Chad Smith
Chad is a consultant to the AEC industry, a design technologist, VDC advocate, BIM Manager, early Revit adopter, and public speaker.
Short walls
Short walls in Revit can be a tricky one to understand. Firstly let's have a look at what the Revit WikiHelp says;
Walls shorter than...
Drawing arcs quickly
When you would like to draw a quick succession of Arcs, try using the 'Tangent End Arc' tool on the Draw panel.
Bear in mind...
Angled sections in family editor
When working in the Family Editor there are bound to be times when you need to draw a section which is neither horizontal or...
Working view markers
In order to more easily and visibly identify unreferenced 'working' views such as sections and elevations, try putting a big 'W' in a view's...
Named reference planes
It doesn't matter whether you are working in a project or in a family, remember to name your Reference Planes.
By naming Reference Planes it...
Double-click functionalities
New to 2013 there are two new double-click functionalities;
Double-click Middle button in a view - Zoom Extents
Double-click Right button on a Family...
Element selection
One of the first things a Revit user learns is that by using the TAB key you can cycle between elements which are under...
Quicker filter creation
You can speed up the process of creating a new Filter.
Select an element (or Part) and go into Filters and create a New filter....
Creating conical roofs
Conical Roofs
Start the 'Roof by Footprint' tool.
Sketch in a circle representing the outline of the roof.
Give the sketch lines a 'Defines...
Floor setdowns with voids
Use Void Families to quickly and easily create set-downs in floors.
Start a new Face based family.
Model an extrusion, using parameters if you wish...
Save in-place family to library
Here are two workarounds to help save out an In-Place family in your project to your content library.
Method 1
Select the In-Place family and press Edit...
Closing sketches
When you are drawing out chains of Walls, or Sketch Lines while in Sketch mode, you can use a keyboard shortcut to snap back...
