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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) […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Revit TotD – 7.21.09: Assigning Family Materials, the Direct Approach
I often see people struggling with getting a component in a project to render with the material they want it to render with. Usually upon inspecting the family that they are using I find that the materials are setup improperly, making it hard for the user to change materials to begin with (this does not […]
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TotD – 7.20.09: Tracing DWGs
Trust me, you won’t find anyone more against importing DWGs into a Revit project than me… well you might if you point over to RevitCity.com and browse around, but I’m pretty close to the top dawg in that category. However, I understand that sometimes it’s just the best way to get the job done. In […]
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Revit TotD – 7.17.09: Multi Line Text Fields
Don’t ask me how I stumbled across this one. It was so long ago that I can’t remember what I was doing to try this. I can remember it being somewhat serendipitous in the fact that it happened naturally, like, this key combo should produce this result. I needed an extra line in my parameter, […]
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Revit TotD – 6.30.09: Room Tag Types “I don’t have that option!”
As usual, this tip is the result of coming across another odd “I don’t have that option” when trying to help another fellow revitcity.com member. When he asked about how to show the Volume and are information in his room tags, I simply remarked that he should choose the correct Room Tag type from the […]
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Revit TotD – 6.26.09: Same View, new Callout
Here’s a quick tip to round off the week, most of you may know this already, but I think ALL of you should know, therefore I’m posting this little tip! Ever had a View such as a cad detail or a drafting view that you want to reference by a new callout in your project? […]
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Revit TotD – 6.25.09: Wall Profiles and Constraints
The last project I worked on in a real office was a real piece of work. With about 12 people in total working on the model at any given time, the model no doubt had some issues between everyone having their way with the model. One of the issues that occurred DAILY was with wall […]
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Revit TotD – 6.24.09: Project Elevation vs. Actual Elevation
Yeah, I know you’ve been there. Your boss asked you to make the elevations on a certain sheet show the actual elevation above sea level. You tried to move all the levels up 600′ and EVERYTHING B0RKED!!! If you haven’t been there you will eventually, well maybe not if you read this because you’ll know […]