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Revit 2012 - Filtering Intermediate/Reference Levels
by Stuart Tanfield
Just thought I’d provide some help in this blog. When working in a project with lots of varying l...
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Revit 2012 - Crop Regions on multiple floor plans
by Stuart Tanfield
One of the most commonly asked questions in Revit is “How do I Line up my Crop Regions on multipl...
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Setting or Changing Ground Level in Revit 2015
by Justin Doughty
A very common Revit question I am asked, is “how do I move the ground level of my project?”
Below...
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Revit 2015 - Using the Multiple Copy/Monitor
by James Philip
When you have linked files time can be saved by copying various objects from the linked file, i.e. G...
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Revit 2015 - Customise a Continuous Rail Extension
by James Philip
To select the top rail, first position the cursor on the rail then use the tab key to cycle though u...
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Revit 2015 - Define a Continuous Rail Extension
by James Philip
You can define a rail extension for a handrail or top rail.
Modify an extension
To Select the top ...
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Revit Structure 2014: Structural Framing - Bracing
by John Flanagan
Bracing gives the structural steel frame rigidity. To add cross bracing to our structure we need to...
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Revit 2014: Wall Material Alignment
by John Flanagan
When you zoom into your 3D model to inspect it you may sometimes notice that the facing brick bondi...
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Revit 2015 - Quick Tip : View Range for Families
by Liam O'Connor
When working in the family editor you may need to adjust the “View Range” for the view you’re worki...
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Revit 2015 - Undo - Everyone’s Favourite Button
by Liam O'Connor
If you’re like me and the Undo command gets a lot of use with your day to day use of Revit or any S...
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Scheduling Weights via Volumes in Revit 2015
by Liam O'Connor
Calculating the Weight of any Material by a Volume parameter
Autodesk Revit Structure has many gre...
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Revit 2014 - Infill Elements for Existing Phases
by Justin Doughty
Keeping “Existing” elements displaying correctly in a Revit project can sometimes become troubleso...
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Trimming a Toposurface in Revit 2015
by Justin Doughty
When creating a Toposurface from an Import such as an AutoCAD DWG file, you may find that the Topo...
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Revit 2014 - Relocate a Project
by Justin Doughty
At some point you may be required to relocate your Revit Project to a known coordinate/point. Rath...
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Revit MEP 2015 - Overcoming problems using eccentric Transition
by James Philip
When working in Revit MEP the transition from one duct size to another is created automatically.
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Revit 2015 - Create a Dormer at a Roof’s Edge
by James Philip
When you create a roof Dormer in two parts at the roof’s edge, the dormer section will not join to t...
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Revit 2014 - Inaccurate Modelling Vs. Accurate Modelling
by John Flanagan
For accurate quantity calculations it is advisable to model accurately. The image below shows two s...
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Revit 2015 - Complex Ceiling Grid
by Justin Doughty
I was recently testing some different ceiling grid patterns in Revit and wondering if there was an...
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Revit 2014 - Quick Tip: Aligned Dimensions
by Justin Doughty
Sometimes it’s easy to forget some of the simple features in Revit, for instance when trying to ge...
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Revit Architecture 2015 – Create Elevation Views
by John Flanagan
Create 'Floor Plan' Callouts instead of 'Detail' Callouts.
If you plan on creating 'Elevation' vie...
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Revit Architecture 2014: Visual Display Options
by John Flanagan
Visual display options are easily accessed form the View Control Bar at the bottom of the view or m...
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Revit 2013 - Fixing File Corruption
by John Flanagan
From time to time your project will begin to experience duress and possible corruption. This can ha...
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Revit Architecture 2013 - Guidelines on Phasing
by John Flanagan
Follow these best practices when creating phases in your project:
If you consistently work with ...
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Revit 2015 - Creating a Railway Track Using the Railing Tool
by James Philip
At a customer site I was asked if I knew a way of creating a railway track that was flexible. After ...
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Adding a Custom Hatch Pattern to Revit 2014
by James Philip
Revit accepts the same format Hatch pattern as AutoCAD, which is the *.pat file extension which is e...
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Revit 2014 - 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 colou...
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Revit 2015 - Quick Tip: Speed Up Selection With Filter
by Justin Doughty
After working on some Revit files recently, I cannot explain how much quicker it is to use Filter ...
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Revit MEP 2014 - Filtering for Duct Elevation
by Justin Doughty
Filters in Revit can be very useful to display a wide variety of visual differences in views, es...
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Rotate Views on a Sheet in Revit 2013
by Justin Doughty
So you would like to rotate a view placed on a sheet in Revit.
On the sheet, the Modify> Rotate c...
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Revit Architecture 2013 – Curtain Walls
by John Flanagan
Delegates often ask the question - How do I delete a curtain wall grid when modifying my curtain wa...