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Quiz – which version of Revit was the last one to include ‘in product’ indexing of point clouds? Answer – Revit 2018 included AdPointCloudIndexer.exe, which could be used to index an array of raw poin…
A couple of weeks ago, I created a post on LinkedIn about a bridge I worked on… It got a few people interested so I did a bit of a behind the scenes look at how we got to the end result. Behind the sc…
Starting at this tweet, Konrad Sobon triggered quite a discussion around Revit addins and how to manage users, deploy addins, and track their usage. He has worked on coding a tool called Mission Contr…
If you have gone through a process of saving Central models, and you have forgotten to ‘Synchronize with Central’ before closing them for the first time, you may find that your user has all User Creat…
Over the years, Autodesk has provided various means for us to access, sync, backup and share files. Most recently we used “A360 Desktop” (see end of this post) and more recently “A360 Drive“. Autodesk…
When working with a large project, you may often close all or most Worksets for performance reasons. Secret #1 Did you know that objects still show in Schedules when the Workset is closed? And even if…
Here’s how you can get the new ‘Channels’ to show up in Unifi so you can immediately start using all of this free, new content: Ensure you are running Unifi Desktop app version 2.2 or newer. Log in at…
Jeremy Tammik has updated the source code for RevitLookup to Revit 2018, and Troy Gates has compiled it with some install notes, download here. After copying the addin files, you will need to press ‘A…
Check out the links below to learn more and install. Model Checker for RevitOverview (Vimeo)Autodesk Model Checker for Revit 2018 shell install Quick Start Guide pdf Sample Files and other links Onlin…
Check it out at OpenRFA. There have been some similar attempts in the past. It is a bit of a challenge, because there will often be these ‘custom’ shared parameters that one company needs that are jus…