REVIT MONTHLY TIP
TOPIC: PINNING
IF YOU ARE REFERENCING OR OVERLAYING AN EXTERNAL DWG, RVT, OR OTHER TYPES OF DRAWINGS FILES, MAKE SURE THEY ARE PINNED DOWN TO ENSURE THAT THESE REFERENCE FILES DO NOT SHIFT AND CAUSE INACCURACIES IN MODELING. YOU CAN PIN OBJECTS BY SELECTING THE PIN OBJECT ICON UNDER THE MODIFY TAB, OR BY TYPING PN WHILE OBJECT IS SELECTED. PINNED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE SET TO NOT SELECT OR HIGHLIGHT WHEN THE CURSOR HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE PINNED OBJECT. THIS IS HELPFUL WHEN AN EXTREMELY LARGE EXTERNAL REVIT MODEL IS LINKED TO THE WORKING REVIT MODEL LIKE AN EXISTING CONDITIONS MODEL. REVIT TRIES TO VISUALLY HIGHLIGHT ANY ELEMENTS THAT YOUR CURSOR HOVERS OVER AND MAY TAKE UP SOME PROCESSING TIME WHEN HIGHLIGHTING AN EXTREMELY DETAILED ELEMENT. SIMPLY TOGGLE THE “SELECT PINNED ELEMENT” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR REVIT MODEL TO DISABLED, AND YOUR PINNED ELEMENT WILL NO LONGER BE SELECTABLE.
TOGGLE IT BACK ON WHEN YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE PINNED ELEMENT.
This Month’s Q&A
Q: HOW DO I CREATE A NEW FINISH?
SELECT THE FINISH TAG TYPE FAMILY UNDER THE ANNOTATE TAB AND GO TO SYMBOL. SELECT A CURRENT TYPE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED. GO TO EDIT TYPE AND THEN DUPLICATE. RENAME THE NEW FINISH TO FOLLOW OUR NAMING STANDARDS, XXX (ABBREVIATION OF FINISH) 1 (NUMBER OF THE SERIES OF THE TYPE OF FINISH. (EXAMPLE CP1) WHICH IS CARPET 1. ONCE YOU CREATED A NEW FINISH TYPE YOU CAN THEN INPUT THE NEEDED INFORMATION IN THE CORRECT PARAMETERS.
