Reference
The stuff worth understanding properly
The curriculum gets you moving. These pages are what you come back to — the concepts where a shallow understanding costs you a week later on.
Automation
- The automation stack: choosing your toolSchedule export, Dynamo, pyRevit, compiled add-ins, and cloud APIs — what each is actually good at, and the decision rule.Automation6 min
- Revit API primerTransactions, FilteredElementCollector, parameters and units, the single-threaded rule, element ids, and the errors you'll hit first.Automation8 min
- Version matrix: Revit, .NET, Dynamo, pyRevitWhich .NET each Revit release targets, what shipped in recent versions, and how to multi-target an add-in across them.AutomationTeam fluency5 min
Core model
- Families, types, and the hierarchyCategory → Family → Type → Instance, the three kinds of family, and the rules that follow from the hierarchy.ModelingTeam fluency4 min
- Parameters: which kind, and whyFamily, project, shared, and global parameters compared — plus formulas, units, and the GUID problem that eats project data.ModelingAutomationTeam fluency5 min
- Coordinates and positioningInternal Origin, Project Base Point, Survey Point, shared coordinates, true north vs. project north — and the failures each one causes.Team fluencyModeling4 min
Documentation
- Schedules as the model's query languageFields, filters, grouping, calculated values, key schedules — and using schedules to audit a model instead of inspecting it by eye.DocumentationTeam fluencyAutomation6 min
- Annotation and dimensioning disciplineTags vs. text, dimension strings and witness lines, keynotes, and the rule that you should never type a value that already exists as data.Documentation6 min
- Sheets, title blocks, and exportSheet setup, guide grids, viewport types, sheet lists, revisions, and the PDF/DWG/IFC export settings that actually matter.Documentation6 min
Teams
Working in Revit
- View graphics and the precedence stackObject styles, view templates, V/G, filters, element overrides — what beats what, and the ordered checklist for missing elements.DocumentationModeling5 min
- Selection and navigationTab-cycling, chain selection, filters, the status bar, and the input habits that separate fluent users from frustrated ones.Modeling4 min
- Warnings, errors, and what they actually meanRevit's most common messages decoded, plus why a warning count is the best single indicator of model health.ModelingTeam fluency4 min
- File hygiene, performance, and recoveryWhere Revit puts your files, what makes models slow, audit vs. purge vs. compact, and how to get work back when things break.Team fluencyModeling5 min
- Phases and design optionsHow Revit models time and alternatives — and the silent disappearances both cause.DocumentationModeling5 min