tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76961186386588103762024-03-05T22:06:31.358+11:00Revit LinkA link to all things Revit.
Sharing new discoveries, technologies & the basic fundamentals.DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-32503615260699786832018-12-17T17:47:00.000+11:002018-12-30T13:13:36.570+11:00Happy Holidays, See you in 2019!!!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has been a quiet year on the blog. For the last two years, I published more than 40 blog posts. This year, I managed just 12, posting in only 7 of the 12 months of the year. <br /><br />In seeing those numbers the other day it did help me realise just how much I have deviated from my usual routine in 2018. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>My trip to the Great Barrier Reef was a highlight this year!</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">With that it is time to sign off. I am changing things up a little this year and instead of a review of the years posts, I am going to instead leave a link to the <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour">TED Radio hour podcast.</a> It has been a podcast I only started listening to recently and one I have thoroughly enjoyed! I hope you enjoy it too! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wishing everyone a safe and happy holidays! </span></span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-68267683137620032762018-12-09T19:30:00.000+11:002018-12-09T19:30:02.607+11:00Empty System Panel is Missing<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, it turns out the curtain panel 'Empty System Panel' family has been missing from most of the default Revit templates since at least 2017. <br /><br /><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/empty-system-panel-is-missing-revit-2017/m-p/6443938/highlight/false#M121524" target="_blank">This thread</a> has tracked the problem for the last few years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are not familiar with this important system family, it allows you to create curtain wall screens, (no glass between mullions) such as the one below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, whilst these two screen appear the same, only one of them can manipulate it's shape or attach to slope roofs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You see, to make things nice and confusing, there is an 'Empty Panel' loadable family available in the default library that comes with your Revit installation. However, it is a LOADABLE family, not a SYSTEM family. The system family comes with special powers that allows its shape to be manipulated. Anyone who has ever tried to attach a curtain wall with custom panels to a slope roof before, or has come across this empty panel problem, will likely have encountered this error message:<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, being a system family, it isn't loadable, just like walls, floors, roofs and ceilings to name a few. Therefore, the only way to get this into your project should you need it, is to copy and paste a curtain wall that uses the empty system panel family into your project. For some, this may not be so easy if you don't have a copy of a pre 2017 template lying around. <br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully Autodesk take my problem report I logged today seriously enough to fix the next release template. </span></span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-17339720945424742242018-10-16T11:00:00.000+11:002018-10-16T11:00:07.027+11:00Installing 'DLL' files for Revit Add-Ins<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my last post <b>"<a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com/2018/10/whats-in-my-add-ins-tab.html" target="_blank">What's In My Add-Ins Tab?</a>"</b> I mentioned two addin-ins that are installed by simply placing the 'dll' files into the addins folder for your Revit installation. The process is very simple, but if you are not familiar with dll files, you may find this quick tutorial helpful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this example, we are going to use 'View Renumber' by LMN add-in now found on GitHub. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Firstly, navigate to Timothy Logan's GitHub repository <b><a href="https://github.com/logant?tab=repositories" target="_blank">here</a></b>. Scroll down the list and look for 'Revit_Renumber Viewports'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once on this page, you will notice a folder '<b>Deploy', </b>(the description is 'adding ZIP file with deployable build of plugin').<b> </b>Click this folder and download the zip file inside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Navigate to your Revit installations addin folder. This should be in a similar location to; <i>C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\ [Your Revit version year]</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Copy and paste the downloaded files into this folder. Finally, right click on each of the files and select Properties. At the bottom there is a security warning about the file, ensure that 'Unblock' is ticked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's it, you can now boot up Revit and you will notice a new tab at the top 'LMN' (the name of the company that created the addin) with your add-in installed and ready to use. </span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-38621666741772229852018-10-14T16:00:00.000+11:002018-10-14T16:00:09.201+11:00What's In My Add-Ins Tab?<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have written before about thinking of your</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 'out of the box' Revit installation the same way you would your latest mobile phone purchase (or cell phone if you're in the U.S.). Out of the box is great, but what really makes your phone a productive, connected (and addictive) tool is the countless apps you install on your device after you purchase, right? When was the last time you bought a phone and just used what the factory put on it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Revit has many flaws and short comings and most of them are well documented. You can however make some simple improvements by getting familiar with some of the great add-ins out there. My main go to location is the <a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Home/Index" target="_blank">Revit app store.</a> I would also recommend the '<a href="http://revitaddons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Revit Add-Ons' blog by Tim Grimm</a>. His blog keeps up with what is happening in the app store and elsewhere for the latest add-ins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=8920075109543819118&appLang=en&os=Win64"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">C</span><span style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">oins Auto-Section Box</span> by COINS</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">This app continues to be one of my favourite apps and the one I recommend most to new and long time users. The reason is simple, I use this app multiple times EVERY single day I am in front of Revit. It is a very powerful tool. I have written about some of the great features in a previous post</span> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com/2016/01/revit-selection-box-vs-coins-auto.html" target="_blank">'Revit Selection Box vs Coins Auto-Section Box'</a> </span><span style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">comparing it to the default Revit version of the selection box. This post is also amongst my most viewed. You can download Coins Auto-section box from the app store <a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=8920075109543819118&appLang=en&os=Win64">here.</a> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been using Renumber Viewports & Legend Copy since 2015. They are examples of two extremely simple add-ins that make a big difference. Originally published by LMN Architects technology studio back in 2014, the add-ins are no longer available from their website. Instead you can now find updated versions on <a href="https://github.com/logant?tab=repositories">GitHub by Timothy Logan</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Legend Copy helps you to copy legends on a sheet, to multiple sheets in the exact same position. Select a legend on a sheet and run the tool. It will provide a list of your sheets to copy to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A free 5 star add-in, this app let's you transfer single standards between projects. Unlike the built-in transfer project standards, this add-in let's you transfer single items of a particular category, parameter, type etc. Instead of transferring all of those view templates, text types or the like, how about only transferring the ones you want! It's a great tool and helps to keep projects up to date with that ever evolving office template. </span></div>
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I am not sure if this is 'as designed' behaviour or an unintended consequence of the new feature. Detail level has never impacted visibility graphic overrides in previous releases of Revit so it's worth noting as I can see this causing a few problems in the office. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What's New Autodesk Help <b><a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-C81929D7-02CB-4BF7-A637-9B98EC9EB38B">here.</a></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seems with the refresh of the interface in Revit 2019, the addition of icons on the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is shifting the file name, even when it is docked below the ribbon...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recommend the use of <a href="https://enscape3d.com/" target="_blank">Enscape</a> to my students due to its versatility and ease of use. It is also a great communication tool for students to walk through their models. <br />A worth while blog to visit is the <a href="https://enscape3d.com/blog/" target="_blank">Enscape Blog</a>. There are always really useful posts to get the most out of not only Enscape, but Revit as well. The latest post by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danstinemn" target="_blank">Dan Stine</a> is a good example of this. He has outlined some '<a href="https://enscape3d.com/best-practices-revit-project-setup/" target="_blank">Best Practices for Revit Project Setup</a>' to help you get the most from your Enscape experience. Enjoy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I enjoyed compiling this list, it was a good refresh and reminded me of a few minor updates that I had forgotten about myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This turned out to be a lengthy post, so in an effort to keep it as concise as possible, I have simply listed the change/enhancement and only in some cases a short explanation. If you need more info on the update as well as a list of all minor, MEP & structural updates, I have provided all the links to the "What's New" articles as well as links to my past posts on new features. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Detailed explanation of the R2 updates by the <a href="http://revitcat.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/whats-new-in-revit-2016-r2.html" target="_blank">Revit Cat</a></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Global parameters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cancel print / export jobs (rather than previously only being able to cancel one sheet at a time)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family editor - Visibility preview</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family editor - Filter voids & solids</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Revit Links - Unload 'for me' option allows you to unload a link without effecting others when syncing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worksharing - When detaching models, "_detached" is now appended to the file name instead of just a blank file name</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Underlay - New properties and terminology has been created in the properties to make it more clear of the underlay conditions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Filters Dialog - Now listed alphabetically and sorted in a tree structure for rule-based and selection-based filters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reference plane names can now be added directly in the model area</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perspective views - More tools becoming accessible while in perspective views</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wall joins can be nominated in the options bar prior to placing walls</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Railings "preview" option added</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rendering - Autodesk introduces "Raytracer" a faster rendering method than the old Mental Ray. This now moves towards CPU rendering instead of previous GPU rendering. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Energy Analysis tools improved & expanded</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PDF Links - When you create a combined PDF in Revit, the references in PDF's create live links to the corresponding sheets</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Occlusion culling / Draw visible elements only - Best in 3D views</span></li>
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<a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/upgrade-information-for-revit-2017.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Important Upgrade Information</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My <a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/revit-2017.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> on the Revit 2017 release.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My <a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/upgrading-to-revit-2017-text-issues.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> on the Revit 2017 text issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Detailed post by <a href="http://revitoped.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/revit-2017-new-features-and-enhancements.html" target="_blank">Revit OpEd</a> </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Text editor & Text measurement - This<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>was a big update. I <a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/upgrading-to-revit-2017-text-issues-in.html" target="_blank">wrote several posts</a> following the 2017 release and they are well worth a read as there were many issues at the time relating to text measurement in particular. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Depth Cueing - New graphic display option for elevations & sections</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rendering - Raytracer becomes the only method of rendering</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Schedules - Combined parameters & full view templates for schedules</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family editor - Calculated values in annotation tags</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family editor - Sub categories for reference planes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reference plane category for filters added</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keynote Legends - Only shows keynotes visible in the view</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Global parameters - Further enhancements after the 2016 R2 release.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hosted railings on components - Ability to host railings on faces of floors, slab edges, walls or roofs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dynamo - Now included as part of the Revit application install</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worksharing - With the new inclusion of *'Collaboration for Revit' (C4R) the method to enable worksharing has changed. You now need to click the 'Collaborate' button on the collaborate ribbon. More info <a href="http://revitoped.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/revit-2017-enabling-worksharing.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Revit-WhatsNew/files/GUID-E287E537-7122-4ED8-8845-B8E24F287B62-htm.html" target="_blank">What's New in Revit 2017.1</a></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dynamo Player - Run dynamo scripts from the dialog in lieu of opening the application</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Model in perspective views - More Modify commands available</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Repair Central Model - New tools to attempt to fix corrupt central models</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Minor fixes, nothing major in my opinion. <a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Revit-WhatsNew/files/GUID-EAA03C33-5021-4B27-8C1B-0E0EEE53DA7A-htm.html" target="_blank">See the 2017 article</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My </span><a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/revit-2018-whats-new-first-impressions.html" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">previous post</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the Revit 2018 release.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New File tab - This replaces the application menu button (a.k.a "the big R")</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Railings host to topographic surface (fantastic feature)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Multi storey stairs - Multistory stairs automatically adjust if level heights change (Stairs by sketch no longer available)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Schedule model groups & RVT links</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Add parameters to model groups, RVT links and schedules - You can now create custom project parameters for these new categories. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coordination Models - Ability to link Navisworks models into Revit for coordination as an underlay</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Railings & Type Properties - Dialog improved to allow access directly to top rail and handrail properties</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worksharing Monitor & Transmit a Model addins now installed with Revit 2018</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Project Sub-categories for reference planes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parameter tooltips expanded throughout the interface</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Symbols in text notes now available</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Print command added to the quick access toolbar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Labels now use rich text formatting, consistent with text notes </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FormIt Converter - Improvements in the FormIt converter all transfer of materials into Revit</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Browser organisation for schedules - Ability to sort the schedules list in the project browser, similar to views and sheets. (Still can't do this for legends)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dynamo Player Upgrade - Dynamo player now supports running scripts with inputs. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Railings re-hosted - The sketch of Re-hosted railings will now appear on the new host</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Updated graphics & hardware options - This includes a new Hardware tab.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Expand/Collapse Project Browser via new right-click commands</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fill Patterns dialog - The dialog has been improved including a new search feature and ability re-scale imported patterns. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Section Box shape controls - Functionality has been improved to make selection of shape handles more reliable, resulting in less miss-clicks (of geometry behind)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family loading - Revit remembers the last folder from which you loaded families during the current session. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Family editor - Column widths in the family types dialog are now maintained in the current session. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mainly fixes of reported issues and the introduction of Revit Cloud Worksharing (formerly Collaboration for Revit)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My <a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/revit-2019-whats-new-first-impressions.html" target="_blank">previous post </a>on the Revit 2019 release.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tabbed views - Faster and easier navigation of multiple windows over single and dual file use</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Multi-monitor support - Many offices run dual monitors, now the primary software in your office can maximise this investment.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Levels in 3D views (grids still not available in 3D views unfortunately)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OR in filters - More complex and flexible filtering rules can now be created</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Uncropped perspective view - Allows you to work in full screen perspective views</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scope boxes can be applied in 3D views</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Double fill patterns - You can now combine drafting and model hatch patterns. This change has been pushed through-out the Revit interface including the materials browser. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Renaming level for corresponding views - This dialog box can now be turned off (Finally!!!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Delete level warning dialog - If you attempted it, deleting levels was very time consuming. This simple dialog makes life much easier and deleting levels can now be done a little more confidently with a full list of effected elements. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slow double click to rename views available</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Railings can be split outside of sketch mode</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Software version of files now visible in Open dialog</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dimensions for curved objects in section views (perpendicular) now available</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Materials & Physical assets - The improvement to the physcial assets in Revit will see your render quality get an upgrade courtesy of the factory. <a href="https://enscape3d.com/" target="_blank">Enscape</a> have also been quick to update their software to take advantage of these new materials. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a long list isn't it!? Sadly, many would still not be impressed. This is always going to come down to how everyone uses Revit differently. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One item of development that is typically overlooked though is performance. Whilst there are key performance updates that are noted above, it is the performance updates "under the hood", that have also had an impact in ensuring models remain speedy as the software improves (and hardware) improves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I always say though, participate in the <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/idb-p/302" target="_blank">Revit Ideas forum</a> and <a href="https://beta.autodesk.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Autodesk Feedback Community</a> if you want to have a say!</span></div>
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<br />DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-33708435447673867192018-04-17T05:00:00.000+10:002018-04-17T05:00:35.485+10:00Revit 2019 - What's New & First Impressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It has been an exciting past week with the arrival of Revit 2019. The list of new features and enhancements I think will see Revit 2019 as a key release in years to come. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As many of you probably know by now, one of those key features is the </span>multi<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> monitor support together with tabbed views.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />You can find the Revit Knowledge Network Article on What's new for Revit 2019 <b><a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-WhatsNew/files/GUID-C81929D7-02CB-4BF7-A637-9B98EC9EB38B-htm.html">HERE</a></b>. <br /><br />The Upgrade Information for Revit 2019 can be found <a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-WhatsNew/files/GUID-F57326A0-BCE1-44D6-A5FE-3F084258EE28-htm.html"><b>HERE</b></a>. <br /><br />The <b><a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2018/04/11/whats-new-in-revit-2019/">Revit Blog here</a></b> also outlines some of the new features. <br /><br />A list of resolved reported issues & improvements (minor) can be found <b><a href="http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/2019RVT_RTM/Docs/RelNotes/AutodeskRevit2019-ReleaseNotes.html">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br />Finally, with the release of 2018.3 and Revit 2019, you can read the updated Revit Roadmap <b><a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2018/04/13/revit-roadmap-update-april-2018/">HERE</a></b>. <br /><br />Here is a list of the Architectural & multi-discipline updates (at the time of writing) and I will be sure to keep this updated with more minor updates that aren't typically covered in the marketing stuff as I discover them. <br /><ul>
<li>Multi-monitor support</li>
<li>Tabbed views</li>
<li>'OR' in filters</li>
<li>Levels in 3D</li>
<li>Uncropped perspective views</li>
<li>3D view projection toggle</li>
<li>Scope boxes can be applied in 3D views</li>
<li>Scope box list now sorts alphanumerically</li>
<li>Double fill patterns</li>
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<li>Material browser; new physical assets (improved render materials)</li>
<li>Delete level warning now itemises what will be deleted</li>
<li>Renaming level for corresponding views dialog box can now be turned off (Do not show again tickbox)</li>
<li>Material browser cleaned up with only one AEC library</li>
<li>Vertical text alignment</li>
<li>Ability to slow double click to rename views</li>
<li>Ability to split railings outside of sketch mode</li>
<li>Display software version for files in the Open dialog</li>
<li>Improved fidelity of FormIt imports</li>
<li>Access to new BIM 360 Design (replaces C4R) (also released in 2018.3 update)</li>
<li>Dimensions for curved objects in section views (perpendicular)</li>
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<br /><b>Note about installation:</b> It has been flagged that Revit 2019 installs with the latest version of Dynamo 1.3.3. For some, the downside to this will be this version is not compatible with Revit 2016. You may need to reinstall Dynamo 1.3.2 afterwards. Further information can be found in the Dynamo forums if you run into problems. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, there is known bug that Autodesk is working on fixing relating to common key functions not working in Dynamo for 2019. See post <a href="http://dynamobim.org/dynamo-1-3-3-in-revit-2019-0/">HERE</a> at the Dynamobim website.<br /><br /><br /><b>What am I most excited about in Revit 2019?!?</b><br />Tabbed views!, No, wait... multi-monitor support! No, actually, OR filters... oh wait, double hatch patterns! OK, so there is A LOT to like about this release. At the moment, I think tabbed views is leading the way for this question, but yesterday I was testing on a sample project and the dual monitor support put a big smile on my face. Then today I was testing some updates for our future drawings and double patterns was oh so easy.<br /><br />The double patterns is a change that may take some getting use to. This will effect all areas of Revit where you can assign a fill pattern. You will notice now the terminology "Foreground" & "Background" used throughout the interface, from filters, to filled regions to the material browser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wow, 2017 has gone fast! I can barely remember what I was doing in the first half of the year! The second half has been so busy I haven't posted as often as I would have liked, but the good news is, if all goes to plan that should change in 2018 and be back to my regular postings, with maybe even a little something on YouTube!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />So, here it is, a look back at <i><span style="color: orange;"><b>Revit Link</b></span></i> in 2017, with a new category too...</span><br />
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DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-37441029273075533472017-12-17T16:35:00.000+11:002017-12-17T16:35:09.264+11:00Hide Categories in View Using a Shortcut<div style="-en-clipboard: true;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we select a component in Revit, we can right click for '<b>Hide in View</b>' with 3 options available: <b>Elements</b>, <b>Category </b>& <b>Filter</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the reasons I enjoy training so much is because I have the opportunity to always be learning on the job. Take for example my most recent training session, where one of my group members came across this great little nugget on column properties. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you didn't know, Autodesk University was held in Las Vegas not too long ago (about a week ago) and many of the presentations are posted online as part of the <a href="http://au.autodesk.com/">AU website</a>. This site is ridiculous (in a good way), as there are hundreds of videos & presentation handouts from past events available for viewing and download, completely <b><u>FREE</u></b>. If you are keen on learning about Revit from the best, then this learning portal is a no brainer. </span></div>
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DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-18322775995413807662017-10-08T12:47:00.000+11:002017-10-08T12:47:58.309+11:00More Revit Ideas... <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently updated '<a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/my-revit-ideas.html">My Revit Ideas</a>' with a couple of ideas that have bugged me about Revit for a while now. I was surprised I couldn't find any similar ideas, so I posted them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two in particular have had steady voting since I posted them, so I thought it might be worth mentioning them here and perhaps give them an extra boost! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/create-similar-for-symbolic-amp-model-lines-in-families/idi-p/7419955">'Create Similar' for Symbolic & Model Lines (in families)</a></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make 'Create Similar' functionality available in families for Symbolic & Model Lines. </span></span><br />
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DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-90451114264795760252017-09-19T20:12:00.000+10:002017-09-19T20:12:45.741+10:00Browser Sorting, View Templates & Dependent Views - Resolved.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waaaaaayyyy back, in the Spring of November, 2014 <a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/browser-sorting-view-templates.html?m=0">I wrote this post</a> about the discovery of a problem with dependent views and view templates not updating parameters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In summary, if you applied a view template to a view and subsequently created a dependent view afterwards, changing a custom text parameter via the view template would result in the value updating in the the parent view, but not in the dependent view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am pleased to report that a test on Revit 2018.1 today seems to demonstrate this problem as resolved! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally! Now we can confidently make changes to things like browser sorting without 'left over' parameter values hanging around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately though, it doesn't seem like a fix ever made it to Revit 2016 or 2017, which a number of users are still on. If you are curious, to replicate the problem, follow the below steps:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you hold down the ESC key while in Dynamo, it activates the background!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice, quick & easy. I like it! </span></div>
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DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-73199509989422875592017-09-03T09:34:00.000+10:002017-09-03T09:34:31.775+10:00Revit Roadmap Update (+ Updates to my Revit Ideas)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few days ago Autodesk posted an update to the <a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2017/08/31/revit-roadmap-update-august-2017/">Revit Roadmap</a>, some minor changes, but this latest one seems to just promote how many ideas they implemented into Revit 2018.1. (They have also relocated the roadmap to the <a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/">Revit Blog</a>). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To go with this, it seems, Autodesk did some spring cleaning of the Revit Ideas as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The downside, a few of my Revit Ideas and ones I have supported and really wanted to see implemented, have been archived. Damn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are interested, a few months ago I gathered many of Revit ideas into one location so I could keep better track of them. I have updated the post here... <b><a href="https://revitlink.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/my-revit-ideas.html">'My Revit Ideas'</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Revit Ideas forum has slowly grown out of control. It was good to begin with, as major problems users have been complaining about for <u>years</u> were generally posted first and got the votes they needed to put Autodesk into action (for some anyway). Although, that being said, some ideas I have supported, also recently got put in the "blackhole bin" (aka archvied). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/wall-sweeps-to-show-up-in-material-schedules/idc-p/7347897#M12392">This idea relating to materials and wall sweeps,</a> which has been complained about since 2009 (as far as I could find) has been culled and more surprisingly <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/edit-profile-from-type-properties-dialog/idc-p/7348487#M12966">this idea relating to edit profiles via the type properties</a> has also been binned. Not even marked as future consideration? I don't get it, Autodesk just gave us a subtle improvement to stairs in Revit 2017.1, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can now access the properties of the top rail via the stair type properties. So wouldn't access to the type properties of profiles, which are within so many Revit components, be the next logical improvement?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, at this point, there are more ideas being assigned as 'archived' than any other status.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile... <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/clean-up-the-revit-ideas-forum/idi-p/6911692">162 votes and counting</a>... </span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-7935414079313263762017-08-29T20:18:00.001+10:002017-08-29T20:28:25.950+10:00Revit 'Course Detail Level' for Structural Components<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Something that can often catch new users out is the structural steel components in the default Revit library. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are so many visibility options in Revit, but when it comes to families, aside from the typical project visibility issues, often the settings in the family itself are overlooked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If we take the above example using the structural steel components, most of these families have been built with the <b>course detail </b>tick box turned off under 'family element visibility settings'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Personally, for my Architectural drawings, I have never had a need for either of these settings but I know structural engineers use them all the time. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have simply made a copy of this library content and modified each of the families for use in our projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tip! </b>Something else to be mindful of with the structural families, particularly the SHS or RHS members. These components have 2 extrusions within the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In writing this blog, I thought I would try and replicate the issue in a new family...except, I couldn't. <br />I tried removing reference plane names, deleting previous work planes and I even successfully got the Revit workplane to report <not associated>, yet I couldn't get the 'Convert Lines' button to grey out again. Weird. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I work out a way, or find something on the forums I will update the post, but for now it seems like one of those rare events. At least now I know what the fix is.</span></div>
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DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-62186580933993031292017-07-02T21:00:00.000+10:002017-07-02T21:00:01.701+10:00Enscape 2.0 Released!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enscape 2.0 was released a few days ago! Some fantastic new tools to play with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checkout the latest blog post and version update details <b><a href="https://enscape3d.com/enscape-version-2-0-released/">here</a>!</b></span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696118638658810376.post-67412660200328268612017-05-28T11:22:00.001+10:002017-05-28T11:28:42.599+10:00New Parameter Category: Schedules<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Revit 2018 was released, Autodesk <a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Revit-WhatsNew/files/GUID-C81929D7-02CB-4BF7-A637-9B98EC9EB38B-htm.html" target="_blank">highlighted three new categories</a> available to us for the purpose of scheduling & creating parameters; Revit links, Model groups & Schedules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can you think of another useful purpose for it? Leave your idea in the comments. </span>DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879061589877817586noreply@blogger.com0