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Click here to download a technical paper on Engaging Generative BIM Workflows. From the Conclusion:The emergence and rapid development of generative tools to aid architectural design development inclu…
Tetra 4D is releasing a Revit 3D PDF Converter plugin. This will be a paid release (it won’t be free), so I personally am not too excited about it. If you are looking for a Free way to create 3D PDFs …
When you have a Detail Component family open, and you choose to right-click on a Detail Group (in the Browser) and ‘Save’ it, Revit actually saves this Group as a Family (rfa). The resultant RFA file …
I came across a handy trick that makes it quick and easy to run programs as an Administrator in Windows 7: The easiest way that I found out on how run a program as administrator is by hitting the WIN …
While you wait for the recording to be published by Autodesk University, grab our presentation, handout and the dataset which includes numerous examples of entourage, analysis, annotation, site and ot…
Lets say you want to create a HTML file that has a linked list of all of the RFA Family files in your company directory. You can then click on each hyperlink to open the family in Revit. Here’s how yo…
I recently viewed the class 45 Autodesk® Revit® Tips in 45 Minutes (Smith, Chad) on AU Virtual. It was an excellent class. Here are two things that I learnt: You can Tab BETWEEN elements – in other wo…
To run it, simply go to the Collaborate Tab –> Coordination Panel –> Interference Check –> Run Interference Check. Read more at: CAD addict: Revit Interference Check…
Here are a few quotes from a recent review of a symposium at the Design the Dynamic conference by Generative Design (Bold emphasis added by me.) ” Design is described as a process that stretches betwe…
Just as being overly positive about Revit leads to inflated expectations, if you are overly negative about it eventually people will realize you were wrong – and then your credibility will be in quest…