Revit Version History
If you ever want to know when each Revit version came out, check out this page by David Conant: Revit Timeline (W.I.P.) So how many of you have used Revit 0.1 (November 1999)?…
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Free Malleristic downloads
Aaron Maller has been travelling a lot lately, but he still found the time to upload some of the recent presentations that he has delivered: Glasgow Revit Users Group- PDF. Glasgow Revit Users Group- …
Civil3D and BIM, is it worth it?
I think Civil3D is a very powerful and useful tool. I have even found some ways to make it work nicely with Revit, by using it to do graphical slope analysis, or using it to increase Topography resolu…
Non Room Bounding Wall Opening
You can use the Wall Opening tool to allow Revit Room elements to flow between spaces. Other methods are not very reliable or just will not work. So, don’t forget about this little button on the Ribbo…
Not everything is as it seems — Exporting Revit parameters to IFC
Ok, this is a bit counter-intuitive but:If you want to export parameters from Revit to an IFC file, note that the parameters should not be grouped under the category “IFC parameter”, but under a diffe…
"More people will contribute to projects in much smaller chunks…"
In case you missed this recent article, note how the comments of Philip Rosedale can actually apply to the future of the AEC industry: “If the technology changes to make it easier for negotiating and …
Revit and Windows 8
Revit 2013 is not officially supported on Windows 8 – though maybe you have been able to get it to install and run correctly? Have you tried updating Revit to the latest version? Did you have to disab…
BIM Standards – list is now expanded, and sortable
Martí Broquetas list of BIM standards has been updated:He “turned the list into a table that can be sorted clicking on the headers. THis way it is easy to sort the standards by country,or date or name…
collaborate (ANZ) goes live
From the About page:We don’t want to re-invent the wheel. We’re fully aware that many groups / professional bodies / organisations are already out there doing their bit to assist the general direction…
Delete Imported DWGs (not links) and Other CAD files (plus How to Setup Revit Macros)
Boost Your BIM has been posting some awesome stuff. One older post shows you how to quickly purge your Revit model of Imports: a FilteredElementCollector, a bit of LINQ, a transaction, and Document.De…