Google Reader and Why I Don't Trust the Cloud
Because at any point, it can get turned off. My problem – I use Google Reader, and I have a folder called Revit Feeds. This folder has been shared, and then the resulting feed has been burnt with Feed…
Luke Johnson
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Vasari Beta 3 has been released
Check it out at:Vasari Beta 3 Download New Features page(text copied below the line) Heads-up from Village BIM Windows 8 support. Now, in addition to the other platforms that Vasariis supported on, Va…
Family Concepts from a Revit API professional
Jeremy Tammik recently posted a “complete illustrated Key Family Concepts slide deck” as part of a detailed post about the basics of Family Creation. Read more:http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog…
Room Data Sheets and Revit
Ceilidh Higgins recently “submitted a talk for Revit Technology Conference on this subject, What’s in a Room: Revit Models,Room Data Sheets and Interiors. You can download it here. What’s in a Room? f…
How to determine if a given Keynote has been tagged by Element, Material or User?
Easy – just check the Properties for that Keynote:…
MEP tip – What to do with Lookup Tables?
via Twitter: Tip: Pipe fittings in #Revit #MEP need CSV’s to operate. Centralize your Lookup Tables on your server to help standardize! @autodeskrevit— Jeremy Schmidt (@BIMSchmidt) May 15, 2013…
Using Point Cloud tools to convert any (?) 3D geometry to Revit native geometry
Could we laser scan the world, make a big point cloud, and then import it into Revit? Well, one day we might be able to accomplish that on a small scale (then again, maybe not). In the meantime, try t…
Revit 2013 Update Release 3
Just in case you missed it, Update Release 3 is available for all 4 Revit flavours (links below). Key fixes (as per documentation): Improves stability when using Hardware Acceleration, Graphics Mode. …
IFC Exporter for Revit (v2.11/v3.3) and IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit (v1.11/v2.3) available
You are getting this message because you downloaded a version of IFC Exporter for Revit or IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit prior to June 14, 2013. We have posted an update to both, which you can get…
Using the vanilla toolset for multidisciplinary Revit coordination
A recent article on gostructural.com describes the basic tools used for coordination between disciplines in Revit. Its worth a read for “Revit coordination beginners.” It covers the three primary coor…