How to re-organise tiled windows in Revit
A great post over at Revitdialog has unlocked this mystery for us. Just a little addition to that post – I think it is important to tile your windows first, then do the ordering process. In other word…
2011-11
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AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2012 SP1 Ribbon Hotfix
This fixed some persistent crashes on my AutoCAD install – here is the link if you haven’t installed it yet. It needs to be installed AFTER Service Pack 1. Direct links copied below: AutoCAD® 2012 Bas…
Use the Close snap override for closing chained loops
Here is a little workflow tip for drawing closed loops: Start making a Wall, Line or similar with the Chain option ticked in the Options bar. Click to make lines until you reach the final segment… Rig…
Free Save and Restore Selection Add-in for Revit
In response to my post yesterday about using Selection IDs to save selections, Tom Pesman of tnux.net has created a free Revit add-in to automate the process. At this stage, it only allows the you to …
Five magnificent minutes
You won’t regret taking the time to watch this:Open embedded content: player.vimeo.comEarth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.…
Exhaustive Review of DWG Export options (Russian)
In this article I will introduce the main features available to users when exporting Revit project in AutoCAD. via http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Favisotskiy.blogspot.com%2F2011%2…
Using Firefox and Gmail – problem with chats or emails?
You can try updating your filters in Adblock Plus:https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51926#p51926 Or you could try disabling Adblock Plus altogether.…
Quick select groups of objects in Revit (save multiple selection sets)
I was going to title this “Even Better Save Selection Workaround for Revit Architecture users”, but that wouldn’t really be accurate. I am posting about a work method that will allow you to select a g…
Embedded Schedule workaround for Revit Architecture
Embedded Schedules allow you to display both Room or Space data AND Data on Components that are living in those Rooms or Spaces. Quite powerful! They are technically only allowed in Revit MEP, not in …
Free chapter of Interior Design using Revit book – Materials
The overall premise of the book is to learn Revit Architecture while developing the interior of a two story law office. The reader is provided an architectural model with established columns, beams, e…