One great new feature added to FM: Interact is the ability to enable a Graphic View Pop-up that reveals information about the space as you hover your mouse over a room. This feature can be extremely helpful for pointing out certain conditions when combined with Graphic View queries. For example, you can set the Graphic …
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Let’s keep rolling down deeper into what it takes to make a more advanced Revit Model Checker check. In part 1, we figured out that according to the Revit database, views and view templates are the same category. Now we need to figure out how we can tell them apart. All the Data in the …
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So far I’ve shown you all of the amazing things that you can do with schedules, but I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t also share with you the flip side of the coin – the limitations I’ve discovered as I’ve pushed schedules to do more and more for me. Here are …
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We worked with Autodesk recently to develop and post a new checkset XML to the Model Checker for Revit Public Library. Well, four new checksets really, but they are pretty much the same one for different years of Revit. If you aren’t familiar with the Autodesk Model Checker for Revit, it’s a great free add-on …
The Model Checker for Revit is a great way to keep an eye on your Revit models and make sure they stay in compliance with your BIM standards. We get a lot of opportunities to build checks and have some tips and workflows that help us make sure that a checkset runs as expected. One …
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The theme of this year’s FM:Systems User Conference held in Orlando, Florida this past June was Building Insights. Throughout the week, both users and providers alike shared their experiences using the software to achieve valuable insights and brainstormed ideas to solve new challenges. We had a great time meeting with users and hearing their stories, …
In this post, I’m going to cover using Images in schedules, incorporating Design Options into your schedules, and using schedules with Phasing. Images in Schedules You can include images of your elements in your schedules. There are two ways to achieve this. Method #1 – Embed the image in the family This is my preferred …
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Using Network Licensing to pool your licenses is a great way to leverage resources effectively. However, the mechanism on PCs that tries to access network licenses can be VERY particular. If your network is slow (maybe you’re working over a WAN or VPN) there is a good chance you might see errors about valid licenses …
I have a few best practices that I follow to help me keep my schedules organized and easy to understand. They aren’t complicated but can add a lot of information and really help to clarify what a schedule or parameter is for and how it’s supposed to be used. I recommend having an office standard …
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Revu 2018.5 was just released this month! The latest version of Revu focuses on fixing important issues users were experiencing while the application was left in an idle state. Below is a list of issues that have been resolved with 2018.5. The new release addresses: • An issue where documents that remained open for an …