This is an excerpt from an article that I wrote for AUGIWorld.
Instead of drawing a line, wall, grid line, etc, between two points, select the Pick Line and then select another line, grid, element, etc to create the desired element. Add an offset to the pick lines (on the options bar), and very quickly create elements, such as grid lines, with accurate spacing.
This is an excerpt from an article that I wrote for AUGIWorld.
When multiple items are selected, it is a common practice to use the Filter option that appears on the Ribbon’s Modify/Multi-Select Contextual Tab only when multiple items are selected.
Alternately, one might use a keyboard shortcut such as “FF” to activate the filter. One may have even noticed that there is a tiny filter symbol at the bottom right of the screen, on the Status Bar. What is lesser known is that clicking on this symbol will activate the filter command.
This is a tip that I have been showing for years and I was reminded of it today while training a student. The tip involves the use of the Linework tool along with underlay while in plan views. This student was asking how to display the roof overhang in plan and wondered if it could be displayed as hidden lines. The first, most CAD-like, response was to simply draw hidden lines where these elements were. I explained how that is an option, but what happens when the roof changes or moves? Now someone would have to go back and adjust the lines to match the changes. If Revit could do that automatically, that would be a better solution. My suggestion was to turn on the underlay so that the elements in question could be seen.
To do this, set the underlay to the current level, and the set the plan orientation to Reflected Ceiling Plan. Then, on the Modify tab in the View panel, select the Linework command and set the line style to <Overhead>. Now select the lines that need to be displayed in the plan. Once that is done go back and change the Underlay to None and the lines that had been changed via the Linework tool will still be displayed.
If you decide later that the lines are no longer needed DO NOT DELETE the lines, this will delete the physical element. Instead, again use the Linework took and with the linestyle <By Category> and select the lines. The lines will go back to their default display, or not displayed if the were changed as an underlay.
A question came up in the Linkd In Group for Club Revit about creating a single roof with a gable end that would basically go underneath itself to attach back to a wall. I thought I would do a post to my simple response, so that I can get a bit more detailed in the explanation.
The first step is to create a roof by footprint, personally I would use the Pick Walls tool for this situation. Uncheck the defines slope option to get the gable ends as needed. Finish the roof when done
This doesn’t alone dosen’t get the small gable end roof to come back under itself to attach to the wall. It also doesn’t automatically take the walls up to the roof.
I chose to model another wall above the other and make it the full length of the roof, and then attach that wall to the roof. This way I have something to Join the roof to.
The next step is to use the Roof Join/Unjoin command located on the Geometry panel of the Modify Tab on the ribbon.
Pick on the edge of the roof that needs to Join to the wall and then pick on the wall.
This will be the completed result. Now just go in and add all the detail like soffits, fascias and gutters.
While doing some training today I had a user find a bug in the program that I forgot about. It has to deal with the “Hide at scales coarser than” value for views. When a view is not a live view but references another view it doesn’t obey the “Hide at scales coarser than” rules, it will always display. Something to be aware next time you are trying to troubleshoot this issue.
