The issue of only being able to print Selected views/sheets and not being able to print Current window in the Print Dialog box.
The reason for this is because before going into the print command the user had last cliked in the Project Browser Dialog instead of clicking on the screen. Simply click somewhere in the active view and not in the Project Browser first.
Ever had a dimension and been unclear as to what was actually dimensioned? If so there isn’t any need to start clicking elements on the screen to see if the dimension turns blue. Instead right click on the padlock, regardless of if it is locked or not, and select “Show Related”
This will bring up a dialog box that will have options to cycle through the two objects that are being dimensioned by that dimension segment.
Of course there is always the option to “Edit Witness Lines” and this will display all elements that are being dimensioned by the string.
I always get the question asking can you change the default value for input from feet’ to inches” in Revit. I always let users know that the input is what ever your projects units are set too, so Feet and Fractional inches will default to feet for input, however change the default setting to simply fractional inches and that will be the input (same in true for meters vs millimeters). I let users know that they don’t have to use the ‘ and ” symbols, instead use the space bar or if you are a ten key person then use the hyphen key (1’6.5″ or 1 6.5 or 1 6 1/2 or 1-6.5 or 1-6-1/2). At our ROMBiS meeting, our local BIM user group, a great tip came up about having a dim style set to inches thus allowing a user to type in inches with out having to use any of the tips above, no matter what the project units are set to. The disadvantage of this is a permanent dimension string will have be associated with the element before it can be used for input.
There is also an old tool called Revit InchWorm if you wanted to check it out, I personally haven’t used it in a very long time so not sure how well it works with newer releases of Revit.
The question of how to schedule only elements from a liked model has come up a few times so I thought it would make good post. The first trick is to understand how to schedule items from a link, this is a simple process of checking the box in the lower corner of the schedule properties (1).
Once this has been checked there is now and option Select Information from RVT Links (2) Select “Revit Link: File Name” and add it to the fields. Now in the Filter tab it can be set to contain part or all of the name of the linked model.
In previous posts I spoke about the great new features, and some cautions of view types and templates in 2013. While setting up area and code plans I noticed that there is a slight variation in how to assign view templates to area plans. Since area plans are accessible via the View >> Plan View drop down the capability to edit the type properties isn’t there. However they can be created by going to Architecture >> Area >> Area Plan, however the Edit Type button in the New Area Plan dialog box is greyed out.
If you select an Area Plan that has already been selected the Type Properties can be accessed, this is where the default view template associativity can be set.
