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Generic Model families can be a bit overbearing when it comes to visibility. Unfortunately, you can’t usually change the Show only if Instance is cut property for Generic Models… unless you switch the…
You can request the templates from Autodesk using this form. COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2011Download Now COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2012Download Now COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit 2013Do…
Very useful information from Revit OpEd – no surprises there! Handout:https://app.box.com/shared/7cdczhip68g67jrfbo9i Families:Click to Download the completed files for each exercise.Thanks to Steve S…
Direct link here Info: The Revit platform’s performance can depend as much on the knowledge, skill, and practices of its users as on the hardware environment provided for the software. To address both…
2013: IFC Exporter for Revit 2013 (v2.13): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexporterforrevit%3aen IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2013 (v1.13…
Update:I am enjoying using inverted background (black) when working with Revit and point clouds. Also, you MUST use this add-in by Harry:What Revit Wants: 3D Section Box crop add-in WITH automatic rot…
In Windows 7, I constantly used Shift+right click to access the Copy as Path option. To enable this in Windows XP, you can use: Path Copy Copy This works on 64-bit (x64) Windows XP too. I tried some o…
Are you interested in Tekla to Revit (and back) interoperability? Then check out:Tekla-Revit Interoperability Forum | LinkedIn Various plug-ins and workflows are available which may help you coordinat…
Another nice workaround by Philip Chan – if you want to change one of Revit’s built-in Type Parameters (derived from a Family Template, such as Door Fire Rating) to an Instance Parameter, you just hav…
These fractals can both be drawn by emulating a pen: we keep track of the direction the pen is facing, and we can make the pen draw lines of a certain length in its current direction. We can turn the …