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Steve’s post recently reminded me of something I have done in the past – using multiple pseudo usernames to access the same Central File in different instances of Revit. Let’s say that you wanted to r…
Here are a couple of system utilities that may help you to squeeze maximum performance out of your hardware (to speed up Revit, of course). Actually, my FX580 was struggling a bit with Showcase, so I …
I have previously posted about downloading free resources from the Mastering Revit books. Here is a link to download the 2013 edition files:Wiley: Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 You can al…
Standard Casework families can not join geometry in the project environment, but Generic Models can. There are various opinions on how to handle this. From RFO: Aaron Maller (using Generic Model, non …
I learned something from Wikihelp today: In the drawing area, right-click a dimension lock. Select Show Related from the context menu. The appropriate element highlights and a dialog identifies the el…
Great little video from Applied Software Blog:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com…
I had one of those slap-your-head moments when this finally came to me … use Coins Auto Section Box! Step by step: Close Revit Install Coins Auto Section Box Open Revit Open a project Draw a Scope Box…
Nice tip from Revit Rants on how to round values within a family – and it allows much greater flexibility as to the rounding increment. In the example below, Chris uses ROUNDUP to round to a 5mm degre…
I find it interesting that AutoCAD 2013 can directly link (XREF) DWG files directly from the Autodesk Cloud. Just Insert – DWG Reference… – then press the Autodesk 360 button in the dialog. Revit Serv…