In massing if you select a surface and create a divided surface. Now change the grid spacing to distance. Remove the distance displaying , type in 2 (i.e. 2mm) and do nothing for a few seconds.
You are very likely to get this Revit crash error:
I’ve reported the problem to Autodesk.
The work around is; if you are going to use distance for your grid spacing, select the grid and edit the spacing form the element properties dialogue box, rather than the options bar.
Now (Revit 2009 / 2010) when you are in the Pantone Color Picker when you enter a Pantone color number, nothing happens. To find the desired color, you have to manually scroll through till you find it. To add to the issue, after selecting a color and clicking OK, it trows you out of the Revit window and into whatever application you have running in the background. Let’s hope Autodesk can fix it for 2011?
If you are use to reading my posts you would know that I am a fan of having very few error warnings in a project file. I was a bit disappointed to see the new 2010 massing tool, is not exactly helping us keep our files clean.
If you create a line slightly off axis in a new mass you will get a report similar to below.
You will have no problem finding the mass with the error from the Mass ID number. Select the mass and go into edit mode. Now try doing a select by ID number on the line. It will select something, but you will never be able to isolate it or find it.
Autodesk have confirmed the problem, and I really hope they fix it. IMHO it is an an over sight by the developers. In the mean time here is Autodesks work around that they came back with. It works, but it is a workaround.
Workaround
After you find a mass which has a slightly off axis error, apply walls to each face. The slightly off axis message will transfer to the wall applied to the slightly off axis mass face. When the error appears that is the face with the error. Now you just have fix it.
I do like the new massing tools, but it still needs work.
