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Nice Sketchy Lines View Settings for Revit 2015

From RevitKB at original post:https://plus.google.com/109857765963579790247/posts/cf53adrVDjP Along similar lines, check out:Set up a NICE 3D View Template … for quick Cameras…

2014-06-24 · Luke Johnson
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Live 3D views with Photo as Background (render not required)

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…

2013-02-18 · Luke Johnson
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A very quick way to export a very clean RVT file

You may want to do a very aggressive cleanup of your Revit file, getting rid of all Views while retaining all 3D elements as proper Revit elements. You can use the ‘Save to New File’ function to do th…

2012-10-19 · Luke Johnson
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Auto Section Box cooked two ways (edit – make that 3!)

EDIT via MLD in the comments:In a 3D view;1 Ensure Section box covers all elements by,Unchecking then rechecking ‘Section Box’2 Select some objects and the section box3 Temporary isolate elements4 Unc…

2012-06-17 · Luke Johnson
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123D Cameras to real Revit 3D Views (plus more IFC resources)

I have spent hours trying to figure out how to take actual camera locations from 123D (Photofly) and get them into Revit as ‘real’ cameras (3D views). I thought it would be cool to be able to use a re…

2012-06-14 · Luke Johnson
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Set up a NICE 3D View Template … for quick Cameras

When making a standard perspective Camera View, Revit 2013 allows you to effectively preset View properties, so that all new Camera views look nice. These settings are from the BIM Technologist: Then,…

2012-05-23 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2013 – You can see the actual Sun

How to do it: Open a view in which the sun could ‘possibly be seen (ie. 3D View, Elevation view) Graphic Display Options – Lighting – Single Day Graphic Display Options – Background – Sky Your view ne…

2012-04-11 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2013 – View Background

You can now add a background to Section and Elevations views using the Hidden Line visual style.…

2012-04-11 · Luke Johnson