Autodesk Exchange now with Revit Apps!
Go to http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/ and click Autodesk Revit on the drop-down list. A number of free add-ins are already available. Autodesk Exchange has been active for AutoCAD for a while now, …
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Autodesk ceases Windows Vista support for new products
Beginning January 1, 2012, Autodesk will have formally ceased support of the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System for all new (and upgraded versions) of its products and services released in 2012.…
Open Source Dynamo plug-in for Vasari meets Autodesk Labs
Just in case you missed this – Autodesk has picked up the previous work of Mr Keough on Dynamo and provided a Labs plugin for Vasari! Dynamo for VasariBuild parametric functionality on top of Vasari w…
Revit Hardware
Alexander Vysotsky makes the following recommendation: CPU – i7 second-generation Memory – 8 or 16 GB of DDR3 Video – NVidia Quadro, more accessible – GeForce (Budget) Hard Disk Drive – solid-state, m…
Google Earth 6.2 new rendering method is smoother – better background images for Revit?
Google Earth 6.2 features a new way of rendering all those mosaic pics of satellite and aerial photographs, smoothing out the borders between them so the globe looks even more like our beautiful blue …
Find and view selected objects in 3D camera views using the Viewcube
To lock to the current selection Right-click the ViewCube and click Lock to Selection. If Lock to Selection is checked when a view orientation change occurs, the ViewCube uses the selected objects to …
Real-time visualization with Lumion
I have previously posted about the future of real-time visualization tools. Lumion appears to be developing a bit of a following. Have you used it? How did you implement it? If you haven’t seen what i…
Scripts and plug-in for Grasshopper from The Proving Ground
Nathan Miller of The Proving Ground says: “As a key component of this, I have added a lot of content to my program lab. The page includes a growing collection of scripts. My focus right now is on docu…
ANZRS version 3 just released – download links
For more detail on the changes since Version 2, please refer to the ANZRS v3 Change Log. Download Download ANZRS version 3. Read more / viaANZRS version 3 now released! | Australian & New Zealand Revi…
Overclock your video card – but stop if you smell something burning
In the past, overclocking your graphics was risky, difficult, and yet at the same time it could be very beneficial. These days, it is easier to do, but video cards are often cheaper and some people ma…