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Revit Master Popquiz 4 – to lock or not to lock?

“a Revit expert is one who doesn’t use locks” via sloArch: What do you think, Revit Masters? Should we lock:A. everythingB. nothingC. some thingsD. depends on the project and situation ???…

2011-05-15 · Luke Johnson
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Learning Revit is like…

Learning #Revit is like learning to fly a #Airbus A380. I can see the benefits, but hell its complex! … (quotable quote from Twitter) viaTwitter / @Pieter Beukes: Learning #Revit is like le ……

2011-05-15 · Luke Johnson
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Add non printing layers when exporting from Revit to DWG

You can make certain layers export as non printable layers when exporting from Revit 2012 to AutoCAD DWG or DXF files. First, you need to set the following checkbox in the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup …

2011-05-12 · Luke Johnson
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How to remove all Autodesk products from a Windows system

A previous attempt to install or uninstall an Autodesk® product failed to successfully complete and now you are unable to install or reinstall an Autodesk product on your system. SolutionIn these case…

2011-05-10 · Luke Johnson
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Free Revit Add-ins from CRUG – some very useful stuff

This release contains 21 free features including: • Case Check• Renumber• Wall Filter• Find Rooms• FTP Login• Convert Here are some direct links to the setup files: Revit 2012 – Windows 7 and Vista Re…

2011-05-10 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2012 – missing template content

I discovered this exact issue on my PC yesterday – but David Light has posted about it:“you need to add the missing files by downloading US Metric Content.” Revit: Revit 2012 – missing content…

2011-05-10 · Luke Johnson
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Walkthrough Tutoring and Revit Bootcamp

Yesterday I tutored two twelfth grade classes at a local high school in how to create and export walkthroughs in Revit Architecture 2011. They had already modelled buildings in Revit as part of their …

2011-05-10 · Luke Johnson
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Another insightful post from Arch | Tech!

Does this sound a bit like Revit’s history? “A team of scrappy entrepreneurs, eking a living out of a bit of venture capital, working 80 hours a week will introduce something that is incredibly and ov…

2011-05-09 · Luke Johnson
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A Neater Alternative to the Guide Grid | AUGI

“In your title block family, create horizontal and vertical grid lines, equally spacing the entire title block into modules, per your standards or preference. It is recommended that you create a diffe…

2011-05-09 · Luke Johnson