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I have created a new custom search engine that searches through hundreds of Revit blogs and the main Revit forums at:Revit Master Search I have also updated the Revit Blog Search and Revit Forum Searc…
WhiteFeet Tools for Revit is a powerful set of add-ins that can make the impossible, possible. I have posted about them before. In this brief post, we look at how you can effectively Schedule the Refe…
Make a rectangular extrusion form Make a revolve form using funny looking profile shown above – switch to void Cut geometry, and then adjust grips as necessary to make it look nice Download the file (…
Collaboration is the buzzword in the AEC community for 2013. Something relatively unique to the current era of technology is Architectural collaboration – more than one firm of Architects working on a…
Some quotes from Making Breakthroughs in Revit: An Interview with Marcello Sgambelluri (the cow and elephant guy 🙂 “I realized … that Revit is much more than a program to be used to document buildings…
From Jeffrey McGrew on RevitForum (I’ve underlined key parts): “While I respectfully disagree that rendering in Revit is a waste of time, for there are still times we do so, I totally agree with what …
Or is it a professional, individual endeavor? Or both? Five quick quotes from different parts of the latest JBIM:When practiced correctly, BIM is meant to support collaboration across the facilities l…
Ok, first of all, this is probably a bug. But in some ways, it is quite cool. Do this: Make a Railing in Revit 2013 with either a Top Rail or a Hand Rail (see here) Tab select one of the Rails and ent…
I’ve been waiting for this! Keyboard shortcuts can make you ridiculously more productive in any CAD software, and that certainly includes Revit. Harry has made a little ‘tutor’ program that gives you …
The sheer volume of different BIM standards can be confusing in itself – and that is without even considering the a) usefulness, b) applicability, c) practicality or d) up-to-date-ness of these differ…