What Revit Wants
Dutch Revit standard (template) for download:
Download – RevitGG.nl
Translated version
There is a link to download version 0.8 from Dropbox at this page.
The download includes content like:
Happily, these standards are Creative Commons licensed.
Heads-up http://www.revitgg.nl
Dima has moved his blog to http://dp-stuff.org/
Here are the most recent two addins:
PermRemoveAreasRooms Revit API addin allows you to delete rooms or areas permanently on the fly directly from any of your Revit views without having to do it from the Revit schedule. You have two options: either pre-select the elements and run the tool to delete just the rooms/areas in your selection, or you can collect ids of rooms/areas that you want to get rid of and copy/paste them via “Type In Element Ids” method.
04-02-2013 PermRemoveAreasRooms2013 (DOWNLOAD for Revit 2013)
Just as the name suggests this Revit addin allows you to find and remove empty tags from your Revit 2013 document. You will have two options whether you want to remove empty tags in the active view or in the whole document. You can use it in conjunction with out-of-the-box Revit Tag All tool.via LinkedIn:
Hi Luke,
Just posted a PermRemoveAreasRooms tool on my blog as a part of my revit Utils. Little tool that I use a lot when having to delete Rooms / Areas permanently from my revit doc.
Also here’s another one(RemoveEmptyTags) that I posted last week:
Incase you find it useful please don’t hesitate to share the link with your readers.
Non-recent comment from Kyle (Autodesk staffer):
Recognizing that Worksets alone were not flexible enough to facilitate productive collaboration in many cases, we implemented Element Borrowing. This enabled the transparent borrowing of elements when a user operation required them to be editable, without the need to explicitly “check out” of the entire Workset that contained them.
So Element Borrowing is really the implementation of Worksharing in modern Revit. Worksets were never deprecated, since many existing users at the time still used them for their original purpose. Even today, we see the pre-Element Borrowing understanding of Worksets discussed and implemented in the market. Ultimately, that’s our fault for not communicating as effectively as possible with the Revit community.
Check out the whole thread:
Some thoughts on Revit Worksets and Worksharing | LinkedIn
Some wisdoms from Paul Aubin:
BIM isn’t a particular product, but rather a description of the process and intent of the deliverables used to describe, construct, and even maintain a facility. It’s therefore possible to deliver BIM with any tool, even AutoCAD.
The hardest part of the transition from AutoCAD to Revit is not the learning of the new tools and interface, but rather the “unlearning” of AutoCAD approaches and replacing the thought process used to approach a building design project with the corresponding Revit-based workflow.
In other words (dare I say it), you need to learn What Revit Wants…
Read the whole post:
How to approach migrating from AutoCAD to Revit | lynda.com | lynda.blog
Interesting post with some helpful graphics, images and videos from Payette:
Read the whole post:
Workflow for Iterative Design: Revit and 3ds Max
Ever wanted to “hide” a void, or stop it from cutting? There are at least two ways:
1) parametrically moving the void outside of the solid form when you dont want it to cut (this is the “old way”)
or this interesting solution via Twitter:
2)
@revitspace @the_reviteer @barleyboy voids in host based family duplicate nest one not cut geometry link family type to yes no done easy.145
— Johnny Furlong (@FurlongJonathan) March 22, 2013
via email (note that the Sourceforge link for the 2014 UI is recommended over the App Store version):
What’s new for IFC Exporter for Revit 2014 v3.2/ IFC Exporter for Revit 2014 v2.10:
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New Functionality:
– Add property sets: Pset_ElectricalDeviceCommon, Pset_SwitchingDeviceTypeCommon, Pset_SwitchingDeviceTypeToggleSwitch
– Add support for electrical current, electrical voltage, frequency, and positive plane angle units.
– Allow Name/ObjectType/Description override for IfcSystem.
– Allow using “IfcExportAs” = “DontExport” to remove an individual element or type from the export.
– Export DuctLining.
– Export Groups, including nested groups, as IfcGroup.
– Export electrical systems and connectors.
– Export local coordinate system for IfcDistributionPorts.
– Export PipeInsulation.
Bug Fixes:
– Allow MEP zones to export Pset_ZoneCommon, fix 2 property names.
– Correct export of parts for Coordination View 2.0.
– Correct height of Revit Areas.
– Correct material assignment for generic MEP exporter.
– Correct units and unit scaling for volumetric flow rate.
– Fix export of multi-storey stairs.
– Get material for ducts and pipes from system.
– Properly associate internal ElementType Revit property sets with IfcElementType, instead of adding to instances.
– Properly scale door and window lining properties.
– Protect against trying to add a null property to an IfcPropertySet.
– Remove extraneous property sets when exporting Rebars.
– Remove stale IfcSurfaceStyle and IfcPresentationStyleAssignment handles from caches for some aborted attempts to export items as multiple IfcExtrudedAreaSolid.
– Return correct Boolean value for GetBooleanAtribute function.
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What’s new for IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2014 v2.2/ IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2013 v1.10:
– Re-group the custom options into more logical groups.
There are now 9 apps for Revit 2014 uploaded to Autodesk Exchange that are classed as “Subscriber Benefit Apps”. These are basically standalone install packages for things that are bundled up in the Revit Extensions package.
You can view the list (and download the packages) here:
http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/en/List/Search?productline=RVT&query=&facet=_subscriberBenefitApps&collection=
Note: you will need to login to your Subscription account, then go to Autodesk Exchange (or use the above link).
This same list is copied from the Revit Extensions feature summary:
o Wood Walls Framing, Roof Framing, and Roof Trusses extensions are
available now as Timber Framing package
o Compare Models
o Grids Generator
o Civil Structures
o CIS/2 Import/Export
o SDNF Import/Export
o Excel based model generation
o Frame Generator
o Composite Design
As most of you know, I love keyboard shortcuts. Harry shows you how you can map an external tool to a keyboard shortcut to make this happen:
via
Setting a view’s work plane with keyboard shortcuts | Boost Your BIM – making Revit even better
So Harry, where’s the code? 🙂
Just in case you haven’t seen it yet – you should check out this great thread on RFO:
…….Index to Tips and Tricks…….
