[LinkedIn.com / Paul F. Aubin] Revit: Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting [2015-2021, ENG] + Sub (Eng) Обновлено 09.02.2021

2015

September 2015
Layering viewports on a sheet
October 2015
Underpinning walls to a ceiling
Ceiling soffit tip
Creating similar and matched type
Array tips
Using slope arrows
November 2015
Cutaway 3D views
Rotating True North
Reveal Constraints
Excluding group members
December 2015
Duplicating and swapping groups
Converting a group to a link
Equality dimensions anchor point
Dimension equality formulas

2016

January 2016
Customizing Revit options
Turning on design options in Revit LT
Using a scope box to set datum extents
Setting up dependent views
February 2016
Creating a custom browser organization
Customizing grid appearance
Customizing level appearance
Managing dimension lines
March 2016
Dimensioning alternate units
Chase examples
Importing CAD files lineweights
Exploding and cleaning up a CAD file
Customizing room tag positions
April 2016
How to move a central file
Locking a workset
Using a schedule to edit the model
Creating a custom schedule property
Creating custom view types
May 2016
Putting view templates in control of your views
Overlooked options on the Option Bar
Sheet management
Sheet sorting
Revisions on sheets
June 2016
Sharing materials libraries
Adding a calculated value
Adding conditional formatting
Copying schedules between projects
July 2016
Making temporary Hide/Isolate permanent
Using filters
Seed families
Viewing list schedule
August 2016
Controlling nested families parametrically with the parameter
Understanding shared families
Managing family parameters
Line-based families for complex linetypes
September 2016
Customizing the schedule title
Using the linework tool
Creating hidden parameters in family content
Custom detail module
October 2016
Using Dynamo to rename sheets
Using Dynamo to rename views
Using view templates to sort your project views
Discovering the A360 online viewer
November 2016
Controlling the spacing of elements with global parameters
Changing material selections globally
Creating custom roof soffits
How to build a roof dormer
Creating a custom sloped ceiling
December 2016
Using Railing Support members instead of Balusters
Splitting section lines
Understanding Revit warnings

2017

January 2017
How to create a canted wall
Drive family parameters with a dropdown list
Customize shared parameters
Using the Autodesk desktop app
Import CAD into a sketch
February 2017
Using the Is Reference in families
Precutting column families
Sloped glazing
Wall layer wrapping
March 2017
Custom wall openings
Topography settings and graphics
Using tangency locks
Consider variations in design with groups
April 2017
Swap out shared families and non-shared families
Place multiple elements with Dynamo
Understanding cutable families
Link a point cloud to Revit
May 2017
Generate cloud renderings
Upgrade a folder full of files with Dynamo
Get a behind the scenes look at Revit development
Create manual tags with generic annotations
Customize symbols using custom fonts
June 2017
Create a fence from a railing type
Creating a key plan family
Renaming families with Dynamo
Display elements beyond with the Show Hidden Lines tools
July 2017
Convert a hosted family to face-based or non-hosted family
Create a type catalog
Make a material tailored to a 3D surface
August 2017
Create vaulted roofs and ceilings
Manually Add Length and Width to a Room Tag
Add Length and Width to a Room Tag using Global Parameters
Add Length and Width to a Room Tag using Dynamo
Custom labels in level heads
September 2017
Create an ADA curb cut in a floor
Create an ADA curb cut with a loadable family
Export shared parameters from a file
Workset unload by user
October 2017
Using shortcuts
Select elements by ID
Schedule Browser Organization customization
Understanding and controlling double click behavior
November 2017
Painting the surfaces of walls
Duplicating materials
Wall sweeps for moldings and trim
Creating custom patterns
Customizing room boundary calculations
December 2017
Redirect the location of your A360 Drive folder with a symbolic link
Moves with Nearby Elements
Understanding wall base and top attachments

2018

January 2018
Adding surface patterns to glazing
Family save path locations
Show nested families on schedules
February 2018
Control door swing angle with a sweep
Use railings to create Life Safety egress paths
Revisiting selection toggles
Creating domes
March 2018
Join and cut geometry
The new fill pattern dialog
Creating a dedicated level for site
April 2018
Make a curved window that matches its host wall
Create a 'dot' schedule
Making curved curtain wall mullions
Round window with spokes from a curtain wall
May 2018
Custom mullion profiles
Dealing with mullions at curtain wall corners
Customizing curtain wall corner panels
Reduce file size with purge unused
June 2018
Performing routine maintenance
Exporting all families
July 2018
Adding a progress set stamp to sheets
When in doubt, right-click
Using the Pick New Host tool
Using fascia to model standing seam roofing
August 2018
Modify lighting families to make them easy to center
Change the default viewport type for sheets
Sorting a sheet list
Editing sheets with a sheet list
September 2018
Use reference planes to line up viewports
Rotate a section line
Use reference plane subcategories as a detail grid
Aligning dimensions to reference planes
October 2018
Using embedded images to show typ wall types
Apply a new finish to a wall using join geometry
Create vaulted roofs and ceilings
Exploring the new Recent Files screen
November 2018
Applying hatching to the edges of system families
Using the Align tool to change the orientation of sections
Leveraging support for imported AutoCAD hatches
Understanding the family reload options
Descember 2018
Create fillet arcs with a predefined radius
Using point clouds in Revit families
Preserve open views when closing Revit files

2019

January 2019
Troubleshoting missing annotation elements
Changing a built-in parameter from type to instance
Update the Desktop Connector app
Exploring the Revit program options
February 2019
Shared coordinate simple setup
Calculate minimum and maximum values in a schedule
Using Dynamo to selectively place views on sheets
Schedule links and groups
March 2019
Worksharing display
Force relinquish another user in cloud-based worksharing
Drag a view to move it from one sheet to another
Swap line styles with Dynamo
April 2019
Using Excel and Dynamo to batch process line styles
REWIND: Layering viewports on a sheet
New in BIM 360: Upgrade cloud models
New in Revit 2020: Linking a PDF file to a Revit project
New in Revit 2020: Creating elliptical walls
May 2019
New in Revit 2020: Using path of travel
Troubleshooting Scope Box setting in view properties
Controlling the length of view titles consistently
Resolving an error when trying to move viewports
June 2019
Using Transfer Project Standards to copy settings from one project to another
Using model review to audit projects for compliance with standards
REWIND: How to build a roof dormer
July 2019
Using eTransmit to upgrade files
Preventing errors when stretching unlocked wall layers
Adjusting inserts that do not adjust to wall thickness correctly
Make a tiled roof with sloped glazing
August 2019
Incorporating generic annotation elements into face-based families
Embedded curtain walls not cleaning up properly at corners
Split walls vertically
Copy legend views to multiple sheets
September 2019
Lock dimensions in the Family Editor
Using the Grading tool to modify a toposurface
Revit from your vacation photos
Understanding and hacking the display properties of grids and datum elements
October 2019
Leveraging existing model groups in arrays
Why Revit renames that family to avoid inconsistencies
Turn off the double-click to rename feature
Understanding and customizing 3D poche cut
Using parts to demolish part of a wall
November 2019
REWIND: Calculate minimum and maximum values on a schedule (no subs)
REWIND: Drag a view to move it from one sheet to another
New in 2020.1: UI improvements
New in 2020.1: Attach top and base improvements
Descember 2019
New in 2020.1: Path of travel improvements
New in 2020.1: Visualize coordinate points for links
Using dictionaries in Dynamo

2020

January 2020
Understanding the differences between detail and floor plan callouts
Orientation issues with face-based content and basic ceilings
When to use basic ceilings
Using nested families to show consultant firms on your title block
February 2020
Partially applying view templates
Modifying the sketch of automatically created railings
Controlling the wrapping of text in long view titles
Creating a stair with custom treads and risers
March 2020
Customizing stair runs and landings
Quickly create cutaway 3D views with the Selection Box tool
Create a custom parameter in a view reference tag
Wrapping titles in schedule headers
Using Dynamo to indicate wall fire ratings
April 2020
Using filters in visibility graphics to indicate wall fire ratings
Understanding architectural columns and pilasters
Creating a custom angled pilaster family
Hiding the edges of an imported 3D mesh in a Revit family
May 2020
Face-based and work-plane-based family placement orientation options
An inventory of opening elements
Using a lookup table to report values from a predefined CSV list
Using scope boxes to set the extents of views
June 2020
Installing and using packages in Dynamo
Using Dynamo to create many family types
Warning for insert conflicts with wall
Revisiting Dynamo and Excel line-style mapping
Create a manual color fill legend for categories other than rooms
July 2020
Using Dynamo to place wall hosted elements like windows
Add randomization to your Dynamo window placement
Rediscover the Activate Dimensions feature
August 2020
Calculating occupancy code values with Dynamo
Troubleshooting discrepancies in your Dynamo graph
Convert In-Place Families to component loadable families
Customize the default visibility of new 3D views
September 2020
Exposing some legacy behavior lingering in Revit
Design option alternative using global parameters
Understanding symbolic lines and masking regions in families
Setting up shared coordinates on BIM 360
Using pin position with pick new host
October 2020
Enhanced realistic visual style
Using formulas and trigonometry to edit slanted walls
Using global parameters to control slanted wall parameters
November 2020
Schedule enhancements
Disable display filters in visibility and graphics
Selecting multiple walls with Entire Walls dimensioning
Customizing artificial lighting
Using a schedule as a legend
December 2020
How to map CAD layers to Revit line weights
Create a wall takeoff
Create a signage data sheet
Publish a shared view

2021

January 2020
Troubleshooting troublesome nested families and parameters
Configuring linear dimension types
Configuring nonlinear dimension types
Batch process text type modifications
February 2021
Make a material and fill pattern follow a curve
Leverage the out-of-the-box window, trim and muntin pattern libraries
Reset your shared coordinates
Discover the built-in Interference Check tool
March 2021
Revisiting the Attach Top/Base command
Controlling void cut behavior in the Family Editor
Tips for working with topography (no subs)
Creating an export setup for exporting to CAD
Understanding CAD import settings
April 2021
Understanding Revit line weight settings
New in Revit 2022: Using shared parameters in key schedules
New in Revit 2022: Resizable dialog boxes
May 2021
New in Revit 2022: Tagging multiple elements-curtain wall mullions and more
New in Revit 2022: Understanding tapered wall type and instance properties
New in Revit 2022: Filter schedules by family and type and other enhancements
New in Revit 2022: Preserve callouts when deleting parent views
June 2021
Use Dynamo to write view scale to bar scale symbols
Adjust roof sketch line plate heights
Unrolling a wall in elevation
Route analysis
Scope box properties and copying
July 2021
New in Revit 2022: Display filters now support phasing
Removing all family types from a saved RFA ramily file
New in 2022: Multicategory tags and groups
August 2021
Make a lollipop tree family, part 1
Make a lollipop tree family, part 2 (no subs)
Randomize family parameter values with Dynamo
Section heads with built-in masking region
Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 1
September 2021
Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 2
Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 3
Create a custom install (in Autodesk account)
New in 2022: Modify tools remember options
October 2021
Creating roof crickets with shape editing tools
Working with user keynotes
Perspective views from views other than floor plans
Using the Steering Wheel to manipulate camera views
November 2021
Using the Soffit tool
Creating Soffits with the Fascia tool
Make a model family scalable by leveraging the planting category
Using a cutout map in a custom material
Create a custom render appearance path in Revit options
December 2021
Positioning texture maps within custom materials
Troubleshooting rooms or spaces that disappear in the model
Add circles around the number values in a note schedule

2022

January 2022
New features in Revit 2022.1
Using the sun path tool
Understanding the location of leaders in tags
Understanding architectural column join behavior
February 2022
Controlling the display of callout views
Error mitigation
Model layout cleanup techniques
Family creation inspired by TV
March 2022
Using reporting parameters to query design data
Reporting design data in project views
Colored labels and symbols in tags
The relationship between the IsReference setting and dimensions
Slanted and tapered walls
April 2022
Using and deleting a guide grid
An introduction to the Revit.ini file
Using Edit Path to customize a railing
Wall Closure for doors and windows
May 2022
Modifying the height property displayed in level heads
Assigning materials to CAD imports