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How do you keep the sun in the correct, real-universe location when dealing with shadows in Revit 3D views? Here is how:“On the Status Bar (that’s the one on the bottom) click on the Sun Path icon and…
Go to:StreamTransport 1.0.2.2171 – VideoHelp.com Downloads Download, install, and then browse to the video you want to download. FlowPlayer is used on sites like Wikihelp…
Simply: Make the necessary subcategories of Topography in Object Styles Apply them in the ‘Site Settings’ dialog (little arrow next to ‘Model Site’ on the Massing & Site panel) Video example below:…
Issue You want to update a revision/issue title block label globally in multiple sheet views without the need to edit every single individual sheet view. Solution The following steps explain how to ad…
And so did @ncollective: The only thing is that I wish #Revit would call “Family” something else. I freak out whenever I hear “let’s make a new Family”. @Autodesk 12:04 PM – 28 Jan 12 via Seesmic · Em…
Nathan Miller has been working on a number of cool things for some years now. In one recent post about Slingshot for Revit, he states “the tool will provide different means of connecting Revit (and Va…
Go to http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/ and click Autodesk Revit on the drop-down list. A number of free add-ins are already available. Autodesk Exchange has been active for AutoCAD for a while now, …
Beginning January 1, 2012, Autodesk will have formally ceased support of the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System for all new (and upgraded versions) of its products and services released in 2012.…
Just in case you missed this – Autodesk has picked up the previous work of Mr Keough on Dynamo and provided a Labs plugin for Vasari! Dynamo for VasariBuild parametric functionality on top of Vasari w…
Alexander Vysotsky makes the following recommendation: CPU – i7 second-generation Memory – 8 or 16 GB of DDR3 Video – NVidia Quadro, more accessible – GeForce (Budget) Hard Disk Drive – solid-state, m…