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There was an API addin available a while back, but in recent years I have used: the Case Batch Export Family RFA’s tool https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/2012/12/how-to-determine-if-family-is-in-place.html…
I had the opportunity this week to spend a bit of time with Unifi. What is it? Well, in simple terms it is a way to store all of your Revit families in a secure location online. You just batch upload …
These Dropbox links are copied from the Autodesk Community Russia site: Project Template 2012 2013 2014 & 2015 NEW!!! Doors Семейства Спецификации Window Семейства Спецификации Escalators 2013 Семейст…
I’m sorry but I couldn’t help myself… after the RVT and DWG link into RFA post over here, I had to try linking an IFC into an RFA file in Revit 2015. Guess what? It works. Download and extract this Co…
Let’s say you have exported all families in a Revit project to a bunch of folders by Category, but you want to get them all into one folder so you can drag-drop and load them all into a new project al…
I saw this message from Revit today and I wanted to share it with you: RVG files used to be Revit’s way of saving Groups out, until RVT became the standard for saving Groups. From the message, it look…
The family that is created matches the Category of the host or original family. Evidently, it is this functionality that allows this to occur:Save an In-Place Family as an RFA for use in another proje…
In the past, a workflow was available in which you could rename older RFT files to RFA, then upgrade them to the most recent version of Revit (perhaps using a batch upgrade tool), then rename back to …
Personally, I like the Component Commander and Open Folder tools. Open Folder is a button that simply opens Windows Explorer to the folder of the currently active Project or Family – very handy! (This…
In the top right corner of the window, you can choose In–rfa to show only the Revit content. Polantis – 3D Catalog technology – Free CAD objects for architects Heads-up from Village BIM…