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If you try to open Revit 2012 and it stalls at the splash screen, you can try ending the process WSCommCntr3.exe by accessing it in the Task Manager and clicking ‘End Process’. The video below shows t…
Awesome post from Klaus over at:Revit and Camera Match / FOV and Focal Length He provides a family file and a step-by-step process for how to match a Revit 3D perspective view with a real life camera …
Trimble Finland Oy, a subsidiary of Trimble Navigation Limited, has acquired Tekla. This could result in some interesting products, as Trimble has a real focus on mobile technologies. Watch this space…
Just select the grid line of a ceiling, rather than the edge. Quote below: …in Revit 2012! If you select just a grid line of a ceiling, you now get the option to Edit Boundary… viaRevit ArchCenter: Ne…
Great veteran’s tip from Steve. He explains how to reset shared coordinates to an out-of-the-box setting by Acquiring Coordinates from a default Revit template: Once two files are sharing coordinates …
A few new videos have been uploaded to the Revit User Community on Vimeo. Some of the more recent ones deal specifically with Revit MEP: Cable Trays in Revit MEP 2011 access doors in revit mep 2011 Ru…
Many people know that you can add a carriage return (and thus create multi-line labels) in Revit by accessing a Properties entry box and hitting Ctrl+Enter: Over at Revitez, another method was mention…
If you attended either RTC AUS or RTC USA this year, you can download content from BOTH conferences. Awesome! “We are pleased to offer the downloading of materials for both the Australasian and North …
Over at ARCxl, you can download a bunch of Revit details for free. According to the website, these details were all created natively in Revit. The Terms of Use describes the proper way that these deta…
Here is how to do it: Select the detail item. Right-click > Select All Instances > In Entire Project Attempt ‘Group’ command It will fail with an error like this: However the resulting Error Report co…