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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

It covers the new Materials and uses the new stair tool to create the stair shown in the image below (actually, the reader creates everything in the image). Control Wall’s Material Return. A door or window family has the ability to control the return of materials (i.e. Builds and Updates. ► 2011.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - View References

Revit OpEd

I don't have 2013 yet, will this work inside a schedule, say for door detail references? Sorry, not in schedules. Builds and Updates. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Revit 2013 Materials. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2011. ► December 2011. (19).

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Sunshine

Revit OpEd

Builds and Updates. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Revit 2013 Materials. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2011. ► December 2011. (19). ► November 2011. (21). ► October 2011. (16). ► September 2011. (28). ► August 2011. (37).

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Revit OpEd: A Small Collection of Family Editor Advice

Revit OpEd

I included the following tips and advice (edited a little in this version) in a door tutorial I wrote for my Autodesk University 2005 lab called "Autodesk Revit Building Family Editor: From the Beginning". added) Build "bones" first, then add "muscle" and finally the "skin". Builds and Updates. It must be hosted if it does.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Allows exporting of materials painted on elements to ODBC. Improves stability when working with Materials. Improves the displayed Pattern Type assigned to an element with the Material Editor. Corrects the display of the materials category within the Paint interface. Builds and Updates. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Revit OpEd: Due Diligence

Revit OpEd

The problems are with autodesk's management of the software and of the paying client base, who are always secondary to the shareholders. In the long term, construction and building design are in for massive change. We're basically building the same product we built 75 years ago, with a few new systems stuck in there.

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Revit OpEd: Use the Front Door

Revit OpEd

Lets take the notion of working with materials. I have a desk and Id like it to have a specific material. These days I can select the desk, click Type Properties and, assuming the person who made the family provided a parameter to manage its material, I can click on the material value, which exposes the sneaky "Browse" button.