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2011-07

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

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Revit Hotfix – Incorrect Ribbon Icons

If you are running Revit French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simpl. Chinese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Braz. Portuguese versions, you may need this… This hotfix addresses issues related to incorrect icon…

2011-07-13 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Wars, Revit Trek or Revit Gate

Which do you identify with? In Revit Wars, you are in a battle for your life. It seems that you are the little guy, but you are up against a huge, monolithic, impersonal empire. Each time you move, so…

2011-07-12 · Luke Johnson
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Autodesk 123D – Beta 5 is here

Here are some links: viaAutodesk 123D – Download Free 3D Modeling Software Whats New document here…

2011-07-11 · Luke Johnson
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RTC Dataset Files from Paul Aubin (and others)

Paul Aubin has posted his RTC files for download. In this package is a ‘Detailing Sandbox’ RVT file that includes a pretty comprehensive Wall Section that is annotated using Keynotes. There is also fo…

2011-07-11 · Luke Johnson
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Excuses used to avoid Revit adoption

Revit wants its users to be passionate about good design, technology, co-ordination and quality documentation. Sadly, many people are looking for excuses to avoid Revit adoption. When I say ‘sadly’ – …

2011-07-10 · Luke Johnson
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A Free and Open Revit Standard – could it work?

Follow the discussion at http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OpenRevStds if you want to get involved in this project on the Ground Floor. Or you can subscribe to http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=…

2011-07-08 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Server Update 1 Readme file updated

The original The new one The difference? The original had the following listed under the ‘Improvements made in Update 1 build’: 3. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the execu…

2011-07-08 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2012 Keyboard Shortcuts times 3

Revit 2012 now supports three character shortcut entries… Tip viaAutodesk Explorer: Updated Revit 2012 Keyboard Shortcut List: You may also be interested in some of my previous posts regarding keyboar…

2011-07-07 · Luke Johnson
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Wall layers and their ability to barge

There are some basic rules of Priority, that all compound structures follow, when joining together. 1) The higher priority layers always take precedent. For example, a Priority 1 layer will barge it’s…

2011-07-07 · Luke Johnson
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Ninite – Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

The Easiest, Fastest Way to Update or Install SoftwareJust pick your apps and click Get Installer. Ninite does the rest — fully automatic. Ninite – Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once…

2011-07-06 · Luke Johnson