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Here’s one that has been sitting in my draft posts for a while… Basically, its an example of what you can do by overlaying views on Sheets. In this case, I have used a Drafting View with an imported I…
Direct links:James Hardie Revit curtain wall files 2013.zipJames Hardie Revit basic wall files 2013.zipJH_Product_Profiles_Archive.zip (CAD DWGs) (you *may* have to use Firefox with Downthemall to pro…
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 …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…