April 10, 2023

Massing with Revit – Part 3: Putting it Together

Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shows us all about Massing with Revit in this 3-part series. In part 3, we explore massing solids and voids and how we bring it all together. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 1: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-1-shapesPart 2: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-2-volumes

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James Cuervo

April 10, 2023

Massing with Revit – Part 2: Volumes

Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shows us all about Massing with Revit in this 3-part series. In part 2, we give our shapes volumes and bring them to life. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 1: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-1-shapesPart 3: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-3-putting-it-together

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James Cuervo

April 10, 2023

Massing with Revit – Part 1: Shapes

Join our Senior AEC Technical Specialist, James Cuervo, as he shows us all about Massing with Revit in this 3-part series. In part 1, we explore the fundamentals of massing in Revit and shapes. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com Part 2: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-2-volumesPart 3: https://ddscad.com/massing-with-revit-part-3-putting-it-together

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James Cuervo

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 22, 2023

Material Annotations in Revit

In this post, we explore how to annotate a wall section using material tags and material keynotes. We use the example of a wall section here to illustrate this, but this same process can be applied to material annotations in other areas as well. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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Alan Birmaher

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