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Do you have some awesome in-place families that you would like to convert to normal Component families, so that you can load them into other projects? Here’s how: Open the Project containing the In-Pl…
Are you sick of waiting ages for a Revit walkthrough to render? Using this technique, you can cut your walkthrough rendering time in half! Essentially, we make half the frames we need in Revit, and th…
Thinking of buying a new USB Flash drive? Head over to this site:UsbFlashSpeed.com You can also download a utility to benchmark any flash drives that you own:download link…
If you try to open Revit 2012 and it stalls at the splash screen, you can try ending the process WSCommCntr3.exe by accessing it in the Task Manager and clicking ‘End Process’. The video below shows t…
Awesome post from Klaus over at:Revit and Camera Match / FOV and Focal Length He provides a family file and a step-by-step process for how to match a Revit 3D perspective view with a real life camera …
Trimble Finland Oy, a subsidiary of Trimble Navigation Limited, has acquired Tekla. This could result in some interesting products, as Trimble has a real focus on mobile technologies. Watch this space…
Just select the grid line of a ceiling, rather than the edge. Quote below: …in Revit 2012! If you select just a grid line of a ceiling, you now get the option to Edit Boundary… viaRevit ArchCenter: Ne…
Great veteran’s tip from Steve. He explains how to reset shared coordinates to an out-of-the-box setting by Acquiring Coordinates from a default Revit template: Once two files are sharing coordinates …
A few new videos have been uploaded to the Revit User Community on Vimeo. Some of the more recent ones deal specifically with Revit MEP: Cable Trays in Revit MEP 2011 access doors in revit mep 2011 Ru…
Many people know that you can add a carriage return (and thus create multi-line labels) in Revit by accessing a Properties entry box and hitting Ctrl+Enter: Over at Revitez, another method was mention…