Jay Merlan

Jan 11, 2017

PSA: The Air Terminal category in Revit is DuctTerminal in Dynamo

Looking for the Air Terminal category in your Categories node Dynamo? You won’t find it. It’s called DuctTerminals in Dynamo. That is all.

Jan 4, 2017

Tutorials

Faro Scans and Autodesk ReCap

Just a quick post to share that I had a first crack at using Autodesk ReCap 360 for importing laser scans from Faro to reference as-built conditions. So far, Recap is working well for importing FLS scans.

Dec 22, 2016

Tutorials

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 view to easily match said consultant’s floor plan views. In that case, you should use the By Linked View V/G setting of your RVT Link. The problem you will face…

Oct 14, 2016

Tutorials

[Solved] Revit Error: Unable to make the necessary Workset (Project Info) editable in the Linked File in order to change the Shared Coordinates.

While attempting to link an architectural Revit model into my electrical model, an interesting error message popped up: “Unable to make the necessary Workset (Project Info) editable in the Linked File in order to change the Shared Coordinates.” This was a new one for me. When attempting to open these models, you can’t uncheck the…

Oct 6, 2016

News

[Pop quiz] What’s wrong with these views?

Do you see anything wrong with how these views are set up? Add a comment below to let us know what you would do differently.

Oct 5, 2016

Tutorials

[Solved] Revit does not display vertical elbows (i.e., risers in shafts) properly in plan view

Let’s talk a little about Plan Regions in Revit. In a nutshell, this tool helps to show areas of a View that may need to deviate from your view’s View Range. Aside from the common uses for this in architecture, mechanical designers can actually get their risers to display properly when using a vertical elbows. The Problem Mechanical…

Sep 27, 2016

Downloads, Tutorials

Use Dynamo to delete all views in Revit

I have been working on a Dynamo Workflow that will purge out all views and sheets from a Revit model. Yes, there are several add-ins that currently accomplish this task, however I eventually want to create a “Super Purge” Workflow that will purge a model of all views, sheets, and elements for me. More on…

Sep 26, 2016

Tutorials

Revisions from a revision schedule in a titleblock family are not populated on sheets

Today I was challenged with figuring out why a revision schedule from a titleblock family was not showing the revisions on the sheet that the titleblock was placed on. I found a subtle setting in which I’ve never used before – it is to set a fixed Height of the revision schedule. I suppose this could…

Sep 23, 2016

Tutorials

Rotate a section to line up to an angled element in Revit

I remember my early days of Revit and working with architecture that had several angles in plan view. Cutting a section without knowing the exact angle is difficult in Revit and the Align tool currently does not work on section lines. Here is a workaround to rotate your sections to align with any angle within Revit. 1) Draw…

Sep 22, 2016

Tutorials

[Solved] Revit can’t create a new module in the macro manager

This morning, I ran into an interesting bug in Revit 2016. I opened up my Macro Manager per the norm, but when attempting to create a new module Revit wouldn’t save the new module. It successfully opened the dialog box to let me choose a name, language, and description, however once I clicked “OK” nothing…