The Revit Cat is ... Purring? Tim's Been Busy.

I first met Tim Waldock at Revit Technology Conference North America (2012) in Georgia.  Before meeting him, I sat in as he spoke about the "new" repeater function in Revit.  Once you stop mesmerizing over his awesome accent, you start to see the awesome stuff he is doing.  If you are not following Tim's blog (The Revit Cat), you should start now.

Tim has been publishing quite a bit of valuable content recently.  In fact, I have been enjoying reading his feed so much I just had to share it with you all.  Here are "Index" pages Tim has created for some of the main topics he has been publishing...

Revit Tip - Strip Down Model for Sharing

This is an awesome tip I saw on Twitter one day.  I cannot remember who posted it (if you were the publisher please let me know and I will give you credit!).

It can be quite a hassle to save and prepare a Revit model to share with consultants, contractors, etc... Personally, I am all a little more liberal when it comes to sharing my Revit models.  Of course, many companies are still very conservative when it comes to what information is left in the model (ie. Titleblocks, details, families, etc...).

Stripping the model of the "baggage" can be cumbersome to say the least.  The video below will show you an awesome tip that will could possibly save you hours of time.

The Mysterious Case of Revit's Family View Range Properties

Have you ever tried to change the view range when in the Family Editor environment?  No? Go try....

If you have not run into this before (or just never really needed to do so) I bet you are scratching your head and thinking, "where the heck is it?".

I promise you, it's there...