Revit

Revit 2015 - Low Wall Cut Display
by Justin Doughty Most Revit users are confident using the View Range to change the cut plane of their walls. Some u...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Revit 2014 - Infill Elements for Existing Phases
by Justin Doughty Keeping “Existing” elements displaying correctly in a Revit project can sometimes become troubleso...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Revit Architecture 2015 – Create Elevation Views
by John Flanagan Create 'Floor Plan' Callouts instead of 'Detail' Callouts. If you plan on creating 'Elevation' vie...
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...
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...
Revit Architecture 2013 - Guidelines on Phasing
by John Flanagan Follow these best practices when creating phases in your project: If you consistently work with ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...