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At Virtual Built, we typically create a federated Revit model for every project we work on. This allows us to run a host of automated processes on the links, right from the federated file. Recently we…
When working in Revit with linked files and worksets, it can be pretty exciting / maddening to figure out where an element actually is. I’m not talking about the 33 Reasons Something Might be Hidden (…
Revit Wants you to transmit ‘detached copies’ of Central files for linking into other models. If you ignore this and transmit your Local copy instead, Revit always remembers where that instance of the…
Here’s how: Make a View parameter (Text) in Revit that will hold the list of RVT Links that are visible in a given view Install Dynamo and my Bakery package Go to the required View Set up your definit…
Let’s say you have 15 RVT links in FileA, and you want to copy them into FileB. Revit doesn’t usually want you to have two instances of the same linked file loaded into two different open files in a s…
If you want your entire geographically separated team to have access to the same linked files, you need to upload them to Revit Server. This also goes for CAD / DWG files, which will need to be import…
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
I find it interesting that AutoCAD 2013 can directly link (XREF) DWG files directly from the Autodesk Cloud. Just Insert – DWG Reference… – then press the Autodesk 360 button in the dialog. Revit Serv…