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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

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

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

Sheet Creator

Jason Grant gave us a nice xmas gift. On December 25th he released the first version of the sheet creator. The application is designed to facilitate the Sheet creation process by entering the information in a single dialog box repetitively.

The application is dead simple to use. After the install (which are well documented . . . → Read More: Sheet Creator

Organizing the Browser

I got ask last week how to organize the browser so i decided to show you how i do mine, and how to do it.

Here’s an idea of what my Browser Organisation looks like

I use an Organizational Code to order it. I found that method to be more effective over time . . . → Read More: Organizing the Browser