Not strictly Revit, but strictly cool…
If you are on Subscription with Autodesk, you HAVE to try the new Subscription Bonus Pack, which includes advanced PDF tools for use with AutoCAD. You can import, clip and even SNAP to PDF files (if t…
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'It's a way of thinking'
One of my fellow staff members was recently doing some work in AutoCAD (after using Revit), and he said something quite profound: “It’s a way of thinking, isn’t it” And it really is. Using Revit prope…
Tab select for instance parameters!
So you are using the ‘grips’ to try and stretch instance parameters on a family, but it is a pain – sometimes they snap, sometimes they don’t, you can’t dial in a certain value to ‘move’ the instance …
Use shortcut keys!
Revit has a nice GUI, and it is okay to use the mouse at times. But to truly be productive, you must use shortcut keys! This is vital for commonly used commands. I have set up my shortcut keys to prim…