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Interesting conversation on Twitter recently – basically Especs and NBS were mentioned as possible methods of linking specifications to Revit. What method do you use? Matt Fox @Matt_J_Fox Looking in…
Pretty cool. If you want to know more about Revit history, check out this link.…
Maybe one of these support topics will help you: File not saved during synchronize with central troubleshooting Cannot Save to Central because the tmp directory is full…
BIM Troublemaker proposes a solution that makes Reference Lines normal, at least in the short-term…and he adds a throwdown to Buildz at the end 🙂 I’ll start with my 3d triangle and draw a rectangle on…
EDIT Keep in mind that if you import an SKP directly into Revit, it will create materials for each shading material as “Render Material xx-yy-zz” in the Material Library. You can check which is which …
I have previously posted about accessing and modifying the Revit Database in a number of posts over the past couple of years, including:Database and Excel Linking tools for Revit 2012Exposing the Revi…
Normally, you can only set the Flash Player update interval to every 7 days (using the online Global Notifications Settings Panel). However, using the method below you can set it to check for an updat…
SolutionRestart Windows Explorer using the following steps: Start the Windows Task Manager Choose File -> “New Task (Run…)” Enter explorer.exe in the edit field Click OK viaAutodesk – AutoCAD Civil 3D…
Imagine a world where your firm doesn’t need to buy new computers, let alone BIM software. They would just rent the ability to stream top of the line computers into their office monitors. These comput…
www.autodesk.de has an extended post on how to view Revit files for free at this link:Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Viewer Free The page reviews the following methods (none of which are very exciting): Fo…