This is an update to the two previous eponymous posts that adds a small but elegant improvement. The idea comes entirely from Bryan Caudill, Electrical CAD / Revit Leader at Cannon Design.
Knauf Walls Pack Now Available
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.
Offset Parameters for Plan Symbols – Part 2
This is a follow-up to a previous post about creating an offset parameter to shift a symbol up or down when faced with overlapping symbols in plan view. In the comments, both Jay and Julian mentioned that offsetting the symbols left and right would be preferable to just having the symbols offset vertically. To do this, we only need to make a minor change to the nested family containing the symbol, which will give us the result shown here.
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:
First Look at a New Standard for Food Service Equipment
Last week I found out about a standards project for foodservice equipment Revit families. Having just completed a couple food service equipment families for a customer, I thought it would be good to dig into the standard and see if I could apply it in the future. I checked out their Foodservice Industry Revit Task Force and began reading their published standard for foodservice equipment families. The standard looks like a great first step and one I hope other industry groups will follow. It builds on top of Autodesk’s Revit Model Content Style Guide available through Seek, which is a good place to start. As I reflected on the food service families I’d just delivered, however, I found a few areas that I think miss the mark when it comes to manufacturer-sponsored content. I thought I’d share those here as I think they could apply to many other industries as well.
A Glass of Orange Juice
This week I worked on a project that brought back memories of my homeland. I created two families, an orange juicer from Zumex and a refrigeration display from Imbera. Being from Spain, it was nice to create a family for a local product. The Zumex is a juicer that you’ll see in just about any bar or café there.