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  • StairPorn.Revit – 7.5.09: Terrace Stairs by Suppose Design Office

    Before I even got a chance to get my last StairPorn.Revit entry rendered (so many problems! but I’m also experimenting with render settings 🙂 ) I’ve completed another entry!  This stair comes to us from the Suppose Design Office in Japan.  The portion of the vertical circulation element that I modeled really emphasizes the whole…

  • Revit TotD – 7.5.09: Let that Bump do the Work

    How many times have you wanted the material look that Revit provides, just with a different color?  There’s a good chance that you’ve wanted this at some point before and after digging for the answer, you found that the answer isn’t quite as simple as you’d hoped.  Someone probably told you that you had to…

  • Revit TotD – 8.4.09: +++ [RAWR I’M THE REF PLANE] —

    If you don’t get the title of the tip, that’s OK.  It’s easier just to say that it’s hard to explain if you don’t already understand, but at the same time it’s not necessarily a bad thing if you don’t.  Either way, I’m guessing that there’s a little tip that you didn’t know.  The one…

  • StairPorn.Revit – 7.31.09: Floating Stairs by Ong&Ong

    This stair by Ong & Ong in the Blair Road Residence is the one that really caught my eye when I first visited StairPorn.org, so naturally I had to attempt it early in the series.  It was quite a challenge!  The treads and risers were quite simple, but the supports didn’t work quite the way…

  • Revit TotD – 7.31.09: Legend Tagging

    ======================= This is a tip that was written specifically for AECBytes.com’s Tips and Tricks newsletter which is a monthly publication from http://www.aecbytes.com/.  The Article is also available to view at: http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2009/issue44-revit.html.  Thanks to AECBytes.com for the opportunity to write for this publication, and thanks to all my readers for making this such a succes thus…

  • Revit TotD – 7.30.09: Revit 2010 Add-In Manager

    Another short and sweet tip, this one dealing with an easy way to manager your add-ins.  If you are an add-in hog, you may get tired of editing your Revit.ini file every time you load and unload an add-in for Revit.  Well, with this simple little tool, you can have all the work done for…

  • Revit TotD – 7.29.09: Don’t Skip the SKP Mats

    Another simple, quick yet useful tip today!  A while back we mentioned Sketchup in our Topo tip, today I’m going to show you how to assign a material to that topo (or any object really) that you bring in to Revit from Sketchup. Assigning Materials to Sketchup Imports: In the Material library (Manage > Materials)…

  • StairPorn.Revit – 7.29.09: Hangover by Complett

    So I was turned on (no pun intended) to this site (http://stairporn.org)a couple weeks ago and I am taking upon myself to start making some Revit versions of these stairs.  A challenge, I like! To start things off, I went with the Hangover Stair by Complett I think it’s a good start! Like these stairs?  Want to…

  • Revit TotD – 7.23.09: Family Materials, Parameter Application

    So to wrap up this series on Family Material application, today I am going to show how to apply materials through a parameter in the family. Creating the Parameter: Types button on the Ribbon (it’s static, so you should be able to access it from any Ribbon) New under the Parameters section. Name the parameter,…

  • Revit TotD – 7.22.09: Family Materials, Subcategories

    Yesterday I showed you how to directly apply materials to objects in your families and the reasons to do such a thing.  Today I’m going to do the same thing, except we’ll be talking about the Subcategory approach. Create the Subcategory: (In the family creator) Manage Ribbon > Settings > Object Styles New in the…