From a devoted follower…
I wanted to share this with you, because it certainly brought a smile to my face: Troy Whitehas sent you a message. Date: 1/16/2013 Subject: Thanks for the add. I have been a devoted follower of your …
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Adaptive Components video playlist – Brian Mackey
Playlist: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Heads up via:Twitter / BenPMalone: CAD-1 & BD Mackey Consultants ……
Deleting a Design Option Set may prompt to delete View Templates
If a View Template includes a Design Option visibility setting, and then the associated Design Option Set is deleted, Revit will prompt you to delete the View Template: Obviously, you can untick the b…
Revit is 5% faster with Hyper-Threading disabled
Until we have full multi-core implementation on Revit, it is essentially looking at one core at a time (except for certain uses, such as Rendering). Mark Cronin has tested whether Hyper Threading help…
BIM Coordinator (Civil3D / Revit tool) to become Subscription addon in a few weeks …
01/31/2013: Target date for graduation to Autodesk Subscription Center via Autodesk Labs Utilities BIM Coordinator Updates I first posted about BIM Coordinator way back in May 2012:https://wrw.blackgr…
Force Design Review to open PDF files using Vector information
If you open PDF files using the embedded vector data (ie. lines), you can then use ADR (Autodesk Design Review) to snap to PDF lines in order to measure them. This may be useful to you if you are usin…
Match Plan View Range to 3D Section Box
Boost Your BIM provides a macro that sets a Plan View top and bottom extents to a 3D view section box… interesting stuff: Using 3D Section Box to set Plan View’s View Range � Boost Your BIM – making R…
10 funny quotes from "the 5 most important BIM questions"
A recent post from Eat Your CAD that has been getting some interest on Twitter … I think more than a bit of it is tongue-in-cheek: EYC – Addressing the 5 most important BIM questions Here are a few qu…
25 videos for Structural Revit Users
AutodeskEd’s Youtube channel has been very busy – I have collected 25 videos specifically relating to Structural users, including information on: Reinforcement Rebar Assemblies Parts Loads Interoperab…
WRW HelpDesk – Quickly find path to currently opened file in Revit
Question from Alaa El Kabbany:I’m asking if anyone knows how to show the local file path on the revit file interface (like autocad)…..is there a way? Answer:Download the Revved tool package from here.…