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Tips for Improving Revit Performance on a Mac

Note: Recommended settings for Video Hardware Acceleration updated on 9/25/11

Are you running Revit using virtualization on a Mac?

I use Revit every day on a MacBook Air using Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows 7, and the performance is not an issue.

Check out these tips to improve the performance on your computer...

Creating Custom Glazing in Vasari

Trying to create custom glazing to match the actual window locations (versus using the glazing % on each surface) in Vasari?

Follow these steps from Revit's WikiHelp to place windows on your mass surfaces...

Dividing Complex Surfaces into Regular Patterns using Revit

If want to divide a complex surface into a regular pattern, Revit's conceptual modeling environment has features that make it easy to do. 

You can divide a surface into a grid and apply a regular pattern (for example, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, octagons, and so on) that will smartly wrap to the surface's shape. You can then use this pattern to generate curtain panel elements.  

Here's how to do it...