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In Revit, each Link is bound to both a Type and an Instance. So you can have one Link ‘Type’ – relating to a single RVT file that is linked into the project. But it can be placed multiple times in the…
Dieter Vermeulen describes an interesting workaround – when using a Family Type parameter, how can you turn “off” the family without using Visibility parameters? His solution is essentially to delete …
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I previously posted about how to duplicate Array Group types and swap them in and out here. Interestingly, I created a detail Array Group in Revit 2013 today and noticed that it did not immediately ap…
Interesting tip from the Autodesk BIM Blog – after you upgrade Railings to 2013, the actual extended parameter values are not populated until you Duplicate the upgraded railing types…see image. This g…
It’s an old trick, but if you want to get rid of excess gridlines and mullions on a wall, just make a new Curtain Wall type that has no type-driven gridlines or mullions: When you switch to this wall …
This video demonstrates a peculiar workflow, in which Revit allows you to change the Type of an Array member without breaking the array. This example uses a Polar array based on a copy-to-2nd method. …
Do you want to know: which Categories do not have Types, or which Category has Types but no Instances? EDIT: Link below is no longer live – snapshot from archive.org above Check out this post: Revit .…
I received the ‘Unacceptable list separator’ error while trying to: load a family from file into a project, and load types into the family from a Type Catalog. I assumed the problem was to do with Typ…
Do you get annoyed by the warning: Can’t create duplicates in Edit Group mode. If you are editing a group, and want to make a Duplicate of something, simply scroll to the item in theProject Browser – …