Revit

Revit – Converting Mass Instances to Building Elements
by Garry Stockton Once you have created any Mass instances in Revit, you can create building elements from the faces ...
Revit - Resetting the Camera View
By Martin Phelps When using the “Camera” to create a photo realistic “View” of the model, the displayed view can be a...
Revit User Performance Tips (Part 1)
by Garry Stockton Whether new to Revit, or an experienced user, we can often forget some of the basic things when us...
Revit 2024 – Adding Symbols
by John Flanagan Revit 2024:  Adding Symbols Symbols are 2D annotations that you can place in any view to highlight ...
Revit - Drawing a “Wall” at an Angle Relating to the Last Drawn “Wall”
By Martin Phelps Draw the “Wall” at the required angle, as shown in Figure 1. Once the “Wall” has been drawn, its an...
Revit - Using Count in Schedules
By Garry Stockton You cannot use the count parameter in a formula which can be challenging, so if you want to know th...
Moving from Planning to Tender Stage Drawings with Revit
by Garry Stockton So, you’ve submitted your planning drawings and received your permission from the local council. T...
Revit - Export DWG/DXF Settings (2016-2024)
by Garry Stockton Did you know, before exporting a model to DWG or DXF, you can create or modify an export setup to ...
Revit User Performance Tips (Part 2)
by Garry Stockton Whether new to Revit or an experienced user, we can often forget some of the basic things when usi...
New to Revit? File Naming Tips
by Garry Stockton Revit File Naming Use only letters A-Z, hyphen, underscore and numbers 0-9 for all fields. All fie...
Revit – Using Clipping Planes
by Garry Stockton Revit has a great tool when viewing 2D and 3D content. Near and far clipping planes are imaginary ...
Revit – Useful Add-in – Improved Alignment Function for Revit!
By Dennis Collin When working in Revit, whatever the discipline, there is a requirement to align and organise compon...
Revit - Tip for Worksharing
By Garry Stockton Whilst worksharing is a useful tool for collaborative workflows, we have also encountered the rare ...
Revit 2024 – Using Path of Travel for Site Models
By Dennis Collin I was recently asked about using Path of Travel lines on a site model. The idea was to be able to e...
Revit 2024 - Create Families
By John Flanagan Revit Families Families are Revit files (.rfa) which you create and load into Revit Projects (.rvt)...
Revit MEP – Working with Panel Schedules
By Dennis Collin Revit can generate panel schedules for branch panels, data panels and switchboxes. This schedule wi...
Revit 2024 – General Improvements
By John Flanagan As with all new releases, Revit 2024 includes several resolved issues and updated system behaviour....
Revit 2024.1 – Structural Section Shape Parameters in Tags
By Dennis Collin Another major improvement with the Revit 2024.1 release is the addition of many more parameters ava...
Revit 2024 - Adding Views to Sheets
By John Flanagan Adding Views to Sheets You can now drag multiple views or schedules from the Project Browser to pla...
Revit 2024.1 – Split with Gap on Structural Elements
By Dennis Collin Revit 2024.1 brings many improvements, one that will prove useful for structural models is the new ...
Revit 2024.1 – Cutting Toposolids with Shaft Opening Tip
By Dennis Collin With the release of Revit 2024, the Toposurface and Building Pad elements were discontinued. Surfac...
Revit 2024.1 – Export Fill Patterns to PAT Format
By Dennis Collin Recently I posted about how a user could create a user defined pattern fill within a text file and ...
Revit – Tips for reducing the size of your model
By Garry Stockton There’s nothing worse than when you click in Revit and get the blue circle telling you it’s thinkin...
Revit – Sheet Organisation
By Garry Stockton On a recent training course, a delegate asked how he could organise his Drawing Sheets better, maki...
Revit Tip – Overriding the view range in a plan view
By Dennis Collin I was recently asked a question relating to view range. The view range function defines a series of...
Revit - Useful Naming Content Ideas
By Garry Stockton File Naming in the Project Browser Use only letters A-Z, hyphen, underscore and numbers 0-9 for al...
Revit 2024 Tip – Temporary View Properties
By Dennis Collin It is often the case that Revit working views need to have their view settings temporarily overridd...
Revit 2023 - Flat Landscape in Revit
By John Flanagan On small flat sites, use floors instead of Toposurface. Use floors to represent site elements on si...
Revit 2023 – Working with Site Features
By John Flanagan Creating a Toposurface You can create a topographical surface in Revit, which is distinct from a fl...
Revit 2024 Tip: A Trio of Origins! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?
By Dennis Collin When working in Revit and need to share models with other consultants it’s important to understand ...