Thank you for your comment Jack to my conversation” DISCLAIMER – I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER. DO YOU?”. You have raised a few interesting points. One of which has let me to post this response separately… as a bit of a detour, if I may….
Your comments about what we were doing in the past (already) had [...]
BIM IN HISTORY & IN OTHER APPLICATIONS
DISCLAIMER – I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER. DO YOU?
I am not going to pretend that I know everything about this BUZZ word “BIM” because I don’t think it is that easy to grasp – The ramifications from a business and industry perspective is huge and so multi-faceted. The current enquiry for me is to move beyond any single software/supplier solution. BIM is so [...]
WELCOME TO MY CONVERSATION
Welcome to my blog page and I encourage you to use this and other forums to begin to challenge our understanding of BIM (Building Information Modelling) to move beyond 3d modelling, automated drawings and some sexy schedules or dare I mention the promise of the golden egg… “ODBC”(Ahem…. I’m not convinced – yet)
To those of [...]
BIM – BEYOND A SOFTWARE SOLUTION OR COMPANY CHANGE
I don’t know about you…. but I feel like a change….
I have been in the world of Revit for 6 years now and I am a big fan of the software and still use it at work and in business but I really feel it’s time for me to expand way beyond just Revit. I’ve [...]
NESTED FAMILIES – ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
Using nested families can be convenient from a content creator’s point of view and can seem to be ‘the only way” to make families. There are a few things to consider when using nesting in family creation and I want to make you aware of some of the ramifications of choosing nesting as a way [...]
MY PASSION WITH FAMILIES
In my experience I have found that there is a vast difference between a well designed and a poorly planned Revit® System. It is well documented that the efficiency of a Revit® System is largely affected by the quality of Revit® families that have been created as well as how this content is then maintained [...]
LINEWORK / OBJECT STYLES & CUTTABLE FAMILIES
Using symbolic line work can be useful when you want to control how a family is being graphically represented in a plan or elevation. By choosing the relevant line style. If you wish it to represent the sectional profile use [Cut] style or for elevation profile use [Projection]. See Cuttable Families in Help Menu of [...]
BEWARE – COPYING & PASTING ACROSS PROJECTS
The quick “Copying and Pasting” mentality can appear to be harmless but should be discouraged by a Revit® Manager in an office environment that relies on a library of content that is being used across several projects or where it is important to maintain flexibility by avoiding losing family types within a Project file.
When [...]
PURGING FAMILIES IN A PROJECT FILE
Be careful to purge families from a Project file by using the Purging feature. Purging removes all unused types of a family, however if you require a type (that was purged out) within a family then re-loading the family will not simply add it back in.
I prefer to delete all unused families manually in a [...]
SUMMARY OF GOOD SYSTEM PRACTICES
Always keep family file size in mind. Get best solution with minimal file size. Avoid excessive use of voids and nesting where possible.
Make sure that ALL unused nested and host families are purged in the Family Editor (This is an [...]
