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2011-05

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At RTC AUS and loving it

Phil Read has been the highlight so far. I learnt more awesome ‘tricks’ (sorry Phil) in 1 hour in his advanced geometry session than I have in years . Dont miss out on RTC USA!…

2011-05-26 · Luke Johnson
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Steve Ballmer leaks Windows 8 release timing

“as we look forward to the next generation of Windows systems, which will come out next year, there’s a whole lot more coming. As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about …

2011-05-25 · Luke Johnson
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Setting Revit to Open in a Maximized Window – WikiHelp

“You can force Revit to always open in a maximized window by using the following steps: Locate the Windows shortcut Icon you use to launch Revit. Right-click on the Icon, and choose Properties In the …

2011-05-25 · Luke Johnson
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Recent Documents Sorting Options

A little secret about sorting your recent documents on the Revit ‘R’ menu. There is a drop down list that doesn’t really ‘jump out’ at you. It is just below the ‘Recent Documents’ header: The ‘Access …

2011-05-24 · Luke Johnson
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Revit® Architecture Satisfaction Survey Results 2011

If you are part of the Revit® Customer Council and you undertook the “annual survey on your Satisfaction with the Revit® Architecture product from Autodesk”, then you probably have received the result…

2011-05-23 · Luke Johnson
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Project Vasari 2 released and new features

Once again, David Light has produced a post worth re-posting, detailing the new features in Vasari 2. Here is a link to David’s post: Revit: Project Vasari 2 released And here is a link to the Autodes…

2011-05-23 · Luke Johnson
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Come on! Who isnt pedalling?

Is what you might say if you were finding it hard to ride in this pedal powered bus. Yep, it is a “Fourteen-rider, pedal-powered vehicle”. What has this got to do with BIM? At least four things: its i…

2011-05-23 · Luke Johnson
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Free Room Renumber, Change Case, Space Update and GridSelect

“Free of charge you can try IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit Lite which includes four popular utilities: Room Renumber, Change Case, Space Update and GridSelect.” Register / download link Room Renumber Ea…

2011-05-23 · Luke Johnson
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RTC 2011 Australasia – my Friday schedule choices

Interoperability, parametric formulas, film and stage and conceptual massing – needless to say, I am extremely excited about my Friday Schedule choices! A summary of the items is shown below: Designin…

2011-05-20 · Luke Johnson