Revit Beginners

This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by, or affiliated with, Autodesk, Inc.

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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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Anchor vs. Pin Position

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Two tools some beginners aren't aware of are the Anchor Symbol and Pin Position Tools. Draw three walls, in plan view, parallel to eacho...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Family Specifications Manual?

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Robert of Philadelphia, PA works for an office that has written an in house specification for family creation. Very interesting read. Revit ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Electrical Symbols

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We have a very large residence that requires an overall coordination plan at 1/8" scale and 5 individual quadrants at 1/4" scale b...
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Monday, May 22, 2006

A New Blogger

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Green Revit is a new blog, with a focus on the correlation between Revit and green building design.
Friday, May 19, 2006

Another Revit Wishlist

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A lot of people post wishlists on their blogs. Here's my contribution: Speed... Revit can be too slow for many users. Wall intersection...
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...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Google's 3D Warehouse

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You can now get 3D content from Google in the form of SketchUp files. Revit 9 supports the importing of SketchUp files. There's not a ...
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Monday, May 01, 2006

Upgrading Families

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Our family library has grown considerably and we were tired of seeing "THIS IS A ONE TIME UPGRADE PROCESS ONLY" every time we open...
Monday, April 17, 2006

Repeating Detail Tool

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Do you want to add tile pavers on a slab, 2x6 joists in a section drawing, or wood shake to a roof section? The repeating Detail Tool will d...
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I'm a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Southern California. We design traditional, high-end residential work. I was introduced to Revit 4.5 in 2002 and am currently a member of AUGI.
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