Revit Tutorials

Driving a Host Reporting Parameter by a Nested Formulaically Derived Parameter

remove family from nested family, add instance parameter, visit family types dialog to modify parameter, tick reporting box before reinstating formula in Revit

Viewport Title Line

clean up view before adding to sheet, nest few labels of different widths for short, long, longest title situations where text should or should not wrap in Revit,

Tips, Tools & Workarounds

create wall openings to manipulate lines, extend lines beyond beam edge to allow smooth cutting with Revit cutting tool, determine benefits of family, combine families, difference between family parameters, scheduling functions, assembly options

Revit – Residential Door Tag

create 6 parameters to create door tag that combines whole foot value, whole inch value,

IFC helping wall joins

save architectural file with different name to allow structural file strip non-structural layers of walls, deal with structural wall openings by keeping doors, windows or replace them with opening families in Revit

Link an IFC file into a Revit Family RFA File

copy IFC file to be linked into same folder, rename source RVT to IFC.ifc, open RFA file, switch to IFC tab to convert, link in IFC