Revit to Showcase PDF guide
Some good tips on using the Revit Project Browser “Arrange By” setting in the Object Organizer in Showcase to make things a bit easier to manage… PDF download link:http://dccadd.com/bldg/wp-content/up…
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New FBX Review app – is it finally 'easy' to share and view all of the 3D assets in a single exchange format?
What’s so good about FBX?Geometry, materials, lights and camera assets are all contained in the file. It also supports animation. What formats can FBX Review handle?.fbx, .3ds, .obj, .dxf, .dae, .bvh,…
Coordinate Scheduling add-in, a free and easy way to schedule Levels in Revit
The coordinate scheduling tool, developed by Excitech for the Revit Platform will allow accurate and simple scheduling of X,Y and Z coordinates from Revit model elements. This is suitable for a whole …
BIM Manager roles
Do you know the difference between at: Contractor BIM Manager Design Consultant BIM Manager Manufacturer/Supplier BIM Manager ? If not, you may want to check out this post by Chris Price: Revit Rants:…
Rolling Offsets in Revit (it may be useful if you know what Rolling Offsets are :-)
From Hagerman & Company Blog: This video tutorial explains how to do a rolling offset using Revit or Revit MEP. The concepts are shown in Revit 2014, but can be performed on 2013. The rolling offset c…
Autodesk Remote – currently North America only
What is it? Let’s call it in VNC for Autodesk software… It lets you drive Autodesk software installed on your primary computer from a remote computer or iPad for fast access to native design data over…
Revit 2014 Web Update 1 – Deployment
via Gordon Price. Check out his great Revit deployment course on Udemy here. “with WU1 for 2014 out, and odd, I thought I would let you know I have tested it using the standard WU recipe, and it works…
BIM for FM – Educating Clients on the usefulness of BIM
Skip forward to page 11 of the following document:http://bim.psu.edu/Resources/Owner/BIM_Planning_Guide_for_Facility_Owners-Version_2.0.pdf Source:BIM Planning Heads-up:Updated Penn State BIM Planning…
Seven Tips that I tweeted but didn't post … until now
On a range of topics: Remove paint from all walls in project: 3D view, Wireframe, Isolate Walls, Remove Paint tool, hover mouse – *only* Painted walls highlight.— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) July 12,…
Compiling and using RevitLookup for Revit 2013 (and transferring single View Template using this free add-in)
This is using XP 64-bit with Revit 2013 Update 3, but similar principles will apply to other OS and software versions: Install Revit 2013 SDK if you don’t have it already, from here Install RevitAddin…