RevitIt http://revitit.com/blog BIM related blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slab and Slab Edge This is a repost from The Revit Clinic since i had a few emails regarding the process.

The video is here

]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=303 We’re going mobile This morning we made RevitIt easily accessible to mobile device. You can easily browse the site on an iPhone or Android. If you are using a Blackberry we would love to hear from you.

]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=300 Comparing models in Navisworks Navisworks provide a really useful tool to compare different models. This can be really interesting when trying to track changes between files when you are collaborating with others.

See the video here.

]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=297 A new section has been added We’ve added a section for our clients. In there you will find courses on What’s New for Revit Architecture, a course on creating railings. We’re preparing an introduction to Navisworks class and a few other videos.

Of course if you have any request please feel free to contact us.

We hope you will enjoy.

]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=285 Intersect… Not Always We need to understand a basic rule of the Intersect tool. This video shows what works and what doesn’t.

]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=282 Displaying both unit system in surface schedules Sometimes you need to display both unit system (Imperial & Metric) say for example in a room schedule.

Create a schedule that display the project units (Imperial in this example). I renamed the Area header for Area Imperial.

Create a calculated value and name it Area Metric. Enter Area in the Formula field.

. . . → Read More: Displaying both unit system in surface schedules]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=260 A little subtlety in the Railing design Some of you might not remember that there is various options for a Railing sketch… especially when attached to a stair.

Take that Railing for example

By default the way it slope is set to By Host

But you can change that option to Flat or Sloped. Flat in that example will look like . . . → Read More: A little subtlety in the Railing design]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=248 Selective Chain …Selection We all know about using the TAB key to select connected elements

But what if i want to only select the South Walls

I could use a window but then i would have to use the filter to remove the doors from my selection.

Here’s a quicker way to do it.

Select . . . → Read More: Selective Chain …Selection]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=222 Simple Tile Fill Pattern with Grout We all know that Revit’s ability to generate Tile  fill pattern is limited to crossing lines.

Chris Baze wrote a nice Excel file to help you achieve a little bit more detail in a lot faster way then using Notepad.

Simply fill in the information for Height, Width & Grout Width

Then . . . → Read More: Simple Tile Fill Pattern with Grout]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=196 Coordination Display You want to use colors for coordination purpose, here’s how to do it. Here’s the initial Section view

Go to Visibility/Graphics and make sure you check Show categories from all disciplines. This will display all the Structural and MEP categories.

To first show the the Structural Elements in blue you could simply . . . → Read More: Coordination Display]]> http://revitit.com/blog/?p=184