Revit 2014 & 2015 – Installing a Keynote File

prepare text file, click keynote flyout to access keynote setting button, navigate to text file to be used for particular project

Creating Standard Sheet Notes & Disclaimers – Revit 2015

select schedule keys instead of building components when creating phantom schedule, rename schedule, add fields, insert rows to generate manual spreadsheet before using schedule as project template

Working with Revit Project Units and Annotation Units

change dimension units without changing project units to work with millimeters, override appearance of each view by visiting formatting tab, open family editor, elevation label to edit label button

What’s New and Noteworthy

reveal constraints feature in Revit fixes bad modeling practices

Placing Columns – At Grids Option does not Work

select at least one pair of grids to define intersection locations for Revit, alter offsets after columns are in place, set all columns before reconciling where splices should occur

Dirty Little Workaround Alert: Auto-Numbering Parking Tags

set mode on, open parking stall family to change category to door, window, turn off mode to edit family, change category, place stalls before re-loading family into Revit project

DynaWorks

create Navisworks file, prepare clash detections, load resulting NWF file in Dynaworks definition, implement tweaks to initial definition to apply dynamic clash detection, update Navisworks file, Revit model,