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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Bypassing Edit Group Mode

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In the example below I've grouped and pinned the as-built model... proceeded with demoing a door (infilled on the right) and wanted to s...
Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Fireplace Flues

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Happy New Year! And for those of you with Revit MEP or the Building Design Suite... There is a very nice YouTube video on rolling offsets...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Design Options and Phases: Post #2

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This post assumes you already have some exposure to the Parts tools or that you think the Split Face and Paint tools are the only tools ava...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Template Tips

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The standards of templates and content are symbiotic. That is, the standards of one are dependent on the other. Providing content without al...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Design Options & Phases: Post #1

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The use of Design Options and Phases is similar.  Some of the same challenges are present that I believe shared concepts can solve. This pos...
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Monday, March 04, 2013

Finding a way

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Now that you can revise instantly, are you often asked to instantly revise? One of the common challenges we face in Revit is trying to upd...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Happy New Year

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Happy new year to everyone. I hope 2012 was a very exciting and productive year for all you Revit Beginners out there and I thank you for fo...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Remodels in Revit... the untold story

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To my surprise, there's not a whole lot of discussion on this very important topic. Anyone who has developed a custom remodel residentia...
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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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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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