One of the great things about Revit is that annotation is linked to the objects it annotates, whether that is a component, view, etc. The Callout tool allows us to draw a boundary and directly reference the view, or detail, that this refers to. Sometimes, however, you might have more than one detail that is [...]
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Showing elements from a ceiling plan in a floor plan
From time to time it’s nice to see overhead items in a Revit floor plan. Dropped ceilings, soffits, light fixtures, etc. are all useful to see in plan view, especially when arranging furniture and such. Here’s a great and incredibly simple technique to show these items in plan using whatever line style you choose, while [...]
Control visibility of masking region linework in Revit
While creating a custom office furniture family set for a client a while back, I had the need to control the appearance of boundary lines in a Revit masking region. On the surface, it seemed like something pretty easy to do. While in Sketch Mode for the masking region, you can select the boundary line [...]
Multiple Column Text in Revit 2012
We’ve been waiting for it for years and it’s finally here! Well, sorta. Sorry, before I get your hopes up too high, let me tell you that the headline is a little misleading. There are many great new features and improvements in Revit Architecture 2012, but, sad to say, text manipulation and formatting still has [...]
Revit 2012 New Features part 1
Well, one of our favorite times of the year is finally here… The Autodesk 2012 software lineup, including Revit Architecture 2012, Revit Structure 2012, and Revit MEP 2012, has hit the streets and we’re eager to help all of our users get up to speed as quickly as possible on all the great new features [...]
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