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Alexander Vysotskiy
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    hey there from england!

    quick question....do you think you would be able to create the building on the splash screen (loading screen) from revit 2013 and do a tutorial for that?

    Tom

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyJanuary 10, 2013 at 10:26 PM

      Hello Tom!

      Thank you for your idea! I think it is possible to create this tutorial, but after I'll finish my first ones (Architecture, MEP, Families)

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  2. 1000rundgang.deFebruary 23, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    Hello Alexander,

    I have a question. I want to automate my working process on a easiest way which I can find. So I look for verious possiblities there are. Now I see 3 possibilities:
    1. shortcuts. good, but I want to combinate more than 1 shortcut in 1 step and between shortcuts waiting fot user-inputs/give parameters. I can't see that is possible
    2. Marco-programming. to much effort before I have the first Macro. very flexible, but I want to avoid first to learn class-definitions, exceptions, parameter-types and so on in VB or C# before I can combinate some key-orders.
    Do you have experience in Marco-programming? Can we expect videos in the future?
    3. automate software like tinytask. I am not sure, is it the right way. Can I really all do with this recorder what is necessary. I think it has to many limits.

    what your opinion?

    best regards Andreas from Berlin, Germany

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyFebruary 24, 2013 at 11:45 AM

      Hello Andreas,

      I suppose the easiest way to improve your productivity is a good template. I’ve write a post about it some days ago:
      http://www.alexvysotskiy.com/2013/02/autodesk-revit-easy-template-creation.html

      The most powerful way is programming. I’m not a programmer, but I’ve visited 2-days training. We wrote on C# with Visual Studio. With programming you can speed up many process in Revit – even build a house pressing just one button. Unfortunately, I can’t write a course due to poor programming skills.
      Here you can view official Autodesk training “My First Revit Plug-in”
      http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=16777469

      Shortcuts
      Maybe you should try something like Logitech G13 and write your own macros for G-keys (I use G15 Keyboard)

      TinyTask – I have no idea how you can use it in Revit. If you need to do same things many times – you can just copy result from other projects.

      Best regards,
      Alexander

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  3. MKMMarch 23, 2013 at 12:40 PM

    HAI AM MANESH FROM INDIA can you post the tolls list in an laphabetic order and give examples also it will help me as a biginer \
    thank you ,

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyMarch 26, 2013 at 12:16 PM

      Hi Manesh,
      I think Tools list in Alphabetic order is not very good idea because many tools used with special functions. It's much better learn Revit working with its functions. Try go through this tutorial - http://www.alexvysotskiy.com/2012/11/autodesk-revit-architecture-basic-free.html
      I hope it will help.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    hi i'm a newbie. i hope you can answer this question. i made a curb with wall element. i want to round the corner with a quarter circle in plan review. how to do? thank you

    regards,
    jennifer

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyOctober 6, 2013 at 12:19 PM

      Hi Jennifer,
      to round corner you should use WALL function, and in the drawing tools use option in the red circle on the screenshot:
      https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16930003/Blog_AVisotskiy/Round_wall.jpg
      Then click on the first and second walls to create rounded angle.

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    2. Alexander VysotskiyOctober 6, 2013 at 12:24 PM

      In English version this tool called "Fillet Arc"

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  5. UnknownOctober 14, 2013 at 8:38 AM

    I made an conceptual mass, and now need to add a beam. This beam changes in both x and y. When I click: Structure > modify/place beam > pick lines and then click on the line, it places the beam down on the floor. eventough I checked 3D snapping. It works on few lines, but on some it does as I told. what could be te problem?

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  6. UnknownNovember 23, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    Hi i'm new with Revit and I've encountered a problem...
    Every time I draw elements (wall, curtain walls, mullion, window,door etc) on level 2 of my building it turns out grey colored (on 3D view). But if I change the view to elevation the element's graphic can be seen. It can also be seen when i draw elements on the first or 3,4th level and offset its base to the 2nd floor.

    It might be something really simple but I can't figure it out.. What's the problem? thank you

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  7. UnknownDecember 18, 2013 at 7:27 PM

    Hi I have open a Revit project that I finished a month or so ago and I am wondering why some of the materials that I put in there are gone? Please help because I have to do a project off of this one...

    Thanks

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyJanuary 9, 2014 at 6:12 AM

      Hi Lauren, this problem happens sometimes. Is Material Library is still installed?

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:03 PM

    Helloo

    Is it possible to do a schedule only for cropped view?? for example.. am doing a schedule for property lines with its tag for a specific view, but unfortunately... the schedule is showing me the whole project's property lines.
    can u please explain

    Thanks

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    1. Alexander VysotskiyFebruary 11, 2014 at 11:00 PM

      Hello Amani El-Saadi,
      you should use Filter tab to point which lines to schedule.
      So at first select your property lines which you want to show, and add to their properties unique parameter (for ex., in the field Comments enter "Group_1".
      And now just go to Filter tab in your schedule, and add filter Comments - Equal - Group_1 .

      This should work.

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  9. UnknownJune 22, 2014 at 3:19 AM

    Hello,
    I cannot make camera view or spot Elevation on only second floor of my building; I don’t know what the problem is. Can you help me to solve it?
    thanks

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  10. UnknownMay 1, 2015 at 12:41 AM

    hey hello.....can anyone tell me how can you make a staircase with varying riser heights in revit?
    (for a stadium stands,you need to make a the stands in which every following riser exceeds 120-150 mm in height as compared to the previous one)....of course i made the stands as staircase....RSVP

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  11. UnknownNovember 25, 2015 at 4:47 AM

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