Getting Better and Faster at Revit – Part 1
There is a big difference between a Revit user, and someone who has really mastered the software. The more you learn, the faster you get, the more you can learn! In this blog series, we will cover top…
2017-05
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How to Duplicate a Project in Revizto
Sometimes you will want to duplicate a Revizto project, perhaps for archive or testing purposes, or to re-share it with a new team. This post shows you how to do it quickly and properly. Here’s how: S…
What Revit Wants
Way back in 2008, I was super excited about all things Revit and started What Revit Wants. I’m still super excited about Revit and BIM, and this is just a quick note to say thank you for all of your r…
Flatten Text Elevation In AutoCAD to Fix “Extents Greater Than” When Linking to Revit
You may have seen the “extents greater than 20 miles (33km)” warning in Revit before: Extents greater than 20 miles (33km) I have previously posted about ways to clean up DWG files, best and worst pra…
How Good Are Your Revit People?
An interesting but sometimes blunt process that happens in firms is ‘ranking’ their Revit users by proficiency. There are various reasons to do this, and some of them make sense. In an ideal world, al…
Yet Another Way to Randomize Planting and Entourage in Revit
There have been different ways of accomplishing this over the years. Now, with Dynamo, I would use this simple two step process: Create a unique type for each Planting or Entourage element (as Height …
Slab Insulation Families For Download
Under-slab insulation (fitted or fixed below a concrete slab) is a legitimate coordination item. Typically it is installed first on site, so other trades and services must fit in around it. This means…
How to Create 3D RPC Files From Any Geometry with this new Beta service from Archvision
Archvision have a new beta 3D RPC creator service available. You can upload a 3D file and the service will generate a 3D RPC. Place this in the correct location, and you can use that RPC directly in R…
Using Box Sync to Share BIM Files and Retain Links and File Paths
BIM documents and files are often linked into each other, such as consultant links in a contractor Revit model, or plain NWCs appended to a master NWF Federated coordination file. In each case, the BI…
Autodesk 2018 Direct Download Links – Download Revit, AutoCAD, Inventor
As usual, these will typically be trial links. You will need appropriate serial numbers to activate, obtained from Autodesk. AUTODESK 2018 DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS AutoCAD 2018 English 32 bit English 64 …