Revit

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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Revit 2020 - Dummy Tags
By Justin Doughty There may be instances when using Revit where you need something freely editable, that isn’t quite...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Understanding Revit Parameters – Part 1
By Dennis Collin When training Revit I frequently find my delegates like to be reminded about the difference between ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Revit 2020 - Spools
By Justin Doughty I was recently asked how to produce Spools or Spool drawings in Revit. Below are 3 suggestions you...
Revit - Scheduling nested components
By Dennis Collin Whatever your discipline using Revit there is likely to be a need to create schedules of elements. ...
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. ...
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...
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...