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  • Revit TotD – 2.17.10 | Through the Linking Glass, part2

    What’s this?  I’m keeping my word?  Two tips in one week?!  Well, don’t let it fool you.  I cheated.  I wrote these 2 days ago 🙂  So let us continue on and wrap up this little lesson on linked model visibility. First I want to thank my Buddy Gerry Hogsed for letting me use his…

  • Revit TotD – 2.15.10 | Through the Linking Glass, part1

    I’m slowly but surely trying to recover from moving and settling into a new job.  I’m having to force myself to sit down and make time for RevitTotD, but I’m glad I do it every time that I do!  This week, I’m going to have 3 tips… that’s all there is to it!  Baby steps,…

  • #Revit – IRC Chat

    OK, with many thanks to Mr. Qabulin we are able to chat once again.  You can use either your own IRC client such as mIRC, Colloquy (for you mac users) or MirandaIM to access the chat.  Or you can still use Mibbit just like before.  The new address is as follows: Server:  gibsonhh.info Port: 6669…

  • Revit TotD – 1.26.10 | Quick Access Menu and Worksets

    Oh my, two new tips in one week!? This may become a new routine! Here’s one for those of you that use worksets a lot. Those of you that have used worksets on a project after recently converting from AutoCAD probably note a similarity in layers and worksets. Right down to loosing track of which…

  • Revit TotD – 1.25.10 | Profile Origins and Wall Openings

    So yeah, it’s been really busy around here, what with finally getting a new job, moving my family halfway across the country, settling in, making sure the new mom is doing good… well, I could go on with the excuses but the truth is I just missed you guys and gals!  So here I am,…

  • Revit TotD – 10.19.09 | Working with Profiles in Project

    Every  now and again you’ll run across an object that you want to change, but don’t want to have to figure out what nested family it’s using, stop working on the project, find the profile family, open the family, change it, save it, load it into the project, yada, yada, yada… who wants to do…

  • Revit TotD – 10.16.09 | Varying Thickness Floor Layers

    Continuing the topic of floors, I want to talk about a scenario that happens in a lot of projects; especially since this is something that happens in MANY commercial roofs. I speak of the one and only varying thickness in a layer of an assembly. Floors or roofs, this method can be used with either…

  • Revit TotD – 10.15.09 | Pancake Floors

    So you just finished placing the existing structure of building you are remodeling into revit and start working on the floors… only to ask the question, “Should I really have made this a single floor type?” Well, today’s tip is less of a How-to and more of a How Carl Does It. Typically, you would…

  • Revit TotD – 10.12.09: Revit’s “Center” Command

    Oh, hello there!  Thought I had completely forgotten about you, didn’t you?  Well, no, not completely.  I had to deal with some personal issues, namely the beginning of my family!  You can all blame it on my new son when he’s old enough to understand what you’re all upset about.  Till then, I’m going to…

  • I’m BAAaaaack….

    … well not really… not completely.  It’s been a bit hectic lately, and I’m hoping to get a few posts in before we welcome our first born into the family!  I’ve picked up a few good topics while I was in Tulsa on a consulting gig.  Just gotta get my notes together and we’ll start…