Today we launched a new content pack – the Knauf Walls pack! The content itself is the creation of Paul Woddy, who many of you probably know from RevitGuru.com. I’ve known Paul for a number of years now, and am excited to be teaming up with him to share this pack with the world.
Shared Parameter Standards – Part 1
Revit adoption keeps on growing. There is no denying the benefits of having an integrated project model that holds all related information. But as more and more companies move from using Revit solely for coordination to using it as a project tool encompassing all disciplines, the level of information management required from the application continues to grow as well.
Revit Structure 2012 UK Localisation Issues
I mentioned in a post last week about Alan Wooldridge’s request for help in getting Revit Structure 2012 UK localisation back into the package. Scott Grant, from Excitech, has tweeted about a fix involving “a quick W7 registry edit”. He warns that a reinstall will be needed.
Revit is a Database! A Brief Post About Shared Parameters
Excitech Spring Users Forum and a New Fabrication Tool for Revit MEP
Yesterday I attended the MEP track of Excitech’s Spring User Forums. It’s possibly one of the best such gatherings I’ve attended. All the talks were interesting in their own right and together they did a great job covering the key needs, goals, and recent developments for Revit MEP users.
Using an Offset Parameter to Avoid Overlapping Plan Symbols
I’ve been wanting to write about a technique I used recently while working on some families that allows for the symbols nested in them to be moved around independently of the modeled family. I learned about the process from R. Robert Bell, who explains the problem-solution as follows:
Changing of the Andy: Updates on Andekan’s Human Revit Family
Last week, we issued our third release of “Andy”, Andekan’s fully parametric human Revit family. The announcement and link was sent out to anyone who signed up to receive Andy on our Meet Andy page. For those of you that were on the list but haven’t yet downloaded, you still have until the end of today to get your copy! 
Advanced Medical Equipment in Revit 2011
On a recent trip to San Francisco, I finished some medical equipment families for a customer that also happens to be based in that fine city. The families in question are among what I like to call “the fun kind.” The first was a scanner from Siemens, the Artis Zeego. This wasn’t the first time we’d encountered such a family. Back when we were still using Revit 2008, we created a similar family for the Artis Zee Biplane System. Now as then, the new Zeego family allows all the movements that the real Artis Zeego scanner supports. According to the customer, the family is intended for presentation purposes as well as for reviewing the main positions of the robotic arm, the doctors and the windows overlooking the operating room. This time around we used Revit 2011 to create the family, and a number of improvements over the years allowed for more realistic shapes without an increase in file size. The old Artis Zee was 3.8MB. The new Artis Zeego family is “only” 1.7MB and includes a few extra touches, like dealing with the cable tubing and rotating parts. A few types were created within the family to speed the selection of the most common positions.