Revit – ARKANCE EMEA

Revit 2019 – Too many missing elements

By Justin Doughty One of the tricky error messages I have come across in Revit, is when an error message reports th...

By Garry Stockton One of the new features embedded in the Revit 2018.2 patch upgrade is the ability to change how yo...

Exporting Revit 2018 Models to Sketchup

By Dennis Collin Revit for many years has had an import from Sketchup Functionality which can prove useful in family...

Revit 2018 - Utilise Co-ordination Files

By Stuart Tanfield New features for product releases really used to get the hardcore users excited about what might b...

Using the Multiple Copy/Monitor in Revit 2019

By James Philip When you have linked files time can be saved by copying various objects from the linked file i.e. Gri...

Revit 2018 view cycling tip

By Dennis Collin After working for some hours in Revit it is likely that users will have many views open, it can be...

Revit – Copying room tags between floors to maintain correct room numbering

By Garry Stockton When using room tags for numbering your rooms, they follow on numerically (see image A). However, ...

Selection Sets in Revit 2018

By Dennis Collin Revit has many ways of selecting objects from picking on screen graphically, to utilising meta data...

Revit – Understanding Views and Sheets

By Garry Stockton Sheets are mostly used for printing and views are actual project workspaces that can be placed ont...

Kobilabs Revit 2018 Toolkit - Legend Creator

By James Philip The Kobilabs Revit Toolkit is a collection of Apps that enhance the functionality of Revit 2018. The...

Revit Architecture 2018 – Reducing Revit File Size

By John Flanagan Introduction During training courses, I often get asked about file sizes in Revit. There are many t...

Revit 2018 Change Colour of Ducts

By Justin Doughty One of the most asked questions regarding Revit MEP is “How to change the colour of ducts?”. I tho...

Revit 2018 – Upside Down Elements with Hosted Families in Revit MEP

By Dennis Collin Sometimes when placing hosted families in Revit, lighting fixture and plumbing fixture objects will...

Revit Architecture 2018 – Show Project Status in a Titleblock

By John Flanagan In this blog I will outline the steps to show project status in a Revit Titleblock. Figure 1 shows p...

Revit 2018 – Curtain Walls with Louvered Panels

By John Flanagan Introduction : Use a curtain wall type to define a series of mullions that act as louvers. The new ...

Exporting from Revit to AutoCAD with Coordinates

By Garry Stockton If you want to Export from Revit to AutoCAD with coordinates, you will need to do the following:...

Revit – Missing Browser/Properties

By Garry Stockton New users often close the Properties and Project browsers without realising it. Here is simple way...

Revit Architecture 2018 – Add Dimensions in a 3D View

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Revit 2018 Online Help Not Working

By Justin Doughty Something I noticed on my own Revit 2018 Installation was that when the help icon was pressed, it t...

Revit 2018 - Create a new tag

By Justin Doughty “No Tag Loaded” a simple everyday message we see in Revit when wanting to tag an element. So we g...

Tips for a smooth transition from AutoCAD to Revit

By John Flanagan Here are some tips for a smooth transition from AutoCAD to Revit. If you are new to Revit you are m...

Revit Architecture 2018 – Top Sites with Free Revit Families

By John Flanagan During training courses delegates often ask where they can access extra Revit content – especially ...

Revit 2018: Free Revit Family Content

By Justin Doughty If you are a Revit 2018 user that hasn’t had the 2018.1 update, or do not have the US Metric conten...

Using Snap Overrides in Revit 2018

By James Philip When creating, or editing objects within Revit, the snaps are selected automatically. This is becaus...

Configuring Pipework Symbology in Revit MEP 2018

By Dennis Collin Pipework in general can be quite difficult to draw in a plant room or other busy area and still be a...

Being able to open door objects in 3d views in Autodesk Revit 2018

By Dennis Collin Creating a Revit door family which you can open in 3D! Open or shut that door in 3d! This is a fre...

Adding Tags to 3D Models

By Garry Stockton Did you know that you can Tag elements in 3D views? I have attached an easy to use method that any...

Revit - Properties and Project Browser Dialogue Boxes

By Martin Phelps On installation the default location for the “Properties” and “Project Browser” dialogue boxes are d...

Revit – Levels, Blue or Black?

By Garry Stockton When setting up levels in the Elevation or Section views, have you wondered why most of your Leve...

Revit Architecture 2018 – Editing the Appearance of Reference Planes

By John Flanagan Introduction Do your Reference Planes look chunky in the Family Editor? In the image above they...