Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Roof edge with profile

Each time I do this I have to re-remember how to reset the profiles in the Project Browser so that each one works uniquely.  This one  

Starting with :
  •     Pick any existing profile that is suitable and pick>edit to bring up the profile in family editor. First save-as,  in this case "new eaves". (project browser>family>profiles>pick a suitable type >EDIT - once saved creates new type)
  •     Edit the profile with whatever instance params are needed - in this case a roof pitch angle which can then be = a roof pitch reporting param in the project 

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Editing wall sweeps

Controlling the appearance and rendering of sweeps is carried out in the TYPE PROPERTIES of the wall that hosts the sweep.



Selecting the wall hosting the sweep and going into
Selecting the wall hosting the sweep, in TYPE PROPERTIES make sure preview is selected and set to VERTICAL SECTION

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Revit 2014 release preview

David Light on Revit-blogspot has posted a fairly detailed preview
Picked these out as most welcome enhancements:-
Music to listen whilst reading: http://soundcloud.com/troyka/tax-return-live-from-vortex-06/

Looks like most useful is replacement of the terrible 2013
materials editor. This looks allot more logical

Friday, 12 April 2013

ROOF with varaible plate height

Thanks to Alfredo Medina for answer to previous post on Autodesk Revit discussion group. How to achieve this when attaching a roof by footprint:

Starting with roof by footprint pick walls:
As Autodesk Revit discussion group post - roof by footprint with differing plate heights 
<http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Revit-Architecture/bd-p/133>


Tuesday, 9 April 2013

WALKER BAY RID305 (10ft) DINGHY FOR SALE NOW SOLD!

THANKS FOR LOOKING - NOW SOLD 
Walker Bay RID305 (10ft) dinghy for sale located in Pembrokeshire. Listed on Apollo Duck, BoatsandOutboards and several other sites. Its an American made molded polyprop multi-purpose dinghy for up to 6hp, rowing (it has proper oars) or convert to sailing with add on kit. Its yours for £850 -may remove tube kit and sell separately for lower price.