Automatically Download Content for Free
There are many sources of content out there, the main ones being Seek and RevitCity. Sometimes, a content provider will attempt to obfuscate the links to the original files, so that you can’t just com…
Luke Johnson
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DWG Import and Link Methods
A big tip for new players: Never import a DWG file. And never, ever explode an Imported DWG file. Nothing good will come of it. Trust me. Instead, do this (in order of preference): Use Revit natively,…
Save All Families in a Project to RFAs and Folders AUTOMATICALLY
This is awesome. Let’s say you have a project with heaps of families in it, and you want to save them to individual files. There is an API add on that does exactly this. How do you get it and use it? …
Re-ordering and re-grouping parameters for userfriendliness
So you have added a bunch of Shared Parameters to your Project, but you never bother to set the ‘Group Parameter under:’ property correctly…you are naughty, aren’t you? It can make using Revit a lot e…
Grouping sheets by Revision in Project Browser
I had a bit of a problem using Revit OOTB (out of the box) parameters to group sheets by Revision, so I did it super-quickly using a custom parameter. Here are the steps: Add a new custom parameter to…
What Revit Wants is on Wikipedia
Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Revit_Wants (blog)…
Fast searching for local Revit content using Free indexing tools
If you are searching for Revit files on your local hard drive, try using the search tool Everything – its super fast. If you want to index local network shares, and you are: using a 32-bit OS – you ca…
Obtain Vector Information from PDFs using Free Tools
Sometimes you will have access to a PDF file, but not to the original DWG. Is there any way you can get the base vector data, such as lines and arcs, out of the PDF and back into a DWG? Yes, there is …
Introduction to Revit Programming
If you are interested in Revit Programming and the Revit API, you may be interested in the resource located below: http://download.autodesk.com/media/adn/DevTV_Introduction_to_Revit_Programming_new/ I…
Remove Stored username and password on Windows Vista
I have been experiencing some Event 1030 errors, and the ‘Details’ tab in the Event Viewer shows the following: ErrorDescription Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. following asf To corr…