Returning Text from Lookup Tables in Revit

Sometimes you want to have a Revit parameter that returns a text string depending on a number of options. For example, you might want to have a parameter show a product SKU code based on other parameter values for dimensions, color and material.

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Ready for Take Off – New Airplane Revit Families Now Available

For years, Andekan has been hired to build world-class Revit families for product manufacturers, design firms, project owners and Autodesk itself. Today, we’re excited to expand our Revit content services by offering our own Andekan Revit families for purchase through our website. And we’re launching our new Revit Content Store with content that’s a little out-of-the-ordinary yet still practical – families that will help a project look awesome and achieve the best results. We’re talking about airplanes, of course!

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Clearances in Revit: Worthy of Their Own Subcategory?

Whether you call them clearance zones, clearance areas, access areas, obstruction clearances, overhead clearances…whether you like to see them in red, blue, or patterned…whether you need to make sure that there’s enough room for something to be accessed, opened, ventilate properly, fit properly…modeling the required space around an object is a routine part of using Revit and working with Revit families.

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