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Revit Create New Local Checkbox Grey Out?

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Veng

Currently I am on a project with 10-15 people working on the model at the same time.  As a good practice, I will browse to the Central Model and create a new Local everyday, this ensures me working with the… Continue Reading →

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Load Civil CAD file layers selectively into Revit

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Veng

How do you only load the CAD layers you need into the model?  There are always thousands of layers in a Civil CAD file and you must have experienced the painful moments of turning off the layers you don’t need… Continue Reading →

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Linking AutoCAD files to Revit – Warning message

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Veng

Have you ever come across these two warning messages when linking in AutoCAD files to Revit? Import detected no valid elements in the file’s Model space. Do you want to import from the Paper space? Import detected no valid elements in… Continue Reading →

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Customize Revision Schedule Header

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Veng

Revit offered very limited ability to customize the Revision Schedule.  I received an email from blog reader Jayant if there is a way to work around this limitation. Hi, how to add scheduled fields in revision properties . because in… Continue Reading →

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Generate Toposurface in Revit from the Autocad file

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Veng

How to generate toposurface in Revit from the Autocad topo file?  I received this great question from my blog reader, Nira, and would like to share with everyone this quick way to general topo in Revit. Here is Nira’s question.… Continue Reading →

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About Veng Leong

I currently work at the architecture firm, HGA, and have more than 10 years of experience in using AutoCAD to create Construction Documents for various projects including commercial buildings, hotels, parking structures, universities, and health care facilities. I now work with Revit on a daily basis and document my learnings in my blog.
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