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When working with multiple linked files, you can utilize the ability of Revit to close Worksets in Linked Files, and in some cases this is a good visibility shortcut. Along these lines Simon over at B…
In a somewhat unexpected post, landarchBIM has described a method of inferring the movement of a Reference Plane that is driven by an angle parameter. This probably falls outside of the “best practice…
Have you ever used the Workplane Viewer? It looks like this: When you open it, a new window opens and orients itself to the current workplane. This window is the Workplane Viewer. Revit Wants you to b…
WhiteFeet Tools for Revit is a powerful set of add-ins that can make the impossible, possible. I have posted about them before. In this brief post, we look at how you can effectively Schedule the Refe…
There are at least two distinct ways to move an item via dimension edit in the Family Editor, but they can have very different results. See video:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com My video is dir…
Draw something with a cuttable category, like a Structural Column Draw a Reference Plan that intersects the element (even at an angle) Use Cut Geometry and click the element and then click the Plane v…
BIM Troublemaker proposes a solution that makes Reference Lines normal, at least in the short-term…and he adds a throwdown to Buildz at the end 🙂 I’ll start with my 3d triangle and draw a rectangle on…
Hey Revit, look what I can do! if you bring a #Revit model into #Vasari the grid lines show up in 3D like reference planes-that can be really useful for coordination via @pete1352 Matt Petermann onTwi…
I recently viewed the class All In the Family: Creating Parametric Components In Autodesk® Revit® (Matt Dillon) AB4013, on AU Virtual. It was a class targeted at users with Intermediate expertise. I l…
No, not aeroplanes: we are talking about Reference Planes. So, the tip is: Always name reference planes that you intend to keep and use. Reference Planes lie at the very core of What Revit Wants. Revi…