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2017

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Addins

Cleanup and Move Revit Backup Files

Revit creates a bit of a mess sometimes, leaving behind backup and journal files that can take up disk space and clog your system. I have posted about a few cleanup tools before, including: Revit Jour…

2017-11-01 · Luke Johnson
Visibility

A Journey Into The Load Status of a Single Element in Revit

When working in Revit with linked files and worksets, it can be pretty exciting / maddening to figure out where an element actually is. I’m not talking about the 33 Reasons Something Might be Hidden (…

2017-10-31 · Luke Johnson
Unity

Revit to Unity – Best Game Engine Export Addins for BIM

There is a nice little addin in the works from Emanuel Favreau … he is working on a Revit to Unity exporter that includes all materials and textures. You can open a sample model in WebGL here (probabl…

2017-10-29 · Luke Johnson
IFC

Free IFC Web Server

I have posted about BIMserver a few times before, including how to setup and run your own IFC web server. It seems that BIMserver and IFCWebserver are actually different but similar things (see this p…

2017-10-24 · Luke Johnson
Revit Enhancements

Autodesk Revit 2018.2 Update Details and Download Links

Who qualifies? available to subscribers and current maintenance plan customers Direct Download Link Top feature: scale a fill pattern without having to reload it (plus it automatically previews the sc…

2017-10-23 · Luke Johnson
Navisworks Addins

A Navisworks Python Shell – NavisPythonShell by dimven

Interesting little release by Dimitar Venkov on Github a few months ago. It is essentially a Python shell for Navisworks 2016. You install by unzipping as per instructions below. You may have heard ab…

2017-10-22 · Luke Johnson
Content

How to Choose a Revit Content Management Solution

Whenever you are looking to implement a new technology in your firm, you typically go through a few steps: Figure out what is out there in the marketplace – What products are available? Collect data a…

2017-10-15 · Luke Johnson