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Here is something new and exciting… a RFA family that has a nested RVT, and the nested RVT has a linked nested DWG. If you close the RFA, edit the doubly nested DWG, and re-open the RFA = the DWG geom…
Painfully, Architectural Walls in a Host model often occlude the Cut Pattern settings for Structural Columns in a Linked Model. You may be able to see the edges of the Structural Columns, but any View…
Ah, the simple option is often best. Just close the Workset that has Levels and Grids on it in the Manage Links dialog. See image: Idea from this post on Revitize (it uses language related to older Re…
Interesting aberration that you could use to your advantage – reposted from SARUG: I had Sam override the visibility setting for the masked region and make it transparent, in the linked file, and then…
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
I find it interesting that AutoCAD 2013 can directly link (XREF) DWG files directly from the Autodesk Cloud. Just Insert – DWG Reference… – then press the Autodesk 360 button in the dialog. Revit Serv…
Aaron Maller is one of the top Revit guys in the world. In a recent blog post, he provides some handouts for download – this is basically stuff about Links and Groups for the Advanced user – very inte…
I have used a similar technique for residential housing – where you can have repetitive plans with only small differences. It can even be adapted to work in a demolition scenario. The visibility in ea…
Here’s how: Make sure each link has a ‘unique’ family with a ‘unique’ Mark parameter. For example, put a Sprinkler family with a Mark of 1234567 into each RVT link. In the ‘Site’ RVT, create a Sprinkl…