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CAD Shack: Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks

CAD Shack

Revit Family Formula Examples and Tricks. By specifing that metal can not be true while Wood is true the user can only specify one of the two materials. When you select the Type of Parameter Revit will open the Select Category dialog. Labels: Families , How To , Revit , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips. Revit MEP. (88).

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Revit OpEd: Use the Front Door

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. I find myself looking for metaphors as I help people learn Revit. Lately Ive settled on another to describe the various ways Revit lets us do things. Tuesday, August 28, 2012.

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CAD Shack: Creating Revit Type Catalogs for Families

CAD Shack

Creating Revit Type Catalogs for Families. Revit reconizes this as a heading for family type which will start below it. Material ##OTHER##. Labels: Families , Revit MEP. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. Revit MEP. (88).

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Revit OpEd: Due Diligence

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. It seems to me this notion of using Revit (BIM) and "us" isnt all that different. There must be something to this BIM/Revit thing when it's painful for people to do it the old way.

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Revit OpEd: A Case for User Keynotes

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. The same device could also have a User Keynote that says: "Data faceplate color selection must be coordinated with interior design final material and color selections with owner.". Revit OpEd.

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Revit Beginners: Remodels in Revit. the untold story

Revit Beginners

Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Remodels in Revit. I have to say that remodels in Revit MEP do NOT work well at all. Tuesday, August 03, 2010.

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Schedules Basics & Tips

Revit Beginners

Consider FINALLY using those Hard-coded parameters that come with Revit families OOTB. A material is in the model but you can''t find it in the Material Takeoff Schedule? Materials applied with the Paint Tool are excluded from a Material Takeoff Schedule 6. Want to link an Excel File into Revit?