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Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling

Revit OpEd

of Echo - Dont use the Basic Ceiling. When an architect uses the Basic Ceiling-Generic type they are creating a situation for the Revit MEP user they may not be aware of. Face based content does not orient themselves to the correct side or face of this ceiling. Labels: Ceilings , Revit MEP , Tips , Troubleshooting.

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Revit OpEd: Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern

Revit OpEd

Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. He wrote: "When you tab through to the ceiling grid while in the move command, look near the top (meaning Options Bar) at the "disjoin" check box. The next time you go to move the ceiling grid the box should be unchecked!". Labels: Ceilings , Dept. Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern.

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

It allows a Civil 3D user to define the shared coordinate system to be passed on to a Revit project. Note that it uses a file formatted as ACCSXML (Autodesk Consulting Coordinate System eXtensible Markup Language). of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling. Ive also been a part of the consulting team for CDV Systems since 2005.

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Revit OpEd: YUZU Site Measuring

Revit OpEd

For readers that are already familiar with the Point Known PKNail site measuring system it appears to be similar, at least in concept. Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002. They have a brief sales video, Ive embedded here.

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Revit OpEd: Chameleon for Grasshopper and Revit

Revit OpEd

It offers a Curtain Grid Manager that controls both panels and grids now, offers a preview of the system as well as helping to distinguish between vertical and horizontal orientations. Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002.

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Revit OpEd: Detail Level Ignored with Unlocked Wall Layers

Revit OpEd

Interestingly, in Ceiling Plan views only, when we take advantage of this we lose the ability to show just two lines with Detail Level: Coarse. Could it be that the wall is not being cut in the ceiling plan view and the multiple lines are actually projection lines? Ive also been a part of the consulting team for CDV Systems since 2005.

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Revit OpEd: Layer Function Setting

Revit OpEd

System families have a Function setting. Thats true for Walls, Floor, Roofs and Ceilings. Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002. Ive also been a part of the consulting team for CDV Systems since 2005. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Layer Function Setting.