RAID on the Cheap: Windows 7 Software RAID
Here’s an idea – if you have two old but similarly sized hard drives sitting around, plug them into your Windows 7 PC and create a Striped Volume. Striping increases the access speed of the drive. Thi…
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Microsoft Office File Validation Add-in Free Download
Office files… have been the major loophole exploited by malicious hackers to inject malformed data such as malformed data to spread malware. … Office File Validation add-in is available for free downl…
Engineering giant GHD adopts Autodesk's BIM offering
A $5 MILLION deal with Autodesk will underpin the growth plans of Australia’s GHD, one of the world’s largest engineering companies. Building software to slash costs: an engineering giant adopts Autod…
Autodesk 2012 Virtual Event – What time in Australia?
Start – Thursday 21 April 2011, 1 am Finish – Thursday 21 April 2011, 7 am Converted using http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Event name and details:The Make Your Most Amazing Ideas …
Distributed Parallel Rendering in Revit
Are your renders taking ages? Trying to output a big rendered walkthrough? No matter how fast your PC is, these things can take time. Why not enlist a few of the other computers in your office to help…
Using Avisynth and VirtualDub to join BMP to AVI
Download Avisynth and install it. Download VirtualDub and unzip / install it. You need to have a set of BMP files with sequential numbering. Refer to this post for how to do that. In the folder contai…
Using Advanced Renamer to create sequential numbered filenames
Download and install Advanced Renamer Open Advanced Renamer. Add – Directory and choose the folder that contains the sequential set of files. Add method. Choose ‘New Name’ from the dropdown list. In t…
File Locations in Revit 2012
Citrix readiness has resulted in a few file locations being changed in Revit 2012 products. Journal file locationsFor 2012 products: Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataAutodeskRevi…
How to download a previous release of an Autodesk Design & Creation Suite
Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Architecture Services & Support – How to download a previous release of an Autodesk Design & Creation Suite: Scenario You are an active Subscription Member and have upgraded …
Top Revit Blogs, Technorati Style
The Revit blogosphere is a fun place to inhabit: What Revit Wants – Authority 392 Revit OpEd – Authority 389 Revit3D.com – Authority 96 Everything changes pretty quickly though, so I’m sure these rank…