Seven More Tips from Twitter
#Revit productivity – Set your Room Name in Properties *before* placing the Room, then drop Tag + Room in correct location in one click.— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) August 19, 2013 Ctrl+C a Schedule…
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Navisworks and PCG Point Clouds
Navisworks may have issues importing PCG point cloud files. For example, if you try to append a PCG directly to Navisworks Manage 2013, it will say “No plugin exists that will open pointfile.pcg”. If …
Free SuperFilter add-in for Revit 2014
Download it at:SuperFilter | Autodesk Revit | Autodesk Exchange Apps It has a dockable interface, shows number of objects and can list ID of elements, as per the translation from this Russian site: No…
Changing "Show only if Instance is cut" for a Generic Model Family
Generic Model families can be a bit overbearing when it comes to visibility. Unfortunately, you can’t usually change the Show only if Instance is cut property for Generic Models… unless you switch the…
Making a COBie Enabled Project in Revit
You can request the templates from Autodesk using this form. COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2011Download Now COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2012Download Now COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2013Do…
Door handout and families from Steve
Very useful information from Revit OpEd – no surprises there! Handout:https://app.box.com/shared/7cdczhip68g67jrfbo9i Families:Click to Download the completed files for each exercise.Thanks to Steve S…
Model Performance Technical Note – updated for Revit 2014
Direct link here Info: The Revit platform’s performance can depend as much on the knowledge, skill, and practices of its users as on the hardware environment provided for the software. To address both…
New version of IFC Exporter for Revit (v2.13/v3.5) and IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit (v1.13/v2.5) available
2013: IFC Exporter for Revit 2013 (v2.13): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexporterforrevit%3aen IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2013 (v1.13…
Creating Revit Geometry from Point Clouds (Points to BIM workflows)
Update:I am enjoying using inverted background (black) when working with Revit and point clouds. Also, you MUST use this add-in by Harry:What Revit Wants: 3D Section Box crop add-in WITH automatic rot…
Copy Path and Filename in Windows XP 64-bit
In Windows 7, I constantly used Shift+right click to access the Copy as Path option. To enable this in Windows XP, you can use: Path Copy Copy This works on 64-bit (x64) Windows XP too. I tried some o…