by Tim Alatorre
Posted on December 14, 2009
BIM Management, Revit, Revit Families, Revit Formulas, tips, tutorial
As I mentioned in a follow up comment to Revit Families 103 – Formula Basics, Revit still doesn’t allow you to do data validation on values or formulas in families or on table data. Still, you can build some functionality into your families to ensure that a value never exceeds a specified range or create warnings for the user of your…
by Tim Alatorre
Just a quick note this morning to talk about Revit and creating 3d PDF files. As we move more and more to creating complete and accurate 3d models we really want an easy way to share these with our clients and consultants. Consultants are usually technologically savvy enough to open RVT, DWF, or DWG files but what…
by Tim Alatorre
Posted on October 21, 2009
Revit, Revit 2010, Revit 2011, Revit 2012, Revit Families, tips
Update: 4/12/11 for Revit 2012 and added more examples. I love formulas, they let you do some really fun things. The formula I mentioned in my last post calculates the overall width of a family taking into account if the family has one or two loops toggled to be visible. Formulas let you create…
by Tim Alatorre
I started a post a couple weeks ago on tips for creating families in Revit but I didn’t get very far. Our friends over at Inside the Factory are more disciplined bloggers than I and beat me to it. Erik Egbertson put together a great post of Family Editor Tips. He talks about flexing a family, placing…
by Tim Alatorre
Posted on October 19, 2009
Comments Off on Revit Families 301 – The Struggle of the BIM Manager
Okay folks, this is a 300 series course. We’re not messing around anymore. Families are one of the most powerful and dangerous things in Revit and I think they deserve some discussion. One of the greatest challenges I have as a BIM manager is the management of Revit Families. I’ve tried a number of different…