Revit Beginners

JULY 22, 2006

Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. David, Great idea and will prove to be most useful.when I get it working properly.

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Pro Builder

JULY 26, 2021

Be honest with yourself: Can you describe your startups as a finely honed process with all plans, specification, selections, options, colors, and sales collateral materials complete before construction of the first model begins? Blame it on the software or blame it on the users. All the decisions get made—eventually.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. The survey needs to be a part of the Revit model or Revit wont consider it when exporting your site plan to DWG. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software.

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Revit Site Plans CAD 40

Revit Beginners

JULY 1, 2009

The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. then place the view on your sheet. Just change the scale of the view. Labels: Import , Printing , Sheets. Revit 24/7.

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Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 5, 2006

One of the things Ive learned about Revit that some beginners may not know is that scheduling combined with 2D & 3D representation makes communicating an idea much easier. For instance you can combine custom room schedules with color fill plans (drafting. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2006

Using Revits 2D Drafting tools: Because beginners are not completely familiar with all of Revits tools and because they are often faced with a deadline, beginners will likely rely on detail lines and filled regions to piece together plans, sections, and elevations for their first few projects. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 11, 2006

Interior elevation tags from the first floor plan were mysteriously showing up on the second floor plan. Thats because if the top of the crop region for an interior elevation view intersects the primary range (bottom clip plane) of the floor plan above, then the interior elevation symbol will show in the floor plan above.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 24, 2010

A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Question: So what do I do with highly complex and custom families that will likely change from week to week? Answer: Build a placeholder family. David Duarte.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Spot Slope.

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CAD Shack

JANUARY 9, 2007

In the end producing coordinated CDs spending more time on design and less on drafting is the real benefit to MEP firms. You will want to know what the software is capable of and what it can not do. Just because the software may do something, your firm may not need to use that function. Decide what makes sense for your company.

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Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 21, 2006

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. and select your floor plan callout from the list of views. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Instant Section Box. Scott Brown posted this on Zoogdesign ages ago but I thought it was pretty useful so Ill post it. Go to any 3D view. Go to View. To Other View.

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Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Edward Borg of Precision Drafting LLC has a dedicated FTP site for sharing cool Revit Project Templates and Families. I’ve tried using split regions to show these areas in plan and internal elevations as well as adding another wall or floor of tiles. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Thursday, October 26, 2006.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 19, 2006

Youll notice you can select a Floor Plan or Detail View callout. Select Detail View and draw a callout in plan view. Now place a building section in plan view that intersects the callout region. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Select the callout and goto its properties. Change it to "Intersecting views."

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

You might notice that when you move the endpoint of a gridline in plan A it moves in plan B as well. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. 2D vs 3D Datum.

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Revit Beginners

JUNE 7, 2006

Draw a wall in plan view. Select the wall in plan view. This tool works in Plan, Section, and RCP views. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Do you want a niche cut out of your wall for a soap dish or other amenity? Goto Tools. Edit Cut Profile. This tool is view specific (ie. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform.

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Revit Beginners

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Go to a floor plan view and add four new elevations looking in all directions. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. This is where having radar comes in handy. If I just imported a project and I cant seem to locate the imported model the first thing I do is setup my radar. Uncheck Crop View and Far Clip Active parameters.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2007

Here is a list of some of the new and perhaps less obvious features in Revit Architecture 2008: Plan Regions are now always visible and easier to find. The element graphics of Section Boxes, Plan Regions, Crop Regions, Titleblocks, and Schedules can now be overridden once placed. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 23, 2006

If you want to estimate the total cost of the project per square foot then setup an Area Plan scheme and Area schedule: 1. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Revit's Drafting Machine. There are 3 ways weve found to estimate the cost of a project in Revit. Goto Settings. Room and Area Settings. Area Schemes.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Lets say you have an office standard for how doors and windows should appear in plan view and you want to incorporate this or any other standard as part of your door and window templates. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Family Templates. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 10, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Stepped Foundation Plans. IFC/ODBC Software. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Will Harris.

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Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Models from different consultants (who use software other than Revit to model) can be combined for analysis and clash detection. e-Plan Check – This program takes Revit data exported in IFC format and tests the model for building code violations. It will apply palettes to DWG layers in plan and perspective. Design Reform.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 21, 2006

If you go to View Properties youll notice that for orientation you only have a choice between Project North and True North, but what if you need to work in plan views that are orthagonal to each building? Just setup duplicate floor plan views for each building and turn on your crop regions. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Manuel led the team responsible for maintaining and centralizing project information throughout the project lifecycle, from planning to operation. Stephen stands out for his adeptness in reshaping collaboration dynamics throughout project lifecycles, seamlessly integrating diverse construction software platforms.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 23, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Stepped Foundation Plans. IFC/ODBC Software. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Will Harris.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 20, 2009

Go to a floor plan view and hit the light bulb to reveal the two new coordinate system icons (the survey point triangle and the project base point circle). Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

Goto Drafting. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. Detail Component and import your DWG into your new Detail Component. Place a masking region behind your imported text (as shown). Load this Detail Component into your project. Repeating Detail. Properties. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform.

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Revit Beginners

JANUARY 12, 2007

Check for Plan Regions if in a floor plan view. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Try changing the detail level of the view. Are all your worksets opened? (it it may be hiding in a closed workset). Check View Range in View Properties (VP). The object may have been moved to a new elevation. Set your view to wireframe.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks 40

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks 40

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit Beginners

JULY 19, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Stepped Foundation Plans. IFC/ODBC Software. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Will Harris.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 40

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 22, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Surveys and Site Plans. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental.

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Revit Beginners

MARCH 6, 2007

Place an existing wall and door in any existing plan view. We want the demolished jamb line to show up in plan for clarity. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. Demo your door in the new construction phase. Select the infill wall and add a value to the Comments instance parameter under element properties. Newer Post.

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Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Lets say a box that in 3d is orange, in elevation is orange and in plan is white ? In the material properties change your surface pattern to Solid fill[Drafting] and select a default color. Marathon Drafting. Other BIM Software. David Duarte. Yes you can. Now load the family into your project. BIMtroublemaker. Revit 24/7.

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