Revit Minimum Room Size
Revit does not allow rooms to become smaller than certain dimensions – it simply switches to Not Enclosed when one dimension goes below about 276 mm (when using room separation lines on a rectangular …
2011-10
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Introducing Revit Architecture 2012
An interesting packaged arrived on my desk on the 5 September 2011. It contained a copy of the book Introducing Revit Architecture 2012. Right from the outset, it can be seen that this book is targete…
Revit Wants a ditty v1.0
Pink linesPink linesWhatcha gunna doWhatcha gunna doWhen they won’t form a closed loop? Con-straintsCon-straintsWhatcha gunna doWhatcha gunna doWhen they ask to be removed? Pro-jectsPro-jectsWhatcha g…
Transfer Legend Views between Projects
A well known limitation of current Revit versions is that you cannot easily transfer a Legend View between projects. However, you can do the following with Legend Views: Save to Project as Image (just…
Find the Average RGB Color of a material sample and get the RGB values with free tool
In Revit, we often have to input RGB values for various color properties, such as shaded view colors for a particular material, or if you want a specific Paint color for a rendered material. To do thi…
AutoCAD Automatic save is disabled when the Block Editor is open
Here is a little trap for those who use the Block Editor in AutoCAD. From the Help documentation: Note Automatic save is disabled when the Block Editor is open. This is scary stuff. You could work for…
Locate32 – for very fast searches of specific directories
Locate32 is a free tool that allows you to create custom search database files for a nominated directory (including network resources and USB storage). You can then manually update these database file…
Compressing PDF using free tools
Do you have some large format black and white PDF drawings that are taking up excessive space? Perhaps they contain multi-layered vector information that is clogging them up. You can easily make them …
Link Excel spreadsheet data into Revit
There is a way to link Excel data into Revit, and retain the ability to ‘update’ that data when it changes. Essentially, it involves using AutoCAD as a middle-man to get the job done. In simple terms:…
Hotfix – Autodesk Revit 2012 – Apply material family parameters using the Paint tool
This hotfix restores the ability to apply material family parameters to faces of family elements using the Paint tool. Make sure that Update Release 2 has been applied prior to adding the hotfix. Veri…