You Legend! – Creating Legends in Revit using Legend Components
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…
Revit Family Guidelines: Top 20 Rules for Properly Built Revit Families
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…
How to Edit Profile of Curved Wall In Revit
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…
Revit Tags Rotate with Component – Some do and some don’t!
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…
Revit Starting View – What you see First!
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…
Creating a Rebar Schedule in Revit – with Images!
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…
Attachment vs Overlay when Linking Revit Files
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…
Creating Revit 3d Presentation Views That Look Cool!
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…
Export Revit models – Local files, Archiving, and eTransmit
Have you ever been asked to send a client or consultant your Revit file for them to use? If you have worksharing enabled, do you send your Local file or…
