Find your Invisible Revit Objects

CAD Shack has posted a very good list of reasons why you might not be seeing an object.
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I recently experienced not being able to find see some of the objects I had created. the reason I couldn't find them was because I had set some of them as Interior Objects and somehow I had activated a filter to not show interior objects. Played with it, struggled a bit, and finally found the solution. Then I started playing with Phases, and of course, some objects disappeared as I moved them to a phase that was not the one being shown.

Why do I mention all this? Well, just as an introduction to link you to a very interesting post at CAD Shack that lists the two situations explained above and 8 more that might turn you crazy trying to find an object that is not visible. Great, no more thinking you lost the objects, they are there, simply hidden. Cad bless the Revit.

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2010 Top 10 Posts

The yearly lis is here
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As I am trying to do evey year end, here comes the list of the top posts of 2010. Those that you guys have found to be the most interesting by visiting them more than any other pulished during this past year. Thanks for keeping coming here.

1. SketchUp Plugins: Extrude Edges by Face
2. SketchUp Plugins: TIG Extrusion Tools
3. SketchUp Plugins: Model Clean-Up
4. SketchUp Plugins: Make Fur / Grass
5. SketchUp Plugins: Component Stringer
6. SketchUp Plugins: Extrude Edges by Loft
7. SketchUp Plugins: Extrude with Rotation
8. SketchUp Plugins: Better Unfold Tool - Flattery
9. Revit Basics: Control the level of Detail of a View
10. AutoCAD: Manage Layers with the LAYWALK command

As you can see, SketchUp posts have bee the most popular considering the number of visitors in 2010. In any case, i am very happy to see a Revit post on the Top 10 list of 2010. Considering that I am not a blog of reference regarding BIM or Revit, it is a good start and big motivation to make more BIM related posts climb to the top of this list in 2011.

This doesn't mean I will completely abandon SketchUp or AutoCAD related posts, I will post if I use the tools and come along some nice tricks to share, but since my current focus is on BIM and on improving the Processes of the AEC industry, expect more posts on this line.

Again, thanks for reading, sorry for the misspllings and please comment more this coming year, despite the 939,575 Pageviews (591,188 of them in 2010) , it sometime feels a bit lonely here with only 167 Comments on 378 Posts.

Cheers.
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New Version of VisualARQ Architectural Tools for Rhino

New Version of VisualARQ for Rhino.
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The friends from VisualARQ just sent me an email with the news that a new version of their Architectural Tools for Rhino is now available. VisualARQ is a set of tools that for what I have seen and read seem to turn Rhino into a more "Architectural Representation Friendly" software if that term exists.

The Tools allow Rhino to identify objects as windows, walls, etc. Much like regular BIM packages do. See a description of features here. The new features in version 1.2 can be found following this link.

In short, the new features are:

• Beam object
• Context help
• IFC 2×3 export
• Plan visibility can be specified per object depending on its position on the level.

Did I say BIM like objects? IFC 2x3 support? Well here you go BIM scheptical people. Even Freeformparadise (that would be Rhino) seems to need BIM standards objects and interoperability. The BIM steamroller is unstoppable...remember Stuart Brand's Quote "Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road". What will you choose?


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(BIM) Revit to SketchUp via IFC Plugin

There is a Plugin to Import IFC Files into SketchUp
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I was trying to visualize a Revit model we've been building in SketchUp. I actually wanted to use SketchUp to export the model to Maxwell to do a very quick rendering since the default rendering in Revit didn't please me and I didn't have the time to play with it much.

This was just a workaround, but it did help. I found the IFC2SKP plugin for Google SketchUp from Secom IS Lab. It did the trick.

The plugin will import your IFC file (you need to save as IFC from Revit) and the imported entities will be separated by layers as IFC Entities. IFC Wall, IFC Floor, etc. It does not keep much of the material properties you might have already given to each elemetn in Revit which is a bugger, but I guess that has more to do with IFC itself than with the Plugin.

Once you install the plugin, you will need to go to Plugins --> Import IFC and from there play with what do you want and what you don't want to be imported. I'll post some pictures detailing the process as soon as I get my laptop charger fixed (or I buy a new one...)
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Revit Architecture 2011: Mass Floors – Floor Area and Volume Calculations – Place Floor, Wall, Curtain System and Roof by Face

A tutorial on using Divide Surface, Surface Patterns and Adaptive Elements on Revit Architecture 2011.
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Fifth of the series of videos from Autodesk Student Expert group from TU Graz about Revit Architecture 2011.

This one is about using Mass Floors – Floor Area and Volume Calculations – Place Floor, Wall, Curtain System and Roof by Face. See below.


This is the last video on this series about massing from TU Graz. There are some more videos on creating walkthroughs and renderings. I'll post them here too.

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Revit Architecture 2011: Creating Curtain Panels from Patterns

A tutorial on creating curtain wall panels from patterns.
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Number 6 and 7 of the series of videos from Autodesk Student Expert group from TU Graz about Revit Architecture 2011.

These ones are about creating curtain wall panels from patterns. See the first video below.


And the next one here


One last video to come about massing, I will soon post also the videos about rendering, stay tunned!

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Revit Architecture 2011: Divide Surface, Surface Patterns and Adaptive Elements

A tutorial on using Divide Surface, Surface Patterns and Adaptive Elements on Revit Architecture 2011.
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Fifth of the series of videos from Autodesk Student Expert group from TU Graz about Revit Architecture 2011.

This one is about using Divide Surface, Surface Patterns and Adaptive Elements. See below.


More to come, stay tunned!

BTW! Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas or whatever you prefer.

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Happy Holidays!

Or as we say at home...
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Bon Nadal


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Revit Architecture 2011: Swept Blend Mass – Dissolve Mass – Spline Through Points

A tutorial on using wept Blend Mass,Dissolve Mass and Spline Through Points on Revit Architecture 2011.
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Fourth of the series of videos from Autodesk Student Expert group from TU Graz about Revit Architecture 2011.

This one is about creating Swept Blend Mass, Dissolve Mass and Spline Through Points. See below.


More to come, stay tunned!

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Revit Architecture: Louvers in Curtain Walls

How do you create Louvers in Curtain Walls
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A nice video on how to create Louvers on courtain walls. I am not sure if this is the optimal method, but it seems to work like a charm. It basically creates the louvers by creating a panel with a curtain wall pattern. See below.



I am trying to figure out if something similar can be done to create metal doors with louvers, will post about it.

Is this the best way to do it? Would you do it differently? Comment below, we will all benefit.

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Revit Architecture 2011: Reference Lines, Freeform Surface and Revolve Mass Tutorial

A tutorial on Reference Lines , freeform suraces and revolve mass on Revit.
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Third of the series of videos from Autodesk Student Expert group from TU Graz about Revit Architecture 2011.

This one is about creating Reference Lines , freeform suraces and revolve mass. See below.


More to come, stay tunned!

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Revit Architecture: How to Create Custom Stairs

A Tutorial Video from Autodesk University about creating custom stairs
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Was trying to create a custom stair for the prject I am working on with Revit and needed some help. I found this Lecture from Autodesk university 2009; it explains quite well all you need to know about the different elements and parameters to deal with when modeling stairs. Below is a screenshot of the presentation, click on it to access the video tutorial.


Cheers
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