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Here is the persistent crash – it was happening when any RVT file was closed:View Revit 2015 Update 5 crashes when closing any file Here’s what fixed the problem:Renaming “C:ProgramDataAutodeskApplica…
There are lots of design tools out there that can be used to generate MEP or HVAC fabrication drawings, including spooling and integration with Vulcan or CAMduct. Some are FABmep, CADmep, ESTmep, and …
Here comes a cool tip from Brad Strauss… He describes how you can use an Integer parameter to get Revit to allow you to apply a value of 2 to a Radial Array: Thanks for the tip Brad! This tip is somew…
I have posted about SP.Writer before, but this is the next iteration: BIMsets Cloud Writer. UPDATE: if you want to update to the latest version of the add-in, in Google Sheets you may need to go to Ad…
This is an extreme measure, but it will get everything fixed up and create a new Default Notebook for you. If you have some corruption or severe sync problems, it may break the me@onenote.com system f…
Sometimes it can be difficult to get Autodesk Rendering lights in Navisworks to work properly. When doing services coordination, you don’t really want to have to deal with placing new lights just so y…
is included in this playlist recently uploaded by Autodesk Building (about 4 hours worth):Fabrication CADmep – Fundamental Training Videos Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Full list: There are a…
was covered in this recent paper:Building Information Modelling (BIM) Education in South Australia: Industry Needs byJohn C.H Gardner, M. Reza Hosseini, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, and Nicholas Chileshe You …
Here’s another way to make a 3D PDF, this time with all native Autodesk products. Use Virtual Agent to download Inventor Publisher 2015 trial Export a view from Revit (or 3dsMax, or AutoCAD, or Navisw…
Note: If you install the non-Subscription Update Release onto an R2 Revit, you will probably find that the nice extra things like Site Designer disappear. If this happens to you, reinstall R2 from the…