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,…
Luke Johnson
Practical ideas for Revit, BIM and construction technology. Built from years of shared experience.
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 …
Andersen Window Studio is back (Revit content creator / plugin)
EDIT via Autodesk Forum Revit 2014 was just released and an updated version of Andersen’s Window Studio is being tested right now. Release date is expected in 7 – 10 days, but a pre-release version ha…
Using a Super Void Generic Model to Cut Anything
I had a Structural Framing member (a portal frame) and I wanted to demolish only the overhanging part of it. Using methods like Cut By Face would not have any proper respect for Phasing, so I thought …
New Generic Natspec Keynote file
Can be downloaded at this link:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1dGdRkpk2beQjBNMDdxbXMxaTA/edit?usp=sharing Received via Mark Kelly, Cadgroup Australia Pty Ltd. It is dated October 2012. Thanks Mark! …