Showing posts with label Visibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Visibility. Show all posts
Friday, July 23, 2010

Demons In Your Data?

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The more you work with Revit the more likely you are to run into demons in the data. What do I mean by demons? Demons are unexplained behavi...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Should I enable Hardware Acceleration?

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Hardware Acceleration (in options) controls the performance of several features in Revit 2011 including: realistic materials in realistic vi...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Additive Views vs. Subtractive Views

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Common Problem: When I place an electrical fixture or other family category it pops up automatically in other views I would rather not see ...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Using Radar

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What is Radar? Radar is a method of detecting distant objects and determining their position. When do I need it? You just linked a developed...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Open, Sesame

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When you place an existing door or window in an existing wall and then demo the door or window in the new construction phase Revit automatic...
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Monday, March 05, 2007

Filtering View Specific Content

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Do you want to know if Text Backgrounds used in a view are opaque or transparent? Are you trying to find hidden filled regions in a view? Ar...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Hide & Seek (updated)

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Did something in your project disappear? First, check to see if it is still visible in other views. Check Visibility/Graphics. Is the object...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

Instant Section Box

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Scott Brown posted this on Zoogdesign ages ago but I thought it was pretty useful so I'll post it. While in plan view draw a floor plan ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Surveys and Site Plans

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We quite often import survey data into Revit from DWG files given to us by the surveyor. Here are a few tips to consider when importing (and...
Saturday, July 22, 2006

Stepped Foundation Plans

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We often have split level projects and we've had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for u...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

View Range & Visibility Lessons

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We ran into two interesting View Range problems today. Interior elevation tags from the first floor plan were mysteriously showing up on the...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Rooms in a split level environment

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Are your room tags not working? Maybe the new room tool could use a little explaining. It sure needed explaining to me. 1. The cut plane (or...
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Monday, May 15, 2006

Coarse, Medium, and Fine - Wall Patterns

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You might notice that wall patterns disappear when you're switching between Coarse, Medium, and Fine detail levels. Let's say you wa...
Monday, March 27, 2006

View Range

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The use of View Range can be a difficult concept to grasp. The image below has been circulated around and explains how CUT, PROJECTION, and ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Floor Plan Backgrounds

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Let's say you're doing your own mechanical, electrical, structural or other drawings that require a floor plan that is greyed or hal...
Friday, March 10, 2006

Family Visibility Control

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When creating a door or other family we find that when loaded into a project we sometimes like to be able to switch on and off parts of the ...
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Thursday, March 02, 2006

Phases & Phase Filters

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Are you doing a remodel project? You’ll need to learn about phases. There are 3 dialog boxes you’ll have to become more familiar with. 1. Ph...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

Plan Regions

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Do you have windows that don't show in plan view because they are too high above the cut plane? Do you have a fireplace opening that doe...