Mark Calloway

Creating a Soldier Course in Revit

Creating a Soldier Course in Revit

Creating a Soldier Course in Revit couldn’t be easier, following the below 5 steps I will show you how to do this quickly and easily. Revit has many ways in which you can achieve the same task, today I am going to show you how you can create a soldier course using the wall sweep …

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Revit Cannot Run the External Application

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Error:“Revit cannot run the external application “Collaborate”. Contact the provider for assistance. Information they provide to Revit about their identity: Autodesk, www.autodesk.com” This is commonly caused by the version of Revit and the Collaboration for Revit plugin not matching. This can easily be solved by uninstalling Collaboration for Revit and downloading and installing the latest …

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Revit – Turning Snaps On or Off

Revit comes with a number of standard snaps to help when working in projects however you are able to control which ones to have on or off. To turn access snap settings: Go to the Manage Tab. Click the Snaps button. Use the Snaps Off tick box at the top of the snaps window to …

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Revit – Split Face

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The Revit split face tool allows us to split the face of a surface without having to split the element.For example if I had a wall and wanted to apply paint but for a shorter length of wall I can use the Split Face tool to split the area I wish to paint. How to …

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Revit – Selection Sets

In Revit we can save selection sets if we have a group of elements we know we will want to easily select again. Creating Selection Sets Select all the elements you wish to save as a Selection Set. Go to the Manage tab in the Ribbon bar. In the grouping “Selection” click the Save button. …

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Revit – Painting Walls and Surfaces

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In Revit you can apply a material to a surface such as paint onto a wall or carpet onto a floor. Applying Paint The Paint Tool allows you to apply any material you have loaded into the project so you will firstly want to make sure you have the material loaded into your project Go …

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Revit – Match Type Properties

In Revit we can use the Match Type properties tool when we have an instance of two elements with different type properties and we want to correct one to match the other element. Using Match Type Properties Go to the Modify tab. In the grouping “Clipboard” Select the Match Type Properties button. Now in the …

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Revit – Temporarily View Properties

Creating a Soldier Course in Revit

Did you know in Revit there is a button to temporarily apply a view template to a view. This allows you without changing the setting of the view to apply another view template and just as easily switch back to the views settings. The button is called Temporary View Properties and is located at the …

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