Recap 2015 Hotfix 1 available
Readme:http://download.autodesk.com/SWDLDDLM/Updates/ReCap/Autodesk_ReCap_2015_Hotfix1.html 1. This hotfix addresses Heartbleed vulnerability – a security bug in the open-source OpenSSL cryptography l…
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Custom Text and Multiple Scale Types in Revit
If you want to show multiple scale types or use custom text in your Scale display, you can use a Custom Scale. Check out this tip from Enjoy Revit:…
Try out the new Autodesk 360 viewer here
I recommend trying the Explode button:Open embedded content: AEC Kitchen Model Press the structure button to browse down through the model’s assembly structure or component hierarchy. You can use this…
Revit Interoperability Security Updates for Navisworks Manage 2015 and Inventor 2015
You should see this in your Autodesk Application Manager: These are both to address heartbleed vulnerability. File names:RXN2015UR2.exeRXI2015UR2x64.exe…
Find constraining Revit dimensions
There is a macro at:Finding those constraining dimensions | Boost Your BIM…
FBX Review 1.2 released
As one of the reviews states, this is a “very fast” way to open and view FBX files. New in FBX Review v1.2 Added support for geometry and textures contained in a zip file. Added support for geometry c…
Convert any 3D View to BCF
Part of working in a BIM environment is putting together all of the little pieces that you know and turning it into a useful workflow. Do you have a 3D file, such as an FBX, that has some camera views…
Japanese Designers Collaborating on Complex and Advanced Hospital Design using BIM
Quotes: Throughout the design and construction process, the project team used Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions from Autodesk, including Autodesk Revit Architecture for 3D architectural de…
When and how to neutralize Survey coordinates for IFC export from Revit
When exporting to IFC, you may find that Revit feeds the Survey Coordinates (or shared coordinates) to the resulting IFC file, when in fact you want it to be based on Project Coordinates. If your proj…
Parse Revit Warnings with Dynamo
Konrad Sobon has put together a Dynamo definition that parses a Warning HTML from Revit, picks out those associated with a particular warning type, and then lists the associate element IDs so they can…