Mouse shortcut - Zoom Extents

Straight from the desk of David "insert clever nickname here" Thompson:

If you double click the scroll wheel you will zoom extents.
Works in Cad and Revit although no-one in the office is using AutoCad though, right?

Putting Perspectus Content folder in "Load Family" popup window as default

When you go to load famlies or components into your Revit model typically the default is for you to start your search in the Revit Imperial Libraries folder which means you have to find the path to the illustrious S:\BIM-Revit\Content folder where all the good stuff is. What if I told you that you could make the Perspectus Content folder your default folder?

Now you can!

Big "R"
Click "Options"
Select "File Locations"
Click "Places"
Add the "Content" folder and move it to the top.

What if you wanted to add folder locations in the vertical gray toolbar in the left of the "Load Family" pop-up window?
Simply right mouse click in the gray vertical frame to the left. There you can edit the folders that will appear when this pop-up window next occurs. Simply add the S:\BIM-Revit|Content folder and slide that guy to the top in the order you would like to see them. Feel free to remove any of the folders you don't think you will need or want from this shortcut bar.

Viola. Minutes shaved from your task!

Revit Roundtable Wrapup - 2013.01.24 - Casework

During this Revit Roundtable the ever prolific RevitMaster Bernard walked our motley crew through using our casework blocks and using wall sweeps. Here is a highlight of all the things you missed.

*Perspectus "approved" family content is located in the S:\BIM-Revit\Content folder.

Casework:
- Base cabinets (how to place in plan, move in elevation and change families)
- Placing sinks
- Upper cabinets (how to place in plan, move in elevation and change families)
- Filler panels (placing, moving, resizing)
- Counters (the fun time of "L" or "U" shaped counters, resizing and moving in plan and understanding the parameters that control the sizes)

Wall Sweeps:
- Adding, moving, changing profiles and dimensioning wall sweeps.
- Changing size/length of wall sweep
- Editing profiles of wall sweeps

The wall sweeps handout is located in

S:\BIM-Revit\EDUCATIONAL INFO\Revit Roundtable\13.01.24 Casework + Wall Sweeps

Keyboard Shortcuts

Bernard has shared his Revit Keyboard Shortcuts in the S:\BIM-Revit\PROJECT TEMPLATES\Keyboard shortcuts as an .xml file so that you can parse through it (my goal is to memorize Bernard's shortcuts so I can get in his head).

To adjust your own keyboard shortcuts simply type "KS" or take the long path under "View", "User Interface" (to the right of the ribbon).