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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 onSeptember 15, 2016September 28, 2016Videos

How to create a custom linetype family with text in Revit

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on How to create a custom linetype family with text in Revit

A great tutorial. What you are essentially doing is creating a family which you can stretch and contract using parameters. You will also array a label…

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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 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 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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Posted onOctober 25, 2015September 28, 2016Knowledge

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Defined

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Defined

The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format was developed by buildingSMART®. The format maintains standards to import and export BIM elements and their parameters between…

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Posted onOctober 25, 2015September 28, 2016Videos

Professor Arto Kiviniemi (University of Liverpool) and Barie Hasib (BIM REC) Present The True Meaning of Open BIM

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on Professor Arto Kiviniemi (University of Liverpool) and Barie Hasib (BIM REC) Present The True Meaning of Open BIM

An excellent webinar by Professor Arto Kiviniemi from the University of Liverpool. In this session, Professor Kiviniemi discusses the concepts of data sharing with BIM.…

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Posted onOctober 15, 2015September 28, 2016Knowledge

How to show a custom scale as “None” or “N.T.S.” in Revit

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on How to show a custom scale as “None” or “N.T.S.” in Revit

For those of you who are new to Revit, there are many hurdles to overcome when working with documentation. We’ve all run into the issue…

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Posted onOctober 13, 2015September 28, 2016Knowledge

BIM Levels: As explained by The NBS

by Jay MerlanLeave a comment on BIM Levels: As explained by The NBS

BIM Levels is a new concept to most of the building industry. Not to be confused with Level of Design (LOD), BIM levels are compliance…

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