In-project Type Catalogue editing and reloading
From Darren Snook:Essentially, 2 URL parameters are added to the family. The first is pathed to a csv file, which allows much easier editing than the text file. The second points to a batch script, wh…
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Revit Tips from Twitter – November 2013 edition
Did you know Shaft Openings can have Symbolic Lines in them? pic.twitter.com/4VXBbWZUEb— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) November 1, 2013 To Copy/Monitor a Shaft Opening, C/M an intersecting Floor – copi…
Using Xvid as an Encoder for Revit and Navisworks Animations (and How to Fix corrupted AVI files)
You may have tried installing various codecs so that you don’t have to resort to Microsoft Video 1 when exporting and compressing animations from Revit and Navisworks. However, many of these will not …
DesignScript and Dynamo – is your Computational Design World about to change?
EDIT The merging of DesignScript and Dynamo was confirmed by Ian Keough: @lukeyjohnson not much news here. Dynamo and Design Script have merged. It’s called Dynamo, but has the DS virtual machine.— Ia…
Revit 2014 Update 2 – direct download links
“Official” links have now appeared. Enhancements Lists are finally here:RVT enhancementsRAC enhancementsRST enhancementsRME enhancements Original direct links are below the first line. Another Autodes…
BIM with Autodesk Building Design Suite, Video (by Cheyne Bird)
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How to Setup Adaptive Profiles to Allow Swapping between completely different Profile shapes (with free download)
To make the swappable profile, use a Generic Model Adaptive template, but don’t add any Adaptive points. Set the 2 reference planes in the template to “Defines Origin”. You can parametrize this as muc…
Gestural Camera Matching In Revit
Basically, you overlay a 3D view over an image placed on a Sheet to allow you to see the photo background while you match the view. Step-by-step: Make a new 3D view from approximate eye location to ap…
How to drive the Type Properties of a Nested Profile Family
Credit to Doug Bowers:In the Project Browser, expand the Families category, then expand the Profiles portion. Locate the desired profile and expand it. When you see the types displayed under that prof…
YourRibbon Hotkey and Color – free full version keys for Revit 2012
A while back, I mentioned the YourRibbon addin called Hotkey, which allows you to assign a HotKey to a specific component, not just a command. There is another one called Color by the same dev. Using …