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Revit Beginners: Revit Factory

Revit Beginners

I am looking for references on tutorials and teaching aids. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Revit Zone. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. David Duarte. at 4:50 PM. 4 comments: architectnote. Any recommendations?

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Revit Beginners: Wall Layer Wrapping Control

Revit Beginners

First thing you have to do is open the door (or other) family and add a reference plane (as shown below). Now select that reference plane and make sure that under its properties you change the Wall Closure parameter to TRUE. You can also add a second reference plane to control exterior and interior wall layer wrapping separately.

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Revit Beginners: The Data Manager

Revit Beginners

Some people refer to these individuals as Data Managers or Data Leaders. HOKs CAD Standards describe a Data Leader as someone "responsible for the execution of the CAD strategy including, the use of BIM, the folder structure and file-naming strategy, use of templates, and documenting specific project procedures." CAD Digest.

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Revit Beginners: 2D vs 3D Datum

Revit Beginners

Same goes for Reference Planes and Levels. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Revit Zone. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. Friday, September 29, 2006. 2D vs 3D Datum. Youll notice a blue icon that reads 3D.

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Revit Beginners: Section Annotation Features

Revit Beginners

In the options bar youll notice that you can "Reference other view" (for referencing a drafting view that is already present). Just draw a reference plane at the angle you want (and in the location you want for your section line) then place your section line adjacent to the reference plane. National CAD Standards.

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Revit Beginners: Parametric Column Families

Revit Beginners

First thing you need to setup are reference planes. Now the trick is that after youve created your elements you have to Edit the work plane of each element so that the elements are attached to the reference plane you would like them to "travel with." We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards.

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Revit Beginners: Head & Sill Height Behavior

Revit Beginners

To resolve this set the Defines Origin parameter for the Sill reference plane to TRUE. We design traditional, high-end residential work. National CAD Standards. CAD Digest. Knowing CAD. Revit Zone. CAD Block Exchange. CAD Beyond. CAD vs BIM. I was introduced to Revit 4.5 Autodesk Seek.

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