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Revit Add-in Challenge – Select in Project Browser

Pretty simple really – I want to be able to select an element in Revit, and then trigger the “Select in Project Browser” command, which will scroll the Browser, select the appropriate entry and expand…

2013-07-23 · Luke Johnson
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Print Set = View/Sheet Set

You can Filter Sheets in the Project Browser by the “Print Set” – that is, by saved sheet selection. I can’t believe I didn’t know this before… Read more at: Sheet Issue Dates | BD Mackey Consulting |…

2012-07-24 · Luke Johnson
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View Templates and Project Browser sorting

Something just dawned on me. Given that View Templates are my favourite feature of Revit 2013, wouldn’t it be cool to sort the Project Browser using the View Template field? Then we can quickly review…

2012-05-22 · Luke Johnson
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Project Browser Search – Revit 2013

Right-click anywhere in the Project Browser to start a ‘search’ from that point downwards for the text that you Enter: Its not quite as functional as a proper ‘filtered list’ type Search, but maybe ne…

2012-03-28 · Luke Johnson
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Quickly select Filled Regions using the Project Browser

Did you know that the Project Browser Families node provides access to more than just traditional component families? Check out this video to see how you can use the Project Browser to quickly select …

2011-12-20 · Luke Johnson
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Finding views in the Project Browser

I received this comment to one of my posts:…Being new to Revit (2011) is there a way to locate newly created views in the project browser? Or do a search? Or am i stuck using filters? Comment link Her…

2011-08-23 · Luke Johnson
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Grouping sheets by Revision in Project Browser

I had a bit of a problem using Revit OOTB (out of the box) parameters to group sheets by Revision, so I did it super-quickly using a custom parameter. Here are the steps: Add a new custom parameter to…

2010-11-09 · Luke Johnson