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1) Upload and share your document on Google Drive 2) Create a permalink at: http://gdurl.com/ 3) Use the gd.url link in the Drive Viewer: Google Docs – Viewer Supported types:…
Harry has put together a nice Revit addin UI for searching, choosing and setting Uniformat and Omniclass codes. You can read his post and view the video at: A better way to set Assembly Codes & Unifor…
Daniel has created a useful post describing how IFC Link works in Revit 2015. Here are some key points from his post, as well as some of my own: You must set a default project template before using th…
Direct download link for presentation by Leigh-Marie at RUGWELL: http://gdurl.com/i2A7 via RUGWell…
My top 4 new features / changes in Revit 2015: Sketchy Lines! IFC Link Revision cloud arc length (ie. “Revision Improvements”) “Username has been updated to match Autodesk 360” Official page for Revit…
A DWF file is somewhat of an an end-point when it comes to 3D data and BIM workflows. By design, it is difficult to repurpose a DWF into a format where you can then alter the model, or use it in a des…
From Michael Ruehr, download at: https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D6601245_87000438_296433 Sample slide: Original post: RevitworX: Collaboration and Work-sharing with MEP and Structure Consultants…
The rule is that Walls shorter than 6 feet (approximately 1.83 meters) are not shown as Cut (ie. thicker lines), even if they intersect the cut plane of the Plan View – they are shown in Projection UN…
Along with all the usual statistics and reports, it features a two-page Case Study on the New Royal Adelaide Hospital – a project we are involved with coordinating here at VirtualBuilt. If you want to…
Here is something new and exciting… a RFA family that has a nested RVT, and the nested RVT has a linked nested DWG. If you close the RFA, edit the doubly nested DWG, and re-open the RFA = the DWG geom…