http://www.marathondrafting.com Marathon Drafting LLC Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:34:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, so many of you have seen my previous blog post on how to model barrel roof tiles.  Many of you have requested the profiles and I have been glad to share. However, I was never completely happy with the result as the method cannot stack the tiles in both ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=86 Want more flexibility in how your schedules appear? There's a somewhat hidden option that is REALLY easy to miss.  Revit seems to be good at hidding the features that make you say "DOH!"  These are the kind of issues that I want to feature in my blog because there are ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=79 Ever wonder how to model or render a clay tile roof in Revit?  Well, I did at one time till I read a post on Revit City a while ago.  You can do this but *warning* your file may become quite cumbersome depending on how much roof you're doing.  I ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=74 Did you know you can change the plane of a profile sketch? Yup! Just drag it! That's all there is to it.  If you are either in "profile sketch" or "profile pick" mode and you haven't drawn a shape for your profile yet, then all you do is grab the ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=69 This is a trick I learned the hard way. First though, here's a bit about subregions: They are NOT toposurfaces. They are precicely what they are called: SUB REGIONS. The Revit Help File states: It merely defines an area of the toposurface where you can apply a ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=68 Here's a little trick for those of you who Must place a filled region directly into a sheet view... I know that most of the time you'd be much better off by creating a legend view for an instance such as that shown above.  However sometimes it may be nice ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=51 I’m back! If who haven’t used the stacked wall feature in Revit, you are missing out! It has come in handy just recently on a project I’ve been working on. Stacked walls allow you to design some pretty neat wall types that you may have thought never were ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=47 Revit often offers many different ways to go about things. Some ways are obviously better than others depending on the situation. The catch is that it usually takes a good deal of trial and error until users learn the best procedure that fits certain situations. Once a ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=46 This can frustrate many a Revit user.  It's happened to everybody: You're drawing along, pleased at the pace Revit allows you to work when all of a sudden, you realize that your finishes aren't cleaning up properly.  AHHH!  I hope to provide some insight: How Revit cleans joins: Revit Architecture connects high ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=43 Some of you may have already browsed over to my "Portfolio" page.  I use a viewer called Freewheel by Autodesk.  It is a very powerful sharing utility and that is why I use it to share some sample work. Please allow me to explain why I think this is big. Freewheel ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=29 I offer a drafting service that I believe is superior.  I have tried to overcome my ego by downplaying the size of Marathon Drafting.  And I believe I'll benefit from doing so.  Here's why large drafting companies often fail: Too much overhead.  They have to pay the accounting department, human resources, benefits ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=21 It's been covered before by many Revit gurus.  People do what fits their need the most.  I intend to explain my personal view on the matter.  I believe that a mistake early Revit users make often is avoiding the use of families all together.  They feel they are bound by ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=19 So I guess Autodesk has apparently released a list of improvements made in the 2009 version of Revit.  I'm feeling pretty good now knowing that my subscription fee is paying off.  I'm super excited about the upcoming changes.  Here's why you should be: Better view template managing The ol rendering engine got the ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=13 You might be asking yourself, "Why a blog? Isn't this guy running a business?"  Let me explain.  First off, this blog will not make me huge amounts of money.  You know that and I know that. I am primarilly interested in experience.  Experience is what matters.  I believe I'll learn a lot by logging ... http://www.marathondrafting.com/?p=3