Typically Design Review is a perfectly good way to review Revit models in DWF 3D format, but keeping the DWF 3D file up to date in a rapidly changing project can be too much an added workload. By default, installing any Revit product will also install the Revit Viewer. Revit in Viewer Mode does not [...]
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Keeping it Simple in Revit – Workflow Improvements from Autodesk Lab to Bringing Inventor Content into Revit
Getting Inventor content into Revit just got simpler from this tool in the Autodesk Labs. In case Inventor and Revit users didn’t know this, the work flow process using Shrinkwrap feature in Inventor got a big boost with the release from Autodesk Labs with a download called Inventor Simplification. It’s free technology review that offers [...]
Rotating a Section Annotation
Snaps are great in Revit and assist us with aligning many objects, but sometimes get in the way or inadvertently cause us to make an error. Let’s say for this example we have placed a Section Annotation (Building or Wall) and didn’t quite make it perpendicular to the wall we want to section. If the [...]
Revit Switchback in Navisworks 2012
I wanted to create a written post for this topic since I had posted a video regarding the new Switchback functionality in the Revit products. Here is the video link; http://bit.ly/tF5SRf. This is found on our 2012 Learning Videos page which can be accessed from the Media pull down on our website. With the Revit 2012 [...]
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 [...]
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