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Revit – Creating a new Custom Line Pattern
By Garry Stockton
Whilst there are quite a few ‘Line Patterns ‘(Manage Tab, Settings Panel, Additional Settings, Line...
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PointSense for Revit - Acquire Coordinates From Point Cloud
By Justin Doughty
Making sure your Revit project is in the correct location on site can sometime be tricky when star...
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Creating Area Specific 3D Section Views in Revit 2017
By Garry Stockton
In this Blog I will show you how to quickly create specific 3D section views in Revit 2016/2017.
S...
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Revit 2017 – Importing vs Linking CAD Files
By John Flanagan
On training courses I frequently get asked questions about importing and linking files into Revit. ...
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Revit Architecture 2017 – Stair Concepts
By John Flanagan
Introduction
There are two approaches to creating Stairs in Revit. These are the Stair by Component...
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Revit 2017 Camera fails to appear when using Show Camera
By James Philip
If you create a 3D Camera view and then change the view discipline. (See Figs 1 & 2)
Fig 1
Fig 2
T...
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Revit Architecture 2017 – Change the Transparency of an Imported AutoCAD File
By John Flanagan
You can import an AutoCAD dwg file into Revit in order to trace walls etc. The quickest way to do t...
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Revit Architecture 2017 – Create a Stepped Footing/Foundation
By John Flanagan
Where there is a change in grade you may want to create a stepped footing/foundation.
Fig 1: Use Re...
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Revit 2017: Display of Nested Symbols in Families
By Justin Doughty
A recent Revit support call triggered my investigation into nested symbols and their visibili...
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Revit 2017: Creating a Half Hipped Roof
By Garry Stockton
Below you’ll find a short video showing you how simple it is to convert a Hipped Roof to a Half H...
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Setting centrelines to show for Revit MEP 2017 Ductwork
By Dennis Collin
Revit MEP has been out for several releases now but there are still some strange omissions in some ...
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Revit 2017: Lost File Association
By Justin Doughty
I’ve recently seen an issue where multiple versions of Revit are installed, and the file associ...
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Revit 2017 - Original Materials and Phase Filters
By James Philip
We were asked would it be possible to keep the original wall material display and just apply a colour...
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Revit 2017 - No points were found in the file error
By Dennis Collin
No points were found in the file error
I recently had an problem reported when a user received an e...
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Revit 2017 Create a List of Notes
A common practice for new Revit users involves completing details and annotation within AutoCAD rather than directly ...
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Revit 2017 - How to adjust your Cameras field of view
By James Philip
It appeared that the only way to change the camera field of view in Revit was to change the crop regi...
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Revit Architecture 2017 – Curtain Walls: Modifying/Deleting Curtain Grids
By John Flanagan
Introduction
Delegates often ask the question - How do I delete a curtain wall grid when modifying ...
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Revit 2017 - Creating a wall with diagonal brickwork
By Garry Stockton
Creating a wall with a face (brickwork, facades, cladding) that usually runs horizontally or vertic...
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Revit 2017 – Adjust/Enlarge User Interface Display
By John Flanagan
Introduction
During training sessions some delegates struggle to see not only the User Interface ic...
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Dynamo Script Player for Revit 2017
By Dennis Collin
Last week there was an update to Revit 2017 called 2017.1. Along with the usual enhancements there...
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Revit MEP 2017 and Electrical Wiring
By Dennis Collin
Customising the Appearance of Wires in Revit MEP 2017
To customise a wire’s appeara...
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Revit 2017 : Cobie Extension
By James Philip
The Revit 2017 Cobie Extension can be downloaded using the following link:
http://www.biminteroperabi...
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Revit 2017 - Easy Tools to Increase Efficiency
By Garry Stockton
Drag to Copy - Hold down the Ctrl key and drag a component to make a copy of it.
Control the Proj...
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Customise a Continuous Rail Extension in Revit 2017
By James Philip
Customise a Continuous Rail Extension in Revit 2017
To select the top rail, first position the cursor...
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Revit 2017 - Activating a View in a drawing sheet
By Gary Stockton
Revit- Activating a View in a drawing sheet
When you have a drawing sheet open in Revit and you sud...
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Revit 2017 - Cut and Fill Calculations
By James Philip Fig 1
Firstly, create your top surface using any of the methods available. As in Fig 1
Once the surfa...
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Revit Architecture 2017 – Coordinates (Part 1): Survey and Project Base Points
By John Flanagan
Introduction
Every project has a project base point and a survey point , although they might not b...
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Revit 2017 - Making Temporarily Dimensions Larger
By Garry Stockton
Have you ever found the Temporary Dimension too small in Revit? If you have installed Revit, the s...
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Creating a Brow Dormer in Revit 2017
By Dennis Collin
Dormers are a common feature with some older buildings in the UK. A recent Cadline blog detailed her...
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Revit 2017 - Reversing Walls Components
By Martin Phelps
Walls may be added to a Revit project in a number of ways depending on the project and work flow.
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