Category Archive: Tips & Tricks

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FormIt 360 – Layers, Scenes and Materials

Layers to Control Visibility Select lines, objects, groups, or images – assign them to a layer… then turn that layer on or off! Simple. Powerful. Necessary. Obviously, this is handy when you want to create a more complicated model, or...

Copy Elements from a Linked File

In this click saver I want to talk about something that a client recently brought up about working with linked Revit models. I work with quite a lot of multi- discipline firms these days so internally they will be sharing...

Revit Floor/Slab Edge

In this click saver I want to talk about something that a client recently brought up about displaying a Floor/Slab edge a certain way. In a plan view they wanted to create a view for documentation and coordination on where...

Solving the Revit Floor Tag Area Issue

So when working in Revit I get asked if there is a way to create a floor tag that sees the area and adds it to the tag. Unfortunately out of the box this can't happen for whatever reason but...

FormIt – Getting Started – Part 2

In this click saver I want to talk about some recent updates to Autodesk FormIt. Some of you might have been trying out FormIt already since I last wrote about it, or I at least would hope :0). Starting August...

Change Revit 2013 Standalone Installation to a Network Installation

Below, James Pray details a very technical document meant for BIM/CAD Manager/I.T.-types who have historically been frustrated by transitioning Autodesk licenses from standalone to network installation. This is specifically for transitioning Revit 2013 standalone to network; but, take it for what it's...

Fast and Accurate Lighting Analysis

Lighting Analysis for Revit is a fast cloud service that uses Autodesk 360 Rendering to expose electric and solar lighting results directly on the Revit model. The results are validated against Radiance, a commonly used simulation tool, and displayed in-canvas...

Revit 2015 Content

In this click saver I want to talk about Revit 2015 family/template content. Some have been experiencing an issue where their content is not being installed correctly. First we must understand that during the installation of Revit 2015 it has...

Using Bluebeam Page Label Tool

When putting together a PDF document set, it can be time consuming especially when the PDF’s have come from different sources. For this Click Saver I’m going to assume that you have worked with the File -> Combine tool to...

Hotfix – Autodesk Revit 2014 – Revit Server

This hotfix improves two areas: • Poor performance with Revit Server due to excessive calls to locateModel logic. • Inability to save models to Revit Server 2014 due to a condition where “An item with the same key has already...
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