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The Revit Clinic has posted a nice little display order workaround for Filled Regions in Title Blocks. I have a feeling that this workaround may also be useful in other situations… 1. Start a new Revi…
Ever wanted to replace a font with a different one in a Revit project, including adjusting all text, dimensions, and labels? I came across a very handy add-in through the RevitDE blog. Its called BIMT…
I printed a PDF from Revit today, and was presented with this output: The text was not printed from a linked DWG. This problem resulted because: I linked a DWG into a Detail (Section) View I then rota…
Ever wondered what the terms Personal Access URL, Software Coordinator (SC) or Consolidating Contracts mean? Wonder no more…check out the following link: Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Architecture Service…
I have previously posted about the ElumTools add-in but now it looks like they are going to release the add-in for public beta. Please join us in the FREE public beta period and try ElumTools for your…
What does Revit Want when it comes to demolition and phasing? Revit pro Steve Stafford provides the answer: Demo is not a phase in “Revit land”. It’s a phase in “People land” because people do demolit…
Are you an Autodesk Revit power user with an interest in becoming even more productive? Would you like to automate or extend the capabilities of Revit, but are new to computer programming? If so, then…
Consider this recent article: ArchiCAD vs. Revit By Ransom Ratcliff 2011-08-08. As far as I can tell, it was birthed at this forum thread. Inevitably, these X versus Y comparisons are often extremely …
Something is coming from Autodesk and my guess is that it is design related. Many Autodeskers have been teasing an upcoming announcement from Autodesk that will be made on the 16th of August 2011. www…
You want to know if a DWG file was created in Revit. 1. Open the DWG file in AutoCAD. 2. Enter Filter on the command line. 3. Select XDATA ID from the Filter drop-down list. 4. Click Select. 5. In XDA…