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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 …
Translated quote: Please download the macro down here: Download DeleteStandardMaterials Connect Revit. Unzip the zip file. The ZIP contains a DeleteStandardMaterials folder with two subfolders (AddIn …
I saw a question like this on the forum so I had a quick go at it (see image below). Basically it checks what Family Types are placed against those loaded into the project, and then deletes unplaced c…
… is not easy. Revit prefers that you don’t clog up your drawing with View Templates rather than trying to clean them out later. You can use various methods to transfer just one Template from project …
Sometimes you will have some junk imported DWG definitions residing in your project. These may be present due to the long history of the project, perhaps using Transfer Project Standards – View Templa…
A couple of concise tweets from some Revit legends: @jrostar Warnings, DWG links, Unused Groups, extraneous views, workset structure, phasing, design options, copy monitor, links, orphan tags— Steve S…
Do you need to clean up your Revit files for transmission? It is a common task to remove as much from a model as possible prior to sharing it with your consultants for the purpose of linking into thei…
It must be hard to make money as a Revit application developer – because there are some cool free add-ins getting around. From revit-app.com, check out these three free utilities: Easy Family LoaderIt…