The Scale of the Universe 2012 (amazing)
The concept of ‘scale’ is vital in design and Architecture. Have you ever wanted to zoom in or out of your current field of reference? This Flash page makes it easy: Drag the scrollbar or use your mou…
2012-02
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NVIDIA drivers 295.73 WHQL – download
This is the first WHQL-certified driver from the R295 family of drivers. It is the recommended upgrade for all GeForce users… These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality e…
Access the Autodesk BIM Curriculum for free
The Autodesk BIM for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management Curriculum can be freely accessed from here. Click on the various Units on the right hand side of the page. For example, Uni…
BIM is at a crossroads
WSP Group is a global design engineering and management consultancy specialising in Property, Transport & Infrastructure, Industry and Environment projects. They recently released a report entitled:10…
Room Tags, Design Options and Revit Links
Here is the problem – I have two linked files, set as separate options in the same Option Set. If any of the Room elements overlap in the two linked files when placed in the host file, and I have the …
Over 10 hours of free video tutorials – Revit 2012 for Interior Architects
With full credit to Digital Tools for Designers, see below 6 classes divided into 7 videos that focus on Autodesk Revit 2012 for Interior Architects. There is over 10 hours of free Revit instruction h…
Finding the Normal in an Adaptive Component – Rethinking BIM
Rethinking BIM is a kinda awesome new BIM site – you should definitely check it out. There are lots of videos and downloads available. Some of this stuff looks like it has been collected or derived fr…
Five Places to Hide Things in your Revit Model
Sometimes you want to save some Revit elements for later – like throwing them in the cupboard until you need them. Here are five ways to do that: Group, then Link, then Unload the Link (you can copy /…
A 36 minute video on the Revit coordinate system…
EDIT For some reason the original video is not working. It was also referenced on Wikihelp here, and that embedded version is broken too. I tried to contact Youtube user cwm9 but did not get a reply. …
Make a Level Schedule (workaround)
You can’t make a schedule of Levels in Revit. I won’t get into the argument of “should you be able to” or not. The fact is, some people want to make a Level Schedule. Here I provide one workaround tha…