Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Associate Family Parameter Tool Tip

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Associate Family Parameter Tool Tip: It's the little stuff... Revit 2017 is missing the tool tip for the Associate Family Parameter button that it took awhile to get. Now ...

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Upgrading Text Warning

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Upgrading Text Warning: In my earlier review of the text editor I included this warning: When you upgrade from older projects you're going to have to deal w...

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Enabling Worksharing

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Enabling Worksharing: The process for enabling worksets has changed with this release because Collaboration for Revit (C4R) has been incorporated into Revit dire...

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Calculated Values in Tags

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Calculated Values in Tags: This addition permits us to do the same thing to tags that we've been using in schedules. For example, in a tag I'd like to show the...

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Text Editor Features

Revit OpEd: Revit 2017 - Text Editor Features: Long awaited, much rejoicing was heard when Revit users heard the news, there is a new text editor. Really? Can it be true? Yes they've ...

Revit OpEd: Space Naming Utility for Revit 2017

Revit OpEd: Space Naming Utility for Revit 2017: Hi Autodesk Revit Team! It's me Mr. OpEd again. Imagine me with a pointy stick , I'm poking you in the eye...metaphorically...with ...

Revit OpEd: View Reference Example

Revit OpEd: View Reference Example: Related to a past POST or TWO ...or THREE . Here's a quick example of a poorly crafted Plan View reference that can be used to indic...

Revit OpEd: Import CAD - Orient to View

Revit OpEd: Import CAD - Orient to View: This is what the Autodesk Help documentation says about this feature at the moment. Orient to View - This option is useful if True North a...

Revit OpEd: Copy Monitor - What Elements are in a Relationship...

Revit OpEd: Copy Monitor - What Elements are in a Relationship...: A friend recently asked if there is an easy way to find out what elements are currently involved in a Copy/Monitor relationship. Good quest...

Revit OpEd: Starting View

Revit OpEd: Starting View: I was reviewing old posts for something I thought I wrote about Starting Views. I was befuddled when I didn't find anything. I guess tha...

Revit OpEd: Schedule Text and Width Factor Fidelity

Revit OpEd: Schedule Text and Width Factor Fidelity: Schedules in Revit 2015 are able to use any of the text styles defined for a project. Text styles have supported the use of a Width Factor ...

Revit OpEd: No Print Text

Revit OpEd: No Print Text: A fairly common request is a special text that won't print. This would let us add comments to various places in the model for other peop...

Revit OpEd: Space Naming still a Utility

Revit OpEd: Space Naming still a Utility: Yes, sadly the Space Naming Utility for Revit MEP 2015 is STILL a utility, as in a separate download AND installation from the Subscription ...

Revit OpEd: Room Separation Line Overlapping a Wall Error

Revit OpEd: Room Separation Line Overlapping a Wall Error: Another inspired by email: When you sketch a room separation line and it overlaps a wall you'll get yelled at. Revit will also store the...

Revit OpEd: Transfer Project Standards and Shared Coordinates

Revit OpEd: Transfer Project Standards and Shared Coordinates: These two are not friends. They are even less friendly when worksets are involved. In earlier releases the project base point and survey poi...

Revit OpEd: It is a Training Problem

This is a really good article by Steve Stafford at RevitOpEd.

Revit OpEd: It is a Training Problem: I frequently get involved in conversations that start with someone wishing Revit would help resolve "x" problem. The essence of &q...

Revit OpEd: In Search of a Side Door Managing Links

Revit OpEd: In Search of a Side Door Managing Links: I wrote about the Manage Links dialog yesterday. Something else has been bugging me about it so here's another post. I'd love a side door to...

Revit OpEd: Curtain Wall Panel - Edit in Place

Revit OpEd: Curtain Wall Panel - Edit in Place: You can edit a system panel in place. Yes that means you can select a curtain wall's system panel like Glass or Solid and then Edit-in-Place...

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - Load Type Properties - Linear Fo...

Revit OpEd: Dept. of Subtle - Load Type Properties - Linear Fo...: The Autodesk Wikihelp says that this is for graphic display only yet the Type Properties dialog offers a value to change using a structural...

Revit OpEd: Neat Dimensions

Revit OpEd: Neat Dimensions: "I received a comment on an earlier post . The essence of the comment was that they like to dimension like this, where the dimension's witnes..."