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You ever face a problem and you just can’t stop until you solve it? I came across a model recently that was like that… it was an Revit 2015 MEP file that had a serious problem: Whenever you created a …
When saving a group in Revit, the text “Same as group name” is special. Even if you have put in a file path or typed something else in that Filename area, if you then go in and type Same as group name…
Insulation in Revit can be incredibly difficult to work with. It can be difficult to select the insulation individually, but you can select them by using a specific schedule (ie. Pipe Insulation Sched…
As part of meeting his RTCNA requests, Harry posted this idea for saving all groups to file: API can be used to generate a text file listing all model groups. this text file can be used as input to a …
A great way to test if you know What Revit Wants is to try and run a complicated high rise or health facility using model groups. The principle and general functionality of groups is fine, but they ca…
I have been searching for a quick and easy way to compare exclusions between Group instances – and nothing really exists at this point. So, I have developed a method to do this by using Revit and some…
Let’s say you have inherited a multi-storey project that has been set up with Model Groups for Typical Levels – not necessarily a bad thing (see this post). There are a couple of things that do scare …
Recent post by Jay Holland demonstrates the methodology they adopted to create the Revit model for a multilevel residential project. As it had lots of repeatable elements, its interesting to hear how …
Good post from Dave Light – he describes how you can use a Generic Model family to schedule group instances in Revit 2013, or use the parameter variance ability in Revit 2014 to drive data between Gro…
Groups or links? Or something else? via How would you tackle a multi level high rise building with multiple identical floors? Link in a separate typical floor model? #Revit— Steve Deadman (@SteveDeadm…