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Luke Johnson

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Super Tag

Some of you probably already realise that Case Apps have released a suite of Subscription tools (in other words, these are not free). One in particular caught my eye – Super Tag. It provides a “simple…

2013-04-27 · Luke Johnson
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BIM Documents and Standards – big list for download

I can’t recall how many BIM document PDFs I have downloaded over the years. There are web indexes of the indexes of the lists of standards you can access… But here is a simple list by Ben Malone:https…

2013-04-26 · Luke Johnson
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Case Study with downloadable resources (What is Revit?)

Have you ever wanted a very simple explanation of what Revit actually is and what it does? Sometimes it can be hard to encapsulate this for new users. Perhaps this post will be of assistance: what-is-…

2013-04-23 · Luke Johnson
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Ask the Project What it Wants

A few interesting thoughts from revitdialog: The few BIM start up meetings I’ve sat in, usually involve “these are the BIM uses we are going to do”. Really? Did you ask the project what it wants. Ther…

2013-04-18 · Luke Johnson
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Auto-Section Box has been updated!

This is arguably my favourite free add-in for Revit. Check out the new features: • Support for Revit 2014 • New “Toggle Section Box” command • Ability to arrange the section box view side-by-side with…

2013-04-12 · Luke Johnson
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Utility to index point cloud before importing to Revit

Very cool tip from Ben Malone – he shows you how to use AdPointCloudIndexer.exe from a command line (outside of Revit) to prepare point clouds for practical use. A typical 2013 location for this utili…

2013-04-08 · Luke Johnson