Xrev New Website Launched
Please let us know what you think of the new Xrev website. Expect some exciting stuff to appear in the coming weeks including Revit 2013 support and the all new Xrev Transmit.If you haven't used Xrev...
View ArticleWintergarden Facades - Shop Drawings in Revit
Another recent project finished by the Cadway team (Jonathan Croft and Myself) is the all new Wintergarden facade on the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, Australia. The Facade was applied to the revamped...
View ArticleRevit Formula Rounding
Today I came across a circumstance where I needed to round a value in a family to be to the nearest 5mm increment (+ tolerance).The Round functions in Revit only round to the nearest whole number. So...
View ArticleRevit 2013 - View Reference Tags
I've have actually been meaning to post this for about 6 months now, but I'm so busy these days I rarely get around to these types of things. I've got a weeks break and can't help myself, so here is a...
View ArticleTag all with shared nested families
The other week I came across an issue on a project where we were required to tag all FF&E in the plans/elevations.As these elements were of numerous family categories, the multi-category tag seemed...
View ArticleWhy consider me for your next Revit/BIM project?
I had someone tell me the other day that I was not being considered for a role as they thought I wan't qualified enough as a BIM expert... As such I thought I'd write a quick post outlining a brief...
View ArticleA guide to employing a BIM Manager or Revit Manager
If you are looking to really accelerate in the changing world of Building Information Modelling (BIM), you are going to need a dedicated BIM Manager (aka VDC Manager, Revit Manager, BIM Strategist...
View ArticleUsing Temperature Parameters in Formulas
Yesterday I was working on some MEP families and thought I'd do some tricks to generate some formulas to match a manufacturers capacity tables for Total Cooling Capacity & Sensible Cooling...
View ArticleAre you getting the most from Revit in your office?
Optimizing your Revit implementation can be the difference in a success or failure for your business.Do you find yourself having to change things every time, for each project, to have your drawings...
View ArticleXrev Transmit - Version 2 - Quick rundown!
New Features:Matrix TransmittalsReport DesignerBulk Selection (Shift & Control Click)Bulk EditingNew Naming RulesBetter Validation of SettingsAutodetect paper size option for PDFSee how much time...
View ArticleRevit 2015 - BORING...?
So for those that have seen the Revit 2015 new feature list, its pretty boring. I'm not against a release that aims to fix up a lot of minor limitations and/or bugs, but pick some decent ones! And at...
View Article3D View/Perspective viewpoint changing unexpectedly on file reopen
Have you ever opened a Revit file only to find that all those 3D Views you setup yesterday are no longer orientated correctly? This can be very frustrating!Typically when I create a 3D View, I'll then...
View ArticleRevit Material API Workarounds
If you've worked with the Revit API you'll know that often there are holes... That is, things you can "almost" do, but there will be one item you can't access through the API that makes it impossible...
View ArticleRevit 2016 What's New? - A Commentary
So if you're trawling the web you will see Autodesk have officially updated their Revit product page to refer to 2016.So what's new? 2016 is a tricky one, as Autodesk released a Point release of Revit...
View ArticleRevit Railings - Long Standing Issues
I'm sure I'm not the only one he gets frustrated by the Railing tools in Revit. I thought I'd put together this post to point out the type of day to day frustrations they cause and what I'd like to...
View ArticleDNS Unlocker malware on Android Phone
This took me months to get rid of, and to find something of use on the internet. Searching "DNS Unlocker Malware" would just find posts to remove it from desktop machines. As such I thought I'd post...
View ArticleUsing Samsung Gear S2 + Tizen after 3 years with Android Wear
I have recently been on holidays for 6 weeks in North America; midway through my trip my 3 year old LG G Watch battery gave out and refused to charge/switch back on. I expected it was probably due to...
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