Ever tried 3D modelling in AutoCAD?
David Light recommends it in this Tweet: Freedom capabilities of #autocad 2012 are so cool, forms work very nicely with #revit & #vasari; & no i haven’t gone all soft on you 😉 via @davewlight David Li…
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Cuttable vs Non-cuttable Family Category Properties
One easy way to determine if a family Category is Cuttable is by looking in the Object Styles dialog box. If there is a gray box in the ‘Cut’ column, that Category is not cuttable. See image below (fr…
Building Windows 8 blog talks about user feedback and the Ribbon
Some of the principles employed by the Windows development team are no doubt similar to those faced by Autodesk, as they develop Revit. Check out some of the quotes I found most interesting (and my th…
BatteryInfoView shows detailed battery information for laptops and netbooks
Displayed battery information includes the battery name, manufacture name, serial number, manufacture date, power state (charging/discharging), current battery capacity, full charged capacity, voltage…
Unacceptable list separator when loading Family Types FIX
I received the ‘Unacceptable list separator’ error while trying to: load a family from file into a project, and load types into the family from a Type Catalog. I assumed the problem was to do with Typ…
Defrag from the Command-Line for More Complete Control
/XPerform free-space consolidation. Free-space consolidation is useful if you need to shrink a volume, and it can reduce fragmentation of future files. /TTrack an operation already in progress on the …
Download resources for book Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012
Here is the resource page where you can download datasets for the book Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012…
Search all major Revit blogs at once
I have also created a Google Custom Search for (what I consider) the major Revit blogs. Check it out at:Revit Blog Search…
Search all the major Revit Forums at once
I have created a Google Custom Search page that searches through the major Revit forums. Check it out at: Revit Forum Search As of 5 September 2011, the custom search includes these sites: http://revi…
Create 3D PDF files from Autodesk Revit for free
The steps below show how to do it using the i-model plugin (you may also want to look at converting a 3D DWF straight to a 3D PDF): Close Revit Download and install i-model plug-in for Revit (you will…