REVIT Room Calculation Point CADclip

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Furniture, Casework, Specialty Equipment, Generic Models, Doors & Windows Now Have Room Calculation Points managed from within the family editor.

In REVIT 2014 that is.

Prior to 2014 these MEP categories already had room calculation points. Lights, Electricical Equipment, Mechanical Equipment & Air Terminals.

When you are in th family editor you just need to turn on the room calculation point toggle and it appears as shown below.

In order for this control to be enabled the family category has to be 'room friendly'.

Room friendly means the element 'knows' what room it is in. When this happens you can include room information when you schedule the elements or you can include these elements when you schedule the rooms. It works both ways.

Here's an image of the elements in the family editor after the room calculation point has been enabled.

The CADclip video tutorial below explains the above conditions and then some.

Can REVIT Create a Decent Spiral Stair ?

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REVIT 2014 View Displacement HOLY CRAP !

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This New REVIT 2014 Element Displacement Tool is Sooooooo Cool I Seriously Can't Sit Still.



REVIT 2014 CADclip on Crop Regions

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REVIT 2014 Crop Regions R O C K !

Here's the #CADclip



REVIT CADclip on 3D Auto Section Box

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Watch the CADclip Video Below on 'Coins' Add-In 'Auto Section Box'.

Here's the CADclip Video on How to Use it and Where to Get it From

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REVIT 2014 Materials Dialog Box has saved the world

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REVIT 2014 Materials Dialog box

(Code named "Thank you")

REVIT 2013 Materials Dialog BoxES

(code named "The Migrain Headache")

REVIT 2012 Materials Dialog Box

(Code named "What's not broken don't fix")

Word is the Autodesk designer of the 2013 Materials interface has been traded to the ArchiCAD programming group for a can of soup.

REVIT 2013 Materials Library Video Tutorial

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5 Minutes to Understanding REVIT 2013 Material Libraries



MS Word Tutorial Heading Styles and Table Of Contents

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Here's a CADclip video tutorial on using Headings and Table of Contents in MS Word 2010.

I enjoy doing a little writing and documentation and really like the look of an organized professional paper.

The CADclip below outlines some very simple steps to turn your basic documents into professional looking papers by using MS Word Heading Styles and the Table of Contentas (T.O.C.) tools.

Your reports and written docs will never look the same . . . Enjoy ! 

REVIT 2013 Video Tutorial on Yes No Parameters

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Use REVIT Yes - No Parameters to control the Visibility of Family Parts.



REVIT Skinny Parameters Button PERFECT !

I have made a small but consistant living on showing people the skinny, tiny, little parameters button on the REVIT properties palette.

Stretch the palette wider and that little sucker stays exactly the same size. Thank you. When training people I usually hold back on the existance of this little beauty until the time is right. Then BAM ! I  blow their minds.

Thanks autodesk . . . who ever said you don't care about us trainers.

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REVIT Duct Place Holder Video Tutorial

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Here is a video on using REVIT MEP Duct Place Holders.

 

REVIT HVAC Duct Routing Video Tips

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Below is an image and a video tutorial of a few manual duct routing tips.



All REVIT Imperial Detail Families Project

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Imperial Version

Below is an Imperial project file with all of the REVIT 'Detail Items' placed and organized.

Download the Imperial Project File with all of the installed Detail Families loaded and placed in a drafting view.

Here is a link to the blog post with the Metric version and a video demonstration.

Here are a few sample images of what's in the project file.

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All REVIT Detail Families Project

Metric Version

Below is a Metric file, a video and images of all the REVIT 'Detail Items' that come installed with REVIT 2013.

Download the Metric Project File with all the Detail Families organized and placed in a drafting view.

For all my long time American friends here is a link to the Imperial version of the same thing.

Below are a few sample images and a video demonstration.

Enjoy !

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CADclips 4b Rule for Custom Families

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Bones, Brains, Balance and Body

Use the '4B' rule when creating a custom REVIT family from scratch.

It's essential.

View the CADclip below for an explanation.

  

 

Awesome REVIT Sloped Balcony Family

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 Slope a balcony properly with REVIT 2013 family 'void'.

If you've ever tried to propery slope a balcony in REVIT (as shown in the images posted) you know it's a challange and a very time consuming chore to attempt. Even with in place familes.

No no. This is an external rfa family file, and what an awesome familiy it is. Use this very same technique to do all kinds of things now. 

See the CADclip video below for a demonstration.

  



REVIT Elevation from a Callout View

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Create 'Floor Plan' Callouts instead of 'Detail' Callouts.

If you plan on creating 'Elevation' views from within the Callout view, then make the callout view a Floor Plan or Structural Plan Type, not a 'Detail' Type.

See the CADclip below.

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Save REVIT Screen Space

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Use 'Show Panel Titles' to save vertical screen space in REVIT by right clicking a Ribbon Tab, then the Show Panel Titles toggle.

Little as it may be, it's there to be used and .... IIIIIIIIIIIII use it.

REVIT Halftone Tip for Sketch Mode

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The 'Halftone' setting controls how bright or faint the existing linework displays when you go into 'Sketch' mode in REVIT. You can find the 'Halftone' setting under the 'Manage' tab on the ribbon.

I definitely do recall being annoyed in the past when you go into sketch mode and you have the pink / magenta lines and the rest of the model all but disappears.

I believe it may also depend on your monitor, resolution, video card and display settings. By default it usually works ok so this is why most people never come across the problem.

But when you do . . . . . . it sure is annoying.

REVIT Training Video Using Detail Lines and Custom Line Style

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Above is a nice little REVIT 2013 Training Video on using Detail Lines with a Custom Line Style to draw the dashed line representing a shelf for a closet.

REVIT Unable to Write to XX it is Read Only or Opened by Someone Else

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I see this same REVIT error a few times a week with different users when trying to 'Synchronize with Central'.

So, in REVIT you are able to 'Create New Local' file BUT then when you try to sinc you get the error above.

My hard earned (head banging) experience has uncovered that this is almost always caused because the User does not have 'Editable' rights to the folder the file is saved in.

Do yourself a big favour and make sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the user has 'Editable' rights to the folder.

Do this first and foremost before you bother wasting your time trouble shooting any other potential causes.

This should be the number 1 item to check on before doing anything else.

Don't 'assume' anything. Make sure the IT people actually visually varify this, (preferably with you by their side).