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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…
Now that is a very Revit blog title, for sure 🙂 So I had a nice old Curtain Wall Panel Door family, which had a nested ‘container’ Generic Model family… … in which I arrayed a shared, nested Door Pane…
At various points in a BIM project, Revit models may get passed from one consultant or contractor to the next. After this handover occurs, a change in project requirements may mean that the recommende…
Let’s say you have a nested family with a formula driven parameter, something like =Length/10. You want to expose this to a host family and make it a Reporting Parameter, but that option seems to be g…
Dieter Vermeulen describes an interesting workaround – when using a Family Type parameter, how can you turn “off” the family without using Visibility parameters? His solution is essentially to delete …
Credit to Doug Bowers:In the Project Browser, expand the Families category, then expand the Profiles portion. Locate the desired profile and expand it. When you see the types displayed under that prof…
Ever wanted to get a Tag to pick up the hardcoded Elevation value given to a nested Family? Then check out this great little thread and cool answer by Julien! Answer: You need to set a SP in the neste…
Very cool and advanced workaround by Jose Fandos over at Andekan:We will route around this limitation by first inserting the annotation family into another face-based family, and using this intermedia…
While discussing an interesting baluster-with-lighting family, Steve reminds us that “Revit hates switching between shared and not shared status.” You have to follow a strict process of deleting and /…