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Sometimes you may have to deal with a very long list of Line Styles in Revit. Unfortunately, there is no ‘Recently Used’ list in Line Styles! The keyboard can be used to scroll in the Line Style selec…
Is the future of BIM to become IBM? BIM is not just about creating more detailed and accurate models; it can bring about a lot more intelligence into the design process, where it is not necessary to p…
Doug Bowers posted a very informative how-to recently about Autodesk Material Libraries. He shows you how to create a material library, add materials to it, and then share it with other users. A coupl…
Download RevitAddinWizard/RevitAddinCoder/RevitAddinWidget More API wizards at http://spiderinnet.typepad.com/blog/2011/05/revit-addin-wizardscoders-and-revit-api-widgets.html via RevitAddinWizard Bui…
EDIT via MLD in the comments:In a 3D view;1 Ensure Section box covers all elements by,Unchecking then rechecking ‘Section Box’2 Select some objects and the section box3 Temporary isolate elements4 Unc…
I have spent hours trying to figure out how to take actual camera locations from 123D (Photofly) and get them into Revit as ‘real’ cameras (3D views). I thought it would be cool to be able to use a re…
Interesting message when linking a Group to a new RVT file… basically, if you have a Model Group in your project that has Excluded Elements (either deliberately or due to some unavoidable issue) and y…
Do you need to clean up your Revit files for transmission? It is a common task to remove as much from a model as possible prior to sharing it with your consultants for the purpose of linking into thei…
Are you trying to get rich content onto IOS devices without using the App Store? HTML5 is one possible way, but what about WebGL? Have a read of this advanced article (targeted at developers) if you a…
Nice post by Ben Malone over at BIMopedia. He shows you how to install, activate, and use the free Tools4Revit family browser. I like the fact that I can add my single local network-located Families f…