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Video Series – Conceptual Massing in Revit 2011

David Light has put together an excellent, concise set of videos describing how to make various forms using the 2011 massing tools. Back to Basics – Conceptual Masses in Revit 2011…

2010-09-20 · Luke Johnson
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Split Structural Column Vertically

Have you ever tried to use the Split tool on a Structural column? Doesn’t work? You need to change the Column Style to one of the Slanted types. Now you will be able to split the structural column.…

2010-09-19 · Luke Johnson
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Multiple Selection using Schedule Grouping

Did you know that you can select multiple objects with similar properties using a Schedule? You may say “well, I can just use ‘Select All Instances’…” However, what if you want to select objects that …

2010-09-14 · Luke Johnson
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Custom Railing Connections in 10 steps (free sample download)

Stairs and railings in Revit can be extremely frustrating. In fact, I’m often annoyed that I can’t even model a Railing in-place, as the Railing category isn’t available for in-place families! So, how…

2010-09-13 · Luke Johnson
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Automatically renaming PDFs based on Revit schedule data

Let’s say you have printed a bunch of PDFs to a folder, hopefully using one of the techniques described in my previous two posts (links below), and now you want to rename them to match the data export…

2010-09-08 · Luke Johnson
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Download Mastering Revit Architecture 2011 sample materials

I posted recently about the excellent book, Mastering Revit Architecture 2011. If you wish to access and download the sample files, head over to the Sybex resource page for this book. http://www.sybex…

2010-09-06 · Luke Johnson