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Jose doesn’t seem to think they are super-important: Outside of Revit there are tools for managing and finding families that are more powerful and faster than any naming convention would ever allow an…
The easiest way I have found to get the buttons back is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for each command, where upon, once used the buttons themselves seem to magically reappear in the ribbon. The key…
A while back, I asked you guys to request that the ‘Save Selection’ feature be added to Revit Architecture. Even though we all apparently made quite a bit of noise with all of our requests, the Factor…
I have been working on this theatre for the better part of two years – and now it is basically ready to be occupied by the Client. Dimond Architects are proud to have been the designers and architects…
Microsoft says that “the world is starting to imagine things we hadn’t even thought of” when it comes to using Kinect. Check it out: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com viaGizmodo Australia…
Interesting post from Phil again today. He links to Richard Harpham’s profile on LinkedIn. So who is Mr Harpham? Well, the interesting thing is that he WAS:Senior Director AEC Industry MarketingAutode…
In Google Docs, you probably know that you can upload files and view them with the Google Docs Viewer. But did you know that Google Docs Viewer can display the following formats? Apple Pages (.PAGES) …
Check out this cool post. Thanks to Marcello and Jay Zallan for this workflow: One of the questions was how to correctly model a twisting element The breakthrough: Circles.“Let things ride on the rail…
If all of the various Autodesk energy analysis tools are starting to overwhelm you, check out this overview PDF whitepaper from Conceptual Energy Analysis & CFD Overview – The Sustainable Design Toolb…
At RTC Australia this year, Revit Legend Phil Read spoke to some of us (in quite a mysterious and tantalizing way) about a new project he was working on…and it looks like this may be it: M-SIX is buil…