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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…

2011-09-22 · Luke Johnson
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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…

2011-09-21 · Luke Johnson
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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…

2011-09-21 · Luke Johnson
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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…

2011-09-21 · Luke Johnson
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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’ …

2011-09-20 · Luke Johnson
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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…

2011-09-20 · Luke Johnson
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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 /…

2011-09-19 · Luke Johnson
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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…

2011-09-18 · Luke Johnson
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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