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After spending some time trying to make a workable, geometrically driven random reactor, I decided that it was far easier to use dp Stuff Randomizer (get 2014 version for free from here or older 2013 …
The RIBA Plan of Work Toolbox corresponds directly with the supporting publication, Assembling a Collaborative Project Team. Contains a customisable Project Roles Table, Design Responsibility Matrix a…
Download Project Miller from Autodesk – It basically gives you a visual demo of what the 3d printing process will look like for a given model. You can animate, cut sections, re-surface and re-mesh you…
Download the add-in:Topo From Lines | Autodesk Revit | Autodesk Exchange Apps Update it:Use this files in this ZIP to replace the files installed in C:ProgramDataAutodeskApplicationPluginsTopo From Li…
No one has created the FBX importer that I requested for Revit, but hey, maybe one day. In the meantime, here are some other importer / exporters of interest… Read the whole past: The Building Coder: …
Have you noticed that (typically) Revit 2014 will only show Import Categories for those imports that actually exist in a view? I think this is a great feature that makes things a bit cleaner when navi…
You may want to know how to set up access to the public macro repository. Here is a bit of a step by step: Install SourceTree Follow prompts to install additional packages Login to the BitBucket Page …
After reviewing Andy’s and Tim’s recent posts surrounding trees and reaction, I would like to contribute this little idea. Its a very simple setup – just a 2pt Adaptive with an “extension” (created by…
In previous versions of Revit, Key Schedules were often used for generic data, general notes and the like. However, Key Schedules have limitations – one of which is that you cannot insert an image in …
You can do a logical test between a Project Parameter (in essence, a global constant for this Revit file) and an element parameter in most schedules. If we leverage this for Rooms, we can check if the…