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2011-05

Practical ideas for Revit, BIM and construction technology. Built from years of shared experience.

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123D free 3D solid modeling by Autodesk in beta

“The download is available at 123dapp.com and is around 400MB.”viaJTB World Blog: 123D free 3D solid modeling by Autodesk in beta: Direct Link to Download Page…

2011-05-20 · Luke Johnson
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Life science building in litigation – Why?

“It boils down to this – bad habits easily translate between CAD and BIM packages – and the tools and models are only as good as the information you put into it. IT’s like saying the car made me drive…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Paint Tool enhancements in Revit 2012

“the paint tool will open the Materials dialog, where now you can visually preview materials and access material properties in order to modify a material. You can see your changes without closing the …

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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How do you treat Revit?

Like Life…or Wife? Funny Twitter exchange below: davewlight David Light Am I always right?no but more often than not I am, why? I treat #revit like life, understand the problem, get facts, digest, bef…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Popquiz 5 – answer

There were some good guesses to this popquiz, but none of them quite nailed it. Revit Solo said… Its the alignment line that shows up when your draging elements to a new position. And this is partly t…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Master Popquiz 5 – what does this line mean?

And what possible ways are there to modify it in plan? Don’t be scared – please comment with your guesses. EDIT – answer provided here:What Revit Wants: Popquiz 5 – answer…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Dimension Segment Leader Visibility Toggle

This is a new feature in Revit 2012. You can access it by double clicking on the text of any dimension segment. Have a look at the images below for more information: Segment Dimension Leader Visibilit…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Style Guide – free pdf download

Interesting undertaking to develop a new RFO Style Guide (RFOSG), to enhance the possibility of sharing content – over at the Revit Forum. Here is the latest PDF version: Revit Style Guide v0.2 pdf An…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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SAuBIM Room Calculation Utility – links and tips

Do you ever get a little annoyed by the things Revit doesnt let you do? There are some irritating limitations in our favourite BIM program – but SAuBIM aims to workaround one of them. Out-of-the-box R…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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Office 2010 SP1 To Release by June 2011

“Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is set to released to manufacturing (RTM) and available for all by late June 2011” via Office 2010 SP1 To Release by June 2011 � My Digital Life:…

2011-05-17 · Luke Johnson