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HyunWoo Kim has been posting some very interesting stuff over the last couple to his English-language blog, Enjoy Revit. The content of his blog is quite interesting to me – including adaptive compone…
EDIT2: new version (January 2014) atCode: codice sorgente, Compiled DLL and ADDIN (copy to C:ProgramDataAutodeskRevitAddins2014 and Unblock the DLL) via http://puntorevit.blogspot.it/2014/01/view-dept…
When in Edit Mode for a Model group, the Area Boundary Line tool is grayed out. However, to work around this limitation, you can: Select Area Boundary lines that exist ‘in the project’ and then trigge…
As you may have realised, you cannot add the Area parameter to a Floor Tag annotation. Here is a workaround: Make a Floor Schedule with Area and Comments fields added. Filter By – Comments = the Comme…
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 – …
When in Edit Mode for a given Detail Group, the Spot Dimension tools are grayed out. However, if you place the Spot Dimension OUTSIDE the Detail Group, and then ‘Add’ it to the Group – Revit is quite …
Many people know that you can add a carriage return (and thus create multi-line labels) in Revit by accessing a Properties entry box and hitting Ctrl+Enter: Over at Revitez, another method was mention…
Here is slightly nasty, anti-BIM trick: If you are trying to override a dimension in Revit with a different dimension, it can be a pain. Yes, you can mess with the ’rounding’ to try and get it right, …
Nice trick by Darren Snook on the Revit @ Waterman blog:Revit @ Waterman: ‘Date & Time Stamp’ for Generic Annotation Families This bears some similarity to some of the workarounds I have previously po…
I came across a slightly unusual issue today. I was trying to place a simple Spot Elevation on a Topography surface in a Detail View that originated from a Plan view. But it wouldn’t work!! However, i…