Feb
15

Swartland Families Loaded

I have loaded all the Swartland Windows and Doors for all the ranges – Cape Culture, Winsters and Kayo. Please check out the ContentDownload page.

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Jan
23

Fascinating Blog

Have a look at http://www.grevity.blogspot.com/ when you have a few minutes to spare – fascinating posts and how to push the Revit boundaries ….

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Jan
22

New Content

I have just finished loading Swartland Windows & Doors content. At the moment the Cape Culture and Winsters ranges are available for download. The Kayo range will be uploaded shortly.

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Dec
15

SANS 204 and Revit Architecture

I received an email from Reinardt yesterday on work he is doing on a template for SANS 204.   This will be an enormous time saver so please respond with ideas and suggestions. Morning guys and gals. I have been working for the last month and a half to get a system up and running …

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Nov
10

Setting up 3D views for Levels

When starting a new project in Revit, I typically create 3D views for each level in the project.  To do this I use the View Cube to assist me in creating the views.  I typically do not care for the View Cube for orbiting or adjusting my views.  I usually use my wheel on my …

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Oct
31

On-line Revit Tutorials

If you are new to Revit and need some help getting started then these on-line tutorials should help. I haven’t had the time to check them out myself but the feedback on the site seems positive. http://revittutorialsonline.com/

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Oct
25

Roofs with differing wall plate heights

Portico Roof 3

I came across this problem yesterday. A section of the roof has a higher wall plate than the main roof. When modelling this you get strange results like this – What you are really after is for the main roof to extend below the level of the roof with the higher wall plate like this …

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Oct
17

Architects vs Doctors

Architect Joke

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Oct
15

Autodesk Cloud – What’s it all about?

I read this on the Revit-3D blog recently, makes for interesting reading and shows where Autodesk is going with their technology. Have a look at the following link for more information. http://bimboom.blogspot.com/2011/10/revit-architecture-services-support-top.html

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Sep
21

Problems with topography at adjacent Pad Edges?

topo edges

You know when you have two pads meeting at a common edge, and then Revit for some reason shows this tiny sliver of created topography between them? Try this: Set the two Pads to have the same ‘Level’ and ‘Height Offset from Level’ property values. If you need to use slope arrows, you should still …

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