Project Setup: The 3 Major Must-Do Steps
“How long will it take for my Intern to set up a Revit project? I mean, now that we have a company template it will take minutes, right?”...
A Moment of BIM-Zen
Once or twice a year, I spend about an hour cleaning up my hard drive and desktop. It’s a simple but time-consuming chore. It’s boring...
3 Reasons your BIM is Slow as Christmas
The holidays are within sight, you have one final deadline for 2018 and your Revit BIM is S-L-O-W! And, unlike a like a frog in...
A View for Inclusion
When teams begin using Revit there is a tendency to allow only those producing or authoring the model or drawings to work in Revit. This...
A key to less Revit-Stress
You are working in Revit and production is flowing well - you are happy. Then it happens! You can’t find the information that you need...
Three’s Company but is Five a Riot?
In Malcom Gladwell’s book titled The Tipping Point, he speaks about the moment when a small occurrence makes a tremendous difference. He...
Hint-hint, Nudge-Nudge
Often, you will hear me saying, “a big challenge in Revit, is getting the information you want, in an arrangement that is useful, and...
Sync Room/Space Name and Numbers
A cornerstone of BIM is the ability to leverage the information or data contain in the model. Being able to reuse information/data from...
Renumber Details and Doors
Renumbering Instance Marks can be tedious. At times it is even painful, like when Revit does not allow a duplicate number as you reorder...
Volume is “Not Computed” - @#$%
Have you ever look for a room/space volume property just to find that it is “Not Computed”? Here is why: By default, Revit Rooms and...
