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 …
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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…
Using View Filters on Unconnected Nodes in a Structural Model
Great little post by Gareth Spencer, showing that you can graphically filter unconnected nodes to allow for easier Structural Model validation: Download PDF at: http://www.cadlinecommunity.co.uk/Downl…
Multi User, Cloud Based Schedule Editing and Linking with Revit just Got Real
We use Google Drive a lot now, particularly Google Sheets. The power of a shared spreadsheet cannot be underestimated in the AEC world. Now, imagine if you could directly export data from Revit to a G…
Revit Repeater Resources (Divide and Repeat)
Check it out: RevitCat: Revit Repeaters Index Page…
SketchUp 2014, now with IFC Export
As we all expected, with its 2014 version Sketchup is increasing its BIM capability, including object classification and IFC export. Get it at:Download SketchUp | SketchUp Heads-up:http://www.formfoll…