Revit Sloped Pipe Tags can tend to be a bit confusing, so I decided to put together a video to help us all get through it. Check out this video to see how the flexibility of Revit families can help you set up sloped pipes.
Connector Matching in Revit 2019.2
David RonsonAutodesk just released Revit 2019.2, requiring a change to your database. Here’s a video walking through a couple of those changes.
Recover Fabrication GUID with Dynamo
David RonsonA few times this has come up in support where the Fabrication database appears to have lost the GUID for no apparent reason. Without the GUID changes to the already loaded configuration can not be made.
Fabrication Straights in Revit QA/QC
David RonsonUse Revit Schedules with Conditional Formatting to check your model prior to exporting the .maj to Fabrication CAMduct.
Import Unsupported CID Patterns into Revit using IFC
David RonsonOften times, people who are working in CADmep are finding out late that their deliverable needs to be in Revit. Here is a tutorial on how to import the unsupported patterns of CADmep into Revit.
Navis 2018 NOT Loading Object Enabler
David RonsonProblem – When loading .dwg into Navisworks 2018, Fabrication elements are not displayed Cause – Path in the Registry is pointed to the wrong folder Solution – Fix the Registry Step 1a) DONT LOAD DWGs INTO NAVIS – see previous vlog for details (link below) – if you don’t like …
Isolate Fabrication Services in Revit Using Dynamo
David RonsonIn CADmep we used the command SL1 to isolate a service. Revit does not have a good isolation command so I wrote one using Dynamo, below is a video of this feature. This dynamo script is no longer available for download. In case you are interested, eVolve Mechanical has this …
Building Navis Coordination Files from .nwc vs .dwg
David RonsonBuilding Navis models from .nwc vs .dwg can come with some nuances. In this video, I will walk through how they can be different and some general best practices.
Revit Inline Families – Design to Fabrication
David RonsonSimplify the conversion for inline Revit equipment to Fabrication content by utilizing the Fabrication Design Line Node concept and applying it to Families in Revit.
Item Folders Layout
David RonsonCopy your customer Folders layout into all other folders in your database. Get-ChildItem “C:\Autodesk Fabrication\Working Database\ITEMS” -Recurse -Filter “*.dat” | ForEach-Object { Copy-Item “C:\Autodesk Fabrication\position.dat” -Destination $_.FullName }