Did you know you can minimise the Ribbon bar in Revit? The Ribbon bar has 4 different settings, lets take a quick look. Settings Location The settings for minimising the Ribbon bar can be found after the last tab on the right: Clicking on the icon will cycle through the four options, alternatively you can …
Importing your Revit models into Infraworks is a simple process. Infraworks is a great application for imagining your site and creating initial designs and visuals which you can then export into more detailed software like Civil 3D where the heavy work can be done. If you already have a Revit model for your site or …
Do you have an open plan room with multiple uses such as Kitchen, Living, Dining rooms and want to designate each area separately? Well you can! In Revit, rooms are limited by room bounding elements such as walls, floors, roofs and ceilings. But if two areas are not separated by a wall, what can we …
Want to model in a 3D view in Revit? Then your going to need to know how to use the Work Plane. The work plane is the plane which you are working on, in a 2D plan view your working on the level the view is associated so you don’t need to think about work …
Have you ever seen a family in a Revit project which you would love to use yourself? Or maybe you have lost the original family file and want to recover it from a project you have used it in? Well here is how to save a Revit family out of a project in 5 simple …
Revits Visibility settings are quite simple once you understand them, which is what I intend to do here. There are a two concepts we first need to understand: The hierarchy and categorisation of elements. Revit has a simple hierarchy for most elements, Instance -> Type -> Family -> Category. You could have an instance of …
Here is how to create a new Title Block in Revit explained in 6 simple steps. 6 Steps on How to Create a Revit Title Block Step 1: Click “New” under Families on the Revit home screen. Step 2: From the list of Template files open the folder “Titleblocks” and choose a paper size (or …
In 4 simple steps I will show you how you can copy and monitor elements in a linked model with your Revit project. Step 1: On the Collaborate tab select “Choose Link” from the “Copy/Monitor” tool and select the linked model. Step 2: To monitor two existing elements select “Monitor” in the ribbon and left …