Render Settings for Revit
Great render settings to use a starting point – see below. Render Settings – good quality but much faster to render Image Precision = 4Reflections = 2Refractions = 4Blurred Reflections = 1Blurred Refr…
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Switching Navisworks from Standalone to Networked License
Let’s say you installed a standalone trial using BDSU media, and you are trying to switch to Networked license of Navisworks. Can it be done? One possible method:If you did it by making a Deployment y…
Aligning Point Clouds without known coordinates
Not a great position to be in (having point clouds with different coordinate systems and no known common point), but here is some code that may help:andymiller/FeatureBasedAlignment · GitHub From GibH…
How to tell your Adaptive Points about gravity
Use the Orientation property……
Making Shared Parameters hidden in Projects
In the Shared Parameter .txt file (the one in use in your office or project, as per Revit parameter settings), there is a visibility switch at the end of the line for each parameter. Set it as follows…
Nice, Smooth Fonts
If Cleartype is not really working for you (perhaps you are having compatibility issues with Google Chrome and Windows XP 64 bit), then you could try replacing the font renderer with free MacType. Dow…
SpacePilot Pro – Walk and Fly in 3D orthographic views!
Just had a great meeting with Andy Parnell-Hopkinson of 3Dconnexion GmbH. In the course of our discussion, Andy solved a problem that had bothered me with the SPP – how to use Fly mode in a 3D orthogr…
Do you ever need to view and print Inventor files? Parts, Assemblies or Drawings…
Then you can download Autodesk Inventor View 2014. Share native Autodesk® Inventor® software data with non-Autodesk Inventor users with this freely distributable viewer that delivers high-fidelity vie…
Using the Roads Category in Revit
Following this tweet from Sean: @djnelson75 @lukeyjohnson that’s mysterious, especially since there’s nothing for signage and roads STILL doesn’t have a use.— Sean David Burke (@seandburke) September …
Autodesk Process Analysis
Interesting new addition to the Labs site. I think it is intended for Factory workflows, but theoretically could be adapted for BIM productivity analysis. You basically define Sources, Processors and …