article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. Marathon Drafting. Revit's Drafting Machine. Friday, August 11, 2006.

article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: The Revit Experiment II

Revit Beginners

Using Revits 2D Drafting tools: Because beginners are not completely familiar with all of Revits tools and because they are often faced with a deadline, beginners will likely rely on detail lines and filled regions to piece together plans, sections, and elevations for their first few projects. Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker.

Revit 40
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Cost Estimating

Revit Beginners

Marathon Drafting. Revit's Drafting Machine. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental. Revit Family Man. Revit Jobs.

Revit 61
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: The Revit Experiment III

Revit Beginners

We import (not link) the DWG into a Drafting View. If you save all of your roof details (as an example) into one project file you can later import these drafting views into any project youre working on. Views to import drafting views youve generated in other projects) 8. Marathon Drafting. Revit's Drafting Machine.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Imported Images and Sheets

Revit Beginners

The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. Marathon Drafting. then place the view on your sheet. If the view itself is outside of the scope of the titleblock Revit will plot the sheet fine. BIMtroublemaker.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: Revit Template Sharing

Revit Beginners

Edward Borg of Precision Drafting LLC has a dedicated FTP site for sharing cool Revit Project Templates and Families. Marathon Drafting. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, October 26, 2006. Revit Template Sharing. BIMtroublemaker.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

Marathon Drafting. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental. Revit Family Man. Revit for Real. Revit Jobs. Craigslist Script.

Revit 58