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April 07, 2025
Revit: 2026 New Feature - Multiple Values Scale Override in Title Block
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An arguably a small feature, but one that I have wanted to see since I first started using Revit, is finally here. Anyone who has assembled...
March 06, 2025
ACA: Formula Property to Abbreviate Room Name
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A question came up in the Autodesk AutoCAD® Architecture forum regarding the creation of a custom Space Tag to display an abbreviated room ...
September 06, 2024
Revit: Rooms and Computation Height
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I will start by saying I have no idea why what follows worked, but I am documenting it here in case I come across the same issue in the futu...
August 08, 2024
Downloading Autodesk Installation Files
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Autodesk Account is your first place to find downloads of software and updates. For most releases, you should find the current release and ...
May 23, 2024
Revit: Clean Uninstall Instructions
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Autodesk currently has uninstall instructions for Revit 2020 through 2025 in separate articles, one for each version. I am posting links he...
April 24, 2024
Revit: Moving a Grid Line with Disjoin Checked (Don't Do It)
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Made a discovery today, related to the previous post regarding moving items with Disjoin checked. Once again, I failed to notice that was c...
April 17, 2024
Revit: Moving A Legend on a Sheet Deletes the Legend
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I was trying to move a Legend on a Revit sheet a precise distance, so I was using the Move tool rather than dragging it and eyeballing the ...
April 08, 2024
Revit: Choosing a Maximum Value in a Formula
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Nothing earth-shaking here, just recording this so the next time I need to do it, I do not have to put it together from scratch. The formul...
January 13, 2023
Revit: Upgrading Family Files
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I found this sitting in my Drafts folder. I have no idea why I held back on publishing it, so I am doing so today (2024/4/8). My firm now ...
April 05, 2022
ACA: Deployment for ACA 2022 - Cannot Remove Custom Profile
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Finally had some time to start preparing for the creation of a deployment for AutoCAD Architecture 2022. This is the first deployment for a...
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