Revit® Section Far Clip Options
Far Clipping options in Revit
Far clipping is parameter that we control when creating section, elevation or callout.
The far clip plane is defined with the Far Clip Offset parameter. Read More
04
Jun
Category Archives: Revit
29
May
How to relinquish Revit® worksets when user is not available
If the project is set up as Revit worshared model then sometimes a user can forget to relinquish his/her worksets and leave the office. Such situations often cause unnecessary frustration. However, there is a simple way to relinquish worksets, even if the user is not available. Read More
16
May
What you didn’t know about Revit® project units
Setting Revit project units may sound trivial, but there are couple of hidden gems that everyone should know about.
To run project units dialog, on Revit ribbon go to Manage > Project Units, or use keyboard shortcut UN (as United Nations) like everyone do. Read More
10
May
Phases and phase filters in linked Revit® models
Linking Revit files is an essential method to collaborate on BIM project, primary, but not exclusive, for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Phase mapping
When multiple phases are present in project model (more than one phase), phase mapping occurs. Read More
09
May
Revit® Project Base Point Explained
Project Base Point (PBP) and Survey Point (SP) are one (two) of the most misunderstood features in Revit. Although the concept is very complicated, it can be explained in simple words (with help of few images, of course) so everyone can easily understand it. Read More
07
May
How to save system family as external loadable family
As you already know, there are three kinds of families in Revit®: system families, model-in-place families and external (loadable) families (also know as .RFA files).
Some Revit® categories are exclusively system categories (families of those categories can be created only in project environment), for example: Walls, Stairs, Floors and similar categories. There are, however, hybrids (can both have system and external families in the same category), for example Structural Foundation categories but they are topic for some other time. Read More
03
May
Show Thin Lines in PDF
Did you know that you can show your PDF drawing with vector lines? (simply said: lines that have constant (thin) line weights no matter how much you zoom in).
You will need to open your drawing with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Thin lines feature in Adobe® Reader® shows content the same way such as Thin Lines command in Revit®, for example. Read More
02
May
How to create PDF with layers, from Revit®
Creating (producing) PDF with layers from Revit®, using Print to PDF option is, unfortunately, not possible.
The solution, however, is simple. If you have AutoCAD®.
Let’s say you have Revit® view or sheet that you want to have in PDF with layers so they can be turned on/off appropriately. The procedure to achieve this is simple: Read More
30
Apr
How to change Revit® default icon?
Maybe you noticed that since Revit 2017, every Revit version has the same icon. This could be deceiving to most users if not unpractical and may lead to errors (eg. opening and saving file in newer Revit version).
Also, Autodesk® calls them REVT.ico instead of REVIT.ico for reason probably only known to them.
To support my statements how such approach is unpractical, below is an example on how your Windows taskbar looks if you run multiple instances of DIFFERENT Revit versions at the same time Read More
09
Feb
Left / Right Door Updater, Revit® Add-in
Having multiple instances of doors or windows often carries a problem that some of them are (intentionally or not) flipped (mirrored). Flipping doors and windows is neat option but it can bring big problems. Left doors are not equal to right doors (the same goes with windows) but Revit will treat them as they are the same (if they are of the same type). This Revit Add-in solves this problem by updating parameter value whenever door (or window) instance is changed (flipped or mirrored) from right to left or vice versa. Read More