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Tips and Tricks

Selecting elements in Revit

Clicking elements. Hover the pointer over an element, once highlighted, click the mouse. To deselect, press ESC or click the background. To add to the selection, hold CTRL key and click another eleme…

Updated 4 years ago by Kerry Poe

Revit Formulas for Everyday Usage

Below is a copy of the information as provided at this RevitForum article. Formulas referenced below are commonly used when building Revit families. Revit Formulas for Everyday Usage. Exponentiation.…

Updated 4 years ago by Adam Heon

Save Grid States

Saving eVolve Grid States. Save eVolve grid states can further customize and control workflows with custom groupings, sorting, and filtering of grids. This feature is available in all of the eVolve w…

Updated 8 months ago by Kerry Poe

Revit Features for Everyday Usage

These are tools and features that everyone should know and use on a daily basis to enhance modeling. Keyboard shortcuts are listed and should be used on the features that are most commonly used to al…

Updated 4 years ago by Adam Heon

Data Interchange API

eVolve now has an open API available to all of our customers! It provides the ability to easily pull and push information to the Revit model and even allows users to add a custom button directly to t…

Updated 2 years ago by Adam Heon

Pro Tips for the Element Filter

Easier spool editing. The Element Filter: Activate the Element Filter and edit your model as you have prior to making the assemblies. Move tags easily. If you have ever found it difficult to select t…

Updated 2 years ago by Adam Heon

API Tips when using PowerShell and Parameter Sync

While attempting to use the Revit API in the PowerShell scripting functionality, there are a few tips to keep in mind. #1. Write it first as a macro to debug the code. This will also allow you to rec…

Updated 2 years ago by Adam Heon

Macro Examples

While developing eVolve's Macro Automation feature, we created many sample use cases for testing. We realize many of the examples were industry requests and could be impactful. Below is a list of the…

Updated 2 years ago by Adam Heon

Grid Sum/Count Functions

Adding a summary. After checking the Enable Sum/Count Function option in the Grid State window, a footer appears in the grid. If the columns are grouped, a footer is also displayed for the grouping.…

Updated 8 months ago by Kerry Poe

Hot Keys for Everyday Usage

For those new to using keybaord shortcuts, the following are some common Revit features worth having shortcuts for. Align (AL) Aligned Dimension (DI) Conduit (CN) Create Similar (CS) Copy (CO) Edit W…

Updated 7 months ago by Adam Heon

Dynamic Values

Dynamic Values. Dynamic values allow parameters to be used as variables to automatically generate new values. Multiple parameters may be concatenated to ensure the values are unique. Various features…

Updated 8 months ago by Kerry Poe

Tips and Tricks for Parameter Sync

Using Parameter Sync, you can create a rule that dynamically names your point descriptions for eVolve's custom points. This would only apply to objects that use the eV_Point family to extract the poi…

Updated 10 months ago by Brett Stacks

Searching in grids - using the Find feature

The Find feature provides an easy way of searching for data against visible columns. Displayed above the grid, the find panel contains a search box where you can type a search string. To access the F…

Updated 8 months ago by Kerry Poe

PowerShell Commands for Everyday Usage

Get Type Parameter. $eVolveElement.Document.GetElement($eVolveElement.GetTypeId()).LookupParameter("{param_name}").AsString(). Variables. Assign Variable $var = "string" Assign Multiple Variables $a,…

Updated 1 month ago by Adam Heon

Deleting eVolve Parameters

Deleting eVolve Parameters. Macros must be enabled in Revit, see Enabling Macros. From the Revit ribbon, click the Manage tab , then click Macro Manager in the Macros panel. From the Macro Manager wi…

Updated 1 year ago by Kerry Poe

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