Workflow for Iterative Design using Revit and 3ds Max
Interesting post with some helpful graphics, images and videos from Payette: Read the whole post: Workflow for Iterative Design: Revit and 3ds Max…
2013
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Void Visibility Tricks
Ever wanted to “hide” a void, or stop it from cutting? There are at least two ways: 1) parametrically moving the void outside of the solid form when you dont want it to cut (this is the “old way”) or …
IFC updates (including Revit 2014)
via email (note that the Sourceforge link for the 2014 UI is recommended over the App Store version): You are getting this message because you downloaded a version of IFC Exporter for Revit 2013/2014 …
Downloading Subscriber Benefit Apps from Autodesk Exchange
There are now 9 apps for Revit 2014 uploaded to Autodesk Exchange that are classed as “Subscriber Benefit Apps”. These are basically standalone install packages for things that are bundled up in the R…
Setting Workplane of a view with keyboard shortcuts
As most of you know, I love keyboard shortcuts. Harry shows you how you can map an external tool to a keyboard shortcut to make this happen: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com viaSetting a view’s …
Index to Tips and Tricks (RFO)
Just in case you haven’t seen it yet – you should check out this great thread on RFO:…….Index to Tips and Tricks…….…
Remove all Views not on Sheets
… by using a very wild script from dp Stuff! Comes with a disclaimer:Warning! Make sure you don’t run this script on your central model – detach it from central first. Because once the views are gone …
Convert Family from Wall to Face based
Have you created a heap of wall based families that you would like convert to face based? Jarod Schultz provides a nice workaround for this. Essentially, you Link and then Copy/Monitor the elements, t…
New Revit 2014 SDK, and the gbXML2dwfx tool
Two great tips via The Building Coder today. Firstly, the updated Revit SDK is available for download from here. Here are some links: Revit 2014 SDK (Update April 24, 2013) (exe – 217899Kb) Revit 2013…
Using Whitefeet Parameter Math tool to copy a untaggable System parameter into a Shared Parameter
In the image below, I show the basic process used to drive a Floor Area parameter into a manually added shared parameter. Obviously, this scenario is not ideal – the data link isn’t dynamic, so we hav…