Navisworks 2015 New Features
As Navisworks 2015 can already be downloaded and some others are posting about it, here are my top 4 new features: you can set the faceting factor for NWC export from Revit use quantity takeoff on you…
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Revit 2015, Navisworks 2015 and AutoCAD 2015 Direct Download Links
EDIT apparently some of these links are broken. I will look into this. In the meantime, you should use the Virtual Agent if you want to download. Revit 2015 direct download links:Onebox http://trial.a…
Autodesk Application Manager 2.2 for 2015 Products Now available for download
Autodesk® Application Manager is a cloud-centric software delivery solution that includes a desktop client component that is packaged and installs with all Microsoft Windows®-based Autodesk 2015 produ…
FTP Product Support Downloads for older Autodesk software
If you are struggling to find updates, hotfixes, patches and other resources for older Autodesk software, try this page: ftp://ftp.autodesk.com/ProdSupp/ There is a lot in here: This is one of the mos…
5 More Navisworks and Revit Tips from Twitter
Un-coordinated BIM is like having all the ingredients of a delicious cake and eating each of them separately.— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) March 13, 2014 Struggling with imported DWG in Revit -> IFC …
IFC Import Differences between Revit 2013 and Revit 2014, and one way to get IFC data into Navisworks with Coordinate Translation
They are significantly better in 2014, example shown below. Revit 2013 import of an ifcZIP Import same file to Revit 2014 – better geometry + category definition Import to Revit 2014, export as ifc 2×…
How To Extract or Recreate an individual NWC file from an NWD
Let’s say something went wrong, and you have lost an NWC file that you need – but you don’t have access to the originating application or model. Do you have an NWD file that contains this NWC, prefera…
Lighting for Renders in Revit
Creating lighting families for accurate rendering in Revit is challenging at best. This recent post by Dave Baldacchino is a bit of an exploration of ways you can try to “fix” manufacturer content and…
2 Hour Presentation on the Legal Aspects of BIM
From NYCRUG, embedded here: Open embedded content: player.vimeo.com 1403NYCRUG from Alfred Huang on Vimeo. via email: Link: 1403NYCRUG on Vimeo…
Making an Additional Custom Ribbon Panel in Revit
Many of us are installing lots of Addins into Revit these days. Some addins, like Scan to BIM, create their own complete ribbon panel. This functionality could be re-appropriated into a solution to th…