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Alan Moylan has posted a Star Trek Enterprise 1701 Revit family for you to download. I, for one, am glad to see a Trek vehicle added to the current interstellar Revit line-up, mostly from that ‘other’…
Revit doesn’t like to deal with an array that has 1 instanced element or component (although there is one exception). The array will break. So, the way to handle it is to have a separate single instan…
If you are having problems, try manually loading families like this: “Hi Russ.I believe the issue is that you first need to load the Site Designer families (from C:ProgramDataAutodeskSite Designer for…
On March 13, 2015 Subscription Center will be retired and all customers will be directed to Autodesk Account where they will be able to manage all of their products, services, and Subscription benefit…
You probably know that you can import a Viewpoint animation into a Scene animation in Navisworks, like this: Animation Ribbon – Animator Add Scene Right click on the Scene, Add Camera, From Current Vi…
The Revit Clinic has revealed some key dates for upcoming Revit releases, and the associated effect on the Collaboration for Revit platform. Highlighted in red below, it appears that the release of Up…
“EcoDomus is offering a free version of its EcoDomus PM online software application called EcoDomus COBie Basic, which will help qualified design and construction teams simplify the COBie deliverable …
Warning: some have had unexpected results, use with care.Update: one reader discovered that C:Program FilesAutodeskRevit 2015AddIns is yet another path that Revit uses. The script below has not been m…
When it comes to Revit visualization during early design phases, in the past you had to pick from one of these options to add Entourage to your presentation: Use some placeholder geometric family, Use…
We have all used various autoSectionBox addins to adjust 3D View section boxes quickly. But if you want to quickly match a Section Box to a Scope Box without using an addin, try this: In a 3D view, se…