Cuttable vs Non-cuttable families
You want to know which families are cuttable and which are not. Revit 2011 help gives the answer: Cuttable families (link):CaseworkCeilingsColumnsCurtain Wall PanelsDoorsFloorsGeneric ModelsRoofsSiteS…
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Do you want to help make Revit better?
“Do you want to get an advance peek at possible new features, or even influence future releases of the Revit application suite? Join the Revit Architecture, MEP, and Structure designers for ongoing us…
Running a Small Business Server with Exchange?
Then you should download and run these free tools: Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer tool Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer…
Keep Your Computer Active Sans Software With A Watch
If you have an analogue watch and a laser mouse, you can easily keep your computer “active” by setting the mouse on top of the watch, no software or computer tweaking necessary. Keep Your Computer Act…
Full Explode vs Partial Explode – what is the difference?
After selecting an Import instance, you can choose to Full Explode or Partial Explode. Most users realise that exploding is a bad idea, and it can get very messy. In fact, a number of experienced Revi…
What does this phone have in common with Revit?
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Free Extension Downloads – RevitToday
The author of RevitToday posted a comment on one of my posts yesterday, so I went to the blog to have a look. He has provided a couple of extensions you can download: Export XYZ from Revit 2011 This e…
Top Posts #1 – What Revit Wants
Here are some of my most popular posts from the last 2 years: How to use the new Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog and Tips Make a Good…Impression Workflow (simple guide from Revit) Unpredictable Properties B…
Heaps more videos from Autodesk Building
If you haven’t discovered the Autodesk Building Youtube channel yet, now is the time. Here is a link to the RSS: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/AutodeskBuilding/uploads?alt=rss&v=2&orderby=…
Create Similar tool persists while switching Open Views
Let’s say you want to take a door from one Level of the building, then use the Create Similar tool to make an instance of this door on a different Level. This is quite easy. Just open a view from each…