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I once built an auto-sizing Fire Pipe Fitting using a Formulaic method (where the various fitting sizes were driven by the Revit intersection variable), so I was interested to read about a similar str…
Check out this page for more on Facility Management and BIM from AUGI: BIM and FM | AUGI viahttp://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?161532-Looking-for-info-on-learning-Revit-and-BIM-solutions-for-FM-com…
If you aren’t using Keynotes in Revit, you probably should be. They are often one of those ‘hidden gems’ that people discover after using Revit for years… In any case, @theoryshaw has kindly published…
Interesting post by troywright on AUGI, in relation to setting up segregated links as room bounding in your Revit MEP file: We have this issue frequently, as with major projects we will receive differ…
I think Civil3D is a very powerful and useful tool. I have even found some ways to make it work nicely with Revit, by using it to do graphical slope analysis, or using it to increase Topography resolu…
An old (2006) but insightful post by Phil Read: if Max/SketchUp/etc.understood the intent of what you were modeling, I suspect the translation to Revit would be far more rational. But this isn’t the c…
The October 2011 AUGIWorld magazine contains an article titled ‘Codeless Revit Customization’. You might think that it is about customizing the UI and Option settings. However, it is actually a how-to…
There is an Audio / Video page at AUGI. Recent content includes an MP3 podcast:2011 – Salary Survey Podcast Mark Kiker and Melanie Perry, AUGI’s Salary Survey manager, highlights statistics from the 2…
I have created a Google Custom Search page that searches through the major Revit forums. Check it out at: Revit Forum Search As of 5 September 2011, the custom search includes these sites: http://revi…
“In your title block family, create horizontal and vertical grid lines, equally spacing the entire title block into modules, per your standards or preference. It is recommended that you create a diffe…