Revit
Revit 2020 - Restore Elements to a Group Instance
By James Philip
If elements are excluded from group instance, they may be needed to be restored. The items can be man...
Revit – Slow unwieldy project? Try the Family Size Reporter Add-in!
By Dennis Collin
A Revit project file, if not managed properly, can easily suffer from performance issues, such as s...
Revit 2020 – Stacked Wall Alignment
By John Flanagan
Stacked Wall Alignment
When creating masonry stacked walls you need to make sure that the blockwork...
Revit - Importing a DWG Linked file – Part 1
By Garry Stockton
Recently whilst on support, there were 2 calls which had issues with importing DWG’s into Revit. Th...
Revit 2020 - Adding Detail to a Stair Tread
By James Philip
In the previous blog we added material to the stair tread, in this one we will add some tread detail....
Revit 2020 - Using Snap Overrides
By James Philip
When creating, or editing objects within Revit, the snaps are selected automatically. This is becaus...
Revit 2020 - Exclude Elements from a Group Instance
By James Philip
Using groups within Revit simplifies the control and updating of multiple objects, but it relies on a...
Revit – Easy way to manage component libraries and projects
By Dennis Collin
Managing Revit content can be a challenge to any office, but fortunately there are several useful ad...
Revit – Useful utility for new users to quickly find and access commands
By Dennis Collin
When learning any new software, it can be a challenge to locate commands quickly. Many users find t...
Revit - Creating 3D Sections
By Garry Stockton
Towards the end of each training course, I do a quick ‘Tips n Tricks’ session. Below, I will show h...
Revit - Importing a DWG Linked file – Part 2
By Garry Stockton
After inserting the DWG via CAD Link - linking doesn’t bring in layers and linetypes, it just brin...
Revit - Duplicate Views
By Garry Stockton
Sheets are used for printing, while views are actual workspaces that can be placed onto sheets for ...
Revit Architecture to MEP Workflow (Room Names to Space Names)
By Garry Stockton
During a recent Revit training course MEP engineers asked why Revit names Spaces differ for Archite...
Revit 2020 - Trimming Walls to the Underside of Curved Stairs Using Voids
By James Philip
When placing a curved wall under stairs in Revit, the option to edit profile is not available as in s...
Revit 2020 – Stacked Walls
By John Flanagan
Introduction
Creating a Stacked Wall in Revit
You can create a vertical wall assembly in Revit by s...
Exporting Revit to Max
By Garry Stockton
Exporting Revit to 3ds Max
3ds Max is one of the best software applications to get photorealistic r...
Revit 2020 – The Massing Tool Set – Roof by Face
By John Flanagan
Introduction
Create roofs on any non-vertical faces of a mass using the Roof by Face tool. You can ...
Revit 2020 – Mass Floor Schedule
By John Flanagan
Introduction
This blog follows on from my previous blog on Cadline Community (Creating Mass Floors ...
Revit 2020 - Worksharing Display Monitor
By James Philip
Use worksharing display modes to visually distinguish workshared project elements.
You can use worksh...
Revit - Padlock Icon
By Garry Stockton
Have you ever thought about right clicking the Padlock on a Revit dimension?
Right click the padloc...
Revit 2020 - Things to Avoid – Full Explode
By John Flanagan
Introduction
EXPLODE DWG FILE INSIDE REVIT?
Exploding a CAD file inside Revit is not a good idea. T...
Revit 2020 - Creating Mass Floors
By John Flanagan
Introduction
You can create a mass floor at each level defined in the project. Mass floors display ...
Revit Structure – Presenting Rebar in 3D views
By Dennis Collin
Whether you use the out of the box reinforcement tools, or say an add-in like the precast concrete ...
Revit – Useful Room Add-in
By Dennis Collin
Whilst Revit room tools work well, there is a useful add-in that makes working with room objects and...
Revit 2020 - Installing a Keynote file
By James Philip
To prepare your Revit project to use the built in Keynote tool, you will need to associate a keynote ...
Revit - Understanding Sheets and Views
By Garry Stockton
Sheets are used for printing, while views are actual workspaces/views that can be placed onto sheet...
Revit MEP 2020 - Create System Types
By James Philip
You can create a new duct or piping system type by duplicating an existing system type.
When you dupl...
Revit – Creating new and modifying existing line style patterns
By Dennis Collin
A couple of years ago I outlined some of the issues encountered by Revit users and how that can be ...
Revit - Importing Custom hatch fill Pattern Styles
By Dennis Collin
Revit does have a few fill styles with its out of the box template files, but inevitably for certai...
Revit 2020 - The Massing Tool Set - Floor by Face
By John Flanagan
In this blog we will look at ways to use the massing tool set to create a building model from an ex...