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Let’s say you have imported an image of an existing floor plan into a Revit view, but it doesn’t quite look right. When you scale the image, it appears to be warped in either the ‘X’ or ‘Y’ direction.…
Have you ever had to pick up someone else’s project and try to figure out how it all goes together? Or maybe you were trying to delete a level, and Revit just went ahead and deleted all associated ele…
If you are struggling to get through the day, check this video out. It made me smile.…
“In this webcast, we explore the most common problems experienced by Autodesk® Revit® Architecture users. Autodesk experts will teach you techniques for overcoming the most common issues, including: V…
I find it quite funny that one of the ‘solutions’ to this problem is…don’t lock your computer (“you can prevent this behavior by not locking the computer when printing or exporting”). Thanks a lot! Re…
You may be unfortunate enough to have to translate a BIM model from ArchiCAD into Revit. I have done this in the past (with limited success) using IFC. However, I was browsing the AUGI Forums today an…
No doubt there are a few utilities that you just can’t do without. Here are a few of my absolute favourites: CutePDF Writer – just brilliant, and its free! 7-Zip – best archive utility (in my books), …
I work at Dimond Architects on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Our practice was recently featured in ‘Belle’ magazine. Check it out on our company blog at http://www.dimondarchitects.com/…
Check out the new Maintenance Update for AutoCAD 2010 at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13760520&linkID=9240618 Apparently,Autodesk has recently released a maintenanc…
This has been reposted from http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13778933&linkID=9273944&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01 Published date: 2009-Aug-21 ID: DL13778933Applies to:Autodesk® Rev…