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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- See how quickly you can scale any Revit family without editing families or types. We will create a Scale Factor parameter that lets you instantly & graphically scale any Revit family instance while keeping all their properties and geometric proportions the same. This trick uses a planting family wrapper to enable free scaling of Revit objects.
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I've learnt that trick from you some years ago and i use it mostly to have control over plantings both in 2d and 3d views. But as usual, you explain things very well and you cover the important aspects of the technique.
You are a very good teacher.
Thanks for the compliment! Yes I try not to talk about adaptive components all the time. Shorter videos help make a better mix 😉
Work finely in revit 2021!! You are the best. Now this open new door to understanding family and connect one to each other!!! Thank you!!!
You're welcome! 👏
Love all your videos. There’s revit tips and tricks you’ve covered that have been incredibly helpful. Thank you for creating amazing content!!
Glad you liked my content. Thanks for watching! :)
Excellent tutorial gives us much more freedom with modelling in the family editor.
More to come! 😁
Thank you! Took me a couple retries/rewatches since I'm new and didn't even know the close inactive windows button was an option at first. And also had a project open so I kept getting confused.
Glad you've figured it out 😊 Well done ✅
thank you, i don't know what to do when scale in not available, luv it man
Glad I could help 😊
Why does simply scaling something in Revit have to be such a process. It's really antiquated. Good tutorial though!
Probably because it's supposed to be BIM where things shouldn't scale freely. Anyway, now we know how!
Thank youuu! I have tears in my eyes, thank you for making this so easy to understand.
No worries! Glad I could help 😊
didn't work on revit 2022, but i helped in another way. Thanks
Thanks a lot..
Jazakumullah khiren
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very creative solution! thanks!
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I think I watch this more then 10 times and still I can't get it to work the way I want. So I will watch it again and again and again.
Yes please don't miss any small step! Hope things will become clear.
Wow, definitely very helpful. thanks
Glad to hear it!
this trick is incredible, thanku
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You are really nice at teachinggg. Very nice :)) U made me find this trick right away
Great! Glad you liked it 😁
How awesome and brilliant is this. Thank you very much.
Glad I could help 😊
You are a very good teacher...
Thank you! Hope you enjoy many videos on my channel 😁
Very good 👍
Glad you like it!!
Ualll... I got it! This video is a life change tips! Thank you
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very nice thank you sir.
Thank you Kaan 😎
Thanks, very useful tip.
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Still helpfull! Tank you!
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Very unique video sir!!!!
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genius workaround
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You absolute legend it worked!!!
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Thanks. much appreciated.
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Awesome, you deserve a billion dollars. thank you so much for this tutorial. please I would also like to know how to scale a light model/object like a Pendant light that is too long and so on. hope to hear from you soon..
Scaling light objects should be done using parameters. Have you checked out my other videos on how to build parametric families?
it worked, thanks!
Glad it helped!
Proven Trick. Thank you so much!!!
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It works but only when the final family is in a Generic Model Category. Other categories, even Planting don't work
you are the man!
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thanks for sharing idea ❤
My pleasure 😊
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Very useful video broo
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good teaching... but I observed that each family that is scale lost its material texture. What is a solution to such a challenge? hoping to hear from you soon.
Wow I didn't think of materials 😅 Did you apply any custom bitmap positioning or anything else custom to it? If the material is applied using a parameter, maybe you can reapply it in the project's after scaling.
Tq so much sir , really helpful ❤️
You're very welcomed!
I tried it with an tree from bim free objects. It only partially worked when I changed from planting family to generic model template and even then I could not change the height in my model, I had to change it in the family template. There I also could not change it evenly but I could at least change it to a halfway suitable solution. Revit is pretty tricky when it comes to such things but anyways good video.
Thanks for sharing 😊
very impresive
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Appreciate very much
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If I place this family into a project and place an aligned dimension, I want to be able to type my desired widht, height or depth, but as soon as I select my model, the dimension-text that usually turns blue and becomes changeable, now stays black and isn't accepting any input. Do you know of any way that could fix this problem for me?
Great tutorial and I really like the tempo!
I'm glad you liked the tutorial!
About the dimension that doesn't turn blue, it could be due to the way you placed this dimension. It's in the project model so apparently has nothing to do with the internals of the family. However, you can try having the dimension reference different edges on the family instance and on the other element in the model. Sometimes just picking a different face or edge when you create the dimension can make a difference.
Thank you!!!
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You went way too fast especially at the very beginning... still not sure how you made some of those dialogs appear. Anyway, all is forgiven since you showed us how to do something so very useful and I am super grateful!!! I just don't understand Revit's convoluted interface. The number of steps needed to scale an object that in AutoCAD you would simply scale and be done with. Looking to start a career in this software but things like this make me take pause on the sanity of the product I'm looking to master. Learning that this product was a spinoff from PTC (Pro/E) really explains a lot as that product was pretty difficult to deal with too. ;-) Thanks for the great tutorial!!
Glad to hear you liked the tutorial! Revit doesn't allow freely scaling most elements because doing that isn't considered very ... "BIM". That's of course just one opinion so we can just see it as a limitation or a justification for some technical constraints. Despite that, Revit still helps us out in many other aspects of the job :)
super tip! im trying to make a detail item to work (2d plan view tree) but i can´t, is it even possible with this method?
Probably not possible... However, I once created this scalable tree that sounds like what you need: th-cam.com/video/YLXcVFABcdA/w-d-xo.html
thanks a lot
Happy to help :)
its weird how some works and some don't work, I still don't get how by following the steps one can be scaled some just refuse to scale. But thanks for the tutorial.
Do you mean you used this trick on some families but only a few of them could scale? If so, probably check the families are of compatible categories. Generic Model usually works.
Hi boss i watch your tutorials and like it but i have a little problem after everything when i got to where to copy the scale factor to the height column there is a formula before the 6000. I don't know what formula is that. Help me
Hi, at what time in the video did you see that?
Thankyou!!!!
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in 2024 you you cant load into a new project all i see it a blank page help
HELLO @RV BOOST IM NOT AT ALL GETTING THIS......CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN GETTING IT?
Am I doing something wrong? It just doesn't work for me. When I nest planting family into Generic model family, I get height parameter, but when i change it, simply nothing happens, the size remains the same?
If I remember correctly, the change only occurs when you change that parameter in the project (not in the family editor)
Thank for the reply. I actually realized I was creating Generic Model - Level based template, and not Generic Model. Thanks a lot @@RVBoost
Glad it has worked!
beautiful!
Thanks!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
But why won’t it allow me to change from a mass to a planting family after going to the properties tab????
Because mass families have special properties that cannot be converted. Try another family category.
Which family? Error message is saying that I can’t change from a mass category.
A new family. Your massing family won't work.
Does this not work with obj files imported into a Revit family?
I would think so. Have you tried?
How would you go about scaling a window, door, or other family that isnt placeable without a surface. I believe I am following your instructions exactly but it wont let me even load it into a new family when trying to nest it
Interesting challenge! You should try nesting again with the family's category not set to Planting. Revit might then allow it. If not then it's probably just not a supported behaviour. In that case, your 2nd option is creating a scalable door/window family that doesn't have a host wall, using the same method in the video. You then make a hole on the wall for it in advance before placing the family into the hole. Not a recommended BIM practice of course!
Can you explain why the scaling formula x 6000? Or is it any number you want to limit it?
At what time in the video did you see "x 6000"?
My problem is the revit family I import from sketchup can’t be loaded into another new family. When I copy paste, you method of scaling can’t work.
Can you tell me how to solve this?
You should export the sketchup file to DWG, then use that DWG for following this tutorial.
@@RVBoost hi! Thanks for your reply! I did export into dwg, it just can’t upload into new families as you did. But I can copy paste into new families, but I can’t change scale at the end.
You can't upload a DWG to a family. You can only import it.
@@RVBoost yep. That’s what I’ve done. Dwg to revit family. And then follow your steps. The only problem is that I can’t upload a family into another one. So I have to copy paste. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t work at the end. Any solution?
Yes, copying won't work. What happened when you tried reloading the family into the other one?
how can we scale the object in only one dimension? is it possible in Revit?
Unfortunately it's not possible in Revit 😔
Veeeeeery goood!!!!! Do you know if i can do this in one direction (x, Y, or Z??
Thanks!!! But sorry, Revit can't scale in 1 direction :(
were you able to find a solution to your problem?
sir, i downloaded a chair and tried this trick.but it didnt work.i also tried with a simple extrusion family i created. is this only possible with certain kind of families like the statue you used..? please help me out sir..🙏
This trick should work as long as you nest the family into another one exactly as showed in the video. Did you skip any step?
@@RVBoost sir, i am having the same problem..I extrude a logo in a planting family template, and nest it to the generic model template , at each template the” height” parameter showed up but never scaled when I changed the height number..
Please follow the steps exactly without changing anything except from the horse. I used this trick again myself last week and it still worked.
@@RVBoost thanks for prompt reply sir, will do. May I ask you what was the nature of the the very first horse before changing its family type to ‘ planting’? was it created in a generic model template? thanks again.
Yes, it was just a 3d DWG imported into a generic model family template. However, any generic family should work with this trick.
i dont even understand mine dont work
Any other way? This isn't working for me.
The other way is to make the family parametric. You can check my other videos to see how :)
@@RVBoost Thank you! I'll be trying that
sir you are the best teacher love you all tutorials can you provide email address
Thanks! It's support@rv-boost.com :)
You are brilliant but Revit sucks
Yes Revit has a lot to improve :)
Thank you SO much!
Glad I could help 😊
thanx a lot.
You're very welcome 😉
@@RVBoost can you plz help me with a problem in revit?
After importing cad file into revit, I'm unable to orbit viewcube in a controllable manner and unable to view 3d view the model is out of range.
Any help.
I did a video on this channel on optimising Cad files for Revit. That will help you fix this.
@@RVBoost thank you I'll check.