Excuses used to avoid Revit adoption
Revit wants its users to be passionate about good design, technology, co-ordination and quality documentation. Sadly, many people are looking for excuses to avoid Revit adoption. When I say ‘sadly’ – …
Luke Johnson
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A Free and Open Revit Standard – could it work?
Follow the discussion at http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OpenRevStds if you want to get involved in this project on the Ground Floor. Or you can subscribe to http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=…
Revit Server Update 1 Readme file updated
The original The new one The difference? The original had the following listed under the ‘Improvements made in Update 1 build’: 3. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the execu…
Revit 2012 Keyboard Shortcuts times 3
Revit 2012 now supports three character shortcut entries… Tip viaAutodesk Explorer: Updated Revit 2012 Keyboard Shortcut List: You may also be interested in some of my previous posts regarding keyboar…
Wall layers and their ability to barge
There are some basic rules of Priority, that all compound structures follow, when joining together. 1) The higher priority layers always take precedent. For example, a Priority 1 layer will barge it’s…
Ninite – Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once
The Easiest, Fastest Way to Update or Install SoftwareJust pick your apps and click Get Installer. Ninite does the rest — fully automatic. Ninite – Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once…
Rotate 2012 and the keyboard
Type ‘RO’ for rotate, tap the spacebar and you are in 3-click rotate. … A shortcut for 3-point rotate was defined ‘R3’. Select an element and type R3 and you are in 3-click rotate. Tips viaInside the …
Autodesk Revit Server 2012 Update Release 1
You can apply this update to AutoCAD Revit Server 2012 running on all supported operating systems and languages. Consult the readme file for installation instructions and more details on the primary i…
Free Revit add-ins, get your free Revit add-ins…
It is hard to keep up with all the free add-ins and associated utilities that are available for Revit. Here is a partial list: –ADDED 6 JULY 2011– Excitech Revit Toolkit— Charlotte’s Revit User Group …
Add Type Selector to the Quick Access Toolbar
Revit veterans have probably already done this, but it is quick and easy and it may increase your productivity. Here is a quick how-to: Go to a Plan View Start Wall command Right-click on Type Selecto…