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Interesting aberration that you could use to your advantage – reposted from SARUG: I had Sam override the visibility setting for the masked region and make it transparent, in the linked file, and then…
Most of you already know that VEO is very smart when it comes to document handling – for example, you can easily attach PDFs to elements in the model. You may have seen my Revit eStorage post, which a…
Sometimes, its good to take a breath and think about where Revit and BIM have led us. One case study, recently presented at SARUG by Andrew Abernathy (in slideshow form) included the following interes…
I have previously posted about MIT OpenCourseWare. There is actually a site that essentially aggregates courses from all over the web and from a number of different learning institutions, and then pro…
This one is by Dima Chiriacov, and you can download it at:02-28-2013 CropViewToSelection2013 (for Revit 2013) The key difference is that this add-in allows you to physically type in Element IDs before…
Many legal questions are getting asked in and around the BIM community. From “Who owns the model?” to “Who is responsible to track changes?”, we find ourselves in a new and somewhat scary world of leg…
Looks like KB2670838 might be a bit of a pain. It seems to be messing with some systems, including causing a strange colour change in Revit 2012 as per Color Change in Revit 2012 after Updating Window…
Did you know you can nest a Generic Model family in a Generic Model Adaptive family and create a form that allows the swapping of the Profile Type? Post by gaby424 Use Adaptive Components -you can dra…
via email: Greetings, You are getting this message because you downloaded a version of IFC Exporter for Revit 2013 or Revit IFC Export Alternate UI prior to January 23, 2013. We have posted an update …
Cool post by Håvard Vasshaug, where he describes how he modelled and controlled a post tensioned reinforcing bar using a Revit Adaptive Component. Even better, you can download the family. Read more /…