More Free Entourage and Backgrounds for your Revit Renders
I previously posted about vyonyx. They are now hosting their free image content at this site:http://www.gobotree.com/ There is also some content over at Accustudio:Backdrops – Backdrops…
Luke Johnson
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To rebuild a Shared Parameter file, use the Export option from Family or Project
In the Parameter Properties dialog, click Export. Note: The Export option is not enabled if the selected parameter is already in the current shared parameter file. A message displays informing you tha…
The Trace Contour filter in Photoshop
Will turn this: Into this:…
Revit and VEO, finally together again …
Surely Revit integration with VEO will be a high priority, now that Autodesk are buying into VEO so heavily? Some of you may recall that VEO-LUX was once a Revit add-in application , and that Revit Ar…
More Revit Training Video Resources
A huge list of Revit videos here: Canal de ddufon – YouTube Embedded:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Rapid Revit Report tips (playlist):Open embedded content: www.youtube.com (originally from R…
SHX font mapping for linked DWG files in Revit
“In Revit, the default font is Arial, for example, is therefore the DWG file represent fonts in Arial.The “shxfontmap.txt” is located at:C: Users AppData Roaming Autodesk Revit Autodesk Revit 2013Firs…
A very quick trademark post
There has been lots of verbiage flying around the interwebs lately regarding the use of Autodesk trademarks in domain names. I recently surrendered www.revitprofessionals.com (quite happily), in order…
BIM's band booms! (image)
from “Fox in Socks” by Dr. Seuss Seems like a few recent tweets agree: @bernstein_adsk 400% increase in the use of #bim in the US #adskbim— David Light (@davewlight) November 19, 2012 Bernstein says 7…
Piping for Revit MEP Dummies (like Me)
Add two components with similar system connections (like Hydronic Supply) Select one of the components, and click the Piping button Ok to dialog, Edit System, use Add to add the other component. Finis…
Plan ahead when making a family
Sometimes, putting a bit of thought and planning into your family design well lead to far better results than simply ‘diving in there’. The following post shows a list of such requirements. Essentiall…