tutorials, tips+tricks
Chelsea | The Student Architect
Bad Habits to Avoid When Working in Revit

Did you just start using Revit, or have you been using it for a while? I’m willing to bet you’ve made some of these mistakes yourself at some point. These are some of the worst Revit mistakes I’ve seen in my years of teaching Revit and working with other designers. How many of these are you guilty of?

tips+tricks, archibabble
Chelsea | The Student Architect
How to Avoid All-Nighters

I’ve written and spoken about how to survive all-nighters, but it’s best if we can avoid them in the first place, right?
All-nighters are very unhealthy for you, especially if you find yourself doing them all the time. Working for hours on end, especially overnight, can cause you to make mistakes in your work, can make you sick, and can be seriously dangerous if you’re working on models with knives and machinery without sleep. Here are my tips on how to avoid all-nighters.

tips+tricks, archibabble
Chelsea | The Student Architect
15 Tips for Starting Your Own Design Business

Whether you’re looking to freelance, become a solopreneur, or start a small design business, these tips will help you start off your journey on the right foot. You may want to use this as a checklist or just a guide; either way, these are all tips…

tips+tricks
Chelsea | The Student Architect
Invoicing the Smart Way

Spend more time making money, doing what you love to do, rather than wasting time doing accounting! Here I’ll show you just how easy it is to track your hours and bill your clients using professional looking invoices.

tips+tricks
Chelsea | The Student Architect
Tips for Existing Conditions Surveys

These are my tips and tricks for doing existing conditions surveys so you can learn best practices for how to keep your drawings clean and organized and avoid forgetting to document important information.

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Bad Habits to Avoid When Working in Revit

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Did you just start using Revit, or have you been using it for a while? I’m willing to bet you’ve made some of these mistakes yourself at some point. These are some of the worst Revit mistakes I’ve seen in my years of teaching Revit and working with other designers. How many of these are you guilty of?

3 Ways to Show/Hide Elements in Revit

Wondering how you can quickly hide a bunch of elements at once? Or want to hide just a single element in a view? I'll show you a few different ways you can do that!

Quickest Way to Select Underlay Elements in Revit

Learn how to allow/disallow the selection of underlay elements in Revit. This tool can really help quicken your drawing process!

How to Change Drawing Detail Levels in Revit

Here I'll show you 3 different ways to change your drawing detail levels in Revit!

How to Toggle Thin Lines Mode in Revit

Wondering what your line weights will look like before you plot your project? Trying to work on intricate details but your thick line weights make it hard to see your profiles? Here I'll show you how to use the thin lines option to manage these issues!

How to Hide Unreferenced View Tags When Printing in Revit

Here's a quick, one-step solution to hiding unreferenced views when printing in Revit!

Toggle Drag Selections On/Off in Revit

If you're having trouble making cross selections in Revit, where you're accidentally moving elements, here's the fix to help you avoid those issues!

How to Hide Crop Regions when Printing in Revit

Learn how to hide crop regions when printing/plotting in Revit!

How to Crop and Uncrop Views in Revit

Learn how to crop and uncrop your views in Revit, including using annotation crops!

How to Enable Design Options in Revit

If you don't see the design options in the bottom right corner of your Revit window, fear no more! I'll show you how to get them back in one simple step!

How to Freely Move Tag Arrowheads in Revit

I highly recommend tagging elements in your drawings as opposed to using text notes. Here I'll explain why and how you can freely move your tag arrowheads to where you actually want them to go. Stick around to the end for a bonus tip!

How to Fix Revit to PDF Font Issue

If you're having issues with fonts converting incorrectly when you try to plot from Revit to PDF, fear no more! Here I'll show you my quick fix to resolve the issue.

How to Filter Selections in Revit

Learn about the power of filtering selections while working in Revit. Whether you want to select multiple columns, floors hidden by walls, deselect elements, I'll show you how here!

How to Override Dimensions in Revit

Learn how to override dimensions in Revit. Keep in mind this should only be used as a LAST RESORT!! Also, learn about creating new dimensional styles/types for different tolerances/rounding.

Window Management in Revit

Learn to seamlessly switch between windows and work with windows side by side in Revit.

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How to Link Excel Spreadsheets into AutoCAD + Revit

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One of the biggest issues I see in projects is duplicate information. This is something I always try to avoid whenever I can. This might mean duplicate information within a single Revit file across multiple sheets, or duplicate information between different programs. One of the best ways to avoid this issue is to link files into your projects rather than manually typing in the information into multiple places so any changes only have to be made once and will update across all of your files.

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Free Time Tracking and Invoicing for Freelancers

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If you’re looking for a free customizable method for tracking your time and invoicing your clients then look no further! This is the system I created and used when I first began freelancing which was a huge step up from using my notebook. If you hate doing math, I’ll show you the formulas you need to make sure your hours and amounts due are calculated correctly. Best of all you can fully customize your invoices to get them to look however you envisioned!

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22 of My Favorite Revit Keyboard Shortcuts

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Using shortcuts is critical to having a working quickly and efficiently in Revit. I’ll never forget watching my partner on a project using the ribbon to draw all of his elements on our model. Tasks that I could complete in seconds would take him minutes which is time that adds up quickly. I want you to make the most of your time so you can begin working faster and smarter in Revit, so here are 22 of my most used Revit keyboard shortcuts.

📐 Hey Friends! If you recently switched over to #revit 2024 or 2025 like I did, you probably have a lot of questions about some of the latest changes. For one, Toposurfaces are now called Toposolids, and they work very differently. One of the questi