CAD is BIM
“CAD is BIM and vice versa.” Jay Zallan, 2006 viaFear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World: Short Post, Huge Point!!! See the Comments too…
Luke Johnson
Practical ideas for Revit, BIM and construction technology. Built from years of shared experience.
From Photos to Point Clouds to Excel to Revit Topo
BIM blog.ca describes how to go through the following work method (step by step): Photos 123D Catch .LAS (point) file XYZ CSV file Revit topography Now you can (kinda) do your site survey using your c…
Family Creation, Performance and Standards post – with tips (BIMAdvent)
There is huge post on content (family) creation over at this link. I have provided a few useful excerpts below: A handy list of relevant Agencies / Organizations: AIA – American Institute of Architect…
Revit Addin Wizards / Coders and Revit API Widgets – Spiderinnet's blog
If you are interested in programming in Revit, check out Spiderinnet’s blog. Very extensive! This blog focuses on Revit Addin Wizards, Coders, and API Widgets. viaRevit Addin Wizards/Coders and Revit …
Show your support and appreciation for What Revit Wants
Over the years, I have spent countless hours keeping up with Revit news. I have consistently shared news, tips, tricks, hacks, workarounds, and generally cool things with all of you out there in the R…
Flying Dolphin Man
Awesome.…
Python Tools for Visual Studio Download (and RevitPythonShell ?)
Another major addition to 1.1 includes the addition of two additional sample libraries available as separate downloads: PyKinect for working with the Kinect Beta SDK and Pyvot for working with Excel s…
Rhino and Grasshopper – Engaging Generative BIM Workflows PDF download
Click here to download a technical paper on Engaging Generative BIM Workflows. From the Conclusion:The emergence and rapid development of generative tools to aid architectural design development inclu…
3D PDF Converter for Revit Pre-Release Program
Tetra 4D is releasing a Revit 3D PDF Converter plugin. This will be a paid release (it won’t be free), so I personally am not too excited about it. If you are looking for a Free way to create 3D PDFs …
Saving a Detail Group from Detail Component family actual saves RFA file
When you have a Detail Component family open, and you choose to right-click on a Detail Group (in the Browser) and ‘Save’ it, Revit actually saves this Group as a Family (rfa). The resultant RFA file …