to View
In a 3D view, if you right-click on your view cube you get the option to Orient to ...
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Revit - Using the Measure Tool
Using the Tape Measure - tips
The Measure tool will do exactly what you think it will; measure between two points wit...
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Enhanced Chamfer and Fillet add-in for Revit
By Dennis Collin
Revit’s fillet command can be a bit difficult to locate for AutoCAD users as they tend to expect it ...
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Room Purge add-in for Revit
By Dennis Collin
Although Revit has a purge command for cleaning Revit files. The purge command will not remove room...
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Understanding Revit Parameters – Part 1
By Dennis Collin
When training Revit I frequently find my delegates like to be reminded about the difference between ...
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Revit - Adding a Google Map Image into Revit
By Martin Phelps
Please note this may not be the only method to carry out this process, however this procedure works ...
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Revit - Useful Everyday tools in Revit – Thin Lines
By Garry Stockton
One of the tools in Revit that gets overlooked sometimes is the ‘Thin Line Tool’. In this blog I w...
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Revit - Rules for Revit Families
By Garry Stockton
1. The family should have no warnings or exceptions.
This may seem obvious, but you would be surpri...
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Revit 2020 - Spools
By Justin Doughty
I was recently asked how to produce Spools or Spool drawings in Revit. Below are 3 suggestions you...
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Revit - Scheduling nested components
By Dennis Collin
Whatever your discipline using Revit there is likely to be a need to create schedules of elements. ...
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Revit 2020 - Hide Internal Origin
By Justin Doughty
With the introduction of Revit 2020.2 came the ability to see the Project Internal Origin marker. ...
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Revit - Copying Project Standards
By Garry Stockton
Although you may have created a standard template in Revit, there may be times when you need a cust...
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Revit 2020 - Adding Material to a Stair Tread
By James Philip
In Revit the stair creation process has been greatly simplified in the recent releases, but if you ar...