Mixed Reality Development Tools
While most of us are buying VR tech and making it work nicely, AR (Augmented Reality) solutions are becoming more viable and more mainstream. Did you know that you can download and use emulators to as…
2017-08
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First Steps to Successful Deployment of BIM for Healthcare Operations
BIM always makes sense for Healthcare projects, and in my opinion BIM will eventually make total sense for FM and Building Operations. I am deeply embedded in a few projects that are spanning across B…
Free Tool To Batch Upload Documents to Aconex
Aconex is a CDE (common data environment) used a lot through some regions for managing AEC correspondence. It is also used to register and share some BIM-related files and documents, although I don’t …
Your Revit Views Don’t Have to Look Flat and Boring
Edwin Prakoso over at CAD Notes recently posted a few tips on how to make your Revit presentation views look more engaging and interesting. Here are my top 4 from his top 10: Use ambient shadow. It gi…
Escape Characters For Revit and External Database Connections
If you try to build a connector to get some Revit data to a database like MySQL, you may hit an issue where some strings that are allowed in Revit will do funny things to your SQL instructions, like t…
Release 3 Navisworks Exporters R3 for 2016 Download Link
The R3 (latest) version is a bit hard to find, but here is the link: http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/EXPRTRS/DLM/Autodesk_Navisworks_Exporters_2016_Multilingual_Win_32_64bit_r3_dlm.sfx.exe …
High Powered Content Management Now Affordable for Small to Medium Firms (plus Upcoming Webinar)
Recently I undertook a very detailed and intensive research project focused on BIM and Revit Content Management Systems. The results of that research will eventually become fully available… In fact it…
How To Fix Revit Frozen on Start – License Activation Error with Multiple Autodesk SSO
If you are using more than one Autodesk SSO, you may come across this problem… After a Windows Update or something similar, Revit is not responsive after first launch. Clicking has no effect, but ther…
Enscape 2.0 Professionally Preserves The Artistry in Architecture
We live in an age of robotics, drones and automation. And those things can be interesting in their own right. But when it comes to Architecture, some technologies seem to replace warmth and light with…