Tips and tricks discovered when using Revit.
ANNOTATION & REFERENCES
CEILINGS
HATCH CEILINGS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS
COLUMNS
COORDINATES AND POSITION
CONCEPTUAL MODELLING
CURTAIN WALLS
SELECT MULTIPLE MULLIONS & CURTAIN PANELS
RESET CURTAIN WALL TO DEFAULT MULLIONS & PANELS
DECALS
DETAILING
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETAIL VIEWS
DOORS
DOORS IN CONC - ALLOWING FOR CONC OPENING
DRAFTING
MANAGING LINE WEIGHTS IN A VIEW
STAIR SUBCATEGORIES AND MATERIALS
FAMILIES (COMPONENTS)
CONVERT IN-PLACE FAMILY TO FAMILY FILE
TURN HOSTED FAMILY TO NON-HOSTED
CREATE FAMILY TYPE CATALOG FILE
CREATE SYSTEM FAMILY FILES (walls, roofs, floors, ceilings)
THUMBNAIL FOR FACE BASED FAMILIES
HOW TO USE FAMILY TYPES AS PARAMETER
PLAN DISPLAY TIPS FOR FAMILIES
LIST OF REVIT ARCHITECTURAL CATEGORIES
GROUPS
IMPORTS & LINKS
HOW TO MAKE WALLS IN REVIT LINKS ROOM BOUNDING
IMPORT INTO PREVIOUS REVIT VERSION
IMPORT CAD DUCT & CAD MEP OBJECTS
COPY LINKS BETWEEN REVIT FILES
MAKE 3D CAD FILES CUT IN SECTION & PLAN
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
TRANSFER QUICK ACCESS TOOLBARS
MACROS
COPY MACROS BETWEEN PROJECT FILES
MASSING
MATERIALS
FILL PATTERNS - hatching
MODEL TEXT
PARAMETERS
LOAD MULTIPLE SHARED PARAMETERS
PHASES
PLAN REGIONS
PRINTING & EXPORTING
RAILINGS
REFERENCES
HIDE IRRELEVANT GRIDS & LEVELS
RENAMING PDF & EXPORTED FILES (for sheet per file printing)
RAMPS
RENDERING
FIND MISSING MATERIAL IMAGE FILES
CREATE RENDER IMAGE WITHOUT A BACKGROUND
ROOMS
CONTROLLING WHERE ROOM AREA IS MEASURED
COPY ROOMS BETWEEN REVIT FILES
SCHEDULES & LEGENDS
'As Paint' IN MATERIAL SCHEDULES
SHEET VIEWS and TITLE BLOCKS
HOW TO ADD A PREFIX TO REVISIONS
SITE
TOPOSURFACE - IMPORTING LEVELS DATA
CREATE TOPOSURFACE FROM SKETCHUP
CREATE TOPOSURFACE FROM POINT CLOUD
CREATE WALLS THAT FOLLOW SITE TOPOGRAPHY
CREATE MASS THAT FOLLOWS TOPOGRAPHY
STAIRS
VIEWS
FIND FLOOR PLAN VIEW ASSOCIATED WITH A LEVEL
SETTING ASSOCIATED LEVEL OF A PLAN VIEW
MATCH DEPENDENT VIEW CROP OVER MULTIPLE LEVELS
MOVE CALLOUT REFERENCES TO ANOTHER VIEW
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETAIL VIEWS
VISIBILITY
OBJECTS NOT DISPLAYING PROPERLY
WINDOWS NOT DISPLAYING IN PLAN VIEWS
WALLS NOT DISPLAYING IN PLAN VIEW
EXTRA METHODS for CONTROLLING VISIBILITY
3D VIEWS
SET CENTRE POINT & EXTENTS OF 3D VIEWS
CALCULATE PERSPECTIVE VIEW FOCAL LENGTH
MATCH REVIT CAMERA TO A REAL PHOTOGRAPH
ADD CUT PATTERN TO SECTIONAL 3D VIEW
ORIENTATE 3D VIEW TO A SECTION - orientate face of an object to 3D view.
CREATE SECTIONAL VIEW WITHOUT INTERNAL SHADOWS
WALK IN REVIT MODEL USING NAVISWORKS
WALLS
CREATE WALLS THAT FOLLOW SITE TOPOGRAPHY
WORKSETS
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