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I wanted to grab a list of files so I could check if I had reviewed the contents of some MEP training videos. You can easily do this using a Windows Powershell script. Code example: get-childitem “T:M…
Its interesting to note that Revit LT can actually modify elements that it cannot create. What if you created a ‘library’ type Revit LT project, and then copied (or just moved / modified) these elemen…
My somewhat involved workaround for this in the past has been: 1 – Make a thick wall type (like 1m or more) 2 – Draw these walls very ‘tall’ (above and below building vertical extents) around your pro…
An announcement was made recently on the “Revit Deployment & Management for Medium Sized Offices” Udemy course (see here for more info): We seem to have just discovered an interesting “bug” in Deploym…
Because at any point, it can get turned off. My problem – I use Google Reader, and I have a folder called Revit Feeds. This folder has been shared, and then the resulting feed has been burnt with Feed…
Check it out at:Vasari Beta 3 Download New Features page(text copied below the line) Heads-up from Village BIM Windows 8 support. Now, in addition to the other platforms that Vasariis supported on, Va…
Jeremy Tammik recently posted a “complete illustrated Key Family Concepts slide deck” as part of a detailed post about the basics of Family Creation. Read more:http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog…
Ceilidh Higgins recently “submitted a talk for Revit Technology Conference on this subject, What’s in a Room: Revit Models,Room Data Sheets and Interiors. You can download it here. What’s in a Room? f…
Easy – just check the Properties for that Keynote:…
via Twitter: Tip: Pipe fittings in #Revit #MEP need CSV’s to operate. Centralize your Lookup Tables on your server to help standardize! @autodeskrevit— Jeremy Schmidt (@BIMSchmidt) May 15, 2013…