Revit Tutorials

Creating Working Sections in Revit

determine sections that are to be used or placed on sheets while creating custom section head, start section command inside project/template file to form section type in Revit,

Element Id – Export, Unique, Navisworks and Other Ids

to get unique id for element use Element.UniqueId, discussion on negative element ids, element property drop-down list enumerations in Revit,

Material Take-Off with Cost in Currency with Revit

create new schedule, click on material take-off located in view tab, add fields, set filter, adjust formatting, appearance in Revit

What’s New in the Revit 2015 API

major, minor API changes, new units API functions, replacement for Element.Parameter[String] property, shared parameter creation, worksharing, family, view, structural, selection, MEP, IFC, Energy Analysis API modifications, parameters API additions

HOW TO OVERRIDE THE PATTERN OF THE FILLED REGIONS IN REVIT

right-click filled region, select override graphics in view by element to override single filled region, else open visibility/graphic overrides dialog box to set surface patterns for detail items in Revit, Autodesk Knowledge Network,

WPF Fill Pattern Viewer Control Benchmark

invoke FillPatternBenchmarkCommand to retrieve all fill patterns from model, display them in form that requires 2 new ViewModel modules in Revit

Topo Part 1: Create Toposurface

employ ‘place to point’ option to modify existing topography, apply TINN as base as Revit creates topography by triangulating/interpolating between points, check surface style in Civil 3D, Landarch BIM,