Recent Documents Sorting Options
A little secret about sorting your recent documents on the Revit ‘R’ menu. There is a drop down list that doesn’t really ‘jump out’ at you. It is just below the ‘Recent Documents’ header: The ‘Access …
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DWG Import and Link Methods
A big tip for new players: Never import a DWG file. And never, ever explode an Imported DWG file. Nothing good will come of it. Trust me. Instead, do this (in order of preference): Use Revit natively,…
Stretch instance parameter even using Weak Ref Planes
Steve’s post about ‘Weak and Strong’ is very informative. However, if you want to ‘stretch’ a family with instance parameters AND a weak ref plane, simply ‘Tab’ until you get Revit to say ‘Shape handl…
Full Explode vs Partial Explode – what is the difference?
After selecting an Import instance, you can choose to Full Explode or Partial Explode. Most users realise that exploding is a bad idea, and it can get very messy. In fact, a number of experienced Revi…
Top Posts #1 – What Revit Wants
Here are some of my most popular posts from the last 2 years: How to use the new Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog and Tips Make a Good…Impression Workflow (simple guide from Revit) Unpredictable Properties B…
Create Similar tool persists while switching Open Views
Let’s say you want to take a door from one Level of the building, then use the Create Similar tool to make an instance of this door on a different Level. This is quite easy. Just open a view from each…
Super Nudge
You learn something new every day (hopefully). Today, I learnt about the Super Nudge feature: f you are zoomed in yet want to move more quickly hold Shift + Arrow Key. This will increase the nudge dis…
Multiple Selection using Schedule Grouping
Did you know that you can select multiple objects with similar properties using a Schedule? You may say “well, I can just use ‘Select All Instances’…” However, what if you want to select objects that …
Become a True Master of Revit
I received my copy of Mastering Revit Architecture 2011 yesterday, and it is truly an impressive tome! I don’t know of any other book that could so fittingly bear the designation ‘Revit bible’. At 112…
Accurately Rotating Sections
For some of you, this will be old news. However, it is a very important yet not very well known procedure. How do you accurately rotate an existing section view accurately? Here are the steps: Draw a …