Decreasing the pain with Point Clouds
A few tips from Adam Sheather: Change your (Recap) temporary folder locations for conversion If you need to move cloud file between offices, convert them first to lower transfer times. Ask for ptg fil…
Luke Johnson
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Embed Dynamo, Python, macro or other code to Create Self Aware Families in Revit – recorded RTCNA presentation from Zach Kron
Video:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com via this tweet @davidfano @lukeyjohnson @BigBadBIM @case_inc @seandburke a spotty recording of the preso. Meat is 30 minutes in: http://t.co/P9LiBoX4WQ— Za…
Lighting Analysis for Revit graduates from Labs – LEED analysis addins
Here are the initial addin download links:20152014 Main page: Solar and Lighting Analysis Software | Revit | Autodesk Heads-up:Lighting Analysis Extension for Revit with Daylighting for LEED graduates…
Three things I've learned from 6 years of blogging
Back in 2008, I thought it might be cool to start a Revit and BIM blog – but I had no idea how long my interest in the subject would endure, or how many readers would actually be interested in what I …
Concurrent Keynote Editing, Instant Keynote Update and Keynote Search addin for Revit 2015
This new keynoting addin from Kiwi Custom Solutions stores per-project Keynotes in a database to solve concurrent access problems. Revit 2015 allows some interesting pathing to happen for keynotes, th…
Direct Access to Text from your Revit database using Revitlookup and SysExporter
Combining Revit Lookup and Sysexporter has a lot of potential for getting hard-to-reach data out of Revit in almost realtime. For example, in Revit 2013 there are limited options for scheduling Revit …
COBie 2015
COBie Toolkit for Revit 2015 direct link http://t.co/wA2KHaDPee via @revitusersirl @AutodeskRevit— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) June 8, 2014…
Save all groups in a project to file – If the API can't do it, sometimes a Journal can
As part of meeting his RTCNA requests, Harry posted this idea for saving all groups to file: API can be used to generate a text file listing all model groups. this text file can be used as input to a …
Project Tango and the Implications of Commodifying 3D spatial scanning for AEC
I was speaking to a surveyor recently and he indicated that he believes in around 2 years time, point clouds will be a “commodity” that almost anyone can produce. Devices to scan 3D spaces are becomin…
Project Templates and Families for download, including: Escalators, Lifts and Moving Walkways
These Dropbox links are copied from the Autodesk Community Russia site: Project Template 2012 2013 2014 & 2015 NEW!!! Doors Семейства Спецификации Window Семейства Спецификации Escalators 2013 Семейст…