Posts Tagged ‘Tips and Tricks’
Color coding families in Revit: Use view filters, create a legend view, and make a view template
This screencast details how to color code a view in Revit by families. It shows how to use view filters, create a legend view and a view template which can then be applied to other views. Using the family name, we are able to create view filters to control the visual appearance of any family. Within…
Read MoreShared vs. Project Parameter Usage in Revit
Shared and Project Parameters are an important concept in Revit which can cause confusion to new users. Technically, Revit contains Built-in, Family, Shared and Project Parameters. Built-in parameters are those which can be scheduled out of the box. Family parameters are not scheduled, but may help drive parametric changes within a family and are also visible…
Read MoreAnalytical Boundary Errors
Recently we were auditing a Revit model and ended up stuck in a the unfortunate cycle of trying to click through hundreds of errors to complete an Ungroup task. These errors were referencing various floors and complaining along the lines of: “Boundary edge lines intersect each other. Boundary contour must not be distorted.” After attempting…
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