March 9, 2023

Schedules with Images in Revit

Have you ever wondered how to create schedules that contain images that display a better description of its items? In this blog, we will explore this with Revit. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

March 9, 2023

Annotating Detail Components in Revit

In this blog post, we will look at annotating Revit’s detail components from the detail library that ships with Revit. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

February 16, 2023

Finishing Roof Exteriors in Revit

When working with roofs, Revit allows you to add soffits, facias, and gutters. Likewise, we can create downspouts and gutter end-caps. There is also a little-known option to give a soffit a pitch like we do for roofs. This post explains the process. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

February 7, 2023

Bulkheads for Soffits with Revit

There are a variety of situations that you may run into where you may need to use a bulkhead. Some potential examples would be soffit walls, ceiling covers, and any other wall that might be suspended from above in which case the bottom needs to be covered with a finish material. This post takes us…

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James Cuervo

November 4, 2022

Creating Custom Arcs with Text in Revit

Although Revit doesn’t have line types and arcs with embedded text, we can create them with the help of family templates. This is a continuation of our video that discusses “Creating Custom Lines with Text in Revit”. In order to get the most from this video and understand the parameter and label creation procedures used,…

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James Cuervo

September 23, 2022

Design Options with Revit

In this video, we explore a great tool in Revit. It allows us to create multiple design options that can be easily presented to clients. Once the option is chosen, this tool will allow you to make the choice a permanent part of your project. In this post, James Cuervo shows us how it’s done.…

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James Cuervo

March 28, 2022

Creating Path Arrays with Dynamo in Revit

This workflow allows us to create path arrays with Dynamo in Revit more easily than you might expect. In this post, James Cuervo shows us how it’s done. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

December 13, 2021

How to Create Path Arrays in Revit

This workflow allows us to create path arrays in Revit more easily than you might expect. In this post, James Cuervo shows us how it’s done. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

July 9, 2021

2D CAD Details in Revit

When we initially begin using Revit, it seems like we need to recreate all of our AutoCAD 2D details from scratch. Luckily, we can re-use our existing AutoCAD 2D Detail Library in Revit. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

July 2, 2021

Native Printing to PDF with Revit 2022

Autodesk Revit 2022 includes a native, configurable 2D PDF export feature to improve documentation efficiency. This allows us to export PDFs faster than ever. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo