Paint colours – adsklib for download
Dunn Edwards have provided an adsklib file for download that matches their paint colours to Revit materials. I previously posted about Lysaght adsklib way back in 2011:What Revit Wants: Lysaght Bluesc…
2013
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Material Graphics Surface Pattern vs Realistic View
Ever noticed how the Graphic Surface Pattern of a Material will override a Walls surface in a Realistic (ie. materiality / render check) view, but not the edges? Firstly, I don’t think Graphics values…
Revit 2013 – DWG export Color ID global change bug
I thought I got in a loop today: Export DWG Expand All Select all rows Try to delete the number in the Color ID box This warning will come up: You have to press Close for every selected row (could be …
Revit Basics with Robert Yori
Open embedded content: player.vimeo.com viaRevit Hands On: Back to Basics in Revit User Community on Vimeo…
Creating an Excel auto-save backup task
Ever pressed Cancel or No when prompted to save an Excel spreadsheet? Lost your work? How about this backup task… it basically copies Excel backup files to another location so that Excel can’t delete …
Phil Bernstein speaking about the Future of BIM at NYC-RUG (video)
Open embedded content: player.vimeo.com … the future of BIM in the globalized world of broad adoption, emerging cloud and reality capture technologies, innovative delivery approaches and opportunities…
The BIM Collaboration Format and Revit
Are you interested in using BCF with Revit? Then checkout the plugin (now upgraded to version 2.1.1) at: BCF Plugin 2.1 for Revit | Matteo Cominetti Direct link:http://matteocominetti.com/d/BCFPlugin2…
Revit Rendering – Mental Ray vs Cloud Rendering vs Raytrace method
Which is best? Check out the comparison by Tod Stephens at: Tipniques: Design Visualization with Revit – Which Rendering Engine to Use? | AUGI…
Enabling Lookup Table CSV support on non-supported Categories
The BIM Data is a new blog by Mohammed Mahboob. In a recent post, he describes using a Pipe Fittings family template and switching it to Generic Model to enable (retain) the Lookup Table CSV support. …
Point Clouds and Shared Coordinates
In a recent project, we received a DWG file and a number of point clouds, all on the same coordinate system (MGA). To setup project initially, I followed these steps: New Project Link the survey DWG b…