Grouping sheets by Revision in Project Browser
I had a bit of a problem using Revit OOTB (out of the box) parameters to group sheets by Revision, so I did it super-quickly using a custom parameter. Here are the steps: Add a new custom parameter to…
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What Revit Wants is on Wikipedia
Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Revit_Wants (blog)…
Fast searching for local Revit content using Free indexing tools
If you are searching for Revit files on your local hard drive, try using the search tool Everything – its super fast. If you want to index local network shares, and you are: using a 32-bit OS – you ca…
Obtain Vector Information from PDFs using Free Tools
Sometimes you will have access to a PDF file, but not to the original DWG. Is there any way you can get the base vector data, such as lines and arcs, out of the PDF and back into a DWG? Yes, there is …
Introduction to Revit Programming
If you are interested in Revit Programming and the Revit API, you may be interested in the resource located below: http://download.autodesk.com/media/adn/DevTV_Introduction_to_Revit_Programming_new/ I…
Remove Stored username and password on Windows Vista
I have been experiencing some Event 1030 errors, and the ‘Details’ tab in the Event Viewer shows the following: ErrorDescription Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. following asf To corr…
Smoother multitasking while Rendering in Revit
Revit 2011 (Mental Ray) utilises all available CPU cores that the OS can ‘see.’ When multitasking, your PC may slow to a crawl after a render begins. You can limit the amount of CPU time that the Rend…
Dimond Architects Blog: Sustainable Cities Event 2010 – Singapore
“Dimond Architects has been able to recently put forward a proposal for a prototype version of the design for Taiwan (to later be incorporated into Eco-City projects in mainland China).” Read the rest…
Great free stuff from Steve
Steve Stafford is a pillar of the Revit community. There are some great free downloads at his site, AEC Advantage. Check out the downloads page:http://www.aecadvantage.com/links2 There is a great docu…
Stretch instance parameter even using Weak Ref Planes
Steve’s post about ‘Weak and Strong’ is very informative. However, if you want to ‘stretch’ a family with instance parameters AND a weak ref plane, simply ‘Tab’ until you get Revit to say ‘Shape handl…