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Ever have the people you work with (or confess, perhaps even you, yourself) soooooo modify the Revit ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar that they/you don't know what the default display layout is anymore but would very much like to return to it? This is for you!
Resetting the Revit 2010 Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
- Close Revit
- Navigate to one of the following locations depending upon your operating system:
For Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Network Login Name>\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Autodesk\Revit\
For Windows Vista:
C:\Users\<Your Network Login Name>\Autodesk\Revit
3. Once down in the ...\Revit folder, double-click on the Revit product folder (if you have more than one installed on your system) for which you wish to reset the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
4. Delete the file named UIState.dat.
The next time you open Revit a new UIState.dat file will be created in the same folder with the default settings for the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
Can't see the folder paths described above? Your company may store your user files in a non-standard location, or your user files may be hidden. Contact your IT/BIM/CAD Administrator for assistance in locating and removing the UIState.dat file.
The Red Cross - Text Haiti to 90999
- I am pretty sure you have already heard of the very successful cell phone text messaging option for donating to the Red Cross relief and recovery efforts. Just in case you need the particulars, with participating cell phone carriers you can automatically donate $10.00 to Haitian rescue and recovery efforts with 100% of your donation will go to the Red Cross relief efforts by texting Haiti to 90999. The $10.00 will be added to your monthly bill.
- Follow the Red Cross on Twitter https://twitter.com/redcross to get updates on how your donations are being used to provide relief and recovery to the people of Haiti.
I have received emails several companies offering additional opportunities for donating to the Red Cross. Check out the companies you do business with to see if they have developed corporate donation programs that you can use to donate.
American Airlines
- American Airlines has created a Customer Giving Campaign to support the American Red Cross assistance program in Haiti. By making a donation, American will reward your generosity with an AAdvantage bonus mile offer. Through February 28, 2010, AAdvantage members can earn a one-time award of 250 bonus miles for a minimum of $50 donation, or 500 bonus miles for a donation of $100 or more. For more information please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/yknz7tk.
United Airlines
- Frequent-flier members can donate Mileage Plus miles to the American Red Cross through United's Charity Miles program. For more information follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/yb6he5x.
Midwest Airlines
Priority Club
- Donate those Priority Club hotel points you've racked up to help earthquake victims in Haiti. For more information please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/y8fowkz.
Hilton HHonors
- For every 10,000 Hhonors points you donate, Hilton will send US$25 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. For more information please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/ybamco6.
Kimpton Hotels
The International Relief Committee
During an online web training session I had someone ask how they might modify their panel schedules so they might contain empty rows for additional breakers that might be added in the future. Follow these steps to increase the number of slots.
- Select a panel in the current view.
- Right-click, and click Element Properties.
- Increase the number of Max #1 Pole Breakers. Enter a value for the total number of slots you wish to see displayed on both sides of the panel schedule.
- Click OK.
I received a follow-up question to my two-part post regarding using Visibility/Graphics filters to control Revit MEP pipe display (http://tinyurl.com/yejmh7g and http://tinyurl.com/yehcjyx). The person needed to show the cold and hot water pipe located above the first floor but not the sanitary pipe located below the second floor in a First Floor Plumbing Plan.
A good place to start when looking at controlling the display of the same kind of objects (such as pipe) is to identify what property or properties make them unique from each other. Since the person In this case needs to display some piping system types (cold and hot water) and but not another (sanitary), a logical solution would be to create a Visibility/Graphics filter based upon the Sanitary system type, since it is the display of this type of pipe that needs to be controlled.
Create a Visibility/Graphics Sanitary System Type Filter
1. Type VG to open the Visibility/Graphics dialog.
2. Click on the Filters tab.
3. Click the Edit/New... button.
If you find an existing Sanitary filter on the Visibility/Graphics Filters tab, you might also click on the Edit/New… button as specified in Step #3 to verify that your Sanitary filter settings match those displayed in this tutorial.
Did you discover an existing Sanitary filter in the left column of the Filter dialog shown below? If so, a Sanitary filter was already created in your project (or copied into your project from a project start-up template) and just needs to be added to the current view’s Visibility/Graphics filters list. Verify that the Categories of objects and Filter settings match those specified in steps #5 and #6 and continue on at step #7.
4. Click the New button on the top-left side of the dialog to create a new filter and name it Sanitary (Step #4 in the image below).
5. Specify the Categories of objects to be controlled by the filter (Step #5 in the image below).
6. Adjust the Filter by: settings on the upper-right side of the Filters dialog as shown in the image below. We are filtering by a System Type that contains the word Sanitary (Step #6 in the image below).
7. Click OK to return to the Visibility/Graphics Filters tab (Step #7 in the image below).
Our filter has now been defined in the project and can be applied to any view in the project. To apply the Sanitary filter to the current view, continue on to step #8.
Add a Sanitary Visibility/Graphics Filter to the List of Filters that may be Applied to the Current View
8. Click the Add button near the bottom-left of the Visibility/Graphics Filters tab.
9. On the Add Filters dialog click Sanitary.
10. Click OK to return to the Visiblity/Graphics > Filters tab.
A Sanitary filter is now added to the list of Filters that may be applied to your current view.
Using a Visibility/Graphics System Type Filter to Control System Display in the Current View
By default, you will find that the Sanitary filter you just created has Visibility checked on, which means that all components that meet the Sanitary filter specifications will be visible in the current view.
11. Click on the Visibility box for the Sanitary filter to uncheck, and thereby turn off the display of all components in the current view that meet the Sanitary filter specifications. All pipes that do not meet the Sanitary filter specifications (like the pipes that belong to cold and hot water systems) will not be affected.
12. Click OK to exit the dialog and inspect your current plan view. The sanitary pipes of the level above should not be visible.
TIP! Once you are satisfied with the appearance of a plumbing plan, you might right-click on the view name of the plumbing plan in the Project Browser and click “Create View Template From View” to create a new view template that could be assigned to other plumbing plans in this and future projects with the same display settings.
For more information about creating view templates and using them in multiple projects you might refer to a former BIM Bulletin post, "Using Filters to Control Revit MEP 2010 Pipe Display - Part 2" at http://tinyurl.com/yehcjyx.
