Super Rail Path Edit Mode
Ok, first of all, this is probably a bug. But in some ways, it is quite cool. Do this: Make a Railing in Revit 2013 with either a Top Rail or a Hand Rail (see here) Tab select one of the Rails and ent…
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The easiest way to become faster at Revit
I’ve been waiting for this! Keyboard shortcuts can make you ridiculously more productive in any CAD software, and that certainly includes Revit. Harry has made a little ‘tutor’ program that gives you …
BIM Standards for download
The sheer volume of different BIM standards can be confusing in itself – and that is without even considering the a) usefulness, b) applicability, c) practicality or d) up-to-date-ness of these differ…
RVT Origin Linking Tips
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
Making a High Quality Panorama on Autodesk 360 Rendering
From Village BIM: via Google Translateofhttp://villagebim.typepad.com/villagebim/2013/02/autodesk-360-rendering-creer-un-panoramique-de-haute-qualite.html Also check out my previous post about these I…
Finetuning the Lighting on Interior Renderings – Autodesk 360 and Revit
Have you ever had trouble with controlling your illumination levels on your Interior Renderings? Perhaps the following guide from the autodesk.de site will assist you:Google Translateofhttp://www.auto…
How do you handle Multi Storey typical levels in Revit?
Groups or links? Or something else? via How would you tackle a multi level high rise building with multiple identical floors? Link in a separate typical floor model? #Revit— Steve Deadman (@SteveDeadm…
Maxwell Render for Revit
EDIT More info and screenshots at:http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/Revit+-+The+Ribbon+Panel We knew that VEO was using Maxwell since way back in 2008. Now there is a direct Revit plugi…
Revit Programmer challenge: Revit Add-in Backup Tool
I was going to make a script or something myself, but I figured there is a API-guy out there waiting to make something useful and simple like this. Challenge: make a tool (can be an application, scrip…
Download a backup copy of LOTS of your Google Data
Just go to https://www.google.com/takeout/ and login. Many Google Services are supported – Blogger page export was recently added. You can also backup all of your Google Drive docs and original Youtub…