cre8iveThings

What’s a bird doing here? We should change it!

Protip: Use shift more…

Protip: Tabbing through elements too fast and miss it? Hit shift+tab to go back one or two.

November 6, 2013
Not so Perfect Ending…

This is not what you want to see after waiting 15 minutes for a model regeneration after reloading a family:

October 1, 2013
Rule of Thin Lines

If you’re in a view that goes on a sheet and you need to turn Thin Lines on… then most likely you’re not in the proper view to do that work in.

May 9, 2013
Changes Abound

I have to say that when I get a chance to update RevitTotD it’s really a lot of fun. The technology has kinda been a diversion in my professional advancement. I didn’t go to school for a degree in Revit. I didn’t make a long term plan in high school to be a career 3D […]

May 3, 2013
Coordination: AutoCAD v Revit

This is how you handle coordination in AutoCAD: “I see structural members in our RCP where I’m trying to put lights…” “OK, just delete those lines” This is how you handle coordination in Revit: “I see structural members in our RCP where I’m trying to put lights…” “If you see it in RCP, then it’s […]

July 13, 2012
PDF Rant

I wish people would realize that if you’re working on a revit project, if you do markups in DWF instead of PDF, you can ACTUALLY OVERLAY THEM IN REVIT!!!!

July 3, 2012
Live Session – Family Series #4 | Modeling Overview and Family Phasing

The next installment of the Family creation series will begin in about an hour. Head over to RFO for the link around 12:15pm CDT. So we got through the SD phase of the family phasing and went off on a lot of Ref planes and work plane discussion last session. This time I will finish […]

May 10, 2012
Live Session – Family Series #3 | LoD, Ref Planes and Extrusion (OH MY!)

Here is the link to the thread that will have the archived recording as well as the link to the live session once the session is started. Keep this up and look for the link if you are interested in listening in live. The session will be today, 12:30pm Central Daylight Time. http://www.revitforum.org/architecture-general-revit-questions/7707-live-session-family-creation-series-3-a.html

April 25, 2012
Revit 2013 – New Features Tour

So the time has finally come! The NDA has been lifted and the features are flying… well at least from those of us who actually waited for the NDA to be lifted. Here today I’d like to “briefly” list some of the new features in Revit 2013 and then spend the next weeks days going […]

March 27, 2012
Can we keep it ma?

Look what I just found laying around the interwebs! Look what I just found is live! http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/2013/Help/00001-Revit_He0/0001-What%e2%80%99s_N1/0002-New_in_R2

March 27, 2012