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Luke Johnson

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Popquiz 5 – answer

There were some good guesses to this popquiz, but none of them quite nailed it. Revit Solo said… Its the alignment line that shows up when your draging elements to a new position. And this is partly t…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Master Popquiz 5 – what does this line mean?

And what possible ways are there to modify it in plan? Don’t be scared – please comment with your guesses. EDIT – answer provided here:What Revit Wants: Popquiz 5 – answer…

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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Dimension Segment Leader Visibility Toggle

This is a new feature in Revit 2012. You can access it by double clicking on the text of any dimension segment. Have a look at the images below for more information: Segment Dimension Leader Visibilit…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Style Guide – free pdf download

Interesting undertaking to develop a new RFO Style Guide (RFOSG), to enhance the possibility of sharing content – over at the Revit Forum. Here is the latest PDF version: Revit Style Guide v0.2 pdf An…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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SAuBIM Room Calculation Utility – links and tips

Do you ever get a little annoyed by the things Revit doesnt let you do? There are some irritating limitations in our favourite BIM program – but SAuBIM aims to workaround one of them. Out-of-the-box R…

2011-05-18 · Luke Johnson
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Office 2010 SP1 To Release by June 2011

“Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is set to released to manufacturing (RTM) and available for all by late June 2011” via Office 2010 SP1 To Release by June 2011 � My Digital Life:…

2011-05-17 · Luke Johnson
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10 Tips on how to use the 'Create Assembly' tool

1. Warning message displays if the current selection contains elements that cannot be included in an assembly. The following elements cannot be included in an assembly: Annotations and detail items As…

2011-05-16 · Luke Johnson
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How to Identify Font Used in Image, Photo or Web Page

“WhatTheFont is a service available on several platforms that allows user to submit an image and it will automatically find the closest matches from all fonts available in the database. To use WhatThe…

2011-05-16 · Luke Johnson
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REVIT Command Prompt UPDATED for 2012

http://blog.bimkicks.com/file.axd?file=2011%2f5%2fRevCmdPrompt_2012.zip REVIT Command Prompt UPDATED for 2012: Thanks again Jose!…

2011-05-16 · Luke Johnson