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Revit gets a new version every year, and every year we theoretically have to upgrade our Revit files. If you are a pro-active BIM Manager, you also have to upgrade a bunch of families and other files.…
When working in Revit with linked files and worksets, it can be pretty exciting / maddening to figure out where an element actually is. I’m not talking about the 33 Reasons Something Might be Hidden (…
Who qualifies? available to subscribers and current maintenance plan customers Direct Download Link Top feature: scale a fill pattern without having to reload it (plus it automatically previews the sc…
Whenever you are looking to implement a new technology in your firm, you typically go through a few steps: Figure out what is out there in the marketplace – What products are available? Collect data a…
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Curtain Walls in Revit are strictly a Family of the Walls Category. Then you have Types for each type of Curtain Wall. What if you want to select all Curtain Walls at once? You can’t multi-select type…
Get more info about Revit Updates here, and Revit 2017 here. Links for the Revit 2017.2.2 Update are below: Download Readme Release Notes The updates appear mostly related to bug fixes and stability i…
Edwin Prakoso over at CAD Notes recently posted a few tips on how to make your Revit presentation views look more engaging and interesting. Here are my top 4 from his top 10: Use ambient shadow. It gi…
The first Revit point update each year typically brings some features that the dev team didn’t quite have cooked for the initial release, and this year we get something pretty special… the ability to …
Hey, I know we sometimes can’t agree on things like OpenBIM and Revit Vs ArchiCAD and Shared Parameter Standardisation… But let’s all agree never to use Detail Lines as Grids, ever again, ok? (You kno…