In place families trip up a lot of new revit users. Sometimes its just so quick & easy to create a family on the fly in the project.Unfortunately though they have some real...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Revit Referencing Sheets on View Tags
Do you use the Referencing Sheets parameter in your view tags?If you do then I bet you've had times when you thought why on earth is Revit choosing to reference from some bizarre view instead of the one you want.Well its really quite simple -It uses the drawing sheet numbers to determine which view to back reference.For instance, lets say you have...
Friday, November 16, 2007
Mr Spot's 5 Golden Rules for Revit
I had an anonymous user request my 5 golden rules which I thought was a great idea!The hard part is trying to prioritise what I think are my top 5 rules, so hard in fact that I think I need to break it down into 2 categories. Project & Family:PROJECTSWork in multiple views. When you are working on your model make sure you completely understand...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
We're off to a running start this month, juggling multiple productions being coordinated from multiple continents. Soon-to-be-infamous Argentine directing team Doble Nelson just zoomed into town from Barcelona; they wrapped a car spot for us that involves the Santa Monica Pier, a girl coming out of a cake wearing a strategically placed Mexican serape...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Requests for Posts
Hi everyone!Please post your comments on this thread as to any particular items you would like me to touch on.I've finished uni now and have the internet on at home again so should be able to start posting more frequently...I'll then try to add posts based on peoples requests...Chee...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
3D Engraved Model Text
I had someone request this the other day and the solution is really very simple. Simply create your model text as you would normally and set the plane so the text is embedded...
Friday, October 5, 2007
As fall kicks in one of the newest members of our Cortez, Jr. roster gets a whole heap of airtime on Showtime. . . Writer/director Carlos V. Gutierrez's film ESCONDIDO will play on the cable channel throughout the entire month (and OnDemand as well). Mexican Director Simón Bross' BAD HABITS is stateside again, playing at the 11th Annual Los Angeles...
Monday, September 10, 2007
A "Family Type" Parameter for swappable subcomponents
I'm sure a lot of you have seen this before and its a really powerful tool. I'm referring of course to the ability to have "Family Type" parameters in a family for nested sub...
Curtain Wall - Corner Cutouts
If you've ever tried using embedded curtain walls for strip glazing then I'm sure you've seen this situation at the corners...That's right, the corner doesn't get cutout correctly...Now,...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Our television arm swings into gear with a slate of four concepts this season; one hour-long drama, two reality shows and an educational/reality hybrid for kids. Details are under wraps while deals are closing but we promise you that half of them will make you smile and half of them will make you grimace in pain. The Cortez Brother's Story Department...
Monday, August 27, 2007
Revit Technology Conference 2007
Hey Reviteers,I hope those of you who have been to the RTC07 roadshow have found at least some of it beneficial?Feel free to post your comments...I've just got back from the Auckland Conference which went very well apart from a minor hardware glitch on one of the laptops (the video card kicked the bucket during a hot swap). On a whole and from speaking...
Thursday, June 28, 2007
EP Ed Rivero and writer Bernadette just wrapped a Producers Guild of America workshop that culminated in a marketing plan and fully-developed pitch for their one-hour drama pilot NATIVE SON. The PGA program was a highly competitive process; the pilot entering into territory even more so at ABC/Disney, where it's being mentored. Meanwhile, The Cortez...
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Our commercial division hits the ground running this May; we just wrapped a Gardasil spot with Mexican director Raúl Martínez... The whole shebang was shot in Miami and included a print campaign as well. On the award side of the equation, our favorite Argentine directing team (Doble Nelson, of course) won Gold at FIAP for their Coca-Cola campaign....
Monday, April 23, 2007
Revit 2008 - Point edit Floor & Roof Tool
Finally we are able to create those complicated falls of roofs and floors that occur on nearly every project, natively in Revit.So how powerful is this new tool? Can it do everything I want it to? What can't it do?I'll try to answer these questions as best I can:To save the new users the frustration of trying to do something that the tool can't yet...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Congrats to our director Simón Bross for taking the Best Mexican Feature prize at the 22nd Guadalajara Film Festival. Simón's debut, "Bad Habits" ("Malos Hábitos," if you are Spanish-ly inclined) is a dark drama about a family torn apart by diverse eating disorders. Cortez Brothers' story analyst and writer Bernadette Rivero provided subtitles on...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Spring brings a series of eclectic projects, including an Eclipse campaign for Bravo starring none other than LatAm superstar El Puma. The spots were helmed by Argentine comedy team Doble Nelson and shot in various locations throughout Barcelona -- including an open grave. On an even more un-serious note, we welcome tabletop and comedy director Nes...
Monday, January 1, 2007
January kicks off with two new productions... Director J.Zeus, a director on our Cortez, Jr. roster, helms a spot for AARP while Argentine directing team Doble Nelson shoots Fruit of the Loom in Spain. Fruit of the Loom comes to us by way of Grupo Gallegos, with whom executive producer Ed Rivero and Mexico City-based García Bross shot Tecate earlier...
