Adaptive Component Railing and Fence

Revit's Adaptive Component tools provide workflows for more complex tasks. Tasks that would otherwise take considerable time to complete using more manual workflows. In this...

Odd or even parameter values

When creating families, have you ever needed a formula to work out if an Integer parameter is odd or even? This might sound like a...

What’s new in Revit 2018.1

Autodesk has released a range of new feature videos for Revit 2018.1.

Multi-category tags

Most new Revit users will make a unique Tag for Doors, Windows, Floors, etc, that will all tag a single parameter such as Type...

Multi-line text in parameter

When entering in data for Family parameters, despite only having a single line field you can still enter multiple lines of text. By doing so...

Mass for an adaptive component fence

This is a follow up to a previous video on the general principles of using adaptive components for railings and fences. In this video we...

Exterior / interior elevations

It's common for most companies to graphically differentiate between exterior and interior elevations. In these cases the exterior elevation markers will typically be a variation...

Invert levels

You can modify the Spot Elevation annotation tool to show the invert levels of elements such as pipes. Note, that you may need to TAB...

PointSense for Revit

These days companies are capturing scanned data at a staggering rate and volume, but all to often they barely know how to use it....

What’s new in Revit 2020

Autodesk has released a range of new feature videos for Revit 2020. If you want more details on some of these individual features check out...

Using >= in formulas

When creating a Family and using formulas, have you ever encountered a situation like this; A = 100 B = 200 Is A >= B? i.e. Is 'A'...

Strip foundation

There are already a number of foundation tools available, including the Wall Foundation. A limitation of the Wall Foundation tool though is that it...