No Help!

When you enter a search term within Revit,    
your internet browser is launched to display Autodesk WikiHelp.
It may return no results:-

No worries. Just type your search in the webpage instead and you should get some results.  To save time, don’t bother typing it in Revit.  Just click on the binoculars icon instead.

Edit: If you experience this problem then contact your IT department.  It may be due to proxy restrictions stopping the search term from being passed to the web page.

Mass - Update to face

Curious little situation I came across in Revit 2013.  Not sure if this happened on previous versions.

I created a roof using a mass form.  Of course changes were needed so I edited the in-place mass and hit finish.  I highlighted the roof but the Model by Face options were greyed out as shown in the image below.

There seems to be simple fix to work around this issue.  With the roof highlighted, shape handles are available.

Dragging a shape handle will bring up a warning dialog.  Just hit cancel. (if it doesn’t then just hit undo)

Now your options are available.  Go ahead and click Update to Face.

Seems as though you have to give a little bump to wake thing up.  Thank you Revit for keeping it user friendly

Send for the men in White Coats!

Is this just me or has Revit 2013 gone mad!

Export your keyboard shortcuts and overwrite an existing file.

This is what I get.

 

My brain says "no, it isn't!" but my gut says "could be, go on then."

I'm interested to know if everyone gets this.  Revit certainly has its quirks but this one is a little out there :D