Quick Tip: Pasting Styles

If you've ever attempted to paste anything in Revit, you have probably noticed different options to paste.  ctrl-V, Paste Aligned, Paste in same place, Aligned to Current View... Which one do you choose?

Have a Railing File

Every Revit user has probably experienced this at some point. you need to make a custom railing, but have no idea how the tools actually work.  You can draw it no problem in 2D, in ACAD, with your hand, but putting it in Revit seems like a daunting task for anything besides a simple railing.  Lets be honest, the railing tools in revit are rudimentary and don't lend themselves well to other designs that don't involve vertical pickets or horizontal bars. 

Another reason to copy/monitor

Just in case last week's post didn't convince you why you should copy/monitor grids from linked models instead of just creating your own, here is another reason.

Wrap text in view titles

Have a view title that is really long?  Is it longer than the view is wide?  Does it go out of the view's 'assigned' area on the sheet?  There is a way to wrap text in Revit!

Why Copy/Monitor Grids/Levels

A little tip for a commonly and sometimes overlooked step, and the repercussions it can have down the road.  This was something I always did when starting a new project, but as my experience working with different teams has developed, I have learned that not everyone does it.

At the beginning of your project, one of the first steps I always recommend and make my teams do (that is when I am in charge of a model) is to copy/monitor my grids and levels. (along with acquire coordinates from the linked model, but that is another post all together which I believe I have commented on in the past)

Strangeness

Strangeness... explain this to me if you can.  The grid on a curtain wall is of the 'wall' category, but the actual wall (mullions, panels, etc) are part of the curtainwall categories.

Void Sweep Productivity Tip

I can't claim any credit for this tip as it was passed on to me by a colleague, but I thought it was very good so I thought I would pass it on. 

When creating void sweeps most all of us have probably done it via some sort of rectalinear shape (the profile we wanted subtracted out of a rectangle, meaning the other sides have straight lines joined 90 degrees)  This means one line for the arc defining the void and four lines creating the “box.”  I know I have personally never seen it done any other way, and know that I never do it any other way.