Changing the Level of a Room in Revit
David shows that we can rehost a Room to a different Level by simply doing this: Group the Room element Change the Level field of the Group Ungroup Unfortunately, while this doesn’t result in multiple…
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Getting access to the Level parameter in Tags for Categories that don't normally allow it
From Mark Wieringa in comments on my previous post:Hi Luke,There’s a quick workaround for your problem. You’re able to hack tags for certain categories to show the Level that the elements have been cr…
What good is a Ceiling Tag?
It is one of the few tags that can directly access the Level parameter – quite useful, even to the point where I created secondary Design Option called Level Tagger with a bit of Ceiling on it, and th…
How to Tag Elements that are outside the View Range of the current Plan in Revit
Turn the Underlay on for the Level that shows the items you want to Tag Tag the Item/s Use Linework tool on the items that you have tagged. This is important – if you don’t do this, then the Tag will …
Make a Level Schedule (workaround)
You can’t make a schedule of Levels in Revit. I won’t get into the argument of “should you be able to” or not. The fact is, some people want to make a Level Schedule. Here I provide one workaround tha…
Free Plugin – Level Generator for Revit
As the plugin’s name suggests, this plugin can be used to generate multiple adjacent levels with one command. It is compatible with Revit Architecture 2012. // Download Level Generator for Revit Archi…
Re-syncing Level and Plan names
1. Pick the name you want the Views and Level to use. ie: Level 12. Rename both the Floor Plan and Ceiling Plan something different (not Level 1) and nothing already in use. This is a temporary name.3…
Room computation height changed to instance parameter in Revit 2012
I can’t believe I had not come across this change until today. In Revit 2012, the Room Computation Height is no longer a Type Property of the Level – it is now an Instance Property. Some of the impact…
Don't make too many levels!
Revit does not want you to make too many levels. Again, this is something that we tend to do when we are just starting out. Then, you end up with this messy model and you go “That’s ok, I’ll just dele…