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2011-09

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80 Revit Tips and Tricks in German

Link to 80 Tips and Tricks PDF (German) Original Blog post (German) English Blog post – Google Translate Part translation of text only into English here…

2011-09-16 · Luke Johnson
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List of Autodesk Revit Blogs

Ever wondered how many official Autodesk Revit blogs there are? Check out the list below: BIM & BEAM – Nicolas Mangon, Wai Chu, Tom CulottaFamily Jewels-Creating Quality BIM Content – William Spier, I…

2011-09-15 · Luke Johnson
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The current Revit UI Toolkit is a pain in the neck

Here is a telling quote from an Autodesk staffer about the Revit UI Toolkit – while discussing one of the limitations of UI design in the current Revit version: this is due to a toolkit that has roote…

2011-09-15 · Luke Johnson
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2012: Determining the path being used to save Revit Journals

Go here to check the location specified in the following file: C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit Architecture 2012Programidentity.ini It will list a journals path. via2012: Determining the path being used …

2011-09-14 · Luke Johnson
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AutoCAD (R) 2012 x64 Service Pack 1

Dear AutoCAD® 2012 Customer: Autodesk has recently released a maintenance update for your product. Errors similar to those you have encountered have been resolved and are part of this update. We recom…

2011-09-14 · Luke Johnson
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Download Windows 8 Beta Now

I recommend you use a download manager like Firefox with Downthemall… Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64) DOWNLOAD (3.6 GB) Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9 Includes a…

2011-09-14 · Luke Johnson
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Autodesk releases Revit IFC Exporter as open source

Autodesk says it is releasing its IFC exporter so that users can more directly control exported elements. Users may, for example, change the representation of exported elements, should they find anoth…

2011-09-13 · Luke Johnson
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Create Adobe 3D PDF directly from Autodesk 3D DWF

Yes – it can be done! The program you need is called Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8. It is very hard to find a download link, as this program has been superseded (by what would seem to be less powerful ve…

2011-09-13 · Luke Johnson
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Project Family Category Type Instance

Do you want to know: which Categories do not have Types, or which Category has Types but no Instances? EDIT: Link below is no longer live – snapshot from archive.org above Check out this post: Revit .…

2011-09-12 · Luke Johnson
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Lysaght Bluescope Colorbond Autodesk Material Library

Package download link You can open the BlueScope LYSAGHT.adsklib file in the Manage – Materials dialog in Revit. This allows you to apply all of the nice, proper material properties to your Revit Mate…

2011-09-09 · Luke Johnson