Architectural Desktop Design Drawings 
Revit OpEd
APRIL 22, 2014
When Autodesk decided to buy Revit Technology Corporation they confused many of their own customers who, until then, were using AutoCAD or Architectural Desktop (aka ADT, now AutoCAD Architecture aka ACA). What about the hours of design and investigation required to decide what to draw? Faster for whom?
Revit Beginners
JUNE 9, 2006
Quite often we need to organize our plots for different submittal package sets (Schematic Design Presentation, Land Use Permit, Plan Check, Construction Admin, etc). We decided that we also wanted to be able to sort the sheets in our project browser (and our drawing lists) by Submittal Package. and check the category Drawing Sheets.
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Revit Beginners
JANUARY 20, 2010
We used to complain that CAD drawings looked horrible and now that concept has nearly been forgotten. I used to spend (not hours, not days) weeks fighting wall cleanups in Revit and our designs changed so frequently we needed a quick and clean way to get complete drawings. We design traditional, high-end residential work.
Revit Beginners
AUGUST 19, 2009
The task was to demolish a 1980s addition, restoring the building to its original design, and then adding our own additions. To add to the complexity, the as-built drawings we had on file were not accurate to the true construction of the existing structure because the original architect had improvised the design during construction.
Revit Beginners
SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
This workaround involves drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line. Now draw a detail line in any view of your project. Draw your repeating detail over your new detail line as though tracing the detail line. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara.
Revit Beginners
APRIL 20, 2009
you can draw a simple building and link in a simple building (by shared coordinates) and move these two icons around a bit (clipped and unclipped) to see how the two models react or. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform.
Revit Beginners
APRIL 10, 2010
If you are drawing a wall or a line there is a pallet of line shapes that you can draw (square, polygon, circle, arc, etc.) For Walls Height/Facade, you may use "Edit Profile" to make certain design. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Design Reform. USG Design Studio.
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