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Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Hello and welcome to The Revit Kid.com!  My name is Jeff and I will be the main blogger for this here blog.  I am a student who experienced the amazing capabilities and advantages of Revit Architecture while forcing my self to learn it during my last design course.  While sitting in class the other day I had a conversation with a few students currently enrolled in the architecture program at my school.  These students were taking a Revit class.  Their eyes glazed over as I showed them the work I have done in Revit and the questions began to flow out of them.  This is when I realized that it might be very helpful to any students wanting to learn Revit to learn it from a fellow student.

I would like this blog to contain tutorials done by others and myself.  I would also like it to be an archive of the many questions I have received by students about Revit Architecture and the like.  Finally, I would like it to encourage the use of Revit in the classroom as not only a tool but a tool that will create a smart and usable building information model.

My experience is as follows:
- 8 years in the field of Architecture
- 8 years of AutoCAD experience
- 5 years of Revit (I am currently employed at an ALL Revit firm)
- Associate's Degree in Architectural Engineering Technology
- Associate's Degree in Construction Management/Technology
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
- Master's Degree in Architecture

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Lastly, I would like to offer my tutoring services to any student who would like a more in depth and personal lesson in any version of Revit.  For now, this service is limited to Connecticut.  Please email me for info at: 

Jeff@TheRevitKid.com

Thank you for reading and enjoy!!


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Paul Edward · 818 weeks ago

Thanks for all the hard work. I went looking for an answer on the web (I'm learning Revit on my own- the prof in the one class that I took moved faster than some of us could keep up, so I dropped the class. At least with yours I can hit replay.) Happened across your site. Great things here.
As I tell people, "May God give you ten times what you give to the world."
Thanks again.
Paul
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steve · 818 weeks ago

I have been strugling on how to make a Bay/Bow window that would be variable in all aspects . ie: height/width etc. I have messed around with the window styles that already come loaded with Revit and I cannot get the paramaters right

Regards

steve UK
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Elaine Tiplady · 806 weeks ago

This is the BEST blog, and the greatest help to me. I'm the only Revit addict in a totally Autocad company. I am almost totally self taught, and your site it a great help and I love to refer back to stuff until I get used to it.
Keep up the good work.
'Old dog learning a new trick'
Perth Australia
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Jo H · 795 weeks ago

What a fantastic blog, and I think you have solved an issue I have with your Paramteric Arrays tutorial but I just wanted to see if you had any thoughts. I have been using revit for about a year as a student (studying Architectural Design & Technology), now in my final year and am designing an 'Earthship' which has tyre walls rammed full of earth and are also encased in earth. The only thing is there are varying heights and the tyres are laid with each row staggered across the connection between two on the previous row (brick bond effect). I would really appreciate some help with this one!
Thank you in anticipation,
Regards
Jo UK
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granddesign freek · 794 weeks ago

Someone has actually built a house like this, I think in America. Google Grand Designs, the TV programme, and search for it.
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C Webber · 746 weeks ago

Revit Kid! If you could give some Insight on the best way to create Conc. tilt walls with Reveals, it would be great. I work for a firm that does alot of these type of buldings and we are starting to get into Revit. I've done modify conc. wall with custom reveal family etc.. and works great; But was wondering if there a better approach to this type of work?
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J. Lavarias · 731 weeks ago

Please help me how to make use of CAD shop drawings to revit MEP 2009. I've been unsuccessful to import Auto CAD drawings to revit.
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Connie · 702 weeks ago

I have been working with Revit for almost 10 hours now and have a question on how to put a freeform finish on a glazed wall. I am working on a shower that will be partially sandblasted (random, of course) How do i apply a finish like that?

Thanks in advance,
Connie
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Robson · 692 weeks ago

Hi

Plz make a tutorial teaching us how to design a pool =)
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Dominic · 690 weeks ago

I am trying to import 3D dwg files to revit family and it works, but if it want to modify it or change materials it is impossible! The designs I need are very hard to draw in the family itself. Please help! Thanks.
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Ben Soto · 686 weeks ago

I had made a slab from a 2d drawing in a 3d view and I want to flip it,,, but I dont know how, Is there is a way the I can do this,, the slab is part of a balcony the and i want to flip it from horizontal to vertical.. can you expalin to me how to do it.
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EVan · 662 weeks ago

What is the significance of massing in Revit - is it something that an architect needs ? I am a 40 something architect using revit since 1999...I never learned it but wonder if I should
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Jessica · 662 weeks ago

Hey man, thanks for the adjustable swing tutorial. I totally got my door to work. Appreciate it!
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algee · 652 weeks ago

I've created a beam family.But somehow when i cyt asection i cannot see the concrete cut pattern.Also it is not available during edit
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maynard · 648 weeks ago

I am using revit on a mac with Fusion. On a pc, you use 'control' to select 2 things. The 'control' button doesn't seem to work with the mac. Any suggestions to what button would work?
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JNA · 645 weeks ago

Do you know a way to make the fill pattern on a color scheme transparent?
Thank you so much!
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parker · 643 weeks ago

how to remove the revit logo on start up
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Shaikh Hussain · 627 weeks ago

Hi Jeff,
I am new to revit.I recently started following some tutorials ,when i try to open a new construction template ,revit gives a popup message saying "Inches to the fourth power" and The template does not load.plz suggest how to solve this issue.

thanks
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Martin · 619 weeks ago

Hi Geffrey

I think the new website is great, fresh and more business like, well done, I havent navigated the site yet to how easy it is to move around
I looked at the video of the housing estate in Yorkshire pretty impressive do you know if the animation was done in 3DS Max?
Thanks for all the effort you put in to this site

Martin

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