Managing View Templates with Revit links that are set to “By Linked View” per level
One of the biggest challenges of dealing with large Revit models is working with outside consultants’ linked Revit models. You may need to use a linked…
How to create a custom linetype family with text in Revit
A great tutorial. What you are essentially doing is creating a family which you can stretch and contract using parameters. You will also array a label…
Best Practices: Managing Sheet Lists in Revit
The task of managing drawing lists has typically been a daunting one; Particularly on large projects. With the dawn of Revit adoption, we now have…
Using a filter to show a future phase in Revit
If you are at all familiar with Revit’s phasing capabilities, you have undoubtedly run into an issue with showing future phasing. Revit currently does not…
We should all be using Revit’s worksets for efficient worksharing, not visibility / graphic overrides.
More and more I’ve had debates regarding worksets being used for visibility. My stance is to avoid using worksets to control visibility and graphic overrides…
Overlapping Grid Bubbles in Revit and How to Fix Them Globally Across Multiple Views
How do you deal with overlapping grid bubbles? Whether you use “elbows” on your gridlines or offset your bubbles, you should never have to go…
Best Practice: Working with multiple disciplines
Working in MEP engineering often feels like juggling chainsaws. Unlike our architectural counterparts, we aren’t just managing one model; we’re typically balancing Mechanical, Electrical, and…
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Defined
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format was developed by buildingSMART®. The format maintains standards to import and export BIM elements and their parameters between…
Professor Arto Kiviniemi (University of Liverpool) and Barie Hasib (BIM REC) Present The True Meaning of Open BIM
An excellent webinar by Professor Arto Kiviniemi from the University of Liverpool. In this session, Professor Kiviniemi discusses the concepts of data sharing with BIM.…
How to show a custom scale as “None” or “N.T.S.” in Revit
For those of you who are new to Revit, there are many hurdles to overcome when working with documentation. We’ve all run into the issue…