Fix DWG Scaling in Revit after Re-saving File
We have come across a slightly annoying issue: someone modifies a Linked DWG file in AutoCAD, and upon reloading in Revit, the Import Scale will have been somehow automatically and incorrectly set to …
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Wind tunnel simulation in Revit with Autodesk Flow Design
Read about it on the Help page:http://help.autodesk.com/view/ADSKFD/ENU/?guid=GUID-C5218E9E-5122-4720-B62D-A968F96A7D02 From Labs blog:“updated version of Falcon with an improved user interface for th…
Is Dynamo the new API?
I don’t think the API programmers should get scared just yet, but is there a day coming when visual programming will completely replace custom code? Julien seems to think so: “I firmly believe Dynamo …
How to Place a Landing at the Top of a Flight
Tim over at the RevitCat has put together a nice writeup on component stairs, and specifically, landings. Some of you may have struggled to place a landing at the top of a stair flight – particularly …
Convert Topography to Massing using Code in Revit
I recently posted about converting Topography to massing forms using a somewhat “manual”, yet lofted and smooth, method:Convert Revit Topography into Massing Forms Harry provides some code to do a sim…
IFC Exporter updates – January 2014
Its already across the Twitterverse, but in case you missed it: 2013: IFC Exporter for Revit 2013 (v2.16): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexp…
Using Vasari with Dynamo to Generate Revit Forms from Faces
This topic is somewhat of a work in progress (I know Julien and a few others have been chasing how to make this happen nicely). Lev Lipkin made a comment on the thread, which reads a bit like a how-to…
Finding an Object you have Selected
While you can use Highlight in Model from a Schedule, there is no similar command relating to a ‘current selection’. If you have somehow selected an object and want to “find” it so you can actually se…
Profiles in Adaptive Components, with Repeaters
I have posted about Profiles and Adaptive components before, but more recently Tim Waldock put together a nice, detailed post on the subject over at this link. In the post, he states: You can host it …
Tag Floor Thickness – workaround
You can’t simply use a Floor Tag to tag the thickness of a Floor in Revit… However, you can:Convert the Floor to a Part, and use a Parts Tag Parts tags can natively report thickness of the Part. EDIT …