Revit 2011 New Features (???)
I’ll be the first to admit that the subject of this post was intended to stimulate your interest – but in my defense I did include question marks! Have a look at this link, and see if you can make sen…
Luke Johnson
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OEM Vista Activation Backup and Restore (clean installation)
I had to format and re-install Vista on a laptop over the holiday break. Given that it was an OEM version, and the original disks were not available, I was faced with a bit of a conundrum. How will I …
Dimond Architects – Aged Care Project Facelift
This is an aged care project that we here at Dimond Architects have been working on. Please see below before and after images of the Entry. BEFORE:AFTER: Check out our Project Gallery page.…
2009 and Beyond | Revisiting the Report on Integrated Practice (Repost)
Check out the following page to revisit the report. You can download interviews in mp3 format to listen to at your leisure. In essence: “One of AIA’s 2009 Integrated Practice Discussion Group’s (IPDiG…
FREE RevitTV.com Paint for Revit 2010 – Beta
RevitTV.com are offering a free ‘Paint’ plugin for Revit 2010. The features are: Import and automatically create Revit paint materials from existing AutoCAD Color Book (.acb) files. Search and filter …
Search by Sketch
I had this great idea this morning – why can’t we do a ‘search by sketch’ of images or other data? In other words, you draw a small sketch of something, and then the search engine returns results that…
View Ranges (and TOLERANCES) Explained *REPOST*
There is a great video on View Range by Paul Aubin at the link below here: http://www.screencast.com/t/eCJaIgaevE It is very well explained and I learned some things I had no idea about, like the ‘tol…
Slanted Columns in Revit 2010 (Structural Tool)
We were given the ‘Slanted Column’ ability when some of the Structural tools were recently incorporated into Revit Architecture. If you have been pulling your hair out trying to place one of these sla…
Revit Hardware – compatibility and performance
Revit is a very acceptable OOTB (out of the box) tool. If you are using Revit OOTB, there are really only two variables that determine your productivity. Assuming you have zero customised content, the…
Large files and emails…they don't mix
Revit makes it very easy to produce a LOT of drawings. This can result in a large deliverable. In one recent case, our Tender Issue of drawings consisted of 132 A1 sheets. Using CutePDF (with a couple…