Autodesk Revit 2011 - Intro to Reporting Parameters
In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 training video, we’ll cover the how to use reporting parameters.
Autodesk Revit 2011 - Intro to Adaptive Components
In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 training video, we’ll cover the basics of how to build an adaptive component.
Revit - Multi-line Workaround for Generic Annotations
In this Revit Architecture 2010 Training video, we’re going to take a look at a workaround for creating multi-line annotations. This simple workaround was developed for annotations with leaders that tend to move as the text descriptions lengthened.
Revit - Using Display Settings From a Linked File
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video, we show how to pass through view-specific elements from a linked into a host file.
Revit - Pattern Based Curtain Panel Family
In this Revit Architecture 2010 Training video we’re going to take a look at the pattern based curtain panel family.
Revit - View Range and Orient to View (3d from 2d)
In this Autodesk Revit 2010 video tutorial we’ll talk a bit about View Range and how to adjust the settings so that your views cut at a certain depth.
Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Series Part 4
In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will create a shared parameter to generate a curtain panel schedule that drives the spacing of the louvers through a spreadsheet-like format (Revit schedule).
Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Series Part 3
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will nest our parametric louver system within a curtain panel family, so that it becomes a parametric panel system that can receive different louver counts.
Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Part 2
In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will create a line based family to host the louver family.
Autodesk Revit - Parametric Louver System Part 1
In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we begin the construction of a parametric louver system. This louver system will be embedded in a curtain wall family by arraying generic model component family that is within a lined based family.
Revit 2010 – Publishing Shared Coordinates + Named Views Across Linked Files
In this video, we quickly talk about the role of model structure in linked file systems through the topic of shared coordinates. We also walk through how to, and what the effects are, of publishing coordinates. Finally, we introduce and explain the concept of ‘Named Views’ and how these work with our linked file structure.
Revit - Solar Radiation Technology Preview - Part 2
This is the second video tutorial in a series exploring the integration of geometry creation and solar radiation analysis in a variety of platforms. The video utilizes the new Solar Radiation Technology Preview, available from Autodesk LABS.
Revit - Solar Radiation Technology Preview - Part 1
This is the first video tutorial in a series exploring the integration of geometry creation and solar radiation analysis in a variety of platforms. The video utilizes the new Solar Radiation Technology Preview, available from Autodesk LABS.
Revit 2010 - Splitting Faces and Painting Materials
In this Revit video, you will learn how to split a face of your geometry and paint a material onto the newly created face without it affecting your line weights.
Revit Architecture 2010 and 2009 - Explanation of Coordinate Systems Side by Side
In this video I walk through the workflow of understanding the relationship of the default Revit coordinate system (both in Revit 2009 and 2010) to your geometry, and show how to overwrite that coordinate system as well as making sure that the new system pushes through to exported files.
IFC from Rhino through Revit
In this Rhino 3D/Revit 2010 video we will explore the workflow of exporting geometry from Rhino through Revit and exporting as an IFC file.
Revit 2010 - Curtain Panel Pattern Based - Hexagons
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we will create hexagon panels with the new pattern based curtain panel.
Revit 2010 - Spline By Points
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we will quickly cover the Spline By Points command and a couple ways you can use it.
Revit 2010 - Pattern Based Curtain Panels
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we will cover some basic surface modeling techniques. After that, we’ll focus the attention on building custom pattern based curtain panels.
Revit 2010 - Revolve and New Surface Patterning / Paneling
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we will cover the techniques for making a revolve in the new conceptual massing environment. We will also touch on the new tools for paneling surfaces.
Revit 2010 - Removing Edges and 3d Snapping
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we will cover some additional features in the Make Form tool set. It’s mainly cause I forgot to mention these things in the last one 
We also cover e new concept which is 3d snapping.
Revit 2010 - Make Form - Add Edge And Profile
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video I’ll show how to use the Add Edge and Add Profile tools with in the conceptual mass modeling environment.
Revit 2010 - Sweeping and Reference Points
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video we cover the new way to make sweeps in the conceptual mass environment. Like all the other methods, the tool intuits the operation based on the selection you give it. In this case I feed it a path and a profile and knows to make a sweep.
Revit 2010 - Make Form Direct Manipulation
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video you learn a bit about the direct manipulation tools in the new conceptual mass environment. We will also look at adding parameters and the new ways you can interact with them.
Revit Architecture 2010 New Features - Conceptual Mass Make Form
In this Revit Architecture 2010 video you will see how the new make form button works within the conceptual modeling environment works
Revit - Custom Profiles in Curtain Systems
In this video tutorial we will cover how to make custom mullion profile for a curtain system in Revit Architecture.
Revit - Family Basics, Modeling a Stool
In this tutorial I make a simple parametric stool in a generic family. I cover Working with reference planes, parameters and establishing constraints.
Revit - Diamond Curtian Panels
This is a tutorial I learned from watching Phil Read at Autodesk University. Using curtain panels in Revit we create an undulating hexagon panel that can be hosted by a curtain system. I cover adding parameters and well as using reference planes and picking work planes.
Revit - Nested Families
We nest a generic family in a curtain panel and use the length and width of a single panel to drive the the amount of extrusion of each panel.
Revit - Scheduling Explained
This Revit Architecture 2009 video tutorial covers how to create and control schedules. In this tutorial we schedule different wall types to manage the quantities of a buildings facade.
Rhino - Autocad - Revit - Linking Complex Form to Drive Massing
The basic logic in this tutorial is to create a tower which has geometry too complex to build in Revit. We then pass it through AutoCAD to export a closed solid .dwg with layers. As of now Rhino only exports .dwg files as meshes,
Revit - Using Tags to Drive Instance Parameters
This Revit Architecture 2009 video tutorial covers how to use tags as drivers for parameters rather than just for display. The idea here is to use “working tags”.
NYC Revit User Group Presentation
A few students and I were invited by James Vandezande to speak at this weeks NYC Revit User Group Meeting . We presented the work from the workshop and discussed a few different ways to use Revit. You can follow the students work on the forum.
Revit - Scheduling Curtian Panels with Conditional Statements
This Revit Architecture 2009 video tutorial covers how to use conditional statement when scheduling curtain panels. The techniques put forward in this video are done in an effort to avoid making different families for one curtain system. By using techniques like these, one can manage variable parts within one Revit Family while making it easier to manage a schedule.
Revit - Scheduling with Conditional Staments
This Revit 2009 video tutorial covers how to add parameters for scheduling and tagging. In this case the objects being scheduled are parking spaces. The problem was that by default Revit is able to schedule the “count” of objects. In this case I wanted to schedule stacker parking which meant every parking component equaled 2 spaces.
Revit - Missing Grids in Elevation
So…. Have you ever had the problem where your grid lines will NOT show up in elevations?!?!?! This is of course after you have checked your VG settings and maximized 3d extents, still NOTHING! Chances are the elevation view is not perpendicular to the grid lines. In most cases this makes sense, how is the program going to know where you want to intersect the infinite planes of the grid lines. In this Revit tutorial I establish the point of intersection as the siteboundary and grid line intersect.
Revit - Parametric Truss System - Part 1
This Revit video tutorial shows how to array a series of voids to create a changing truss system. Rather than thinking of the modeling in components what we are doing here is modeling a solid and using Revit’s cut geometry tool to slice a solid into stick members.
Revit - Shared Parameters and Scheduling
This video tutorial gets into the basics of creating shared parameters in Revit and how to create schedules to access them. In this tutorial, scheduling is meant to be used more as a spreadsheet interface for driving the model and not so much for putting schedules in a drawings set. That being said, this video covers the basics of making a schedule which one could easily then place on a sheet.
Revit - Student Project - Auditorium
This video is from an open help session with student to work through some of the problems they are encountering making advanced Revit Families. I stumble a bit with some of these models but it was meant to be a trial and error session. The intention was for students to get a sense of how we can trouble shoot some of the issues Revit throws back at us.
Revit - Student Projects - Ellipses
This video is from an open help session with student to work through some of the problems they are encountering making advanced Revit Families. This group is trying to figure out how to constraint ellipses to voids. They are experimenting with face based families.
Revit - Student Project - Angled Stone
This video is from an open help session with student to work through some of the problems they are encountering making advanced Revit Families. This group is building a wall system that builds up from these angled stones. Ideally as they change the angle and height of each stone the wall system would get taller. The intention was for students to get a sense of how we can trouble shoot some of the issues Revit throws back at us.
Revit 2009 - New Feature Sweep Blend
Revit Architecture 2009 is out and has some pretty cool new features. The first one I’m posting about is Sweep Blend. I cant think of a better way to explain it than saying imagine taking the blend tool and combining it with the sweep tool. It’s pretty much just that. Like in the blend you pick to shapes “profiles” to blend between except now you can do it along a path. This video covers the basics of how it works.
Revit - Student Projects - Spider Clip
These video are from an open help session with student to work through some of the problems they are encountering making not so regular Revit Families. I stumble a bit with some of these models but it was meant to be a trial and error session. It was important for students to get a sense of how we can trouble shoot some of the issues Revit throws back at us.
Revit - Basics About the Program
Explaining some of the basic aspects of Revit. Where Levels are in the hierarchy. How walls constrain to levels , Coping in place or by level. This is just one of many tutorials that will explain fundamental aspects of Revit.
Revit - Adding Folders to File Open Menu
Pretty basic tutorial, If you know this then it won’t effect you if you didn’t. you’ll be glad you don’t have to navigate to you project folders anymore.
Revit - Modeling Operations
This tutorial covers the different methods of creating 3d geometry in Revit. I explain the pro and cons of using solid extrusion, Blend, Revolve, and sweep. These are explained within a massing object but apply to all families.
Revit - Faced Based Families
This tutorial covers how to make face based families, change a family category, and make voids. face based families are pretty handy for a few reasons. A big one though is that they do delete when you erase the host object (this is not the case with wall based and floor based) Also they are easy to move around, re-host and rotate.
Revit - Radial Geometry w/ Reference Lines
This tutorial covers how to use reference lines to constrain or drive radial shapes. In the past I have found this to be tricky when using Reference plane but with a reference line it is quite easy. I dont get too much into adding parameters but one could imagine using a length parameter to drive the length of the reference line as well as the ellipse.