The Revit Clinic

Revit 2014 Schedules – Conditional Formatting 2 Colors in Same Column

The following approach works well for columns where you want to use 2 colors, and there are 2 distinct options in the column (such as Yes \ No or Existing \ New).

Set the first color by applying shading to the entire column:

(Use the ‘Reset’ tool to remove the shading from the column header if desired).

Then you can assign the conditional formatting to the same column.  Conditional formatting always overstrikes cell formatting, so with this approach you can use a combination of 2 colors:

Don’t forget to check ‘Show conditional format on sheets’ if you wish to display \ print the colors.  This feature was also added for Revit 2014.

WikiHelp Retiring - Making way for fresh new look

Thank you for your patience as we transition the WikiHelp pages to a new online learning environment. In this new environment, you should enjoy improved performance and search options, along with a fresh new look.

Once the new learning environment is online, you will be redirected to it automatically when you access the Help from within your Autodesk product.

We are excited to bring this new learning environment to you and we look forward to your participation and comments. Stay tuned for our announcement when the new environment goes live.

Thanks and best regards,

The Building and Collaboration Product Group Learning Experience Team

Double-click Options & Selection Enhancements for Revit 2014

Timely post by Steve Stafford over at Revit OpEd on Double-Clicking Tags!  Here are some additional tidbits:

Revit 2014 expanded on some of the double-click functionality introduced in Revit 2013.  By default you can customize these settings under Options > User Interface > Double-click Options:

Another change was made to editing parameters in tags.  In Revit 2013 to edit a parameter in a tag you had to select the tag then single-click over the parameter.  If you double-clicked on the tag or parameter it would open the tag family for edit:

Based on user feedback in Revit 2014 this functionality was modified.  You can still select the tag and single-click to edit the parameter value.  But now you can also double-click on the parameter value to edit it.  If your mouse cursor is near a tag parameter double-click to edit tag parameters take priority over double-click to edit the family.  Even if you have double-click settings for Family set to ‘Do Nothing’ double-click to edit parameters still functions:

These double-click settings can be set in the Revit.ini using the following lines; look for [UserInterface]:

[UserInterface]
DoubleClickFamily=EditType \ EditFamily \ NoAction
DoubleClickSketchedElement=EnterEditMode \ EditType \ NoAction
DoubleClickViewOnSheet=ActivateView \ NoAction
DoubleClickAssembly=EnterEditMode \ EditType \ NoAction
DoubleClickGroup=EnterEditMode \ EditType \ NoAction
DoubleClickComponentStairs=EnterEditMode \ NoAction

(All available options per category are included after = include only 1 setting)

Speaking of the Revit.ini, you can also preset the new 2014 selection enhancements there as well; adjust or add the following lines to the Revit.ini.  Look for [Selection]

[Selection]
AllowFaceSelection=1
AllowUnderlaySelection=1
AllowLinkSelection=1
AllowPinnedSelection=1
AllowPressAndDrag=1

0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled

Upgrading Model Review Check file...

Recently, we have seen a few cases where users are getting errors when trying to upgrade Model Review Check Files (.bcf) from a previous version. The error is as follows:

"Due to significant API changes, it is not possible to open a Model Review 2012 check file in Model Review"

While there is no automated way to upgrade the file, you can do it manually by opening the .bcf, and changing the following line to 2013:

  <RevitVersion>2012</RevitVersion>