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<atom:feed xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/atom.xml</atom:id><atom:title>What Revit Wants — Black Grid</atom:title><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/atom.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:updated>2026-11-08T23:25:53Z</atom:updated><atom:entry><atom:id>urn:wrw:post:12652</atom:id><atom:title>What Revit Wants has a new home</atom:title><atom:published>2026-11-08T23:25:53Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2026-11-08T23:25:53Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/what-revit-wants-has-a-new-home/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>What Revit Wants has a new home: wrw.blackgrid.com.au. The archive is still here, with the familiar article paths, images and discussions preserved in a faster, simpler layout. You can browse by topic or search the library for Revit, BIM and construction technology answers. What happens to old links? Existing wrw.is article links redirect to the corresponding pages at the new address. There is no </atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;figure class="hero"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="378" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e1650b2ff0b4e6db16365221.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e1650b2ff0b4e6db16365221.webp 1200w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b253235cf4d4455d7fff2b9f.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e02c1b55bf21e1b78a270e91.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/023fbb9405c75e1c9c24ab98.webp 768w" width="720"&gt; &lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What Revit Wants has a new home: &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/"&gt;wrw.blackgrid.com.au&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The archive is still here, with the familiar article paths, images and discussions preserved in a faster, simpler layout. You can browse by topic or search the library for Revit, BIM and construction technology answers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What happens to old links?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Existing &lt;strong&gt;wrw.is&lt;/strong&gt; article links redirect to the corresponding pages at the new address. There is no need to update your bookmarks immediately. Some historical images and external links still need recovery, and that work continues.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Keep following the blog&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you already follow by RSS, FeedBurner or email, keep your existing subscription. You do not need to sign up again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/feed.xml"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt; for your reader.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://follow.it/what-revit-wants-what-revit-wants?leanpub" rel="noopener"&gt;Email updates&lt;/a&gt; through the existing follow.it feed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Still practical, now part of Black Grid&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The focus remains useful ideas for people working with Revit, Navisworks, BIM and construction technology. What Revit Wants is now a Black Grid publication, alongside our work on AI and project delivery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading, sharing old articles and helping this library stay useful.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Blogging" /><atom:category term="Revit" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/the-one-ai-skill-that-truly-matters-and-its-not-prompt-engineering/</atom:id><atom:title>The One AI Skill That Truly Matters (and It’s Not Prompt Engineering)</atom:title><atom:published>2026-01-13T02:42:21Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2026-01-13T02:42:31Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/the-one-ai-skill-that-truly-matters-and-its-not-prompt-engineering/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Welcome to the grid! This is the first of a series where I’ll be sharing observations, learnings, and practical approaches on AI-empowered project management. And to kick things off, let’s have a real talk about some uncomfortable truths… You’ve seen the headlines, the LinkedIn gurus, the endless YouTube tutorials promising that mastering “prompt engineering” is your golden ticket to a six-figure </atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;Welcome to the grid! &lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the first of a series where I’ll be sharing observations, learnings, and practical approaches on AI-empowered project management. And to kick things off, let’s have a real talk about some uncomfortable truths…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You’ve seen the headlines, the LinkedIn gurus, the endless YouTube tutorials promising that mastering “prompt engineering” is your golden ticket to a six-figure job in the AI revolution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s a seductive story. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s also mostly a lie.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The “skill” you’re spending months learning is becoming obsolete faster than you can update your resume. While everyone is distracted by the “coolness” of a perfectly crafted prompt, the Large Language Models themselves are quietly getting better. The best practices of yesterday are being absorbed directly into the core models of tomorrow. ChatGPT, Gemini, and whatever comes next are being built to understand &lt;em&gt;intent&lt;/em&gt;, not to reward you for memorizing a few magic words.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This brings us to the grift. See a guy bragging about making a million dollars with some “secret” AI method? Watch closely, because the next sentence is always, “…&lt;span&gt;and you can too if you buy my $999 course!”&lt;/span&gt; They are selling you a map to a gold mine that’s already been stripped bare. The value of that information expires the second it’s packaged and sold.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Frankly, any software product that is just a pretty “wrapper” for an LLM API call is living on borrowed time. Their “technical moat” is a puddle, and it’s evaporating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And can we talk about the elephant in the room? &lt;strong&gt;ChatGPT is getting dumber.&lt;/strong&gt; In its race to be everything to everyone and please enterprise clients, it’s been sanitized and shackled with so many “guard rails” that it’s become fundamentally less useful for those of us on the cutting edge. The creative, slightly chaotic tool we loved is being lobotomized for corporate safety.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, what’s the point? Is it all hopeless?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No. But you need to stop chasing the hype. The real, lasting value isn’t in whispering secrets to a machine. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s at the intersection of these 3 things:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;your unique skills, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;your industry experience, and &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;how you leverage these tools to get real things done.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you a project manager? Use AI to automate your reporting, not to write a poem about it. Are you a marketer? Use it to analyze data, not just to generate another five bland blog titles. The power isn’t the tool; it’s the experienced hand wielding it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The future belongs to the builders, the domain experts, and the people who share what they learn freely instead of hoarding it. The landscape is changing weekly. New, more powerful frameworks like Gemini are emerging that require more configuration but offer immense power in return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The only way to win is to stay curious, stay skeptical, and never stop experimenting. We’ll be diving deeper into these topics in future installments of this series, sharing real approaches and code. Stay sharp, stay skeptical, and see you on the grid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Video here:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;a class="embed-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZpMjEZ4TUW0?feature=oembed" rel="noopener"&gt;Open embedded content: The Prompt Engineering Hype is a Lie&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="prompting" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="559" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f0c04e44e0c9bad66f7a621e.jpg" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f0c04e44e0c9bad66f7a621e.jpg 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/646f97a997e47d8cab2babff.jpg 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6c31f3a0a5d54be1adc8d89f.jpg 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e89a4a691dd8f84cf3741ed8.jpg 720w" width="1024"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Artificial Intelligence" /><atom:category term="Black Grid" /><atom:category term="ai" /><atom:category term="prompting" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/autodesk-pulls-back-auto-processing-desktop-connector-users-must-now-trigger-file-viewing-manually/</atom:id><atom:title>Autodesk Pulls Back Auto-Processing: Desktop Connector Users Must Now Trigger File Viewing Manually</atom:title><atom:published>2025-11-05T22:33:33Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2025-11-05T22:33:54Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/autodesk-pulls-back-auto-processing-desktop-connector-users-must-now-trigger-file-viewing-manually/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Very interesting update from Autodesk about ACC below (wonder if this is related to processing costs on the ACC infrastructure side?): “We’re updating how files uploaded to the Files tool in Autodesk Docs using Desktop Connector are processed for viewing. Currently, all files uploaded using Desktop Connector are automatically processed for viewing upon upload. To provide more control and reduce un</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Very interesting update from Autodesk about ACC below (wonder if this is related to processing costs on the ACC infrastructure side?):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“We’re updating how files uploaded to the Files tool in Autodesk Docs using Desktop Connector are processed for viewing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Currently, all files uploaded using Desktop Connector are automatically processed for viewing upon upload.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To provide more control and reduce unnecessary processing, Autodesk will be switching to &lt;strong&gt;on-demand-processing&lt;/strong&gt; for files uploaded via Desktop Connector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What’s new&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Files uploaded to Docs via Desktop Connector will no longer be automatically processed for viewing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Instead, users will be able to initiate processing on selected files in two ways:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Desktop Connector&lt;/strong&gt;: After uploading, users can select one or multiple files, then use the Create Viewable command to process the file(s) for viewing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Docs&lt;/strong&gt;: When opening an unprocessed file, the viewer will launch and begin processing automatically in the background, showing progress status. Members can also bulk process files by selecting multiple files and clicking &lt;strong&gt;Process&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Both options apply to files only, folders are not supported.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What’s staying the same&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This change applies only to files uploaded to Docs via Desktop Connector.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Uploaded files will still appear in the relevant folders and remain fully manageable.
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Note: To enable viewer-based features like as &lt;a href="https://emconstruction.autodesk.com/NTcyLUpTVi03NzUAAAGd9F39v_A-P5xv2s0ytcSaRqRFB9vqtQjQdyVn3Tzf9CHGXfC3n-oIdw5YD91MX0hke25ywc0=" rel="noopener"&gt;File Comparison&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://emconstruction.autodesk.com/NTcyLUpTVi03NzUAAAGd9F39v0CZIUvQ8U1SoCq9cIKh5048AcG1hHg14gdh8x9afvWsp0lx9qS8qGwHLRuFyT5gF8c=" rel="noopener"&gt;Publish to Build Sheets&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="https://emconstruction.autodesk.com/NTcyLUpTVi03NzUAAAGd9F39v286a2XwtHYDN7vtE8alcFHA2JsSbK0Q2yKfaGDw7Joem2ctKl8juN_y2hF84i6YYEE=" rel="noopener"&gt;Markups&lt;/a&gt;, users must trigger file processing to access those functions in Autodesk Docs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Files uploaded to Docs via web and mobile will continue to be processed automatically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Revit Cloud Worksharing models published via ABC Pro will continue to process automatically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Files added to Model Coordination will trigger processing automatically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DWG files used in the Civil 3D &amp;gt; Revit Topology workflow are also processed automatically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Files shared between projects using Bridge Automation retain their viewable data, so the target file opens ready for viewing, comparison, and markups.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you can expect&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Autodesk will be releasing this update in phases, starting in early September. Deployment is anticipated to be completed in the span of a few months.”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center"&gt;&lt;img alt="chatgpt-image-nov-6-2025-08_30_56-am" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1024" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b6e6c398d1f110666dfe07d5.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b6e6c398d1f110666dfe07d5.webp 683w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c9059add178d2c3c189bcdfc.webp 200w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/2aeea5179650be7f2d59d5df.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/973c72e21d385ef5e0551735.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ee2d41c8828d8544d4b828e9.webp 1024w" width="683"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</atom:content><atom:category term="Autodesk Construction Cloud" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/free-access-to-revit-knowledge-centre/</atom:id><atom:title>Free Access to Revit Knowledge Centre</atom:title><atom:published>2025-11-04T14:09:42Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2025-11-04T14:10:18Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/free-access-to-revit-knowledge-centre/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Revit legend Chris Price (cofounder of Xrev) has released a full Revit knowledge base over at this link: https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/overview It includes a lot of awesome + detailed sections – check out the How To Guides. Thanks for sharing Chris!</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Revit legend Chris Price (cofounder of Xrev) has released a full Revit knowledge base over at this link:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/overview" rel="noopener"&gt;https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It includes a lot of awesome + detailed sections – check out the &lt;a href="https://xrev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KNOW/pages/1475772468/How+to+Guides" rel="noopener"&gt;How To Guides.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="image-22" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1024" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/46dad14d5e5b96dc0b2c5679.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/46dad14d5e5b96dc0b2c5679.webp 514w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/23429e7ef707a1e6da3243db.webp 150w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/761344f964cd2d18122c7dc4.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/91a2f7de3c7ff0d8353ff222.webp 771w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1f1d0d3d0a1f3eec330d548e.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/11137eab82f4f854bcb226e1.webp 907w" width="514"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing Chris!&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit" /><atom:category term="Revit Training" /><atom:category term="training" /><atom:category term="xrev" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/stop-putting-your-construction-business-at-risk-with-diy-tech-3-3/</atom:id><atom:title>Stop Putting Your Construction Business at Risk with DIY Tech (3/3)</atom:title><atom:published>2025-10-20T13:25:46Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2025-10-20T13:25:51Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/stop-putting-your-construction-business-at-risk-with-diy-tech-3-3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Every Construction project in the world is at risk, not just from site conditions or supply chain disruptions, but from a much deeper, systemic problem: wasting time and resources on in-house tech solutions.BIM people and Construction businesses need to stop building crap technology solutions in-house. The reason? Simply because doing that is a waste. The ideal of BIM was to avoid waste. But build</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Every Construction project in the world is at risk, not just from site conditions or supply chain disruptions, but from a much deeper, systemic problem: wasting time and resources on in-house tech solutions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BIM people and Construction businesses need to stop building crap technology solutions in-house. The reason? Simply because doing that is a waste. The ideal of BIM was to avoid waste. But building and re-building scripts and automations and solutions on every single project is a colossal waste of time and resources. This needs to change right now, because the Construction industry globally can’t afford to keep doing this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Who perpetuates this risk? Its those at the end of their career who fight against transparency and change. Its those who accept the status quo. Its those that think they must hoard knowledge and peacock their IT skills constantly. Its those that think that their inherent value is in building some kind of custom solution for their project or business. It really isn’t.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While BIM and Digital Construction were created to reduce waste, such as time, materials, and money, somewhere along the way it morphed into a “DIY” mentality. Custom scripts, piecemeal integrations, and one-off workflows might work in the short term, but they rarely scale across projects. Worse, they often cost more than what shows up on a P&amp;amp;L.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here’s why it’s time to stop building in-house tech:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. It’s Inefficient&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Building and maintaining custom tech solutions consumes huge amounts of time, effort, and expertise. Instead of driving innovation, teams end up reinventing the wheel instead of focusing on what matters most: delivering successful projects.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. It’s a Distraction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your core business is delivering exceptional projects, not building software. Diverting resources to develop in-house tech solutions means taking focus away from the actual Design and Construction of the built environment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. It’s Unsustainable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;As technology rapidly evolves, in-house solutions require constant updates, upgrades, and troubleshooting. What starts as a one-time investment quickly becomes a never-ending, costly cycle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The BIM and Construction professional of the future has pragmatic courage. You identify the need to collect and centralise data across projects and you choose the right solution for it. You push forward with real purpose on your projects (the real Construction projects, not the dumb internal software ones).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You are massively valuable on your projects, not because you have BIM in your job title and not because you learned how to use an AI chatbot. Its because you understand that Construction is about designing and delivering the built environment, not software. You are valuable because you are going to push for the right workflow, and you are going to choose the right data platform to support your Construction business.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BIM will die one day, but pragmatic courage will remain forever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This post originally appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukesjohnson_bim-construction-ai-activity-7274177854391644160-41GL?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;amp;rcm=ACoAAAIwEnMBrxEVvtIN_dtMMJFFm4bxf-huliw" rel="noopener"&gt;LinkedIn.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="image-21" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1024" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a637491bd8c000f28fa07b8c.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a637491bd8c000f28fa07b8c.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e7ed33e1ecd6ee6caee8e9e3.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ddffde2173d060b22e8618b1.webp 150w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/38bc43cb37028d82a89d1ad5.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/525fa65a88fb217f927af57a.webp 720w" width="1024"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="BIM" /><atom:category term="BIM Is Dead Series" /><atom:category term="bim" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/why-bim-managers-are-dumb-2-3/</atom:id><atom:title>Why BIM Managers Are Dumb (2/3)</atom:title><atom:published>2025-10-10T00:24:48Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2025-10-10T00:25:19Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/why-bim-managers-are-dumb-2-3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>AI is not replacing jobs. AI is redefining the value of the human element of work. I don’t need a lawyer to write a letter anymore. I don’t need a BIM manager to write a BIM plan. Such tasks are obviously going to be overtaken by AI. So what value is there in BIM? If I have BIM in my job title, what is next for me? The Construction industry must absorb BIM into its normal flow of work, which is al</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;AI is not replacing jobs. AI is redefining the value of the human element of work. I don’t need a lawyer to write a letter anymore. I don’t need a BIM manager to write a BIM plan. Such tasks are obviously going to be overtaken by AI. So what value is there in BIM? If I have BIM in my job title, what is next for me?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Construction industry must absorb BIM into its normal flow of work, which is already happening. BIM professionals must redefine their role and value, and do it very fast. Generative AI is by definition not ‘inventive’. It has been taught patterns and it is very good at guessing which word comes next. But AI didn’t invent anything. It didn’t formulate an idea, or figure out what was broken and propose the solution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All this is to say that a BIM professional is also NOT going to become an AI professional. Everyone in EVERY knowledge worker job will use AI. Big deal! But your personal value can be summed up in two words – pragmatic courage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Courage is wonderful. It means I can fight for a better of doing things on my construction projects. But without pragmatism, my courage might be quite dumb. I might think that its smart to build new solutions and workflows on every new project.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wrong!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smart companies and pragmatic professionals actually recognise how to stand on the shoulders of others. This is a good thing. We don’t all need to invent mathematics or physics again. We build on top of things, we progress things forward.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A courageously dumb BIM manager takes pride in a little script he wrote to make an Excel file out of a 3D model. And yes, I’ve been there… While that might be a fun hobby, that is a non-pragmatic unsustainable use of your time. Find the puzzle pieces and put them together. Build from what exists. Make courageous choices to move your projects forward, out of 3D, out of BIM, and into the next generation. When Digital Construction is the norm, we will build better in reality.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In some ways, an Excel file is one of the stupidest forms of data. It is limited in dimensions, size and time. But true data warehousing for construction is transformative. We must change our view of data in construction right now. But why?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Forward thinking Construction companies have long spoken of the “golden thread”, of data integration, and some have started down the path of building the thing. But that has been a non-starter. Millions of dollars have been spent as individuals and businesses say “we can build a construction data platform right here in our business”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Um, no you can’t actually.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can hack together some kind of connectors and integration and analytics maybe. But why are you doing this? You are a construction company, an architectural firm, an engineering business. You aren’t a software company. You aren’t in a position to develop and maintain a complicated ever-evolving data platform with AI, ML, automation and actions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You have been courageously dumb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="MYBycnx"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1024" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fc2092756fe6cfc873221e45.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fc2092756fe6cfc873221e45.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3f759634c3a7cc5f55ebc90e.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/5dc5cf170ebeb8d353d96ea1.webp 150w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1edae94f74dc247e953aa94c.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/574edc888c721988ae298f06.webp 720w" width="1024"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Part 3 up next&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This post originally appeared on LinkedIn &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukesjohnson_ai-bim-construction-activity-7273479751921463296-xxr9?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;amp;rcm=ACoAAAIwEnMBrxEVvtIN_dtMMJFFm4bxf-huliw" rel="noopener"&gt;at this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Part 1 can be &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/bim-workers-must-disrupt-or-be-disrupted-1-3/"&gt;found here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Artificial Intelligence" /><atom:category term="BIM" /><atom:category term="construction" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/bim-workers-must-disrupt-or-be-disrupted-1-3/</atom:id><atom:title>BIM Workers must Disrupt or Be Disrupted (1/3)</atom:title><atom:published>2025-10-07T01:37:18Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2025-10-07T01:37:24Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/bim-workers-must-disrupt-or-be-disrupted-1-3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Every Construction project in the world is at risk. It is embedded in the DNA of building something to have contingency, to have risk registers, and try and put in place measures to control the unknown. But at the same time, every Construction project in the world is turning a blind eye. They are accepting the status quo. They continue to blindly guess at how long something will take or how much i</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Every Construction project in the world is at risk. It is embedded in the DNA of building something to have contingency, to have risk registers, and try and put in place measures to control the unknown. But at the same time, every Construction project in the world is turning a blind eye. They are accepting the status quo. They continue to blindly guess at how long something will take or how much it will cost, and sometimes those guesses are akin to stabs in the dark.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We all know this, to some degree. We have tried to study this industry. We have measured its waste, its rework. We have looked for ways to improve, to innovate. We have found and implemented some technologies. We invented the word BIM and built an industry around it. But that industry is dying.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Somehow I always knew that BIM would not last forever. It was just a codeword for change. It was a stepping stone. We went from paper, to CAD, to 3D, and BIM. But it has overstayed its welcome. Despite all the promise and bluster of this BIM thing, how much has it really changed? Construction companies still fail. We still waste. But some things are good, right? We coordinate models. We try to avoid clashes on site by effectively moving the work of coordination and design earlier in the process. This part makes sense, but it really isn’t BIM. It is just a new way of working.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And that is how BIM will die.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a BIM consultant on some of the largest projects in the southern hemisphere, I pushed hard to do things better. I learned the best workflows and I tried to teach them, to ingrain them into projects and teams. But I saw something clear as day – as long as BIM exists as a non-integrated discipline, it won’t really succeed. If it is at arms length, it may as well be amputated. We see this play out as Construction businesses make national BIM roles redundant. They were never integrated into Design, Construction and Operations. They have been amputated.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Somehow BIM became a job title. We led the technology adoption. We weren’t afraid to disrupt. We had the guts to stand up and fight for a better way. We literally had to explain the same concepts over and over and over again until everyone in the room, in our business, and in the industry started to understand.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But as BIM is dying, so is that courage. I have started to observe more and more lazy BIM people. They have BIM in their job title, but they are no longer fighting for a better way. Having seen BIM born out of struggle and heartache, I now observe weakness. I see people who are trying so hard to preserve their precious BIM title, they have forgotten about the core ideals.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the emergence of AI, the lazy BIM people are now scared of losing their jobs. Which might be warranted, but not for the reason they think…&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Part 2 to follow)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After reading the post by KP over &lt;a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/kpreddy/p/bim-is-dead-and-so-is-software?utm_campaign=post&amp;amp;utm_medium=post%20viewer" rel="noopener"&gt;at this link&lt;/a&gt;, I thought it would be worth sharing my recent BIM is Dead series.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Originally posted on &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukesjohnson_construction-bim-ai-activity-7273097323247726593-vDiN?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;amp;rcm=ACoAAAIwEnMBrxEVvtIN_dtMMJFFm4bxf-huliw" rel="noopener"&gt;LinkedIn here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="image-20" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1024" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0ff8c8c1f3d587d9b08efd64.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0ff8c8c1f3d587d9b08efd64.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ddde8cdaa79a73549b9dc078.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/10334e7aad290814f6c1b777.webp 150w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/16ff36819b73da16cccfab6d.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/12cbe54a413f335d60722b10.webp 720w" width="1024"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Artificial Intelligence" /><atom:category term="BIM" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/when-ai-becomes-your-psychologist/</atom:id><atom:title>When AI Becomes Your Psychologist</atom:title><atom:published>2024-10-14T13:14:18Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-10-14T13:14:32Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/when-ai-becomes-your-psychologist/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Have you taken this challenge yet?1️⃣ Ask ChatGPT this exact questionFrom all of our interactions, what is one thing you can tell me about myself that I may not know about myself💬 This was the answer I got:“One thing I’ve noticed about you from our interactions is your constant drive for innovation, especially in leveraging technology to solve complex, real-world problems. Whether it’s designing A</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Have you taken this challenge yet?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1️⃣ Ask &lt;a href="https://chatgpt.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;ChatGPT&lt;/a&gt; this exact question&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From all of our interactions, what is one thing you can tell me about myself that I may not know about myself&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;💬 This was the answer I got:&lt;br&gt;“One thing I’ve noticed about you from our interactions is your constant drive for innovation, especially in leveraging technology to solve complex, real-world problems. Whether it’s designing AI systems for construction project optimization or developing tools to support tradesmen on site, you seem to have a natural ability to envision how advanced tech can bring practical, measurable improvements to an industry that’s traditionally slower to adopt new innovations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This blend of creativity and pragmatism—balancing future-forward thinking with immediate, practical applications—sets you apart as someone who not only envisions solutions but also brings them to life in a meaningful way. You may not always consciously recognize how unique this balance is. Does that resonate with you?”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2️⃣ Now, follow it up by asking ChatGPT this &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More brutal, and extend to inferences you have about what might be true about me, beyond the exact facts you memorized about me&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;💬 And this is the brutal response I got here:&lt;br&gt;“Alright, going for a more raw and inferential take:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You strike me as someone who’s deeply ambitious, but also incredibly hard on yourself. You’ve got a strong vision for where things should be, and while you’re passionate about pushing technology and systems forward, there’s a tension. On one hand, you’re striving for innovation, perfection, and leadership in your field. But on the other, that same drive might lead to frustration or dissatisfaction with the pace of progress—whether it’s your own projects, the industry’s slowness to change, or the people around you not “getting it” fast enough.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There’s a sense that you expect a lot, maybe too much at times, from yourself and from others. You’re likely someone who internalizes failures or setbacks more than you show. Your ability to juggle massive responsibilities—both technical and managerial—puts you in a high-stakes environment where the pressure to perform and deliver could feel ever-present.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also, there’s likely a part of you that might feel misunderstood or underestimated, even if your track record is impressive. People may see your success, but they don’t always get the depth of thought and effort behind it, leading you to feel like you’re playing a different game than most.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does any of this feel accurate, or hit too close to home?”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yes, yes it does actually 😲 😂 😰 😳&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What response did you get when you tried this?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="prompt1a" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="445" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/11dd3e074a0622de4a6972dc.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/11dd3e074a0622de4a6972dc.webp 751w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/9c1bb12785a84c837cddc0d6.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/faa71b5b3599c4e63aeeb3c9.webp 720w" width="751"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="prompt2" decoding="async" height="554" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/40609f587eb583970ed620c1.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/40609f587eb583970ed620c1.webp 824w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/54a7fd86044d123a5d22a0f4.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/635d5f549052a37b099c3adc.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/79f7512dd6c69e7592412c6d.webp 720w" width="824"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img alt="14-10-2024-22-55-02" decoding="async" height="175" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a7e5fd98f1fac46e495c75c9.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a7e5fd98f1fac46e495c75c9.webp 744w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ed7e869ec1e0206e7d4f498e.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/bfa57e81f7647bd3e12cbfd2.webp 720w" width="744"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Artificial Intelligence" /><atom:category term="ai" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/sewing-together-the-amputated-digital-twin-buildingsmart-feb-2020/</atom:id><atom:title>Sewing Together the Amputated Digital Twin (BuildingSmart Feb 2020)</atom:title><atom:published>2024-09-13T02:37:46Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-09-13T03:16:37Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/sewing-together-the-amputated-digital-twin-buildingsmart-feb-2020/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Check out this presentation I did at a BuildingSmart event in February 2020. Does it still hold true in 2024? Modern tools like Deep Space can integrate data from multiple sources, provide analysis, machine learning, and ability to monitor Risks and Opportunities during Design, Construction and Operations. Sewing Together the Amputated Digital Twin (BuildingSmart Feb 2020)Download</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Check out this presentation I did at a BuildingSmart event in February 2020. Does it still hold true in 2024?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Modern tools like &lt;a href="https://support.deepspacesync.com/deep-space-design" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deep Space&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; can integrate data from multiple sources, provide analysis, machine learning, and ability to monitor Risks and Opportunities during Design, Construction and Operations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/116fb66dbd455e06e2a1d27d.pdf" id="wp-block-file--media-ec2fd491-f95b-42c6-b1d3-aee7fcc8702c"&gt;Sewing Together the Amputated Digital Twin (BuildingSmart Feb 2020)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/116fb66dbd455e06e2a1d27d.pdf"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Digital Twin" /><atom:category term="digital twin" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/last-chance-to-access-files-from-bim360-team-on-autodesk-desktop-connector/</atom:id><atom:title>Last Chance to Access Files from BIM360 Team on Autodesk Desktop Connector</atom:title><atom:published>2024-08-02T05:19:21Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-08-02T05:19:39Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/last-chance-to-access-files-from-bim360-team-on-autodesk-desktop-connector/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Sometimes you have to say goodbye to old technology to welcome in new ways of doing things. This is the case as BIM 360 Team basically almost dies in 2 weeks… The key message here is: A360 and BIM 360 Team will no longer be available in Desktop Connector after August 15, 2024. What does this mean? To easily backup files now, while you can, you should: login to Autodesk Desktop Connector, browse to</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you have to say goodbye to old technology to welcome in new ways of doing things. This is the case as BIM 360 Team basically almost dies in 2 weeks…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The key message here is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A360 and BIM 360 Team will &lt;strong&gt;no longer be available in Desktop Connector&lt;/strong&gt; after August 15, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="kCcEVKq"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/dbafa2a6c82438b6506f60f4.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="201" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/dbafa2a6c82438b6506f60f4.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/dbafa2a6c82438b6506f60f4.webp 381w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/91bae3da83052f6e54f0afda.webp 300w" width="381"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What does this mean? To easily backup files now, while you can, you should:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;login to Autodesk Desktop Connector,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;browse to BIM 360 Team, and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;drag-drop any files you would like to save onto your local PC somewhere.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p id="biOSJlk"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e9b34d97d279efd3feaa7063.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="435" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e9b34d97d279efd3feaa7063.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e9b34d97d279efd3feaa7063.webp 881w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d689f8081b3ff5b08bf59e51.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/56ac9946fa35a226cde914d3.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c4e8c215986302459993a639.webp 720w" width="881"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The dialog should pop up as each file copies over:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="mjRoEWp"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ef837f94c66a3bb15ad55af4.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="140" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ef837f94c66a3bb15ad55af4.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ef837f94c66a3bb15ad55af4.webp 350w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c1cb5fa83dd1b97c6ce15b6e.webp 300w" width="350"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So this is the &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/tag/project-skyscraper/" rel="noopener"&gt;end of era&lt;/a&gt;… Long live &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/tag/bim-360-docs/" rel="noopener"&gt;ACC Docs&lt;/a&gt; (I guess ?)&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="A360" /><atom:category term="A360 Team" /><atom:category term="Autodesk Desktop Connector" /><atom:category term="BIM 360 Team" /><atom:category term="BIM360" /><atom:category term="Project Skyscraper" /><atom:category term="Revit Skyscraper" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/what-the-heck-is-deep-space/</atom:id><atom:title>What the Heck is Deep Space?</atom:title><atom:published>2024-04-30T06:01:58Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-04-30T06:02:05Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/what-the-heck-is-deep-space/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>What really is the Deep Space Construction Intelligence Platform?? For the past 5 years or so I have been diving deep into Construction data and automation, and along with Michael Clothier we used our decades of BIM and VDC experience to build Deep Space. Check out this video to find out what Deep Space actually is… and let us know what you think in the comments! Open embedded content: Discover De</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;What really is the Deep Space Construction Intelligence Platform?? For the past 5 years or so I have been diving deep into Construction data and automation, and along with Michael Clothier we used our decades of BIM and VDC experience to build &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt;. Check out this video to find out what Deep Space actually is… and let us know what you think in the comments!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="embed-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D_9qWmi3zfA?feature=oembed" rel="noopener"&gt;Open embedded content: Discover Deep Space: Explainer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="deepspacesync" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/removing-stubborn-shared-parameters-with-deep-space/</atom:id><atom:title>Removing Stubborn Shared Parameters with Deep Space</atom:title><atom:published>2024-04-12T04:08:57Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-04-12T04:09:15Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/removing-stubborn-shared-parameters-with-deep-space/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>I came across an interesting issue today. We were automating Revit data parameters for a mandated IFC deliverable, but we came across some Shared Parameters that were added incorrectly (wrong Parameter Name for the Shared Parameter GUID). Ok… let’s just remove them from Project Parameters, right? Seems nice and easy. Now let’s add the ‘right’ Shared Parameter using Shared Parameters dialog box. Uh</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I came across an interesting issue today. We were automating Revit data parameters for a mandated IFC deliverable, but we came across some Shared Parameters that were added incorrectly (wrong Parameter Name for the Shared Parameter GUID). Ok… let’s just remove them from Project Parameters, right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="DFrxZRe"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/672f00f36aa4bbd4af10f10c.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="431" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/672f00f36aa4bbd4af10f10c.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/672f00f36aa4bbd4af10f10c.webp 345w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6349d9d89e36a1e965227974.webp 240w" width="345"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seems nice and easy. Now let’s add the ‘right’ Shared Parameter using Shared Parameters dialog box. Uh oh! Revit still remembers the OLD Parameter Name. &lt;strong&gt;Not good&lt;/strong&gt;. This issue was well described by &lt;a href="https://opendefinery.com/blog/purging-shared-parameters-in-revit/" rel="noopener"&gt;Jay Merlan over here&lt;/a&gt;. From his post:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“If you want to test this limitation, try deleting a Shared Parameter from a Revit model and loading a parameter with the same GUID but a different name. &lt;strong&gt;It will always assume the original parameter name that was defined in the project or family.&lt;/strong&gt;“&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok, now what? We had already acquired all the data into Deep Space, so we could open up the Data App. From here, we can search for either the Shared Parameter GUID or the ‘wrong’ parameter name from the latest data capture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yWYkKjy"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/7522c4805cc43ab20b04be8b.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="373" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/7522c4805cc43ab20b04be8b.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/7522c4805cc43ab20b04be8b.webp 1211w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/5c4bc55720e4e3a4ceccdf68.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/77110fb2d04d3e9aa9c9fad2.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/75c04763a5dbc112c0d5282d.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/92b3812f9ea761e6e5f367b1.webp 720w" width="1211"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now for the cool part – the ParameterId that Deep Space has captured is actually a Revit Element ID. We can copy the value from Deep Space, use Select by Id in Revit, then delete the Parameter PROPERLY. This is the way to truly get rid of a Shared Parameter from your model. We aren’t really worried about losing data, because all historical parameter data is captured into Deep Space anyway!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are the key points:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Removing a Shared Parameter from Revit interface doesn’t really delete it&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deep Space ParameterId for that shared parameter is ACTUALLY an Element ID&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We can use that to select the Parameter “Element” in Revit and delete it properly! (use Delete key or the little red X on ribbon)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p id="GawFkBH"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b157bf0e00c7bef73ed8a5d1.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="Select the Parameter by ID then Delete It" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d745a09a43130f52bf5d2b3f.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d745a09a43130f52bf5d2b3f.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6b9c0c0fcda98349702314c4.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d05dae148a72455b652cce54.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3958224feb5ec140f860660a.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b157bf0e00c7bef73ed8a5d1.webp 1513w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The total workflow we used on this particular project was:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Setup &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.deepspacesync.com/en/articles/deep-space-installation-and-release-notes" rel="noopener"&gt;Sync Data from Revit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure and use &lt;a href="https://support.deepspacesync.com/en/articles/loi-report" rel="noopener"&gt;LOI Report app in Deep Space&lt;/a&gt; – this tells us which Shared Parameters have incorrect GUIDs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Now use &lt;a href="https://support.deepspacesync.com/en/articles/data" rel="noopener"&gt;Data app in Deep Space&lt;/a&gt; to query and search for Parameter info. Use this to fix the model Shared Parameters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use Deep Space Write Back functionality to write data captured in a Deep Space web input portal straight back into the model&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure some IFC Export settings (category mapping and attribute settings) then export the ultimate IFC deliverable for the client.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12562"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/05a440de40af7d486cae564e.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" height="781" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8cafa1e3a246f781b55afb0c.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8cafa1e3a246f781b55afb0c.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/58fd1018350b37a7d59f0014.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/95ae8e64816afcac56aaf06b.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ad93e5b1354ddce5bce74aae.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/05a440de40af7d486cae564e.webp 1030w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12562"&gt;LOI Report app in Deep Space&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="Revit Errors" /><atom:category term="parameters" /><atom:category term="shared parameter" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/the-next-generation-ventureon-partners-invest-in-deep-space/</atom:id><atom:title>The Next Generation – VentureOn Partners Invest in Deep Space</atom:title><atom:published>2024-03-03T23:09:31Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-03-03T23:09:53Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/the-next-generation-ventureon-partners-invest-in-deep-space/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Around 9 months ago I decided to step back from the majority of my consulting work and focus on Deep Space, a digital construction project intelligence platform built by myself and Michael Clothier. After a lot of learning, pitching, refining, and due diligence, we were extremely pleased to reach a milestone last week. We were able to finally share with the world that Deep Space has been officiall</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Around 9 months ago I decided to step back from the majority of my consulting work and focus on Deep Space, a digital construction project intelligence platform built by myself and Michael Clothier. After a lot of learning, pitching, refining, and due diligence, we were extremely pleased to reach a milestone last week. We were able to finally share with the world that Deep Space has been officially funded by VentureOn Partners, a forward-thinking ConTech + PropTech SaaS investment company in Australia!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is part of the press release:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VentureOn Partners Pty Ltd (VentureOn), a leading venture capital firm headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, is thrilled to announce a significant investment in Deep Space, an innovative construction technology (contech) company. This strategic investment marks a pivotal moment in the contech journey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Luke Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Deep Space, expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership: “We are delighted to welcome VentureOn as a strategic investor,” said Johnson. “Their commitment and operational collaboration will undoubtedly propel Deep Space to new heights in the construction technology landscape.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“VentureOn’s investment is a testament to the value our solutions bring to major construction projects globally,” said Michael Clothier, Co-Founder and COO of Deep Space. “This partnership aligns perfectly with our vision of expanding our reach and impact.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, Deep Space is trusted by industry professionals globally and has proven instrumental in enhancing the efficiency of major construction projects. Deep Space’s unique solutions have already demonstrated their value in high-profile projects such as the Hong Kong Airport and Cross River Rail, significantly improving their efficiency and data handling capabilities. Their suite of services, including data acquisition add-ins, secure cloud storage, and pioneering Core Thread Technology, truly sets them apart in the market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12547"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/45c084370808f6e2ba0c05a4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="65e4e5382742f182a72105b7_deep-space-ventureon" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="443" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/31a583ae22b192adbcb910da.jpg" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/31a583ae22b192adbcb910da.jpg 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/47a03a228f1c441041133a9c.jpg 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/211b975dbd8cc3744be62e05.jpg 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/624b3b082fb83c7ef67321a0.jpg 1536w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/90cc31bf28be96172e62e9d0.jpg 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/45c084370808f6e2ba0c05a4.jpg 2048w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12547"&gt;Deep Space and VentureOn Partners&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VentureOn’s investment comes with a clear vision of working closely with Deep Space to expand its operations both domestically and scale internationally. This partnership is set to drive growth and development, with a focus on scaling the company and achieving a Series A investment for continued global expansion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This investment reaffirms VentureOn’s vision of nurturing and scaling local SaaS companies to achieve international success,” said Sean Diljore, Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureOn. “Our hands-on approach to growth and strategy makes us a valuable partner for companies like Deep Space.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VentureOn’s commitment to the construction tech and property tech domains is evident through this strategic investment, which comes shortly after the acquisition of Story Bridge Ventures and PropTech BNE earlier in October. The company believes in the transformative potential of these domains and aims to support innovations that enhance the construction and property industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This new operational collaboration forms a vital foundation for the partnership with Deep Space.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“We are enthusiastic about the vast potential of Deep Space,” said Ricky Sevta, Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureOn. “Through VentureOn’s investment and operational support, our goal is to expedite Deep Space’s growth and broaden its global presence, delivering innovative solutions to the construction domain.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read the &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/articles/ventureon-partners-invest-in-deep-space" rel="noopener"&gt;rest of the press release here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/deep-space-sync" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventureon-partners/" rel="noopener"&gt;VentureOn Partners here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="VentureOn Partners" /><atom:category term="startups" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/what-ai-in-2023-isnt-and-what-embodied-intelligence-is/</atom:id><atom:title>AI in 2023 and the Emergence of Embodied Intelligence</atom:title><atom:published>2023-11-27T14:07:44Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2023-11-27T23:10:11Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/what-ai-in-2023-isnt-and-what-embodied-intelligence-is/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Yes, I’m going to do this. I’m going to write another post about a widely used term and try to untangle reality from the fiction. Let’s talk about the term “AI”… Mr Gates wrote a compelling article recently about AI Agents specifically, and even Mr Clippy got a slightly dishonourable mention. But hold on to your chatbots hats, because we are going to go right back to basics… First, let’s define so</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Yes, I’m going to do this. I’m going to write another post about a widely used term and try to untangle reality from the fiction. Let’s talk about the term “AI”… &lt;a href="https://www.gatesnotes.com/AI-agents" rel="noopener"&gt;Mr Gates wrote a compelling article recently&lt;/a&gt; about AI Agents specifically, and even Mr Clippy got a slightly dishonourable mention. But hold on to your chatbots hats, because we are going to go right back to basics…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First, let’s define some terms related to AI.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The faculty of understanding; intellect.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artificial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;made or constructed by human skill, especially in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, we might assume that Artificial Intelligence means something man-made that has the faculty of understanding, right? Right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a verb, to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;understand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; means &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;to know or realise the meaning of words, a language, what somebody says, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, let’s compare this with a common definition of &lt;strong&gt;artificial intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;…&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;the study and development of computer systems that can copy intelligent human behaviour.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or, on Wikipedia:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Artificial intelligence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;AI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) is &lt;em&gt;the intelligence of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;machines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, as opposed to the intelligence of humans or animals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And finally, AGI:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span&gt;An &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;artificial general intelligence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;AGI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) is &lt;em&gt;a hypothetical type of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;intelligent agent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. If realised, an AGI could learn to accomplish any intellectual task that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;human beings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; or animals can perform.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, you may ask, “what’s with all the definitions?”  My personal feeling is that the perception of commonly available AI tech progress is largely overestimated and misunderstood, and that the ultimate aspirations of AGI are some distance away. So what’s with all the AI hype?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A few things definitely changed in the past couple of years. Tools claiming to be AI became widespread, and the technology started to be viewed as useful and cool. Let’s start with OpenAI and ChatGPT. It took the world by storm! It has a massive budget and huge backing. But what is it really?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT, PaLM / Bard, and LLaMa are all Large Learning Models. They consume massive amounts of data, build a kind of neural network, and then you can converse with them. But guess what? They don’t have the human faculty of understanding. They are effectively guessing what the next word should be based on context and a massive set of data and processing power. Almost all Copilot-like technology works on this basis, except you can introduce your own contextual data into the model. LLMs must be trained on data that was ultimately produced by humans when in its “most raw form.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is it cool? Yes. Is it useful? Sure. Can it save you time? Yep. Is it anywhere near human intelligence? Of course not. You can’t measure a faculty of true understanding based on outputs and interactions. Understanding happens on the inside.  I don’t believe I’m saying anything too controversial, but I do believe we should occasionally ask the question “what level of AI tech do we &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; have right now?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What about image generation, specifically text-to-image models like DALL-E 3, Imagen, and Midjourney? These actually use some variation of an LLM – the input text is converted and fed to a generative image model. That model has been trained on massive amounts of text and image data scraped from all over the place. It seems creative but isn’t it really a tool that adapts and morphs known images into some new variation? Again, they must be trained on data that was ultimately produced by humans when in its “most raw form.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I’m oversimplifying, but does the current global state of AI tech approach anywhere near the creativity and original ingenuity of a human? &lt;strong&gt;Not even close.&lt;/strong&gt; They are powerful tools that are transformative and disruptive. But they are really Super Guess Makers. They produce contextual linear things that ultimately are a version of “the system knows billions of types of representational data, and it can try to build you something like what it already knows.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to introduce you to a new term. At &lt;a href="https://www.deep-space.ai/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt;, we have a proprietary data framework that we call Core Thread Technology. Part of that technology framework is Embodied Intelligence. Let’s define it..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Embodied Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;is found when a computerised system has inbuilt comprehension of data classification, relationships, workflows, and qualitative measures&lt;/em&gt;. This inbuilt comprehension is encoded into the system by humans based on a depth of real world experiences, probably over decades.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does Deep Space have AGI right now? No.&lt;br&gt;
But &lt;strong&gt;Deep Space does have Embodied Intelligence.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have already established that the majority of cool and powerful AI tech currently available has been trained on raw data originally and usually attributed to human agents. I believe the AI term itself is really too generous for the majority of the currently available tech. But Embodied Intelligence is a practical term that embraces the fact that there are experienced industry leaders who can legitimately train a system in specific ways to maximise productivity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That is what we are doing for Digital Design and Construction &lt;a href="https://www.deep-space.ai/articles/digital-transformation-in-construction-data-opinion" rel="noopener"&gt;at Deep Space&lt;/a&gt; right now.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Artificial Intelligence" /><atom:category term="Deep Space" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/knock-knock/</atom:id><atom:title>Knock Knock…</atom:title><atom:published>2023-11-20T14:31:49Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2023-11-20T14:31:49Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/knock-knock/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Is anyone still here? Yes!! And it isn’t an AI bot either! I know it has been a bit quiet around What Revit Wants lately, and you might have guessed that it has something to do with a little startup called Deep Space… I hope to one day share the whole story from Architectural drafting, to Revit, to Virtual Built Technology (BIM and VDC Consulting), to Revizto, and finally to where we are today – D</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Is anyone still here?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes!! And it isn’t an AI bot either! I know it has been a bit quiet around What Revit Wants lately, and you might have guessed that it has something to do with a little startup called &lt;a href="https://www.deep-space.ai/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hope to one day share the whole story from Architectural drafting, to Revit, to Virtual Built Technology (BIM and VDC Consulting), to Revizto, and finally to where we are today – Deep Space!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For now, I just wanted to reconnect and get you thinking…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What will 2024 hold for our industry?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Where will the AI stuff finally land?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Will the global economy stabilise and accelerate?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What Revit Wants has always been about sharing. Sharing insight. Sharing best practice. Sharing the best tools. Sharing the &lt;strong&gt;best&lt;/strong&gt; and craziest hacks to get your job done. And that’s not going to change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But we &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; going to talk more about &lt;strong&gt;data&lt;/strong&gt;. About automation. About AI – both real and imagined. About changing things for the better. About breaking down barriers. Barriers that divide us. Barriers in technology. Barriers in communication. Philosophical barriers. Our own self enforced mental barriers!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I started using Revit, I knew it would be transformative. It was a smarter way to work! When we discovered Revizto, I was glad someone had built the tool I had sketched and prototyped in 2014 – an integrated collaboration platform for 2D, 3D and more. As we built Deep Space, we knew we were entering a new generation – &lt;strong&gt;The Next Generation&lt;/strong&gt;. Something that would be practical, data-focused, agnostic, embodied with years of domain expertise. We called our proprietary engine “Core Thread Technology”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anybody can build dashboards, but only Deep Space has a data-first, structured, relational, historical, self aware, replicated, highly available, predictable, tenanted engine for capturing, storing and automating real digital design and construction workflows at both project and portfolio level…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I spoke to someone recently and we talked about “data, the new gold”. He laughed and said that phrase was used in some industries back in the 90s!! So ‘data’ isn’t really new. But for specific industries, at various times, it gets unearthed and polished and shaped into something valuable. That is happening &lt;strong&gt;rapidly now&lt;/strong&gt; in AEC and Digital Construction. That is what Deep Space was built to do. Mine this AEC golden data, clean it, polish it, connect it with other gems of information and make something both beautiful and useful and transformative. Let’s actually make the most of the data we have!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s use data to build better projects faster, and let’s start right now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look out for more posts and updates coming soon…&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="Tech" /><atom:category term="What Revit Wants" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/automated-and-enhanced-integration-and-analysis-with-deep-space-ifc-sync-and-loi-report/</atom:id><atom:title>Automated and Enhanced Integration and Analysis with Deep Space IFC Sync and LOI Report</atom:title><atom:published>2023-06-16T10:00:36Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2023-06-16T10:00:36Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/automated-and-enhanced-integration-and-analysis-with-deep-space-ifc-sync-and-loi-report/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>I’m very excited to report that the Deep Space platform continues to rapidly evolve, bringing exciting updates that empower civil and infrastructure projects. In a recent release, Deep Space introduced new and enhanced existing synchronization plugins and tools, revolutionizing data acquisition, analysis, and compliance checking. This blog post delves into the key new features of the Deep Space Sy</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I’m very excited to report that the Deep Space platform continues to rapidly evolve, bringing exciting updates that empower civil and infrastructure projects. In a recent release, Deep Space introduced new and enhanced existing synchronization plugins and tools, revolutionizing data acquisition, analysis, and compliance checking. This blog post delves into the key new features of the Deep Space Sync add-in, focusing on its IFC integration and LOI (Level of Information) Report capabilities. &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deep-space-sync_deep-space-ifc-integration-and-loi-report-activity-7075410758104199168-cjV0?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" rel="noopener"&gt;Jump straight to the video here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Simplifying Data Acquisition and Storage&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Deep Space now offers a user-friendly IFC Sync plugin, enabling users to effortlessly load data from IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) files into the platform. By selecting the desired IFC file, workspace, and project, users can seamlessly upload the information to Deep Space. This streamlined process ensures that different data and model formats, such as IFC and Revit files, are easily accessible and integrated within the platform.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="oFknKEY"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1632f6eb2e1105313a4a418a.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="IFC Sync" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="549" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1632f6eb2e1105313a4a418a.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1632f6eb2e1105313a4a418a.webp 603w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d1d0b9748ee2c66e55a01a4e.webp 300w" width="603"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Exploring Data and Parameter Analysis&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once the data is uploaded, users can navigate to the Deep Space Explorer platform to explore various applications. The Data app provides a comprehensive overview of the acquired information from the IFC file. Users can visualize the data, including the element count, parameter summaries, and individual parameter values. By clicking on specific objects, users can access detailed parameter data, facilitating a deeper understanding of the model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Efficient Compliance Checking with LOI Reports&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Deep Space’s LOI Report app is a powerful tool for compliance checking, particularly for projects adhering to government requirements like the Transport for NSW Digital Engineering Standards. The app automates the verification process, comparing the required parameters against the actual data within the IFC and Revit-based models. By unifying both types of data, Deep Space provides a single platform for comprehensive checking, streamlining the compliance process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Advanced Analysis and Customization&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The LOI Report offers an array of functionalities for in-depth analysis. Users can check the existence of parameters and validate the presence of data within those fields. Deep Space also supports the verification of shared parameter GUIDs and duplicates, ensuring the uniqueness of asset IDs. Through drill-down capabilities, users can access specific files, view available information, and explore the requirements tied to each parameter set.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Configuration and Automation&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Deep Space provides a robust configuration engine (we call it DS Command), allowing users to modify templates, load parameter standards, and create a master parameter set for consistent use across projects. Additionally, the platform offers scheduling capabilities, enabling users to automate the export of models at predefined times. By simplifying configuration and scheduling tasks, Deep Space optimizes efficiency and reduces manual effort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The latest Deep Space release showcases its commitment to overcoming industry challenges related to diverse data formats, data acquisition, and analysis. With the IFC Sync add-in and updated LOI Report app, Deep Space provides a comprehensive solution for integrating IFC files, performing compliance checks, and ensuring predictable outcomes. By leveraging Deep Space’s powerful features, Digital Engineers and Design and Construction teams can accelerate project delivery, reduce risks, and enhance overall quality.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deep-space-sync_deep-space-ifc-integration-and-loi-report-activity-7075410758104199168-cjV0?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch the release video here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="Deep Space IFC Sync" /><atom:category term="IFC Sync" /><atom:category term="LOI Report" /><atom:category term="ifc" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/revit-upgrade-error-and-solution-this-computer-does-not-have-enough-memory-to-save/</atom:id><atom:title>Revit Upgrade Error and Solution – This computer does not have enough memory to save</atom:title><atom:published>2022-10-20T04:13:56Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2022-10-20T04:13:56Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/revit-upgrade-error-and-solution-this-computer-does-not-have-enough-memory-to-save/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>As part of a very bad Cloud Model upgrade experience (a story I will tell some other time…) some models failed to upgrade. I was trying to upgrade a file from Revit 2018 to Revit 2022. After upgrading, I was unable to save this file, even though I have a machine with 192GB RAM. Revit reported this message: “This computer does not have enough memory to save…” “Increase the available memory or conta</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;As part of a very bad Cloud Model upgrade experience (a story I will tell some other time…) some models failed to upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was trying to upgrade a file from Revit 2018 to Revit 2022. After upgrading, I was &lt;strong&gt;unable to save this file,&lt;/strong&gt; even though I have a machine with 192GB RAM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Revit reported this message:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“This computer does not have enough memory to save…”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Increase the available memory or contact Autodesk Support for more information”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I contacted Autodesk Support, and eventually got this reponse:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Due to the “Multi-category Schedule”, the Revit file was failing to save in Revit 2021 or Revit 2022 version as the schedule view is large. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After deleting the schedule view we are successfully able to save the file. Attached is the fixed model…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sounds good! Let’s give it a go:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open the model in Revit 2018&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the Multi-Category Schedule&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Let’s back it up while we can using “Save…”
&lt;p id="PnpmJvu"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="491" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fac4152304feb59bf996e042.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fac4152304feb59bf996e042.webp 432w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a23f06d8ad2fb1182c74b58d.webp 264w" width="432"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Now delete the Multi-Category Schedule
&lt;p id="vqlgsvh"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" height="277" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/853589205528b86883a7b39e.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/853589205528b86883a7b39e.webp 394w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/29203da1e7e7eab1452b8401.webp 300w" width="394"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;And then Save the Revit 2018 File somewhere&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open Revit 2022&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manually upgrade using Revit 2022. Detach, Audit and Specify worksets (All Closed) on Revit 2022 open settings:
&lt;p id="WittqiR"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6c0e22a3d910ce40e1c38a6f.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="844" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6c0e22a3d910ce40e1c38a6f.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/6c0e22a3d910ce40e1c38a6f.webp 993w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0b952401b402e4f55046397a.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8932fdd53f2ea87303e98610.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3898a17a341506580ed71047.webp 720w" width="993"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Does it save now – yes!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Initiate the Model into the correct folder on the (now upgraded) Revit 2022 BIM360 site.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finally, I tried using “Insert Views from file” to load back the Revit 2018 Multi-Category Schedule into the upgraded project – but it still would not save if that schedule exists:
&lt;p id="RHnTSxN"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" height="545" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f6bf3bb01da5e3d900cb6d1c.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f6bf3bb01da5e3d900cb6d1c.webp 776w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8633e795eecf15c01b7543b6.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3067b60a67fb98164e42f946.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/09d9553be22e3e81e8955477.webp 720w" width="776"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I guess we have to do without that Schedule for now – it saved fine again after deleting it. Happily the project uses &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/apps" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space so we have access to all Revit data anyway&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One day, when I recover from the experience, I will write about the overall Revit Cloud Model Upgrade experience when dealing with hundreds of models and trying to jump from Revit 2018 to Revit 2022…&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Autodesk Support" /><atom:category term="BIM360" /><atom:category term="Revit" /><atom:category term="Revit Cloud Model Upgrade" /><atom:category term="file upgrader" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/revit-model-hierarchy-sketch/</atom:id><atom:title>Revit Model Hierarchy Sketch</atom:title><atom:published>2022-09-26T05:52:07Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2022-09-26T05:52:07Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/revit-model-hierarchy-sketch/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Back in 2016 I put this simple, messy sketch together to describe some basic terminology around Revit models and how they are structured: Revit Model: Category Family Type Instance (also known as “Element”) May be hosted by: Levels Grids Reference Planes Faces Special Categories (Floor, Ceiling etc) Nothing May belong to: Phases Worksets Design Options Groups Other Families (nested)</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Back in 2016 I put this simple, messy sketch together to describe some basic terminology around Revit models and how they are structured:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fbf23d5066963a42f212d44d.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="model_hierarchy_lj" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="759" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/80401dabeeab121afb1509ab.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/80401dabeeab121afb1509ab.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/41337dcbc58f47e153bd1b74.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/2e4c25b90e9d3a4b611273c7.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/93e4aefff8d56614b83ae4e6.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fbf23d5066963a42f212d44d.webp 1069w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Revit Model:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Category&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Family&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Type&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Instance (also known as “Element”)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;May be hosted by:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Levels&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Grids&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reference Planes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Faces&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Special Categories (Floor, Ceiling etc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nothing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;May belong to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Phases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Worksets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Design Options&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Groups&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Families (nested)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit Training" /><atom:category term="hierarchy" /><atom:category term="sketch" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/downloads-from-revit-lab-session/</atom:id><atom:title>Downloads from Revit Lab Session</atom:title><atom:published>2022-09-26T05:30:35Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2022-09-26T05:30:35Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/downloads-from-revit-lab-session/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>These files are from a presentation I did in May 2017 called: Filters Always Win, and Other Ways to Be Better at Revit In the handout especially you will find a lot of Revit tips… check it out! Files: S1_2_Hand_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit S1_2_Pres_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit S1_2_Ques_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit S1_2_TipsTricks_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;These files are from a presentation I did in May 2017 called:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Filters Always Win, and Other Ways to Be Better at Revit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the handout especially you will find a lot of Revit tips… check it out!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Files:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3de0e2c9eb539d84762c4830.pdf"&gt;S1_2_Hand_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/90c58dafbde5b72bbe71e2c0.pdf"&gt;S1_2_Pres_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1f7938dac89f74103df7f6ef.pdf"&gt;S1_2_Ques_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0e4ed08232155a279300a881.pdf"&gt;S1_2_TipsTricks_FiltersAlwaysWinBetterAtRevit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="mvFWLuE"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f5d2a72faab2a52a3bc590b7.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="164" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c9736180e3a946dca08385e6.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c9736180e3a946dca08385e6.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f5d2a72faab2a52a3bc590b7.webp 718w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit Training" /><atom:category term="presentation" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/solution-for-revit-2021-fails-to-link-revit-model-and-provides-no-error-message/</atom:id><atom:title>Solution for “Revit 2021 Fails to Link Revit Model and Provides No Error Message”</atom:title><atom:published>2022-06-28T01:00:38Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2022-06-28T01:00:38Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/solution-for-revit-2021-fails-to-link-revit-model-and-provides-no-error-message/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Problem: I was recently trying to link Revit models to a federated file on Revit 2021. The models were failing to link, but no error message or warning was provided. The federated host model and the links were all initiated and ‘live’ collaborated models on the Autodesk Construction Cloud. Resolution: I had previously used this method ( Moving the Revit BIM360 CollaborationCache Folder to a Second</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was recently trying to link Revit models to a federated file on Revit 2021. The models were failing to link, but &lt;span&gt;no error message or warning was provided&lt;/span&gt;. The federated host model and the links were all initiated and ‘live’ collaborated models on the Autodesk Construction Cloud.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resolution:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had previously used this method ( &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/moving-the-revit-collaborationcache-folder-to-a-secondary-hard-drive/" rel="noopener"&gt;Moving the Revit BIM360 CollaborationCache Folder to a Secondary Hard Drive&lt;/a&gt; ) to move the cache for BIM 360 / ACC Docs to a secondary hard drive. Windows Explorer showed this hard drive was essentially running out of space. So Revit was failing to link the model, but wasn’t providing a ‘insufficient hard drive space’ warning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But why was the hard drive filling up?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I reviewed the files and folders and discovered that one particular program was generating massive log files:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="UEtzZsQ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d5a482d27a532cb6c801ad7f.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="284" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d5a482d27a532cb6c801ad7f.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d5a482d27a532cb6c801ad7f.webp 967w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8f2b6d7a03aacf721dda46ed.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/abfdf98b6b8bbcb47ec08673.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a131b2390ec95e32a99c05e4.webp 720w" width="967"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The final resolution was quite simple – &lt;strong&gt;delete the massive log files&lt;/strong&gt;, and then the files linked to Revit fine. I used 7-zip with the “Fastest” and “Delete files after compression” option to archive and delete those logs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To future-proof this scenario, I’m considering writing a Powershell script to detect and possibly archive and delete the existence of massive log files.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="7zip" /><atom:category term="Autodesk" /><atom:category term="Autodesk Construction Cloud" /><atom:category term="Autodesk Docs" /><atom:category term="BIM360" /><atom:category term="Collaboration for Revit" /><atom:category term="hard drive" /><atom:category term="log files" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/over-100-bim-and-revit-resources-for-free-download/</atom:id><atom:title>Over 100 BIM and Revit Resources for Free Download</atom:title><atom:published>2022-05-13T00:26:17Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2024-04-03T14:32:52Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/over-100-bim-and-revit-resources-for-free-download/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>I have been receiving a few requests for access to files that were previously linked to What Revit Wants via Google Drive. Somewhere along the line, Google (in its wisdom) decided to change security requirements and now my inbox has been filling up with ‘Share requests’. My opinion on Google business practices in general is pretty well known after this saga. Some of the more popular files requeste</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;figure class="hero"&gt;&lt;img alt="13-05-2022-10-17-36x" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="466" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/686a2527d7f9bf213fa78a9a.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/686a2527d7f9bf213fa78a9a.webp 614w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f5891658b35ee3bd2bdf358b.webp 300w" width="614"&gt; &lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have been receiving a few requests for access to files that were previously linked to What Revit Wants via Google Drive. Somewhere along the line, Google (in its wisdom) decided to change security requirements and now my inbox has been filling up with ‘Share requests’. My opinion on Google business practices in general is pretty well known after &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/here/" rel="noopener"&gt;this saga&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the more popular files requested in recent times have been:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CurvedMullionLJ.zip – from &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/making-curved-mullions-that-can-be-scheduled-in-revit/" rel="noopener"&gt;post here&lt;/a&gt; about Curved Mullions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SetMarksToElementID.zip – from &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/automatically-renumber-mark-parameter/" rel="noopener"&gt;post here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PointCloud.zip – from post here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Generic Label.rfa – from post here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;URL Text Symbol Annotation D download.rfa – from post here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In any case, I have now decided to move the hosting of What Revit Wants files and resources to &lt;strong&gt;wrw.is&lt;/strong&gt; and you can view and download them all below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: you will &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/wp-login.php"&gt;need to &lt;strong&gt;login&lt;/strong&gt; to this site FIRST&lt;/a&gt; to see and download the files.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="WRW Downloads" /><atom:category term="download" /><atom:category term="downloads" /><atom:category term="free" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/remember-to-check-the-revit-ifc-github-site-for-latest-ifc-addins/</atom:id><atom:title>Remember to Check the revit-ifc Github site for Latest IFC Addins</atom:title><atom:published>2022-03-31T02:38:33Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2022-03-31T02:38:33Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/remember-to-check-the-revit-ifc-github-site-for-latest-ifc-addins/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>If we head over to IFC 2020 | Revit | Autodesk App Store we can see the latest listed version of the IFC Addin for Revit 2020, which is 20.3.2. However, if we head over to revit-ifc Releases page on Github – Releases · Autodesk/revit-ifc · GitHub – then we see that there is a prerelease build for Revit 2020 that is version 20.3.3.0. So this post is just a little reminder to check the releases on G</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;If we head over to &lt;a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=8986482933300179260&amp;amp;msclkid=b14d7eccb09611ec81190d877dfce37c" rel="noopener"&gt;IFC 2020 | Revit | Autodesk App Store&lt;/a&gt; we can see the latest listed version of the IFC Addin for Revit 2020, which is 20.3.2.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8b64a0ab47cbdb880b0bf711.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="2022-03-31-12-33-25" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="379" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8b64a0ab47cbdb880b0bf711.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8b64a0ab47cbdb880b0bf711.webp 294w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ff3f2993b372c7fdc1ed0ffc.webp 233w" width="294"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, if we head over to revit-ifc Releases page on Github – &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases" rel="noopener"&gt;Releases · Autodesk/revit-ifc · GitHub&lt;/a&gt; – then we see that there is a prerelease build for Revit 2020 that is version &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/tag/IFC_v20.3.3.0" rel="noopener"&gt;20.3.3.0&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So this post is just a little reminder to check the &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases" rel="noopener"&gt;releases on Github&lt;/a&gt; if you want the &lt;strong&gt;very latest&lt;/strong&gt; IFC addins provided from Autodesk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f282b2ab6c69f9e46161dd45.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="2022-03-31-12-34-42" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="238" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/62a9f8de3ff0a0abb7323cbf.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/62a9f8de3ff0a0abb7323cbf.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e445603492f891944b66a819.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1110cca72308d2bf59b75b87.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/61688b6c8970957a76732e1d.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f282b2ab6c69f9e46161dd45.webp 1456w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="IFC" /><atom:category term="IFC Updates" /><atom:category term="IFC for Revit" /><atom:category term="ifc" /><atom:category term="revit-ifc" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/how-to-sync-pdfs-from-aconex-to-bim-360-to-revizto-regularly-and-automatically/</atom:id><atom:title>How to Sync PDFs from Aconex to BIM 360 to Revizto Regularly and Automatically</atom:title><atom:published>2021-09-06T12:02:13Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-09-06T13:28:20Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/how-to-sync-pdfs-from-aconex-to-bim-360-to-revizto-regularly-and-automatically/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>First, let’s manage some expectations – Aconex is generally viewed as a closed platform. They seem to deliberately resist platform-level integration with other tools like BIM 360 and Revizto. However, you can achieve the promise in the title of this post – with a bit of work! The basic steps are: Setup a sync between the Aconex Doc Register and Autodesk Docs (BIM 360 Document Management), using th</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;First, let’s manage some expectations – Aconex is generally viewed as a closed platform. They seem to deliberately resist platform-level integration with other tools like BIM 360 and Revizto. However, you &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; achieve the promise in the title of this post – with a bit of work!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The basic steps are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Setup a sync between the Aconex Doc Register and Autodesk Docs (BIM 360 Document Management), using the Aconex PIF and Autodesk APIs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Connect the BIM 360 project to the Revizto project and connect your BIM 360 ‘official Aconex’ PDFs to Revizto 2D Sheets.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Step 1 – Aconex Document Register sync with BIM 360 Document Management&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aconex provides a PIF (Project Integration Framework). This essentially acts as an API, and clients are able to build integrations between Aconex and other tools using their own budget.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12423"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/85f0db7d8e8efdc8416df57d.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="aconexpif" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="173" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3be084e1aa2bfe64be034913.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/3be084e1aa2bfe64be034913.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/1b704b8dbbefe1edc76db128.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/9f29de5a05273ea5b659e306.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/85f0db7d8e8efdc8416df57d.webp 921w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12423"&gt;The Aconex PIF is hard to find on the inter-webs…&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of my strategic consultancy work as a Director at &lt;a href="https://www.virtualbuilt.com.au/" rel="noopener"&gt;Virtual Built Technology&lt;/a&gt;, I have assisted clients in setting up the Aconex to BIM 360 sync. This will require considerable time, effort, $$ and planning. Although the scope is basically the same for every Aconex client that wants this, it seems individual Aconex clients will be charged significantly for this development to occur and operate on their ‘own’ PIF.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once complete, you will begin to see PDFs arriving in Autodesk Docs from Aconex on a daily / nightly basis. Depending on how you have briefed the Aconex development consultants, you may end up with some interesting PDF file naming in the BIM 360 environment – so how can we deal with that?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Step 2a – BIM 360 Preparation Script for Merging Filenames to a single Folder&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s say you have your Aconex-to-BIM360 sync running, and you have PDFs arriving in 360 into “Discipline” folders like Architectural, Structural and so on. Not bad! But what if your PDFs are named like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;SheetNumberX_Rev_1.pdf&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;SheetNumberX_Rev_2.pdf&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;SheetNumberY_Rev_1.pdf&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;etc&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When thinking about downstream applications like Revizto, this is really sub-optimal. Why? Because a Revizto 2D sheet will &lt;strong&gt;want to connect directly to a SINGLE BIM 360 PDF&lt;/strong&gt; document with Versions – not to a mangled set of ‘revision suffixed’ pdfs like the above. So we need to clean this up! And it needs to be &lt;span&gt;repeatable&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;automated&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For this, I have created a PowerShell script. Here is a description of the logic in the script:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;it takes a list of BIM 360 Docs folder paths (the local folder path from Windows Explorer address bar), these are ‘monitored folders’&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;those folders need to be ‘synced’ prior to the script running &lt;em&gt;(I’m still looking for a way to call the Autodesk Desktop Connector sync from a Powershell script, for now you have to right-click in Windows Explorer first)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;it will process the folder list and:&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;create a subdirectory called “Current”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;create a logfile in that subdirectory called deepSpaceSync.log&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;split the filenames at the &lt;strong&gt;_REV_&lt;/strong&gt; part&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;process each available Revision number individually in a loop (to ensure Aconex revisions are stored sequentially into BIM 360 versions)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;check if the file was already copied – and skip it (using existence of that filename in the log folder)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;or, copy the file to the “Current” subfolder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sleep 5 minutes between each loop to allow Autodesk Desktop Connector sync to catch up.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So this script essentially merges the messy “REV” filenames into a nice clean &lt;strong&gt;SheetNumber.pdf&lt;/strong&gt; filename structure AND actually creates BIM 360 file versions in the cloud (due to the sleep functionality).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have released this script as a publicly available &lt;a href="https://help.deepspacesync.com/en/articles/5550866-deep-space-sync-automation-for-bim-360-folders" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deep Space&lt;/strong&gt; Automation at this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12424"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d9e660dfcd3639e18e6d41c3.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="egoutput" decoding="async" height="246" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/82a90086f9bccbea95850d51.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/82a90086f9bccbea95850d51.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d9e660dfcd3639e18e6d41c3.webp 667w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12424"&gt;example output from the PowerShell script&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Step 2b – Revizto 2D Sheet to BIM 360 PDF Connection&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now that we have a nicely named, version-rich PDF on BIM 360 Docs, its time to connect that up to Revizto.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Firstly – you should always publish 2D sheets &lt;span&gt;from Revit BEFORE&lt;/span&gt; setting up the Docs connection if possible, as this is the only way to get the automated viewport overlays (Note – you can export with “Sheet coordinates only” option in Revizto Sheet Exporter from Revit).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Secondly – you then&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;open Revizto&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ensure you have connected Docs to the right BIM 360 hub in Revizto&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;browse to the “Current” folder for a specific disciplines PDFs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;click “Send to 2D”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;select all and Done
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12425"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d74a41bb44211b7ab4eb1e0b.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="syncrev1" decoding="async" height="395" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/16a531192d65bcb371c1ba5a.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/16a531192d65bcb371c1ba5a.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/7819d23f29d5e12d33ab3ae0.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/22d3d8d7b44f28d1177b4003.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/06b8b839c8c73743cb9f7d03.webp 1536w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/93b94bf854734822eded9c16.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d74a41bb44211b7ab4eb1e0b.webp 1911w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12425"&gt;Connecting Docs to Revizto 2D Sheets&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;then review that the correct sheets are going to be replaced and connected to the BIM360 PDF&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12426"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a797419adad8b79faae19cb1.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="syncrev2" decoding="async" height="395" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/19d0986e681572e7fd01bb47.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/19d0986e681572e7fd01bb47.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/8fcf23208cb5d083387a849c.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0e36447447b7a5897cf271f3.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/080d47b390e294613d071229.webp 1536w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/9d0e491db4216dab46f96941.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/a797419adad8b79faae19cb1.webp 1911w" width="800"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12426"&gt;Confirm that sheets are correctly connected using the Sheet Number&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Final steps&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once your PDFs are flowing well between platforms, you may want to automate further. For example, the PowerShell script provided above could be set to run as a Windows Task. You would want it to run as soon as possible after the Aconex scheduled sync to BIM 360. As always, you should monitor your inputs and outputs for any problems or gremlins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Done! You now have official documents from Aconex flowing regularly into Revizto via BIM 360. This means your site teams using Revizto on the iPad can now be accessing the official For Construction PDF Drawings &lt;em&gt;(synced from Aconex Doc Register)&lt;/em&gt; while in the Field!&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="BIM 360 Document Management" /><atom:category term="BIM360" /><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="Revizto" /><atom:category term="aconex" /><atom:category term="powershell" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/hotfixes-for-revit-2019-revit-2021-and-revit-2021-direct-download-links/</atom:id><atom:title>Hotfixes for Revit 2019, Revit 2021 and Revit 2021 Direct Download Links</atom:title><atom:published>2021-05-06T01:20:12Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-05-06T04:46:23Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/hotfixes-for-revit-2019-revit-2021-and-revit-2021-direct-download-links/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Following on closely from the release of Revit 2022, you may have seen updates to the previous 3 releases of Revit have been recently released. Here are some links to get you started: Revit 2021 Revit 2021.1.3 Direct Download Link Revit 2021.1.3 Hotfix Release Notes Software embedded in the update executable: Revit 2021 – version 21.1.30.74 Revit Unit Schemas 2021 – version 21.1.30.74 Steel Connec</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Following on closely from the release of Revit 2022, you may have seen updates to the previous 3 releases of Revit have been recently released.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some links to get you started:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Revit 2021&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://up.autodesk.com/2021/RVT/9CA05B9A-2109-0510-A1B4-FFF7A680FE55/Revit_2021_1_3.exe" rel="noopener"&gt;Revit 2021.1.3 Direct Download Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2021/ENU/?guid=RevitReleaseNotes_2021updates_2021_1_3_html" rel="noopener"&gt;Revit 2021.1.3 Hotfix Release Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Software embedded in the update executable:&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Revit 2021 – version 21.1.30.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Revit Unit Schemas 2021 – version 21.1.30.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Steel Connections Content for Dynamo 2021 – version 2.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cloud Models for Revit 2021 – version 21.1.30.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Generative Design for Revit 2021 – version 21.11.1.0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Accelerator for Revit – version 22.0.1.0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenStudio – version 0.1.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h4 id="issues-resolved"&gt;Issues Resolved&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;DirectShape Elements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that could produce very large journal files during upgrade of models with many DirectShapes.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Improved upgrade of some families created in Revit 2018 or earlier to preserve some geometry created via import operations or API.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Duct/Pipe Display&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that incorrectly filtered out detail lines and masking regions when they conflicted with model lines at a specific detail level.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Electrical Circuits&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that the load can’t be propagated properly through a single phase transformer.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Electrical Panel Schedule&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where the Phase doesn’t display correctly when assigning a spare in single phase panel.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Energy Model&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that caused interior spaces to be excluded from an energy analysis.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Export DWG/DXF&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where small objects would not export correctly to DWG at large drawing scales.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Licensing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where user license expired unexpectedly causing Revit to fall into a 10 minute grace period, after which Revit is automatically terminated.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Materials&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where the Material browser would load thumbnails unnecessarily.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that material texture not found after moving textures to a new assigned render path folder.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;MEP Fabrication&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that caused costing data to be lost after exporting parts to a .maj file.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue with kerf values resetting to 0 after importing a job file.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Open/Save&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed data corruption message displayed in error when opening a model.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Properties Dialog&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Improved performance when using the type selector.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Reinforcement&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where the concrete cover of a model in place element cut by another element is reset after finish editing without any changes.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Revit Cloud Model (workshared)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed issue that mirroring fails if a new workset has been added to the model but has not been saved to the cloud.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue where the Activity Indicator would show that the model is not being actively synchronized if the synchronize time is longer than 5 minutes.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Steel Connections&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed an issue that caused steel connections to become invalid after performing a Roombook addin calculation.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Improved performance for worksharing synchronization actions when the central model has link models attached that contain or have contained steel fabrication elements such as steel connections.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Units&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Corrected symbols for Russian translated units.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h4 id="important-notes"&gt;Important Notes&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Content&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Updated Content for Revit 2021.1 is not included in the patch deliverable and is provided on the Autodesk Knowledge Network, &lt;a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-revit-20211-content.html" rel="noopener"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Update installation may fail if the original Content path location is not accessible.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Install&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;After applying the hotfix, Generative Design command may cause a “RestDynamoCore.exe – This application could not be started” errors. A reboot of the system should resolve the errors.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;In some scenarios the original RVT.msi may be required to install the hotfix. If you are prompted for to specify the RVT.msi version and do not have access to the original installation files you may download the RVT.msi as follows. There are several unique Revit 2021 full product installers which have been released and each includes a unique version of the RVT.msi file. The following is the simplest way to identify which full product installer was used to install Revit 2021 on a workstation:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1. Open the Windows Registry Editor.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2. Browse to and select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAutodeskUPI2{7346B4A0-2100-0510-0000-705C0D862004} registry key in the left column.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3. In the right column, make note of the BuildNumber value.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the BuildNumber is 21.0.0.383, then the installation used the initial Revit 2021 full product installer and the required RVT.msi is available here: &lt;a href="http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/2021RVT_RTM/Media/2021/RVT.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the BuildNumber is 21.1.1.109, then the installation used the Revit 2021.1 full product installer and the required RVT.msi is available here: &lt;a href="http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/2021RVT_RTM/Media/2021.1/RVT.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the BuildNumber is 21.1.11.27, then the installation used the Revit 2021.1.1 full product installer and the required RVT.msi is available here: &lt;a href="http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/2021RVT_RTM/Media/2021.1.1/RVT.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Uninstall&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Revit 2021 updates can be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2021 to its pre-update state.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Uninstalling this update after being applied to a Revit 2021.1 installation may require the original installation media to complete without error.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Uninstalling this update after being applied to a Revit 2021.1 installation may cause the Revit version displayed in Windows&amp;gt;Add/Remove Programs to be blank.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Revit 2020.2.4&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://up.autodesk.com/2020/RVT/9CA05B9A-2009-0510-A1B4-FFF7A680FE55/Revit_2020_2_4.exe" rel="noopener"&gt;Revit 2020.2.4 Direct Download Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2020/ENU/?guid=RevitReleaseNotes_2020updates_2020_2_4_html" rel="noopener"&gt;Revit 2020.2.4 Hotfix Release Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Software embedded in the update executable:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Revit 2020 – version 20.2.40.65&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Autodesk Cloud Models for Revit 2020 – version 20.2.40.65&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal Accelerator for Revit – version 21.0.11.0&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;OpenStudio – version 0.1.9&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Issues Resolved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DirectShape Elements&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that could produce very large journal files during upgrade of models with many DirectShapes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved upgrade of some families created in Revit 2018 or earlier to preserve some geometry created via import operations or API.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Duct/Pipe Display&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that incorrectly filtered out detail lines and masking regions when they conflicted with model lines at a specific detail level.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Electrical Cable Tray and Conduit&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that caused cable tray fittings to not display in a plan view with annotation scale turned on.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Export DWG/DXF&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where small objects would not export correctly to DWG at large drawing scales.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Help&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed the issue that F1 keys do not display the correct help page in browser.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IFC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that caused steel elements with fabrication to change GUID on IFC export.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Materials&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that material texture not found after moving textures to a new assigned render path folder.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MEP Fabrication&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that caused costing data to be lost after exporting parts to a .maj file.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Properties Dialog&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved performance when using the type selector.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Revit Cloud Model (workshared)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue which could cause BIM 360 links to fail to load when the user had their permissions on the linked model forcibly relinquished.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where the Activity Indicator would show that the model is not being actively synchronized if the synchronize time is longer than 5 minutes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Steel Connections&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that caused steel connections to become invalid after performing a Roombook addin calculation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved time performance for worksharing synchronization actions when the central model has link models attached that contain or have contained steel fabrication elements such as steel connections.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tags&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved the stability when selecting material tags in 3D, section, or elevation views when there is a linked topographic file.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Dynamo for Revit&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In some cases Dynamo will not be visible within the Manage tab after 2020.2.4 Hotfix is applied. To restore Dynamo, replace DynamoRevitDS.sig and DynamoRevitVersionSelector.sig in the following location: C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit 2020AddinsDynamoForRevitRevit .&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Updated Content for Revit 2020.2 is not included in the patch deliverable and is provided on the Autodesk Knowledge Network, use this link.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Licensing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;For Vault 2020 users, after the 2020.2.1 Hotfix is applied replace AdskLicensingSK_2.dll in Revit 2020 install location: C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit 2020 .&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Uninstall&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Revit updates cannot be uninstalled to revert Autodesk Revit 2020 to its pre-update state. If you need to remove the update, please uninstall Autodesk Revit 2020 and then reinstall it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Revit 2019&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://up.autodesk.com/2019/RVT/9CA05B9A-1910-0510-A1B4-FFF7A680FE55/Revit_2019_2_3.exe" rel="noopener"&gt;Revit 2019.2.3 Hotfix Direct Download Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://up.autodesk.com/2019/RVT/Autodesk_Revit_2019_2_3_Hotfix_Readme.html" rel="noopener"&gt;Autodesk Revit 2019.2.3 Hotfix Readme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://revit.downloads.autodesk.com/download/2019_2_3_RVT/Docs/RelNotes/Autodesk_Revit_2019_2_3_ReleaseNotes.html" rel="noopener"&gt;Autodesk Revit 2019.2.3 Hotfix Release Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resolved Issues&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved upgrade of some families created in Revit 2018 or earlier to preserve some geometry created via import operations or API.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed the issue that F1 keys do not display the correct help page in browser.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where a Revit Cloud Worksharing link path could incorrectly resolve to the Collaboration Cache directory.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue that caused steel elements with fabrication to change GUID on IFC export.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved stability for Revit Server models and Revit cloud models with new extensible storage schemas.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue which could cause BIM 360 links to fail to load when the user had their permissions on the linked model forcibly relinquished.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved performance when using the type selector.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where small objects would not export correctly to DWG at large drawing scales.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p id="dVwlJDh"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0906e4dadded52719ee85f34.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="191" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0906e4dadded52719ee85f34.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0906e4dadded52719ee85f34.webp 731w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/59637af0f87fed6fe8dee8fb.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e670812f9cb306a25f7c48b2.webp 720w" width="731"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit 2019" /><atom:category term="Revit 2020" /><atom:category term="Revit 2021" /><atom:category term="Revit Updates" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/fix-revit-links-not-found-after-the-migration-from-bim-360-docs-to-autodesk-docs/</atom:id><atom:title>Fix Revit Links “Not Found” after the Migration from BIM 360 Docs to Autodesk Docs</atom:title><atom:published>2021-04-22T01:16:53Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-04-22T01:33:04Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/fix-revit-links-not-found-after-the-migration-from-bim-360-docs-to-autodesk-docs/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>When a recent update to Autodesk Desktop Connector forced a migration to Autodesk Docs, file paths were generally change like this: FROM – C:\Users\USERNAME\BIM 360\YOURFOLDERS TO – C:\Users\USERNAME\ACCDocs\YOURFOLDERS If you were doing some interesting tricks with BIM 360 Docs, and sharing and federating Revit models as non-initiated files on BIM 360, you may find that links were broken and “Not</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;When a recent update to Autodesk Desktop Connector forced a migration to Autodesk Docs, file paths were generally change like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FROM – C:\Users\USERNAME\&lt;strong&gt;BIM 360\&lt;/strong&gt;YOURFOLDERS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TO – C:\Users\USERNAME\&lt;strong&gt;ACCDocs\&lt;/strong&gt;YOURFOLDERS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you were doing some interesting tricks with BIM 360 Docs, and sharing and federating Revit models as &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/linking-non-initiated-bim-360-files-into-revit/" rel="noopener"&gt;non-initiated files on BIM 360&lt;/a&gt;, you may find that links were broken and “Not Found” in Manage Links after that latest Desktop Connector installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="iYrqvMg"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4e2bbc87dfa5541e85c528e2.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="59" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4e2bbc87dfa5541e85c528e2.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4e2bbc87dfa5541e85c528e2.webp 673w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fab80353684129b7a9082363.webp 300w" width="673"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But don’t worry! You can just set a symbolic link to point from the old BIM 360 Docs location, to the new location. The Command Prompt script looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;if exist "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\BIM 360" rename "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\BIM 360" BIM360.old
mklink /d "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\BIM 360" C:\Users\%USERNAME%\ACCDocs&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12403"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ba74c91e962ac7ddeff22f99.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" decoding="async" height="75" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ba74c91e962ac7ddeff22f99.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ba74c91e962ac7ddeff22f99.webp 732w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b6daae03286dd5fb3a28f719.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/55699cb2df109c3e9c314609.webp 720w" width="732"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12403"&gt;Run these commands to fix links Not Found&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The moment after this script was run, I was able to hit Reload from Manage Links in Revit and the new location was detected and links were loaded successfully. Note that they still appear in Revit as if they are in the old location, but really it is reading the latest data from Autodesk Docs, and that new location is being updated by Autodesk Desktop Connector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="qFFoziD"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d60cfef86b62ba9f33417b5b.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="61" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d60cfef86b62ba9f33417b5b.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d60cfef86b62ba9f33417b5b.webp 676w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4d7f6ce24b451219b54e9237.webp 300w" width="676"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had already setup a &lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/moving-the-revit-collaborationcache-folder-to-a-secondary-hard-drive/" rel="noopener"&gt;symbolic link to move my BIM 360 Revit Cache folder to a secondary hard drive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this stage it appears those links are still working, as the Revit CollaborationCache is a different technology to the simple file sharing mechanism of Autodesk Docs.&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Autodesk Desktop Connector" /><atom:category term="Autodesk Docs" /><atom:category term="BIM 360 Docs" /><atom:category term="BIM360" /><atom:category term="symbolic link" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/where-to-get-the-latest-versions-of-the-ifc-for-revit-addin/</atom:id><atom:title>Where to Get the Latest Versions of the IFC for Revit Addin</atom:title><atom:published>2021-03-04T00:46:17Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-03-04T00:52:41Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/where-to-get-the-latest-versions-of-the-ifc-for-revit-addin/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>The IFC for Revit addins that improve IFC import and export functionality are maintained at this GitHub site for versions newer than Revit 2018. In the past 2 weeks, updates have been release for all current Revit versions, and I have collected the direct links for you below. Note that the GitHub versions can be more up-to-date and current than the ones listed on the App Store. IFC for Revit 2021,</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The IFC for Revit addins that improve IFC import and export functionality are maintained at &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc" rel="noopener"&gt;this GitHub site&lt;/a&gt; for versions newer than Revit 2018. In the past 2 weeks, updates have been release for all current Revit versions, and I have collected the direct links for you below. Note that the GitHub versions can be more up-to-date and current than the ones listed on the &lt;a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/List/Search?isAppSearch=True&amp;amp;searchboxstore=RVT&amp;amp;facet=&amp;amp;collection=&amp;amp;sort=&amp;amp;query=ifc" rel="noopener"&gt;App Store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IFC for Revit 2021, &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/tag/IFC_v21.2.1.0" rel="noopener"&gt;latest release 21.2.1.0 here&lt;/a&gt;, direct &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/download/IFC_v21.2.1.0/IFC.for.Revit.2021.2.1.0.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;download link here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IFC for Revit 2020, &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/tag/IFC_v20.3.2.0" rel="noopener"&gt;latest release 20.3.2.0 here&lt;/a&gt;, direct &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/download/IFC_v20.3.2.0/IFC.for.Revit.2020.3.2.0.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;download link here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IFC for Revit 2019, &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/tag/IFC_v19.5.0.0" rel="noopener"&gt;latest release 19.5.0.0 here&lt;/a&gt;, direct &lt;a href="https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc/releases/download/IFC_v19.5.0.0/IFC.for.Revit.2019.version.19.5.0.0.msi" rel="noopener"&gt;download link here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to check which version you currently have, you could use Start – &lt;strong&gt;Add or Remove Programs&lt;/strong&gt; to do that without opening Revit:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12397"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/be0a60064f44505b1776a885.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="checking Revit version in Add or Remove Programs" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="250" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/18b483f0496c4f46ea9ee066.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/18b483f0496c4f46ea9ee066.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/59c839a963389c184201a168.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/095fc6f51836ba699ceef14e.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/be0a60064f44505b1776a885.webp 798w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12397"&gt;checking Revit version in Add or Remove Programs&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are inside a Revit model, you can use &lt;strong&gt;File – Export – IFC&lt;/strong&gt; and check the version in the dialog box header:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="curtecb"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c659482cf03e0445a3180a4f.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="161" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/bdedcf40803e26f815f394e3.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/bdedcf40803e26f815f394e3.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c659482cf03e0445a3180a4f.webp 591w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for Revit 2018 and older versions of the IFC for Revit addins, check out the &lt;a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ifcexporter/" rel="noopener"&gt;SourceForge site&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The update for &lt;strong&gt;Revit 2019&lt;/strong&gt; was particularly significant. Release notes copied below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This version marks a significant milestone for IFC Exporter as it is now IFC4 Reference View certified (for Architectural Export and Structural Export Exchange Requirements)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Features/Improvements:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Export of Area can now be assigned to IfcSpatialZone in addition to the default IfcSpace using IfcExportAs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support exporting IfcGroup using ZoneGroupName parameter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved heuristic for assigning color to polygonal face sets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved handling to support for direct export of polygonal face geometry in IFC4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support for IfcShapeAspect in other objects that have part geometries&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved handling of Complex Property in the PropertySet definition&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General improvements to support IFC4 based geo-referencing information with addition UI in export, and integration to the information found inside Revit file (usually comes from AutoCAD or Civil3D)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reorganize the location for Exchange Requirement setting in the header of IFC File to be less hidden (now located right after the IFC version in export option UI)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Updates shared parameter definitions and Property set definitions based on the latest IFC4 (4.4.0.2.2) specifications&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support allowing a predefined type for standard walls on export&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General improvements dealing with objects with many holes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Added basic support to export Area as IfcSpatialZone entity&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug Fixes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Export bug fixes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed error during export for a specific object that became invalid in the export process with “Store the IFC GUID in an element after export” option&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;User defined property set can now be exported for IfcGeographiElement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed export failure when ZoneClassificationName is set to Room for exporting IfcZone&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Corrected GrossVolume quantity information with the correct unit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed exporting issue for a Ceiling containing Arc geometry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with duplicate steel connection geometries or missing connection&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with IFC export – steel connection steel connection elements missing or wrongly exported&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue on missing ceiling geometries in IFC4 RV export mode&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue on objects with Parts that is below the first (lowest) level&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with export Roof in some cases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed crash issue if the “Rasters” are set to be exported to “IFCGrid”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with IFC option “export links as separate models” causes wrong object placement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved export Parts functionality&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue that IFC Version doesn’t update when changing the “In-Session setup”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed IsExternal calculation on element types to correctly determine value&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New shared parameter assigned to Curtain walls is now exported when exporting from Revit to Navisworks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Update category mapping to deal with IfcSpaceTypes and IfcOpeningTypes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with incorrect slab thickness when Opening IFC in Revit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed some issues on export with different coordinate base&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed some issues on exporting Wall elements&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved handling reserved Windows name&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Export HVAC_HEAT_GAIN with current units (Watts)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Removed duplicate base quantity NetSideArea exported for walls&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved export with the Property Set option “Export schedules as property sets”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with IFC4 Reference view, which fails for some models from Factory Live&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Update the CSIORG link in the IFC exporter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Changed IfcGeometricRepresentationContext from “Annotation” to “Plan”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ClassificationCode(2) is now processed during export even if ClassificationCode is missing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Corrected Area quantity property of doors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Materials export, that works for some floors but not others of the same type&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with wrong Base Quantity information in some scenarios in IFC export 2×3 Coordination View&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issues with warnings are shown when exporting to IFC4RV in some models&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Railings import to Revit via IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Properly convert this Flow_Rate parameter on Export&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Corrected 2D CurtainWall door swing on IFC Export&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nested curtain wall element now will get proper parameters while export to IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IFC-Export configuration will now remember the previous settings including: “Project Origin/Coordinate Base”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved exporting of Material parameter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved IFC4 RV Exchange Requirement, which may be missing when File Header is not initialized&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support allowing a predefined type for standard railings on export&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed IFC4 “opening as recess” code for ReinforcingMesh case&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with IFC export where some geometries are exported slightly longer extrusion&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with IfcGeographicElement not exporting user-defined PropertySets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Import bug fixes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Rebar import&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved import of Windows that are not cutting a wall in a linked or opened IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recognize the angle between Project North and Survey Point properly in Revit IFC import/link&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved import of Columns that may be placed in the wrong location on IFC Link in some cases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved import of beam cover&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with Certain Tekla IFC geometry not visible when using Link IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved link IFC that may have incorrect geometry imported for some cases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Link IFC file in Revit that in some cases failed with the model empty and an error appears in log file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with translation IFC having mm units using Revit IFC loader makes default model view small unexpectedly on LMV&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue related to invalid/corrupt IFC files that “load” without any errors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved link IFC file properly inside Revit 2020&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Grids placed by IFCOFFSETCURVE2D will be placed at open IFC in the correct unit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue with multiple versions of the same IFC file get loaded into Revit Cloud Worksharing Host resulting in duplicate geometry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improve the structure in Link IFC that may end up upside down&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed missing material information upon import IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recreate IFC/Import_Quantities/Import_Quantities.txt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support IfcGridPlacement for Link IFC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Avoid duplicate instance and type names when linking in an IFC file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved creation of Geometry which may be missing for some IFC models&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed issue for some IFC files that failed to show in BIM 360 viewer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IFC link – model is now correctly positioned when there is rotation component in IFCSite local placement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved issue due to “bad” data involving Wall with zero thickness inside the IFC file that caused differences between IFC from Allplan opened/imported vs linked in Revit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved handling of detailed geometry containing IfcAdvancedBrep in REVIT 2020 and 2021&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved slab elements import which may be missing in some IFC file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Corrected IfcPort ConnectedTo IfcGUID information that contained its own GUID instead of the GUID of its connected Port&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Known Issues/additional notes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This release still contains issue that Steel Connections may not be exported correctly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Export configuration “IFC2x2 ePlan Check” has been removed as it is already obsolete. If there is any saved configuration, the option will be automatically assign to IFC2x3 as default&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="IFC Updates" /><atom:category term="IFC for Revit" /><atom:category term="Interop" /><atom:category term="Revit 2019" /><atom:category term="Revit 2020" /><atom:category term="Revit 2021" /><atom:category term="Revit Downloads" /><atom:category term="ifc exporter" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/automatically-converting-big-revit-elements-into-fabrication-ready-components/</atom:id><atom:title>Automatically Converting Big Revit Elements into Fabrication Ready Components</atom:title><atom:published>2021-02-18T05:25:36Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-02-18T05:25:36Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/automatically-converting-big-revit-elements-into-fabrication-ready-components/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Revit lets you model things that you can’t necessarily build, which shouldn’t surprise us given that “Revit was intended to allow architects and other building professionals to design and document a building” 🙂 wiki However, in recent times Revit is getting used more and more for fabrication workflows, with core Revit features, addins, and Dynamo scripts developing to make that happen. With that i</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Revit lets you model things that you can’t necessarily build, which shouldn’t surprise us given that &lt;em&gt;“Revit was intended to allow &lt;strong&gt;architects&lt;/strong&gt; and other building professionals to &lt;strong&gt;design&lt;/strong&gt; and document a building”&lt;/em&gt; 🙂 &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Revit" rel="noopener"&gt;wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, in recent times Revit is getting used more and more for fabrication workflows, with core Revit features, addins, and Dynamo scripts developing to make that happen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, I was shared something recently and simply had to share it… check out the &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/vYH4M0q5ZR0" rel="noopener"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="embed-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vYH4M0q5ZR0" rel="noopener"&gt;Open embedded content: www.youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Basically it shows how we can quickly cut up impossibly long modelled Revit elements (like Pipes) into more ‘buildable’ fabrication lengths. Cool! The video also discusses how appropriate generic fabrication content could really begin to bridge the gaps between Revit models and actual things you can buy off the shelf.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Nathan Moore for sharing this! And credit also to Jeremy Tammik and Pablo Derendinger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think we will inevitably see more and more automations like this that connect Revit to real fabrication and procurement workflows. Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas in the comments!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;From the video comments:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are you paying for a Revit M/P Fabrication add in or using ITMs to route and coordinate to LOD400? I think there is an opportunity to use native Revit to accomplish this. A properly “parameterized” fitting family combined with the correct pipe types and routing preferences would allow native Revit to produce what you need.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dynamo Script here:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/natethegrate1/MEPTools/blob/master/place_coupling.dyn" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;https://github.com/natethegrate1/MEPTools/blob/master/place_coupling.dyn&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Credit to Jeremy Tammik and Pablo Derendinger:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2020/03/splitting-a-duct-in-more-depth.html" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2020/03/splitting-a-duct-in-more-depth.html&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://engworks.com/revit-dynamo-script-to-cut-pipes-and-ducts/" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;https://engworks.com/revit-dynamo-script-to-cut-pipes-and-ducts/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some related thoughts and ideas from Nate here, pointing out a common problem with modelling generally (that in order to model accurately, you often have to select some kind of proprietary brand / make / model first):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am in a situation (and I think most other companies are in similar situations) where I am not necessarily the final decision maker on the “BRAND” of pipe/fittings that we end up buying. There is a fundamental disconnect I think in the industry that fabrication software providers want to provide MANUFACTURER SPECIFIC items to help streamline the downstream purchasing/install/warehousing operations… My solution is to create a “SPEC DRIVEN” family library (similar to how duct works) so I can simply have an “ASTM SCH40 Welded” system or a similar Grooved system etc. That way the families placed will adhere to the spec and allow more flexibility downstream for the buyers/warehouse.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit" /><atom:category term="dynamo" /><atom:category term="fabrication" /><atom:category term="procurement" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/how-to-gain-access-to-old-revit-versions/</atom:id><atom:title>How to Gain Access to Old Revit Versions</atom:title><atom:published>2021-02-11T23:29:33Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2021-02-11T23:29:33Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/how-to-gain-access-to-old-revit-versions/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>Every now and then you come across a project that is still using a super-old version of Revit (remember Revit 2017? Yeah, it was released about 5 years ago…) You might have found that your old versions of Revit have actually stopped working or stopped activating due to Autodesk license system changes. So… how can you get access to Revit 2017 or other old Revit versions? As recent as November 2020,</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Every now and then you come across a project that is still using a super-old version of Revit (remember Revit 2017? Yeah, it was released about 5 years ago…)  You might have found that your old versions of Revit have actually stopped working or stopped activating due to Autodesk license system changes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So… &lt;strong&gt;how can you get access to Revit 2017 or other old Revit versions?&lt;/strong&gt; As recent as November 2020, Autodesk enabled access as shown below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“As on November 2020, Autodesk expanded “previous versions” back to 5 versions for all Subscription customers. &lt;a href="https://customersuccess.autodesk.com/articles/expanding-previous-version-access-to-5-versions-back-for-all-customers" rel="noopener"&gt;https://customersuccess.autodesk.com/articles/expanding-previous-version-access-to-5-versions-back-for-all-customers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So you can use, at this point back to 2015 and next year and when the software advances to the new version in April, this will change to 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There shouldn’t be any need to apply for the extra previous licenses. The seats won’t show up in the Autodesk Account however and you need to access the installers via AVA. &lt;a href="https://ava.autodesk.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;https://ava.autodesk.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that 2017 Autodesk software supports the login method. That means that you will not use a serial number when the install the software. You should gain access to 1 seat of the 2017 Revit for every applicable Revit product that you own on subscriptions. By assigning Revit to a user you will effectively grant them access to all versions so you don’t need to specifically assign 2017.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As simple as that! Just use &lt;a href="https://ava.autodesk.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;AVA&lt;/a&gt; to download and install the older version. See the short video below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="embed-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r2SbAJN04zk" rel="noopener"&gt;Open embedded content: www.youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="rgAuzag"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/66a4fc63d3efa196dfe60f95.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="291" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/aba34ead596350e947f72867.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/aba34ead596350e947f72867.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c426949e32b62e45cb449d59.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/cc4b9eae5d47f472275cbe20.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/66a4fc63d3efa196dfe60f95.webp 789w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Dave Murray from &lt;a href="https://mcgregorconstruction.com.au/" rel="noopener"&gt;McGregor&lt;/a&gt; for the heads-up!&lt;/p&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="Revit Downloads" /><atom:category term="download" /><atom:category term="revit" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/parsing-a-csv-with-line-breaks-in-the-data-fields/</atom:id><atom:title>Parsing a CSV with Line Breaks in the Data Fields</atom:title><atom:published>2020-12-26T23:20:14Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2020-12-26T23:35:00Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/parsing-a-csv-with-line-breaks-in-the-data-fields/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>I was recently working on a multi-vector dataset comparison in Deep Space. We had received Revit, Navisworks and tabular data, and I was comparing 3 different data drops of that information, particularly for changes in the quantities of specific types of elements. A ‘data drop’ is a set of data or files that you receive at a given point in time. In the course of exporting the Navisworks data throu</atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I was recently working on a multi-vector dataset comparison in &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt;. We had received Revit, Navisworks and tabular data, and I was comparing 3 different data drops of that information, particularly for changes in the quantities of specific types of elements. A ‘data drop’ is a set of data or files that you receive at a given point in time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the course of exporting the Navisworks data through to CSV, I came across a specific problem – the number of rows in imported CSV did not match the number of elements processed. Why?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you may know, you can store line breaks inside parameters in Revit. There are very few good reasons to do this, but it still does happen. Once this happens, those line breaks need to be processed by tools down stream. I spent a lot of time in the early days of Deep Space figuring out how to ‘clean’ bad Revit data so we could still bring it into the platform for analysis. Usually, if the CSV writer or reader are smart enough, they should be able to deal with this problem. However, I discovered a bit of a gap in the available tools this time. What was the problem?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="doxnloj"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/5349a88344b9185907c5b624.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="240" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/5349a88344b9185907c5b624.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/5349a88344b9185907c5b624.webp 1000w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/855b8c43194edb71800ac38d.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fad941dac2553c9eafdfe150.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/0fd85da283c6b1b952da53c8.webp 720w" width="1000"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It turns out that the CSV was malformed, it was actually dirty or bad data. While it did have the line breaks, it did not consistently use double quotes to contain fields. So we had the situations where there would be line breaks that were inside the CSV fields or columns, but not inside double quotes. I tried a lot of different CSV readers, including Excel, LibreOffice, Google Sheets and PowerBI / PowerQuery, but they all tripped up at this data. Because they were using the rule ‘new line = new row of data’, the imported CSV information was coming in mangled.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How can we clean this data? We generally know there should be 17 fields or 16 commas per row of data. But we also know there can be line breaks inside fields… so it is a challenge to map a data row to CSV lines. In some cases 2 or 3 lines of CSV data might still just be one row of actual data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After trying to use various out of the box solutions, I decided to build some Python code to try and solve this. I used Dynamo Sandbox 1.3 to do this, primarily out of habit, not because it is the best Python IDE out there 🙂 I ended up with a kind of line-merging iterator, here is some of the Python code below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;biglist = IN[0]

commact=[]
for ctr in range(len(biglist)):
    astr=biglist[ctr]
    strct=astr.count(',')
    commact.append(strct)

counted=range(len(biglist))
fixedstr=[]
bad=[]
skips=[]
incr=0

for ctrx in range(len(biglist)):
    if ctrx==skips:
        pass
    elif commact[ctrx]==16:
        fixedstr.append(biglist[ctrx])
    elif commact[ctrx]&amp;gt;16:
        fixedstr.append(biglist[ctrx])
    elif commact[ctrx]+commact[ctrx+1]==16:
        jnr=[]
        jns=biglist[ctrx]+biglist[ctrx+1]
        fixedstr.append(jns)
        skips=ctrx+1
    else:
        bad.append(ctrx) 
        
OUT = bad, fixedstr, commact, counted&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What does it do? Essentially, it counts the number of delimeters (commas) on one line, then it processes or merges lines based on that information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This actually got me around 90% of the way there. Then I still had to do some manual fixes of things like ‘double double quotes’ that were also tripping up the CSV readers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="xVPNqHF"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4a4fcf295604bb1647de0922.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="166" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e11fef912e20770940cec4a2.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/e11fef912e20770940cec4a2.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/80d9bf55c7502cd5c8c91fb0.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/91d2b45cacd2cab04e82deb0.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4ba689d6ae152307cf3f5d90.webp 1536w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/c1cbee9404824477231c8a78.webp 720w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/4a4fcf295604bb1647de0922.webp 1604w" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Above is a snapshot of the Dynamo script. And here is the script for download:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/36fbe993b3a1739099aaf428.zip"&gt;CSV Line Merge for Malformed CSV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What the the lessons here?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Try and fix the source or native data if you can. Dealing with messy data downstream can be a real pain.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you need to solve this problem, you can pick up my code or work above and advance it a bit further to build a more robust ‘malformed CSV reader’&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don’t let problems like this distract you during the holidays 🙂&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

</atom:content><atom:category term="BadRevit" /><atom:category term="Deep Space" /><atom:category term="python" /></atom:entry><atom:entry><atom:id>https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/using-phase-filters-and-graphic-overrides-when-nothing-else-works-in-revit/</atom:id><atom:title>Using Phase Filters and Graphic Overrides When Nothing Else Works in Revit</atom:title><atom:published>2020-12-08T03:58:48Z</atom:published><atom:updated>2020-12-08T03:58:48Z</atom:updated><atom:link href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/using-phase-filters-and-graphic-overrides-when-nothing-else-works-in-revit/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><atom:author><atom:name>Luke Johnson</atom:name></atom:author><atom:summary>I have recently developed a few Material and Object Procurement and Tracking solutions, primarily using Deep Space and Revizto together. These workflows also involved IFCs converted into Revit, so we could automatically set tracking parameters from Deep Space data back into Revit, and colourise the models. When converting Revit to IFC, I usually use IFC Link functionality, primarily for speed and </atom:summary><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I have recently developed a few Material and Object Procurement and Tracking solutions, primarily using &lt;a href="https://www.deepspacesync.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;Deep Space&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://revizto.com/" rel="noopener"&gt;Revizto&lt;/a&gt; together. These workflows also involved IFCs converted into Revit, so we could automatically set tracking parameters from Deep Space data &lt;strong&gt;back into Revit, and colourise the models&lt;/strong&gt;. When converting Revit to IFC, I usually use IFC Link functionality, primarily for speed and geometric integrity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, some DirectShape objects created by IFC Link cannot be overridden in Revit using traditional methods. Even after setting Revit parameters from Deep Space, and using Visibility/Graphics Filters, the elements simply &lt;span&gt;will not allow their colours to be overridden using a Shaded Surface pattern&lt;/span&gt;. So, we have to find another way…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It turns out that &lt;strong&gt;Phase Filters&lt;/strong&gt; are really the only way to solve this problem, as they override the elements at the Material level. There are a few pieces to the puzzle:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Set up the necessary Phase Filter, with each item set to Overridden (this allows for basically 4 status overrides in total)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Set Graphic Overrides – Material definitions to have the colours you want (by changing &lt;em&gt;Phase – Exist &lt;/em&gt;material etc to the desired colour / material)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Set the Revit view to the correct Phase and Phase Filter, and Realistic view mode&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some screenshots of the above steps:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12371"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d466a1dba2b0f09b71bf9113.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="1 - Create Phase filter for visual Overrides" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="524" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d466a1dba2b0f09b71bf9113.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/d466a1dba2b0f09b71bf9113.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/dbab086c7a5bd16f7e8856ad.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/03018df2f71d1dbadc7eaa99.webp 720w" title="1 - Create Phase filter for visual Overrides" width="768"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12371"&gt;1 – Create Phase filter for visual Overrides&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Next…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12373"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fa25bf112017a4b7915bb7e8.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="2 - Edit Revit Material to match desired visual Overrides" decoding="async" height="774" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fa25bf112017a4b7915bb7e8.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/fa25bf112017a4b7915bb7e8.webp 1199w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/89de39c366078b2ee80df52b.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f618514a3817cb0c8cd1d2f6.webp 1024w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/28761888b986963c952a5c5d.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/2b40efa215e21ab24f8eaaf7.webp 720w" title="2 - Edit Revit Material to match desired visual Overrides" width="1199"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12373"&gt;2 – Edit Revit Material to match desired visual Overrides&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure class="align-center" id="attachment_12377"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/437dee85ff57a98e05df8986.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="3 - Set the View Settings" decoding="async" height="77" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/437dee85ff57a98e05df8986.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/437dee85ff57a98e05df8986.webp 722w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/ee7ba5f39099f778413d77e7.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/9f482f63e2b2723350df8bdc.webp 720w" title="3 - Set the View Settings" width="722"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="caption" id="caption-attachment-12377"&gt;3 – Set the View Settings&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind if you are using Container Files you will need to Transfer Project Settings and bring across your&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="ZLXKwIb"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/364f0f97b4cd0eb54613ea4d.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="393" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/364f0f97b4cd0eb54613ea4d.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/364f0f97b4cd0eb54613ea4d.webp 425w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/db8312394c387c2997943de7.webp 300w" width="425"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Make sure your View is set to Realistic in Revit, if you truly want to see the Material Phase override in the Revit view.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="raIbRdJ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/993d30aabdae945575ab810a.webp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="align-center" decoding="async" height="588" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px" src="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/993d30aabdae945575ab810a.webp" srcset="https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/993d30aabdae945575ab810a.webp 974w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/b2ed1d66ce22a549d9de3309.webp 300w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/12dedbc75b18c740e27f595c.webp 768w, https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/media/f0139db1d757dac16a8a1921.webp 720w" width="974"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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