Screenshots of Pre-Release Revit
From the description by uploader Alex Neihaus on Youtube: the screens shown were pre-release versions of the product, the music was an original composition (not stock music) and at an AIA convention, …
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Getting access to the Level parameter in Tags for Categories that don't normally allow it
From Mark Wieringa in comments on my previous post:Hi Luke,There’s a quick workaround for your problem. You’re able to hack tags for certain categories to show the Level that the elements have been cr…
Mobius Strip Attempt with download
Over the years, there have been a few attempts at modelling a Mobius Strip (or band) in Revit. The BIM Troublemaker had a go back in 2010, Chad also tried in the comments, and The Proving Ground showe…
Major BIM Codes, Standards and Reports in one place?
There have been various attempts over the years to create a true BIM portal, with links to all relevant documentation. Have you checked out CODEBIM? The reports page is pretty impressive list of BIM d…
Coordination Guide for MEP
Quote: “The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), in a tripartite project with the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National Association (SMACNA) and the National Electrical Contractor…
Graphical XML Editor for Modifying Navisworks files
Navis uses XML as a data interchange format for almost “everything”. However, it sometimes doesn’t offer the greatest editing experience for that same data in the vanilla UI. You will find that variou…
Driving a Revit Material Parameter with Formulas, and Randomizing Materials
I posted about Randomizer a while back. I have since seen it used to randomize the colour of panels. One way to do this is to use a integer or numeric Shared Parameter and View Filters (ie. randomize …
Key Shortcut Loading from in-Canvas
Have you ever wanted to have a shortcut to a series of keyboard shortcuts? For example, you can reload keynotes with a series of keyboard shortcuts, like this. Or, you could record them with reckey, s…
Navisworks Tips for Large Projects
For good navigation performance when clashing large data sets, consider these tips: Set File Options – Frame Rate to 25 Make sure Guarantee Frame Rate and Fill in Detail are on Group all Clashes strai…
The Navisworks 2014 Service Pack 1 Story…
Thanks to Michael Priestman, over at this link: Hiya, The problem is actually a bit deeper than that. In 2014 release, we added an optimisation whereby we only stored GUIDs when required in order to p…