Revit Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Release date:2021

Author:Paul Aubin

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

0. Introduction 01. Welcome 02. Using the exercise files

2015 2015-09 __ 01. Layering viewports on a sheet 2015-10 __ 01. Underpinning walls to a ceiling 2015-10 __ 02. Ceiling soffit tip 2015-10 __ 03. Creating similar and matched type 2015-10 __ 04. Array tips 2015-10 __ 05. Using slope arrows 2015-11 __ 01. Cutaway 3D views 2015-11 __ 02. Rotating True North 2015-11 __ 03. Reveal Constraints 2015-11 __ 04. Excluding group members 2015-12 __ 01. Duplicating and swapping groups 2015-12 __ 02. Converting a group to a link 2015-12 __ 03. Equality dimensions anchor point 2015-12 __ 04. Dimension equality formulas

2016 2016-01 __ 01. Customizing Revit options 2016-01 __ 02. Turning on design options in Revit LT 2016-01 __ 03. Using a scope box to set datum extents 2016-01 __ 04. Setting up dependent views 2016-02 __ 01. Creating a custom browser organization 2016-02 __ 02. Customizing grid appearance 2016-02 __ 03. Customizing level appearance 2016-02 __ 04. Managing dimension lines 2016-03 __ 01. Dimensioning alternate units 2016-03 __ 02. Chase examples 2016-03 __ 03. Importing CAD files lineweights 2016-03 __ 04. Exploding and cleaning up a CAD file 2016-03 __ 05. Customizing room tag positions 2016-04 __ 01. How to move a central file 2016-04 __ 02. Locking a workset 2016-04 __ 03. Using a schedule to edit the model 2016-04 __ 04. Creating a custom schedule property 2016-04 __ 05. Creating custom view types 2016-05 __ 01. Putting view templates in control of your views 2016-05 __ 02. Overlooked options on the Option Bar 2016-05 __ 03. Sheet management 2016-05 __ 04. Sheet sorting 2016-05 __ 05. Revisions on sheets 2016-06 __ 01. Sharing materials libraries 2016-06 __ 02. Adding a calculated value 2016-06 __ 03. Adding conditional formatting 2016-06 __ 04. Copying schedules between projects 2016-07 __ 01. Making temporary Hide-Isolate permanent 2016-07 __ 02. Using filters 2016-07 __ 03. Seed families 2016-07 __ 04. Viewing list schedule 2016-08 __ 01. Controlling nested families parametrically with the parameter 2016-08 __ 02. Understanding shared families 2016-08 __ 03. Managing family parameters 2016-08 __ 04. Line-based families for complex linetypes 2016-09 __ 01. Customizing the schedule title 2016-09 __ 02. Using the linework tool 2016-09 __ 03. Creating hidden parameters in family content 2016-09 __ 04. Custom detail module 2016-10 __ 01. Using Dynamo to rename sheets 2016-10 __ 02. Using Dynamo to rename views 2016-10 __ 03. Using view templates to sort your project views 2016-10 __ 04. Discovering the A360 online viewer 2016-11 __ 01. Controlling the spacing of elements with global parameters 2016-11 __ 02. Changing material selections globally 2016-11 __ 03. Creating custom roof soffits 2016-11 __ 04. How to build a roof dormer 2016-11 __ 05. Creating a custom sloped ceiling 2016-12 __ 01. Using Railing Support members instead of Balusters 2016-12 __ 02. Splitting section lines 2016-12 __ 03. Understanding Revit warnings

2017 2017-01 __ 01. How to create a canted wall 2017-01 __ 02. Drive family parameters with a dropdown list 2017-01 __ 03. Customize shared parameters 2017-01 __ 04. Using the Autodesk desktop app 2017-01 __ 05. Import CAD into a sketch 2017-02 __ 01. Using the Is Reference in families 2017-02 __ 02. Precutting column families 2017-02 __ 03. Sloped glazing 2017-02 __ 04. Wall layer wrapping 2017-03 __ 01. Custom wall openings 2017-03 __ 02. Topography settings and graphics 2017-03 __ 03. Using tangency locks 2017-03 __ 04. Consider variations in design with groups 2017-04 __ 01. Swap out shared families and non-shared families 2017-04 __ 02. Place multiple elements with Dynamo 2017-04 __ 03. Understanding cutable families 2017-04 __ 04. Link a point cloud to Revit 2017-05 __ 01. Generate cloud renderings 2017-05 __ 02. Get a behind the scenes look at Revit development 2017-05 __ 03. Create manual tags with generic annotations 2017-05 __ 04. Customize symbols using custom fonts 2017-06 __ 01. Create a fence from a railing type 2017-06 __ 02. Creating a key plan family 2017-06 __ 03. Renaming families with Dynamo 2017-06 __ 04. Display elements beyond with the Show Hidden Lines tools 2017-07 __ 01. Convert a hosted family to face-based or non-hosted family 2017-07 __ 02. Create a type catalog 2017-07 __ 03. Make a material tailored to a 3D surface 2017-08 __ 01. Create vaulted roofs and ceilings 2017-08 __ 02. Manually Add Length and Width to a Room Tag 2017-08 __ 03. Add length and width to a room tag using global parameters 2017-08 __ 04. Add length and width to a room tag using Dynamo 2017-08 __ 05. Custom labels in level heads 2017-09 __ 01. Create an ADA curb cut in a floor 2017-09 __ 02. Create an ADA curb cut with a loadable family 2017-09 __ 03. Export shared parameters from a file 2017-09 __ 04. Workset unload by user 2017-10 __ 01. Using shortcuts 2017-10 __ 02. Select elements by ID 2017-10 __ 03. Schedule Browser Organization customization 2017-10 __ 04. Understanding and controlling double-click behavior 2017-11 __ 01. Painting the surfaces of walls 2017-11 __ 02. Duplicating materials 2017-11 __ 03. Wall sweeps for moldings and trim 2017-11 __ 04. Creating custom patterns 2017-11 __ 05. Customizing room boundary calculations 2017-12 __ 01. Moves with Nearby Elements 2017-12 __ 02. Understanding wall base and top attachments

2018 2018-01 __ 01. Adding surface patterns to glazing 2018-01 __ 02. Family save path locations 2018-01 __ 03. Show nested families on schedules 2018-02 __ 01. Control door swing angle with a sweep 2018-02 __ 02. Use railings to create Life Safety egress paths 2018-02 __ 03. Revisiting selection toggles 2018-02 __ 04. Creating domes 2018-03 __ 01. Join and cut geometry 2018-03 __ 02. The new fill pattern dialog 2018-03 __ 03. Creating a dedicated level for site 2018-04 __ 01. Make a curved window that matches its host wall 2018-04 __ 02. Create a dot schedule 2018-04 __ 03. Making curved curtain wall mullions 2018-04 __ 04. Round window with spokes from a curtain wall 2018-05 __ 01. Custom mullion profiles 2018-05 __ 02. Dealing with mullions at curtain wall corners 2018-05 __ 03. Customizing curtain wall corner panels 2018-05 __ 04. Reduce file size with purge unused 2018-06 __ 01. Performing routine maintenance 2018-06 __ 02. Exporting all families 2018-07 __ 01. Adding a progress set stamp to sheets 2018-07 __ 02. When in doubt, right-click 2018-07 __ 03. Using the Pick New Host tool 2018-07 __ 04. Using fascia to model standing seam roofing 2018-08 __ 01. Modify lighting families to make them easy to center 2018-08 __ 02. Change the default viewport type for sheets 2018-08 __ 03. Sorting a sheet list 2018-08 __ 04. Editing sheets with a sheet list 2018-09 __ 01. Use reference planes to line up viewports 2018-09 __ 02. Rotate a section line 2018-09 __ 03. Use reference plane subcategories as a detail grid 2018-09 __ 04. Aligning dimensions to reference planes 2018-10 __ 01. Using embedded images to show typ wall types 2018-10 __ 02. Apply a new finish to a wall using join geometry. 2018-10 __ 03. Create vaulted roofs and ceilings 2018-10 __ 04. Exploring the new Recent Files screen 2018-11 __ 01. Applying hatching to the edges of system families 2018-11 __ 02. Using the Align tool to change the orientation of sections 2018-11 __ 03. Leveraging support for imported AutoCAD hatches 2018-11 __ 04. Understanding the family reload options 2018-12 __ 01. Create fillet arcs with a predefined radius 2018-12 __ 02. Using point clouds in Revit families 2018-12 __ 03. Preserve open views when closing Revit files

2019 2019-01 __ 01. Troubleshoting missing annotation elements 2019-01 __ 02. Changing a built-in parameter from type to instance 2019-01 __ 03. Update the Desktop Connector app 2019-01 __ 04. Exploring the Revit program options 2019-02 __ 01. Shared coordinate simple setup 2019-02 __ 02. Calculate minimum and maximum values in a schedule 2019-02 __ 03. Using Dynamo to selectively place views on sheets 2019-02 __ 04. Schedule links and groups 2019-03 __ 01. Worksharing display 2019-03 __ 02. Force relinquish another user in cloud-based worksharing 2019-03 __ 03. Drag a view to move it from one sheet to another 2019-03 __ 04. Swap line styles with Dynamo 2019-04 __ 01. Using Excel and Dynamo to batch process line styles 2019-04 __ 02. REWIND- Layering viewports on a sheet 2019-04 __ 03. New in BIM 360- Upgrade cloud models 2019-04 __ 04. New in Revit 2020- Linking a PDF file to a Revit project 2019-04 __ 05. New in Revit 2020- Creating elliptical walls 2019-05 __ 01. New in Revit 2020- Using path of travel 2019-05 __ 02. Troubleshooting Scope Box setting in view properties 2019-05 __ 03. Controlling the length of view titles consistently 2019-05 __ 04. Resolving an error when trying to move viewports 2019-06 __ 01. Using Transfer Project Standards to copy settings from one project to another 2019-06 __ 02. Using model review to audit projects for compliance with standards 2019-06 __ 03. REWIND- How to build a roof dormer 2019-07 __ 01. Using eTransmit to upgrade files 2019-07 __ 02. Preventing errors when stretching unlocked wall layers 2019-07 __ 03. Adjusting inserts that do not adjust to wall thickness correctly 2019-07 __ 04. Make a tiled roof with sloped glazing 2019-08 __ 01. Incorporating generic annotation elements into face-based families 2019-08 __ 02. Embedded curtain walls not cleaning up properly at corners 2019-08 __ 03. Split walls vertically 2019-08 __ 04. Copy legend views to multiple sheets 2019-09 __ 01. Lock dimensions in the Family Editor 2019-09 __ 02. Using the Grading tool to modify a toposurface 2019-09 __ 03. Revit from your vacation photos 2019-09 __ 04. Understanding and hacking the display properties of grids and datum elements 2019-10 __ 01. Leveraging existing model groups in arrays 2019-10 __ 02. Why Revit renames that family to avoid inconsistencies 2019-10 __ 03. Turn off the double-click to rename feature 2019-10 __ 04. Understanding and customizing 3D poche cut 2019-10 __ 05. Using parts to demolish part of a wall 2019-11 __ 01. REWIND- Calculate minimum and maximum values on a schedule 2019-11 __ 02. REWIND- Drag a view to move it from one sheet to another 2019-11 __ 03. New in 2020.1- UI improvements 2019-11 __ 04. New in 2020.1- Attach top and base improvements 2019-12 __ 01. New in 2020.1- Path of travel improvements 2019-12 __ 02. New in 2020.1- Visualize coordinate points for links 2019-12 __ 03. Using dictionaries in Dynamo

2020 2020-01 __ 01. Understanding the differences between detail and floor plan callouts 2020-01 __ 02. Orientation issues with face-based content and basic ceilings 2020-01 __ 03. When to use basic ceilings 2020-01 __ 04. Using nested families to show consultant firms on your title block 2020-02 __ 01. Partially applying view templates 2020-02 __ 02. Modifying the sketch of automatically created railings 2020-02 __ 03. Controlling the wrapping of text in long view titles 2020-02 __ 04. Creating a stair with custom treads and risers 2020-03 __ 01. Customizing stair runs and landings 2020-03 __ 02. Quickly create cutaway 3D views with the Selection Box tool 2020-03 __ 03. Create a custom parameter in a view reference tag 2020-03 __ 04. Wrapping titles in schedule headers 2020-03 __ 05. Using Dynamo to indicate wall fire ratings 2020-04 __ 01. Using filters in visibility graphics to indicate wall fire ratings 2020-04 __ 02. Understanding architectural columns and pilasters 2020-04 __ 03. Creating a custom angled pilaster family 2020-04 __ 04. Hiding the edges of an imported 3D mesh in a Revit family 2020-05 __ 01. Face-based and work-plane-based family placement orientation options 2020-05 __ 02. An inventory of opening elements 2020-05 __ 03. Using a lookup table to report values from a predefined CSV list 2020-05 __ 04. Using scope boxes to set the extents of views 2020-06 __ 01. Installing and using packages in Dynamo 2020-06 __ 02. Using Dynamo to create many family types 2020-06 __ 03. Warning for insert conflicts with wall 2020-06 __ 04. Revisiting Dynamo and Excel line-style mapping 2020-06 __ 05. Create a manual color fill legend for categories other than rooms 2020-07 __ 01. Using Dynamo to place wall hosted elements like windows 2020-07 __ 02. Add randomization to your Dynamo window placement 2020-07 __ 03. Rediscover the Activate Dimensions feature 2020-08 __ 01. Calculating occupancy code values with Dynamo 2020-08 __ 02. Troubleshooting discrepancies in your Dynamo graph 2020-08 __ 03. Convert In-Place Families to component loadable families 2020-08 __ 04. Customize the default visibility of new 3D views 2020-09 __ 01. Exposing some legacy behavior lingering in Revit 2020-09 __ 02. Design option alternative using global parameters 2020-09 __ 03. Understanding symbolic lines and masking regions in families 2020-09 __ 04. Setting up shared coordinates on BIM 360 2020-09 __ 05. Using pin position with pick new host 2020-10 __ 01. Enhanced realistic visual style 2020-10 __ 02. Using formulas and trigonometry to edit slanted walls 2020-10 __ 03. Using global parameters to control slanted wall parameters 2020-11 __ 01. Schedule enhancements 2020-11 __ 02. Disable display filters in visibility and graphics 2020-11 __ 03. Selecting multiple walls with Entire Walls dimensioning 2020-11 __ 04. Customizing artificial lighting 2020-11 __ 05. Using a schedule as a legend 2020-12 __ 01. How to map CAD layers to Revit line weights 2020-12 __ 02. Create a wall takeoff 2020-12 __ 03. Create a signage data sheet 2020-12 __ 04. Publish a shared view

2021 2021-01 __ 01. Troubleshooting troublesome nested families and parameters 2021-01 __ 02. Configuring linear dimension types 2021-01 __ 03. Configuring nonlinear dimension types 2021-01 __ 04. Batch process text type modifications 2021-02 __ 01. Make a material and fill pattern follow a curve 2021-02 __ 02. Leverage the out-of-the-box window, trim and muntin pattern libraries 2021-02 __ 03. Reset your shared coordinates 2021-02 __ 04. Discover the built-in Interference Check tool 2021-03 __ 01. Revisiting the Attach Top-Base command 2021-03 __ 02. Controlling void cut behavior in the Family Editor 2021-03 __ 03. Tips for working with topography 2021-03 __ 04. Creating an export setup for exporting to CAD 2021-03 __ 05. Understanding CAD import settings 2021-04 __ 01. Understanding Revit line weight settings 2021-04 __ 02. New in Revit 2022- Using shared parameters in key schedules 2021-04 __ 03. New in Revit 2022- Resizable dialog boxes 2021-05 __ 01. New in Revit 2022- Tagging multiple elements—curtain wall mullions and more 2021-05 __ 02. New in Revit 2022- Understanding tapered wall type and instance properties 2021-05 __ 03. New in Revit 2022- Filter schedules by family and type and other enhancements 2021-05 __ 04. New in Revit 2022- Preserve callouts when deleting parent views 2021-06 __ 01. Use Dynamo to write view scale to bar scale symbols 2021-06 __ 02. Adjust roof sketch line plate heights 2021-06 __ 03. Unrolling a wall in elevation 2021-06 __ 04. Route analysis 2021-06 __ 05. Scope box properties and copying 2021-07 __ 01. New in Revit 2022- Display filters now support phasing 2021-07 __ 02. Removing all family types from a saved RFA ramily file 2021-07 __ 03. New in 2022- Multicategory tags and groups 2021-08 __ 01. Make a lollipop tree family, part 1 2021-08 __ 02. Make a lollipop tree family, part 2 2021-08 __ 03. Randomize family parameter values with Dynamo 2021-08 __ 04. Section heads with built-in masking region 2021-08 __ 05. Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 1 2021-09 __ 01. Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 2 2021-09 __ 02. Create a north arrow symbol with a rotation parameter, part 3 2021-09 __ 03. Create a custom install (in Autodesk account) 2021-09 __ 04. New in 2022- Modify tools remember options 2021-10 __ 01. Creating roof crickets with shape editing tools 2021-10 __ 02. Working with user keynotes 2021-10 __ 03. Perspective views from views other than floor plans

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