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2014

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The Value of SketchBook Designer 2014 vs Sketchbook Pro 2015

Did you know support of Sketchbook Designer is coming to an end? Check this out: Link:SketchBook Designer – Concept Design & Illustration Software – Autodesk I guess the story is a bit like Impression…

2014-04-30 · Luke Johnson
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BIM for Small Practices – slides and audio presentation

Download PDF of slides at:https://wcc.on24.com/event/77/66/47/rt/1/documents/resourceList1398776349230/bimforsmallpractices.pdf Description:how to make using virtual systems a reality for architect’s …

2014-04-29 · Luke Johnson
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Download Advance Steel and Concrete Plug-in for Revit 2015

“The BIM data from the Revit model can be imported or exported using a BIM data file format or using other formats. The available file formats are SDNF (Version 2.0 and Version 3.0), CIS/2, IFC, and P…

2014-04-28 · Luke Johnson
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Free Fire Rating Macro for Revit 2014

Paolo has written a nice little macro that basically examines the Type parameters of a wall and then draws a Detail Line at the centreline of the wall – the Line Style is driven by the Parameter. The …

2014-04-28 · Luke Johnson
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IFC Exporter Updates, including Revit 2015 version

IFC Exporter for Revit 2014 (v3.10): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexporterforrevit2014%3aen IFC for Revit 2015 (v15.0.2): http://apps.ex…

2014-04-28 · Luke Johnson
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Quickly Translate Revit project data into another language

Here is an interesting idea from Daniel Monsén: in the video below, he describes using bimframe connect (which I previously posted about a couple of times, including here) to translate data for a Revi…

2014-04-26 · Luke Johnson
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Free File Upgrader for Revit 2015

EDIT Harry said that the latest version is the one on Autodesk Exchange Apps I previously posted about the ADN file upgrader here. Since then Harry has created a more powerful upgrader for Revit 2014 …

2014-04-26 · Luke Johnson
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Mapping SHX to TrueType Fonts for use in Revit

To map fonts, edit shxfontmap.txt using a text editor. This file resides in the following location: %APPDATA%AutodeskRevit For each TrueType font to map, add a line with the following format: filename…

2014-04-26 · Luke Johnson