Sketchup to Revit with Materials
EDIT Keep in mind that if you import an SKP directly into Revit, it will create materials for each shading material as “Render Material xx-yy-zz” in the Material Library. You can check which is which …
2012-02
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Revit to Access to Excel and Back Again
I have previously posted about accessing and modifying the Revit Database in a number of posts over the past couple of years, including:Database and Excel Linking tools for Revit 2012Exposing the Revi…
Manually Setting the Flash Player Update Interval
Normally, you can only set the Flash Player update interval to every 7 days (using the online Global Notifications Settings Panel). However, using the method below you can set it to check for an updat…
Windows 7 Explorer fails to restart after uninstalling an Autodesk product
SolutionRestart Windows Explorer using the following steps: Start the Windows Task Manager Choose File -> “New Task (Run…)” Enter explorer.exe in the edit field Click OK viaAutodesk – AutoCAD Civil 3D…
The Cloud may eventually replace the Desktop
Imagine a world where your firm doesn’t need to buy new computers, let alone BIM software. They would just rent the ability to stream top of the line computers into their office monitors. These comput…
Free Revit Viewer?
www.autodesk.de has an extended post on how to view Revit files for free at this link:Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Viewer Free The page reviews the following methods (none of which are very exciting): Fo…
Everything you have ever wanted to know about Room Schedules…
A playlist of 8 videos about Room Schedules: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com From Youtube user – http://www.youtube.com/user/DesignInnovations/videos Heads-up / original post via REVIT Structur…
Free stone / quartz / granite textures for download
“For those that have seen enough of the standard Revit textures, there are remedies. Recently, the company offers under the name LG Hausys HI-MACS textures for download. The free file can be found at …
Hotfix – Autodesk Revit 2012 – Improves stability when working with large datasets (64-bit only)
This hotfix improves product stability when working with large datasets. Make sure that Update Release 2 has been applied prior to adding the hotfix. Verify that the build number of Revit 2012 is 2011…
Revit and PHPP: Getting BIM and Energy Modeling Software to Work Together
PHPP—the energy modeling software for the Passive House energy-efficiency standard—requires users to input wall areas calculated to the exterior of the thermal boundary. By default Revit does not calc…