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We have all used various autoSectionBox addins to adjust 3D View section boxes quickly. But if you want to quickly match a Section Box to a Scope Box without using an addin, try this: In a 3D view, se…
Arguably the most useful free add-in for Revit, there are some great new features – the one that particularly grabbed my eye was the automatic alignment and rotation of section boxes to certain elemen…
After spending lots of time with Point Clouds lately, making heaps of section boxes and then manually rotating them to match walls, I finally decided to shoutout to the Twitterverse for some help… Fol…
This is arguably my favourite free add-in for Revit. Check out the new features: • Support for Revit 2014 • New “Toggle Section Box” command • Ability to arrange the section box view side-by-side with…
This one is by Dima Chiriacov, and you can download it at:02-28-2013 CropViewToSelection2013 (for Revit 2013) The key difference is that this add-in allows you to physically type in Element IDs before…
Boost Your BIM provides a macro that sets a Plan View top and bottom extents to a 3D view section box… interesting stuff: Using 3D Section Box to set Plan View’s View Range � Boost Your BIM – making R…
COINS Auto Section Box (download) QuickViewAccess2013 (2013 download) (2012 download) ZoomToAwesome (download) Palladio X BIM – WindowsLayout (download) Ok, its not a view addin, but – set a keyboard …
Twitter led me to a new technology / Revit / BIM blog at http://www.jarodschultz.com/ One recent post about Section Boxes included two great tips: In a 3D view, you can re-orient the view, adjust the …
I had one of those slap-your-head moments when this finally came to me … use Coins Auto Section Box! Step by step: Close Revit Install Coins Auto Section Box Open Revit Open a project Draw a Scope Box…
You have a project with heaps of Warnings / Errors, but you are struggling to find the associated elements. Here is a quick way: The first problem is that not all of us can remember 6 random digits ea…