Revit Tags Label Extents and Leaders
One of the things that always annoys me in Revit is the hardcoded spacing or sizes of certain elements or settings. These include such things as: Default extension of grid lines and levels beyond a...
View ArticleSystem Volume Parameter in Generic Category Families
Here in New South Wales, Australia, we have a planning requirement (SEPP65) to provide a certain amount of storage in multi-unit residential developments. Some of that storage can be in the apartment...
View ArticleWeird Callout Behaviour in Revit
A few months back I wrote about some of the weird rules for Revit Callouts when you use the 'Reference Other View' option. There are some strange and frustrating restrictions, which mean you need to...
View ArticleRevit Callout Crop Boundary Mismatch
When placing callouts in Revit, it is a common situation that you might want the crop boundary on the callout view to be different to the view reference on the parent view. Here is a typical example:...
View ArticleWhich Kind of Callout to Use in Revit
Previously I have written about some of the limitations and inconsistencies with Revit Callouts: Weird rules for 'Reference Other View' CalloutsWeird rules for Real CalloutsCallout Crop-Boundary...
View ArticleCallout Reference Label in Revit
Following on from my previous post on Real Callouts vs Reference Other View Callouts, there is one issue that I did not address previously:Managing the Callout Reference Label in Revit is a total pain...
View ArticleInstalling Revit 2021 - more Space Junk
Last year I did an analysis of how much space Revit takes up during the download and install process for the latest version (2020.Here follows an update for some of the changes in v2021:Download and...
View ArticleAnalysis of Slanted Walls in Revit 2021
Any new modelling feature in Revit is welcome. Although I have seldom needed to slant walls in a Revit model, it something that people occasionally want to do. Now that you can easily slant walls in...
View ArticleAnalysis of Slanted Walls with Rooms in Revit 2021
Following on from my Analysis of Slanted Walls in Revit 2021, I want to see how they interact with Rooms.Room EnclosureThe first thing to study with slanted walls is how they behave when enclosing room...
View ArticleSlanted Wall Joins in Revit 2021
Following on from my Analysis of Slanted Walls in Revit 2021, and Analysis of Slanted Walls and Rooms in Revit 2021 let us see how it handles slanted wall joins in plan.Mysterious BehaviourI have not...
View Article10 Years of Revit Architecture Enhancements
In this blog I have analysed and made comments on various Revit Architecture enhancements over the years. With all the recent talk of subscription value-for-money, I thought that now would be a good...
View ArticleRevit 2021.1 and Load Autodesk Content
Revit 2021.1 was recently released by Autodesk - for those waiting on the first 'point release' before upgrading to Revit 2021, this might be time to go for it.But wait - there is a new feature in...
View ArticleBIMAfterDark Presentation - NURBS in Revit
Ever wanted to create vegetables in Revit? No, well, what about curvy furniture? Organic Shapes using #NURBS in #Revit.I will be presenting as a guest speaker on #BIMAfterDark Live (The RevitKid)....
View ArticleRevit Stair-Floor Joins in Section
The inability of Stairs to properly join to floors (or other elements) in Revit has long been on the wishlist of things for Autodesk to fix. Back in v2014, we were very excited when Autodesk included...
View ArticleStair Section Detail Level in Revit
Here is yet another problem with Revit Stairs that really needs to be fixed by Autodesk: The view 'Detail Level' display in section is not consistent between walls, floors and stairs (not to mention...
View ArticleRevit Stair Wall Joins in Section
Following on from an earlier post about joining stairs and floors, I just wanted to clarify what happens when you try to join Stairs and Walls in section . . . .We saw previously that Revit does have...
View ArticleCut with Voids when Loaded in Revit
When this new feature appeared in Revit about 10 years ago (v2012?), it was always a bit mysterious - it had many confusing restrictions about how and when you could use it So, what is this family...
View ArticleShared Parameters in Revit View Filters
Here is another Revit Gotcha for young and old: Family Editor Shared ParametersIf you add a new Shared Parameter in the family editor, you might expect that parameter to be available in a project in...
View ArticleRustic Railings in Revit
There has been a lot of talk over the years about just how hard the Revit stair and railing tools are to work with.I decided to do an experiment - and see how long it took to build an actual stair and...
View ArticleCut with Voids When Loaded - 'Cuts Geometry' Postscript
Following my earlier blog post on Cut with Void When Loaded in Revit, I have discovered another subtle exception to the rule:It does not work properly with the new Revit 2021 feature "Void Cuts in...
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