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Plan ahead when making a family

Sometimes, putting a bit of thought and planning into your family design well lead to far better results than simply ‘diving in there’. The following post shows a list of such requirements. Essentiall…

2012-11-19 · Luke Johnson
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Find the elements constrained by a particular Lock

I learned something from Wikihelp today: In the drawing area, right-click a dimension lock. Select Show Related from the context menu. The appropriate element highlights and a dialog identifies the el…

2012-09-06 · Luke Johnson
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Don't overcon- strain Revit (or yourself)

Revit does not want you to constrain and lock every potential relationship. When I first started using Revit, I thought, “Awesome, I can lock every little thing together and it will be great!”. And, i…

2008-10-22 · Luke Johnson