White Space character as Dimension Override
Here is slightly nasty, anti-BIM trick: If you are trying to override a dimension in Revit with a different dimension, it can be a pain. Yes, you can mess with the ’rounding’ to try and get it right, …
2011-06
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Revit for Planning RTC USA files for download
Handouthttp://www.scribd.com/doc/58494773/Session-4-Ah-Whats-the-Program-Doc-Revit-for-Planning-Jay-Zallan-Handout Presentationhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/58494778/Session-4-Ah-Whats-the-Program-Doc-Rev…
The Revit Mindset and What Revit Wants
What is the Revit Mindset? Great question! I have been telling everyone I taught Revit to for years that it’s the ability to clear your mind of any preconceived “knowledge” or “understanding” of Revit…
Aggregation of the Revit Nation
There is huge amounts of data available to Revit users. Some of you may already be aware of the portal slash blog directory slash aggregator site that I have set up at http://www.revitprofessionals.co…
Revit IS a database
Some cool ideas from the June 2011 issue of AUGIWorld, article entitled ‘Revit, in a Database’ by Paul Crickard: Once a Revit model has been exported to a database, the things that can now be done wit…
Enabling verbose logging for installation issues in Revit
You are experiencing problems with the installation of an Autodesk product, and you want to enable verbose logging in order to troubleshoot the issue or submit the log files to the Autodesk Product Su…
Revit 2012 has Improved Section Tag Modification Workflow
This is a subtle change that you may have missed. In Revit 2011, we had to access the ‘Section Tag’ properties through the Manage tab on the Ribbon (which was a bit annoying). However, in Revit 2012 w…
Revit Extensions for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012
Link to Subscription page for your convenience Revit Extensions for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012:…
Repurposing the Autodesk USB Media
You have received one of the Autodesk Suites, installed it, and you want to use the USB key for some other purpose. It is not immediately obvious that this is possible. There is some very decent write…
Download Elevatorarchitect for Autodesk Revit
If you haven’t heard yet, there is a free add-in for Revit that helps with the modelling of Elevators. Feel free to post your experiences in the Comments section! Download Elevatorarchitect for Autode…