AutoCAD – The Even Quicker than Ctrl Z Undo Have you ever made a mistake in AutoCAD that you want to undo, I know I have. Thankfully we have the undo button for that, but what if I’m too lazy to click the undo button? Well that’s simple, most of us use the keyboard shortcut …
In Revit we can use section boxes to crop our 3D views to size, but did you know that Revit has an Automatic Section Box tool? Section Box Tool In Revit you can manually adjust a section box to get the desired view but by using the section box tool, Revit will automatically create a …
Have you ever made a spelling mistake? Do you ever use text in AutoCAD? Wouldn’t it be great if there was an easy way to spellcheck your text in AutoCAD? Spellcheck Command AutoCAD has a spell checking function, not the most exciting function in AutoCAD but very powerful for those like myself who spell words …
Many objects within Revit have a specific orientation, doors swing left or right, windows have sills on the outside, or just general elements such as furniture. After placing these items, they can be mirrored or rotated using the respective commands but there is an easier way.By using the Space Bar we can rotate or flip …
Ever needed to find out what view a section, callout or another view has been created in? For example you have a detailed callout, it was created in a Section View which in turn was created in a Ceiling Plan. But how do you find your Callout if you don’t know this? Find Referring Views …
Revit by default rotates about the center of the project when in 3D. This is ok if you are zoomed out but if you have zoomed in on an element and want to rotate, the result is that elements fly off screen and your left looking at a different location in the project. Set Centre …
Do you find it annoying when you double click out of habit and Revit keeps taking you into the Family editor. What if there was a way to stop this behaviour so that the family editor only opens when you click the Edit Family button. Well as it happens there is an option to disable …
In Revit, each view has a discipline assigned to it, this controls what elements are visible and which are hidden.For example in an architectural view we can see walls, windows and doors but we might not be able to see structural elements such as beams and trusses or mechanical elements such as ducts. There are …