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You Legend! – Creating Legends in Revit using Legend Components

·November 12, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·6 Comments

Whilst we create digital models and work in 3D, at the end of the day we still need to produce 2D drawings which can be understood by many. Our drawings are really just lines on a sheet, which in turn represent the building (or bridge, plane, kitchen whatever...). A lot…

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Revit Family Guidelines: Top 20 Rules for Properly Built Revit Families

·October 23, 2018
·Pete Heibel
·1 Comment

Architects, draftsmen, designers, and engineers regularly encounter moments where we need to represent a building component in Revit and we’re faced with a decision. How are we going to represent this product in our Revit drawings? Should we take the time to model it ourselves (no), use a generic AutoCAD…

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How to Edit Profile of Curved Wall In Revit

·July 30, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·4 Comments

I was working on some interesting curved Retaining Walls in Revit the other day, and needed the top of the wall to slope and match the ground contours. When your walls are straight, you have the option to Edit the Profile by going into Sketch Mode and Editing the profile however…

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Revit Tags Rotate with Component – Some do and some don’t!

·June 18, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·0 Comments

Revit Tags are such a Powerful tool for annotating elements within your project. They make life so much easier when dealing with changes. They provide consistency with your annotations and save time typing repetitive information. I like them so much I try to ONLY use tags and ditch text notes altogether! But recently…

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Revit Starting View – What you see First!

·May 29, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·5 Comments

The starting view in Revit is the very first thing you, your team members or other consultants see when they open a project. It is often overlooked, but can be a very useful way to show specific information that you want to draw attention to. By default, the starting view will be the…

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Creating a Rebar Schedule in Revit – with Images!

·April 23, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·6 Comments

Schedules are very powerful tools in Revit. They are a really useful way to display model information and are essential when documenting your project. There are times when we would like to show graphical information in a schedule. An example I use (from a structural perspective) is showing Rebar shapes as images…

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Attachment vs Overlay when Linking Revit Files

·February 2, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·2 Comments

Once you link a Revit or IFC model into your project, you have the option to change the Reference Type to either Overlay or Attachment. What the heck does that mean? If you select one or the other it makes no visible change to your model so it's easy to ignore. But the Reference…

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The Top 15 Sites with FREE Revit Families

·January 3, 2018
·Karl Tanner
·20 Comments

UPDATED MAY 2018 This list has been compiled for anyone looking to download FREE Revit Families. Please let me know if any links no longer work and I will update :) Looking to download FREE Revit Families? Start here: We all need good content to populate our models, and if they are…

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Creating Revit 3d Presentation Views That Look Cool!

·June 15, 2017
·Karl Tanner
·0 Comments

Recently my company was updating our pitch documents and brochures that we give to potential clients. We didn't want to show just drawings, or photos of the finished building, but also show some cool 3D images from within our Revit models. You know the type i'm talking about, flash looking buildings,…

You Legend! – Creating Legends in Revit using Legend Components

Revit Family Guidelines: Top 20 Rules for Properly Built Revit Families

How to Edit Profile of Curved Wall In Revit

Revit Tags Rotate with Component – Some do and some don’t!

Revit Starting View – What you see First!

Creating a Rebar Schedule in Revit – with Images!

Attachment vs Overlay when Linking Revit Files

The Top 15 Sites with FREE Revit Families

Creating Revit 3d Presentation Views That Look Cool!

The Top 15 Sites with FREE Revit Families

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