Synergis Tutorials
Revit Families - Content Creation from Manufacturers
Author: Peter Gehring, Synergis Director of Building Solutions
Type: PDF
Date: May 2008
Details: One of the biggest concerns of firms adopting the Revit platform products is the availability of content specific to their needs. While the out-of- the- box libraries and Autodesk’s Web Library (Content Distribution Center) contain many families (some manufacturer specific), there is never enough for the variety of building systems, furniture, casework and equipment that is necessary to represent graphically and informationaly in building projects.
DOWNLOAD: Revit Families - Content Creation from Manufacturers (PDF - 1.85MB)
Simplify your Families, Nest it
Author: Bill Knittle, Synergis Building Solutions Engineer
Type: PDF
Date: May 2008
Details: Did you ever notice that the content provided with Revit Architecture tends to shy away from how manufacturers offer their product? Take a door for example. A manufacturer offers a variety of sizes. A Revit door Family also offers a variety of sizes. They are known as Types. The difference lies in the panel styles. Revit families only offer one panel style.
DOWNLOAD: Simplify your Families, Nest it (PDF - 712KB)
Creating Revit Sections and Callouts with Detail Number, Sheet Number and Referencing
Sheet Annotation
Author: Peter Gehring, Synergis Technical Director,
Building Solutions
Type: PDF
Date: November 2007
Details: Although not widely used in the United
States, Revit’s section and callout bubbles can include a reference
to the sheet that the view they are annotating is placed on.
DOWNLOAD: Creating
Revit Sections and Callouts (PDF - 429KB)
Creating a Revit Annotation Symbol for Exit Access
Author: Peter Gehring, Synergis Building Solutions Technical
Director
Type: PDF
Date: September 2007
Details:This article will show how to create an annotation
symbol for exit access in Autodesk Revit Platform Products.
DOWNLOAD: Creating
a Revit Annotation Symbol (PDF - 225KB)
Multi-Discipline Collaboration in Revit
Author: Bill Knittle, Synergis AEC Solutions Engineer
Type: PDF
Date: June 2007
Details: For centuries the AEC community has been built on a paper-based delivery process for the purposes of professional tradition, industry verbiage, and responsible liability. Budget, time, and other pressures facilitate a current disconnect between the players in a design team. Recently, there has been a surge in the design community to step up to the challenge of embracing new technology to deliver projects on time, at a higher quality, and with greater efficiency.
DOWNLOAD: Multi-Discipline Collaboration in Revit (PDF
- 187KB)
The Multiple Uses of the TAB Key in Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, and Revit Structure
Author: Peter Gehring, Synergis AEC Solutions Director
Type: PDF
Date: 5-16-07
Details: Autodesk Revit based products utilize
the keyboard TAB key for a variety of timesaving techniques. Many
users are familiar with using it to select chained collections
of walls or lines but there are other ways that it can aid with
object selection. TAB can be used to cycle between overlapping
or nearby objects in 2d or 3d views. It can be used to cycle through
alternate points to dimension to or through alternate running object
snaps.
DOWNLOAD: Multiple
Uses of the TAB Key in Revit Architecture (PDF
- 187KB)
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