Using a Journal file to diagnose a Revit crash
Resolutionfind your last Journal File .open it in notepadput your cursor at the file BOTTOM of file …from the Edit pulldown menu select FIND , Select the Direction UP. via � Revit : Finding the Error …
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Using Consistent Workset names to control Linked Model Visibility Graphics
Nice idea from bim42: Each trade model contain a limited amount of worksets, each draftsman working on his own linked model, so I was able to create the same worksets in my compiled model.These workse…
Deleting SLOG file to fix "Central Model cannot be found"
From rvit:We got everyone else to sync and get out of the model. Then, in the central file’s backup folder, we hunted down the SLOG file… and deleted it. And that works. He opens his local file and al…
Tagging Architectural Columns
Steve posted a few interesting things about Tags recently, including:These categories are immune to Rotate with Component: Foundations, Floors, Ceilings, Roofs, Furniture, Furniture Systems, Casework,…
Free Basic Revit Course by AlexVysotskiy – 39 videos, 3 hour
I have reposted Alex Vysotskiy before. He recently uploaded a large set of Youtube videos, including a Basic Course and a course on the Family Editor. See playlists below: Embedded playlist – Basic Re…
Small firms can do BIM too, but be realistic about it – 7 quick quotes
The task of adopting BIM can be very daunting for a small firm.…there will likely be negative consequences for not doing it.…the technology is evolving to have a democratizing effect on the design ind…
Generic Annotation as Keynotes
BIM Aficionado posted a while back about using Generic Annotations and Note Blocks as a workaround for genuine Keynoting. I have posted about similar things before, although I am more proud of my Keyn…
Swapping your Families for different ones
A while back, RevitCat got me thinking about the rules associate with family swapping in Revit. Here are a couple: You can change the Category of a family (using Edit Family, Load into Project) with a…
Revit Text Leader with Adjustable Arrowhead Line Weight
A recent post by Mark Cronin got me thinking… if you can control the arrowhead lineweight for Spot dimensions, can we hack one of these to make a piece of ‘text’ with adjustable arrowhead lineweights?…
BIM four years later – success? My three favourite quotes:
“a challenge having multiple projects being designed in different versions of Revit. Four years ago, the data transferred from these links was flawed or incomplete. Software lockups were common. With …