Want to be able to add text to your Revit Families but you don’t know how? Adding text is easy if you know how, your first call of port might be to simply use the text tool in the family editor however this is just going to add the text as notes in the editor …
Being able to set custom work planes when working in 3D in Revit is indispensable, I will show you how you to change the work plane in Revit. Viewing Your Current Work Plane Before we look at changing the work plane you are first going to want to be able to see it. We can …
Revit automatically adds the view name as the title when placed on a sheet, but what if you want it to be something else and not the name of the view. Lets take a closer look a Titles on Sheets. OK, so you are familiar working with views. You have a naming convention for the …
In Revit we have 2D views and 3D views. The 2D views can come in the form of Plan Views & Sections, to name just a few. When it comes to 3D views, we can start off with the default 3D view, simply named {3D}. This is okay if you just need a working 3D …
Autodesk Revit is a very powerful 3D modelling application which has revolutionized the way architects and designers approach building design. In the past, we used CAD applications such as AutoCAD. Before that we had the good old drawing boards. Revit is the next step in this evolutionary path to being able to draw more efficiently. …
Revit makes converting 2D plans into 3D models easy. In this blog, we will look at how to import a 2D DWG floor plan into Revit and how to add 3D components such as walls and doors to the model. First of all what’s covered… Importing DWGs Your floorplan may exist in many formats such …
When you first load your point cloud scan into recap, you will get everything. This data will need to be organised into which points are Walls, Floors, Roofs, Equipment and to clear all the noise that the scanner may have picked up. In Recap we can organize our points into what are called Regions. These …
Creating and managing families in Autodesk Revit is an essential part of any BIM project. A Revit model is made up of families, which enable users to include pre-defined features like doors, windows, and furniture in a project. In this blog, we’ll go over the value of families in Revit as well as how to …