July 2, 2021
Slopes and 3D Grids in Revit 2022
Revit 2022 allows you to add spot slope labels and spot elevation markers on a ramp run in plan, elevation, section, and 3D views. In addition, you can choose to display grid lines in your 3D views. Being able to tag slopes and add datums to any view is an improvement that greatly accelerates our…
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James Cuervo
July 2, 2021
3D Sketch to FormIt Workflow with Revit 2022
Revit 2022 introduces expanded functionalities that better integrate Revit with FormIt Pro. The FormIt converter plug-in has been superseded with new built-in, high-performance functionality and preserved materials, layers, and group definitions. Although Revit does have a Massing component, FormIt offers a much simpler and more effective way to create or enhance your 3D model. Moreover,…
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James Cuervo
June 2, 2021
Phase Parameters in Revit 2022
We can use View Filters to control the visibility and colors associated with our elements in Revit. Revit 2022 introduces new filter rules called “Phase Created” and “Phase Demolished” to help manage the phases in our projects. This makes it easier to visually locate elements and understand their phases in our models. Revit 2022’s new…
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James Cuervo
June 2, 2021
Tapered Walls with Revit 2022
Autodesk introduced slanted walls to Revit 2021. With this year’s release of Revit 2022, tapered walls are being added to our ever-expanding toolbox. We can change almost any wall to a tapered representation by changing its cross-section parameter to “tapered”. This new feature will give you even more flexibility when modeling with Revit 2022. For…
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James Cuervo
May 20, 2021
Shared Parameters in Key Schedules Workflow in Revit 2022
In Revit 2022, shared instance parameters associated with categories now appear as available fields when creating a key schedule for that category. You can now use shared parameters in families and include the shared parameter in a key schedule to control family parameter values using the key schedule. This new feature will help you save…
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James Cuervo
March 5, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 4
This is the final part of our four-part series. Optimizing our render with essential settings is important, especially when using Arnold Render. Likewise, managing the sample values of our lights will make our renders more realistic. Using the .HDR image properly is also important when using the Arnold rendering engine. We can create quick and…
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James Cuervo
March 5, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 3
This is the third part of our four-part series. While we could use the materials that are imported with our model and use them with Arnold Render, we can also use Arnold’s native materials and create our renders quicker with 3ds Max. The settings we use for our materials affect object displacements and opacity. In…
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James Cuervo
February 25, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 2
This is the second part of our four-part series. Now that we’ve exported our geometry from Revit to 3ds Max, we can begin to fine-tune our lighting. This will set us up for success in subsequent parts of this series that deal with materials and Arnold Rendering. Managing and changing our lights is easy when…
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James Cuervo
February 23, 2021
Revit to 3ds Max with Arnold Render Workflow – Part 1
It can be daunting to move our models from Revit to 3ds Max, especially when they have thousands of parts. Luckily, we can break our model down into portions of geometry that can be imported into 3ds Max. The “File Link Manager” in 3ds Max makes this process seamless. The “Arnold” default render engine is used…
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James Cuervo
February 4, 2021
View Types in Revit
Working with view types and duplicating views in Revit can be a bit confusing. Each way of duplicating views allows us to efficiently show specific information in our models. This tutorial explores the “How’s and Why’s” of using view types. There are several ways for us to duplicate our views in Revit. For example, standard…
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