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While familit do have a browser / content manager add-in, this is a paid product (if you are looking for free family browser, check out tools4revit). However, the family content itself at familit is f…
EDIT Current category guide post: https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/2013/09/new-crowdsourced-and-open-source.html In Revit, some families have Cut Dominance, some are Cuttable, and some respect various Vie…
In ye olde AutoCAD days, there were a plethora of ways to mess with your fellow users. The sheer amount of obscure yet powerful system variables gave endless opportunities for frivolity. In Revit, not…
Just head over to this link: 3D: Revit – HighTower…
These videos are from the Youtube channel of David Beach, author of the Architect’s Digital Design Guide. There is almost 3 hours worth of video in the following embedded playlist: Open embedded conte…
I previously posted about Three Ways to go from Grasshopper to Revit. However, Vasari Talk 18 (uploaded by AutodeskBuilding) shows that there are at least 4. Learn more by viewing the playlist embedde…
A few words on 3D engines and InterOp from WorldCAD Access: “For instance, InterOp now directly translates from competitor Parasolid, non-competitor SolidWorks (which uses Parasolid — it’s a complicat…
From Rob Snyder’s blog: “Models are different from drawings in an essential way. A model represents an environmental totality. No locations are discarded and none can be discarded. Therefore authorshi…
From the KarelCAD Resource Centre: Architecture / Revit Revit Solar Analysis Chicago Project Sketchbook Mobile Alias Sketch ACAD Ecotect Analysis Revit conceptual energy – custom form rationalization …
Nice post over at revitstructureblog. A couple of highlights:When working with Radial grids you will typically find a couple of problems. The first issue you will find is that the grids will not show …