IFC for Revit updates released 12 December 2015
Links below: IFC for Revit 2015 (v15.6): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifc2015_windows32and64%3aen IFC for Revit 2016 (v16.3): http://apps.e…
Luke Johnson
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How to Set Up a View Filter To Manage All Applicable Categories
When setting up View Filters in Revit, you can only select Filter parameters that are ‘common‘ among the Categories that you have ticked… If I haven’t lost you yet, here is a quick way to build a View…
Fix Flex Duct Geometry Failures by Using a Kind Of More Reliable Modelling Solution in @DynamoBIM
subtitle: Most Revit hacks ever in one blog post?? Have you ever faced flex duct modelling problems in Revit? Revit fails to generate these in some cases, usually when the spline becomes too tight for…
How to Get Access to V-Ray for Revit Public Beta
To try V-Ray for Revit public beta: 1) Create an account or login at chaosgroup.com, then 2) register here 3) wait Heads-up from Brent Heber… more details at http://www.v-ray.com/revit/…
Using the Free CADtoEarth addin to Import Google Earth Terrain and Satellite Imagery to Revit
I have posted about CADtoEarth before, but here is a quick 5 minute video using the latest version: Open embedded content: screencast.autodesk.com You can also import building models to Revit from Goo…
BIM 360 Docs announced for Public Preview
BIM360 Docs site is now live at: http://bim360.com/docs/ Previously known as Project Alexandria, the official media release can be read here. And the ‘announcement’ video can be viewed here: https://b…
Purge Component Families using @DynamoBIM with Bakery and SteamNodes
I saw a question like this on the forum so I had a quick go at it (see image below). Basically it checks what Family Types are placed against those loaded into the project, and then deletes unplaced c…
Exclusive: Unifi Gives You Global Content Analytics, Centralized Management and Inter-Company Library Sharing in the Cloud with a Shiny New Web App
BIM breeds information. In many cases, we probably generate too much Bimformation. It can become difficult to manage and analyse all of it. When it comes to content specifically, Unifi have already pr…
Quickly Split All Columns by Level without using any Addins in Revit
To do this, we can leverage a nice feature of the builtin Copy/Monitor feature. Its extremely simple, and here are the steps: Go to a 3D view and Isolate the Columns Category (so you can just see the …
Batch Checking Dependencies of your Dynamo Nodes and Packages
Every now and then, you may find that a package upgrade causes some of your nodes to stop working. This may be because nodes have been removed from the package that you were using. You can use the two…