CAD Shack
FEBRUARY 28, 2006
It sure would be cool to create a tag that will do something that was so simple in AutoCAD… underline itself no matter how long it gets. Remember “%%u”? If you prefixed an attribute with it the resulting attribute’s underline would be only as long as the number of characters that made it up. Today I’m going to create a Pump Tag that is appropriately underlined whether it’s P-1 or P-2000.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 27, 2006
This week I'll be posting more of the many tips I've accumulated over the past 4 months of teaching Revit.
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The Korte Company
FEBRUARY 22, 2006
The Korte Company recently added Don McKee to its pre-construction team as a Senior Estimator. As a veteran in the construction industry, McKee has an extensive resume of experience for a number of firms in Dallas, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Revit OpEd
FEBRUARY 21, 2006
When you have a number of pinned objects you can unpin them one at a time using the little Push Pin icon that appears for the objects. The only trouble is clicking the pin only unpins the one you clicked. The others just get deselected. To unpin multiple objects you need to use the Modify ribbon/panel item Edit and choose Unpin. The default Revit keyboard shortcut for this is UP.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2006
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CAD Shack
FEBRUARY 18, 2006
So, I have this client that does a lot of hospital work and they ran into something I had not noticed before. When adding rectangular duct they informed me that they could not insert duct larger than 96”x96”. Some jobs are so large, they require larger duct. They were glad to know there is a way to create larger sizes, and I thought there might be others that could benefit from knowing how to add to the available duct sizes.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 17, 2006
Do you have windows that don't show in plan view because they are too high above the cut plane? Do you have a fireplace opening that doesn't show because it's too far below the cut plane? Use the Plan Region Tool in your View Tool Palette. With this tool you can set a unique view range to include objects above or below the cutting plane that's set in the given view.
The Korte Company
FEBRUARY 21, 2006
The Korte Company is helping keep local children’s programming on television by signing on as a sponsor for “Bob the Builder” on KLVX-TV. The financial support comes at an opportune time as the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee cuts funding for public television (PBS) and children’s programs.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 16, 2006
Does your floor material transition from carpet to tile and you want to show the change in material in your floor plan view? Use the Split Face tool (SF). Select the face you want to split and sketch how you want the transition to occur. Now Finish Sketch and use the Paint tool (PT) to apply your patterns to the face.
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Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 15, 2006
Revit Groups are like AutoCAD blocks. Draw a couple of lines and group the selection. Copy multiple instances of the group and then edit one of the grouped objects. You'll notice that the changes you made will propogate to all the other similar groups. Go to File. Save to Library. Save Group and Groups will be saved to RVG files. We use Detail Groups a number of ways.
The Korte Company
FEBRUARY 14, 2006
The Korte Company recently became a partner in the Midwest RTK Networks with the installation of a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS). The networks incorporate Virtual Reference Station (VRS) technology and will include the largest cities in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana and southern Illinois. The Saint Louis RTK Network covers approximately 3,500 square miles, including eight Missouri and Illinois counties that comprise the St.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 14, 2006
We use filled regions in a number of ways. You'll notice right away that Revit's interior elevations look more like sections. We use a No Pattern Filled Region to crop the extents of our interior elevations. This comes in handy since crop regions can not yet be shaped the way a filled region can. Very often sub grade basements will show in elevation when no topography model is present.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 13, 2006
Lets say you need to calculate and illustrate areas that are existing and new for instance. Go to View. New. Area Plan and select the type of area (Gross or Rentable) and the level you want to apply the area calcs to. It will then ask you if you want to automatically create area boundary lines or if you would rather draw them yourself. Make a choice then go to Drafting.
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Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
Let's say you started to create a storefront (with door) using the door family template and now you want it to schedule as a window instead. While in the family editor go to Settings. Family Category and Parameters. and just switch to another compatible family. Now when you import your storefront it will schedule with all the other windows.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 9, 2006
Do you want to rotate a model pattern that you've applied to a surface? Place your mouse over any line of the pattern and TAB through until the line you want is highlighted. Then just use the rotate command. You can not rotate Drafting patterns by this method.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 8, 2006
We found this feature very useful. If you want a conical or octagonal roof select Roof By Footprint and draw a circle. Select the sketch and change its Number of Full Segments under Properties to 0 or 8. You can play around with the number of segments to see how it reacts.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 7, 2006
Want to create your own custom PAT files? You can try these third party softwares: AutoCAD Hatch Manager [link] HatchKit [link].
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Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 6, 2006
Shortcut keys like LW(linework), VH(Visibility Hide), VG(Visibility/Graphics Override) are configured in a file called KeyboardShortcuts.txt. You can find this file in Revit's program directory (C:Program FilesAutodesk Revit Building 8.
Revit Beginners
FEBRUARY 3, 2006
You can find the following characters in Window's Character map (Start. Programs. Accessories. System Tools) and add them to your template for easy access: Degrees ° Diameter Ø Plus/Minus ± 1/4 stacked ¼ 1/2 stacked ½ 3/4 stacked ¾ 1/8 stacked ? 3/8 stacked ? 5/8 stacked ? 7/8 stacked ? Number ? Bullets ?.
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