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To kill the Communication Center … in Regedit replace all the (1) with (0) see image. (you will need to login to Revit Forum)Then rename WSCommCntr2.exe to AAWSCommCntr2.exe( C:Program FilesCommon Fil…
Many of you already know how to export a combination of differently styled images from Revit and then combine them in Photoshop to create something really interesting. If you aren’t aware of this tech…
You know when you have two pads meeting at a common edge, and then Revit for some reason shows this tiny sliver of created topography between them? Try this: Set the two Pads to have the same ‘Level’ …
Have you ever been frustrated by Revit when editing the end point of a spline? You try to drag the end point – and instead the entire line gets dragged or scaled! The problem? You need to Tab-select t…
While discussing an interesting baluster-with-lighting family, Steve reminds us that “Revit hates switching between shared and not shared status.” You have to follow a strict process of deleting and /…
When in Edit Mode for a Model group, the Area Boundary Line tool is grayed out. However, to work around this limitation, you can: Select Area Boundary lines that exist ‘in the project’ and then trigge…
Link to 80 Tips and Tricks PDF (German) Original Blog post (German) English Blog post – Google Translate Part translation of text only into English here…
Ever wondered how many official Autodesk Revit blogs there are? Check out the list below: BIM & BEAM – Nicolas Mangon, Wai Chu, Tom CulottaFamily Jewels-Creating Quality BIM Content – William Spier, I…
Here is a telling quote from an Autodesk staffer about the Revit UI Toolkit – while discussing one of the limitations of UI design in the current Revit version: this is due to a toolkit that has roote…
Go here to check the location specified in the following file: C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit Architecture 2012Programidentity.ini It will list a journals path. via2012: Determining the path being used …