AUGIWorld Salary Survey Edition 2011
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Autodesk Download Manager or BYO Download Manager?
Interesting comment from the Autodesk deployment blog, Up and Ready: We have been getting a lot of posts in our forums regarding corrupt installations and downloads. My suggestion is to use Firefox an…
Revit on a Mac via Remote Desktop
Another option to add to the Parallels / Bootcamp debate: Install the Remote Desktop Client on your Mac Log into a PC that has Revit installed Use Revit Download link:Microsoft Remote Desktop Connecti…
Caveats of deploying Revit under a SYSTEM account
When running the deployment under a system account, the deployment appears to complete successfully. Revit appears to run normally, however, some of the user data is misdirected and supporting folders…
How to disable the Communication Center in Revit
To kill the Communication Center … in Regedit replace all the (1) with (0) see image. (you will need to login to Revit Forum)Then rename WSCommCntr2.exe to AAWSCommCntr2.exe( C:Program FilesCommon Fil…
Photoshop and Revit, combining visual styles for presentation images
Many of you already know how to export a combination of differently styled images from Revit and then combine them in Photoshop to create something really interesting. If you aren’t aware of this tech…
Problems with topography at adjacent Pad Edges?
You know when you have two pads meeting at a common edge, and then Revit for some reason shows this tiny sliver of created topography between them? Try this: Set the two Pads to have the same ‘Level’ …
Editing the end point of a Spline in Revit
Have you ever been frustrated by Revit when editing the end point of a spline? You try to drag the end point – and instead the entire line gets dragged or scaled! The problem? You need to Tab-select t…
Something Revit Hates
While discussing an interesting baluster-with-lighting family, Steve reminds us that “Revit hates switching between shared and not shared status.” You have to follow a strict process of deleting and /…
How to include Area Boundary Line in a Model Group
When in Edit Mode for a Model group, the Area Boundary Line tool is grayed out. However, to work around this limitation, you can: Select Area Boundary lines that exist ‘in the project’ and then trigge…