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Luke Johnson

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Priority of Visibility Overrides in Revit

A great list showing the Visibility/Graphics priority, thanks to Revit Fix. From most powerful to least powerful: Line Work Tool Override graphics in view by elements Filters View Depth -Beyond system…

2011-03-04 · Luke Johnson
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Tracing Contours to Create Revit Topography

You have a scanned image of a Contour Plan, and you want to convert that raster image into useful vector data. How do you go about it? In the past, I would have used vanilla AutoCAD to trace the conto…

2011-03-04 · Luke Johnson
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Revitdialog quote…

“It is the biggest project the firm has ever undertaken. There was very little planning with respect to file configuration; as a result, the project has now endured two model splits. We don’t want to …

2011-03-03 · Luke Johnson
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CAD-Room Bullying | AUGI

Interesting read about bullying by Mark Kiker… CAD-Room Bullying | AUGI…

2011-03-02 · Luke Johnson
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Quickly choose and match materials in Revit

If you have lots of materials in a project, it can become a chore to actually ‘choose’ them in the Material dialog box. Here is a quicker way: Scroll down for step by step version… In the Element or T…

2011-02-24 · Luke Johnson
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Twitter Search for Revit related tweets

Have ever wondered what is happening in the TwitterSphere in relation to our beloved Revit? Just check out this link to see the latest updates of tweets containing Revit……

2011-02-23 · Luke Johnson
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Warnings, Warnings & More Warnings (Autodesk Explorer)

This is a little plug for a new blog called Autodesk Explorer. Its still in its infancy, but if you are anything like me, you will want to add this to your extensive Revit blog reading list. There was…

2011-02-23 · Luke Johnson