Have you ever been in Revit and wanted to see object in plan but they are at very different levels, My previous experience takes me to lintels over windows with differing sill height. But another example could be a roof with voids or a sloped roof. Either way what I need to do is create …
For those that have used Enscape, it can be an amazingly powerful rendering tool that gives the designer a very quick way to communicate visually to clients and other designers. This can be enhanced by using some of the simple functions within Revit such as design options that can be quickly flicked between in Revit …
Global Parameters are often overlooked in Revit but can be extremely useful. So what are Global Parameters? Lets use an example. In the sample Revit project “RAC_basic_sample_project.rvt”, we have a number of windows on Level 1 which we are going to control the Sill heights at a project level. Using a Global Parameter on the …
Revit comes with a number of snaps that can be turned off or on, these can be grouped into the following: Dimension Snaps Object Snaps Temporary Overrides All the snap settings can be found on the Manage tab and then by clicking the Snaps button. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts: SO – …
In this blog I will explain how you can save a Revit family out of an existing project. Perhaps you have received a project with a family you would like to reuse elsewhere or perhaps you have modified an existing family in a project and want to save it out.Following the below instructions I will …
Did you know your Revit project contains two Norths? We have the Project North which helps keep the project orthogonal to make working easier and we also have the True North which is how the project is orientated geographically. Identifying View Orientation In the View properties we can find a property called orientation. This tells …
It is now possible to see what version of Revit a project was saved in without having to open the project. This is a huge advantage as previously the only way to check was to open the project in the newest version of Revit and wait for the project to get upgraded at which point …
In this blog I will show you how to copy and paste objects on one level to multiple levels. This can be extremely useful for objects that exist in the same layout on multiple floors such as windows, doors and even whole rooms. Firstly select all the objects you wish to copy to another level. …