Yummy BIM Food…service
I previously re-posted about some of challenges of adopting Revit in the foodservice industry at Revit: Problem Or Solution? A recent ‘tips’ post provides a couple of good guidelines, namely: When wor…
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Cannot Restore Backup Version an Unknown Error Occurred
There is a nasty little bug that sometimes causes Backups (and any attempted Restore) to fail on a workshared project. The way to avoid this problem is so simple that it should probably be implemented…
Taking geometry from CATIA into Revit
CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault Systemes. Commonly referred to as a …
Export DWG Dimensions problems from Revit 2013
Revit au Quotidien has picked up a few mildly scary issues when exporting to DWG from Revit 2013, one seems to be related to dimensions with Text Below, the other to EQ display of actual dimensions. H…
Think you know everything about Links and Groups?
Aaron Maller is one of the top Revit guys in the world. In a recent blog post, he provides some handouts for download – this is basically stuff about Links and Groups for the Advanced user – very inte…
Faster Revit application load time for free
Cool tip from The Revit Convert on how to skip the splash screen and speed up the loading time of your Revit.exe. Just right-click on your Revit shortcut icon and go to Properties, then: From the Prop…
When Undo will not Undo
Every now and then, Revit will remove everything from the list of things you can Undo. It’s called ‘flushing the undo stack’. Various things trigger this scary behaviour: Making a Workset editable WIT…
i-model plug-ins for Adobe Reader + Revit = time for 3D BIM PDF ?
I previously posted about the i-model plugin for Revit here which ultimately allows you to export from Revit to the Bentley i-model format, and then subsequently Export to a 3D PDF file. A couple of d…
Popquiz – list the new Adaptive Component Categories in 2013…
Have a look at the comparison below: So the new Categories that support Adaptive Components are related to either Profiles or Railings.…
Project Vasari SDK Software Development Kit for download
In addition to Project Vasari itself, you can now download a Software Development Kit (SDK). This kit is intended for power users who wish to use the Application Program Interface (API) to work with P…