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I saw this message from Revit today and I wanted to share it with you: RVG files used to be Revit’s way of saving Groups out, until RVT became the standard for saving Groups. From the message, it look…
In 5 keystrokes or less, can you reload your current Keynotes file? Yes, you can. Here’s how: Open Keyboard Shortcuts, and assign a Shortcut to Additional Settings:Keynoting Settings, such as KT. Now,…
What Revit Wants finally hit 1000 subscribers on 7 June! Interestingly, I also made my 1000th post during the past week. Thanks for all of your comments too, I enjoy the interaction. I hope you are en…
“From an industry perspective, we have really been expanding BIM across the lifecycle, starting with architects when we first moved Revit, and then with the engineering disciplines, and now we are pus…
Revit MEP users have had access to Embedded Schedules for a while now. However, the Revit 2013 OneBox version gives everyone the ability to easily utilise Embedded Schedules. Have you used them yet? E…
Currently includes links to the following pages: Upgrading Revit 2012 (Material ) Libraries Upgrading Material Properties Materials in Upgraded Piping Projects How Pre-2013 Stairs Subcategories are Ma…
I actually don’t need to transmit RVT files too often (yet). However, I often want to archive a ‘snapshot’ of all the data associated with a project. eTransmit for Revit makes this possible – and rela…
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Looks like the BIM (model) of the Earth is going to be built by computers, not people: Google is using a new technology to automatically generate 3D buildings from 45-degree angle aerial photography m…
You want to make a Keynote Schedule (or Legend) that is manually populated (you pick which Keynotes show in the Schedule). Given that your filtering options are limited, here is one way: SHORT VERSION…