Split Structural Column Vertically
Have you ever tried to use the Split tool on a Structural column? Doesn’t work? You need to change the Column Style to one of the Slanted types. Now you will be able to split the structural column.…
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Using legacy mass forms in 2010 and 2011
By ‘legacy mass forms’, I mean the nice, simple kind – sweeps with editable profiles, extrusions with sketches and the like. The problem with 2010 and 2011 massing is that you cannot create these nice…
Unpredictable Properties Box Behaviour
If you select multiple views in the Project Browser in Revit 2011, how would you modify their common properties? If you attempt to directly modify them in the open Properties palette, they are not mod…
How to delete a view without having to find it in the Project Browser
Let’s say you have hundreds of views in a Project, with some customised view sorting. How do you delete a view that you have open, without having to find it in the Project Browser? Simply right-click …
Accessing Project Parameters in Multiple Schedules (Jay Polding)
This is one of the most exciting blog posts I have read for some time:http://revit.blogspot.com/2010/03/accessing-project-parameters-in.html from Jay Polding at revit in plain english. Essentially, in…
How to add a label to a Component Family (automatic tag)
Sometimes you will want a component family to ‘always’ show a certain label. In other words, you do not want to have to manually ‘tag’ the family after placing it in project. How can we do this?Basica…
Ultra Fast Revisions with vanilla Revit
Have you ever wanted to ‘re-issue’ or revise a large group of sheets such that they all receive the same, updated revision in the Revision Schedule? Lets say you have 100 sheets and these form the ‘Ap…
Copy Spreadsheet tool updated
If you are having problems with the ‘Copy Spreadsheet’ utility, it is likely because you are running 64 bit Revit or you have recently updated Revit. If you haven’t heard of this tool, it is a simple …
Copy between Project and Family
Sometimes you really want to copy some model lines from a project RVT to a family RFA, but Revit says NO! This is the workaround: In the Project, create detail lines that describe the elements you wan…