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Thanks to @BIM4GIB we have a script to automatically download the latest Uniclass 2015 tables from the NBS website. You basically download and unzip, then run the script and you get a Uniclass2015 dat…
I have developed a working BIM360 to on-premises backup mechanism. There were a few different ways to go… I initially considered: Hacking Windows Explorer to touch the files in the BIM 360 node and tr…
Update: It was pointed out to me by someone on the inside that the workflow I describe below essentially amounts to a back-channel unsupported and in fact inappropriate use of BIM 360 Docs. I was surp…
Issue: For single-user subscriptions, Autodesk 2018 products can experience an intermittent crash. A fatal error message may be shown, such as the following examples: AutoCAD Error Aborting FATAL ERRO…
The first point release of Revit 2019 is now available… Let the deployments begin. Your projects are now running out of excuses as to why they shouldn’t upgrade 🙂 Here are some direct links to the Rev…
Previously, this was all working with the old Desktop Connector and b360provider.exe (I think?) but the new versions of Desktop Connector seem to have broken the ability to ‘browse’ C4R Revit models o…
We have been using HoloBuilder to capture as-built conditions on a huge hospital project, in order to maintain the federated BIM dataset (BIM to FM / Asset Information Management). 360 photos are a ve…
You may have noticed that Revizto notifications now provide a direct link to Open that issue in Revizto. This special hyperlink will prompt to open Revizto, and it will jump to the correct issue in th…
From Autodesk: Here is the URL to download the Desktop Connector. Please download and install the latest version to continue to use the Desktop Connector. PLESE NOTE: This update must be completed by …
If you Close All Worksets when opening a model on BIM 360 Design, you may get this error (related to Project Info): Can’t edit the element. It was deleted in the Central Model. As you can see, it is r…