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Posted onMay 28, 2021May 28, 2021Knowledge

Vague Licensing Error in Revit 2019

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on Vague Licensing Error in Revit 2019

Last week, I received the most vague licensing error in Revit 2019. I was presented with the error message above which states nothing more than…

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Posted onDecember 22, 2016May 20, 2021Knowledge

Managing View Templates with Revit links that are set to “By Linked View” per level

by Jay Merlan5 Comments on Managing View Templates with Revit links that are set to “By Linked View” per level

One of the biggest challenges of dealing with large Revit models is working with outside consultants’ linked Revit models. You may need to use a linked…

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Posted onAugust 16, 2016September 28, 2016Downloads

Best Practices: Managing Sheet Lists in Revit

by Jay Merlan8 Comments on Best Practices: Managing Sheet Lists in Revit

The task of managing drawing lists has typically been a daunting one; Particularly on large projects. With the dawn of Revit adoption, we now have…

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Posted onAugust 9, 2016March 2, 2017Articles

Collaboration for Revit (C4R) and A360: Your Revit Model in the Cloud

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on Collaboration for Revit (C4R) and A360: Your Revit Model in the Cloud

Update: At some point after this article was published Autodesk has rebranded A360 – it is now called BIM 360. Autodesk has launched a collaborative…

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Posted onAugust 3, 2016September 28, 2016Videos

Using Navisworks SwitchBack for fixing clashes in Revit

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on Using Navisworks SwitchBack for fixing clashes in Revit

We are really excited to try out Navisworks SwitchBack. This add-in will allow you to select an element in Navisworks and switch to Revit to…

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Posted onJuly 26, 2016September 28, 2016Knowledge

Using a filter to show a future phase in Revit

by Jay Merlan6 Comments on Using a filter to show a future phase in Revit

If you are at all familiar with Revit’s phasing capabilities, you have undoubtedly run into an issue with showing future phasing. Revit currently does not…

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Posted onJuly 21, 2016September 28, 2016Articles

We should all be using Revit’s worksets for efficient worksharing, not visibility / graphic overrides.

by Jay Merlan2 Comments on We should all be using Revit’s worksets for efficient worksharing, not visibility / graphic overrides.

More and more I’ve had debates regarding worksets being used for visibility. My stance is to avoid using worksets to control visibility and graphic overrides…

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Posted onJanuary 30, 2016April 13, 2017Downloads

Revit Macro – List electrical panel schedules and the sheets that they are placed on

by Jay Merlan17 Comments on Revit Macro – List electrical panel schedules and the sheets that they are placed on

We found a quick-and-dirty way to show what sheets your electrical panel schedules are on. Essentially, it is a schedule of schedules. We haven’t found…

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Posted onJanuary 22, 2016September 28, 2016Articles

ArchSmarter Toolbox – Free Macros for Revit to Maximize Efficiency

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on ArchSmarter Toolbox – Free Macros for Revit to Maximize Efficiency

  We recently stumbled onto a set of Revit macros that may be of use to all Revit users regardless of skill level. The good…

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Posted onJanuary 18, 2016September 28, 2016Knowledge

Overlapping Grid Bubbles in Revit and How to Fix Them Globally Across Multiple Views

by Jay Merlan6 Comments on Overlapping Grid Bubbles in Revit and How to Fix Them Globally Across Multiple Views

How do you deal with overlapping grid bubbles? Whether you use “elbows” on your gridlines or offset your bubbles, you should never have to go…

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