ArchiCAD to Revit and IFC Optimizer
You may be unfortunate enough to have to translate a BIM model from ArchiCAD into Revit. I have done this in the past (with limited success) using IFC. However, I was browsing the AUGI Forums today an…
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"These are a few of my favourite things…"
No doubt there are a few utilities that you just can’t do without. Here are a few of my absolute favourites: CutePDF Writer – just brilliant, and its free! 7-Zip – best archive utility (in my books), …
Dimond Architects featured in Belle magazine…
I work at Dimond Architects on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Our practice was recently featured in ‘Belle’ magazine. Check it out on our company blog at http://www.dimondarchitects.com/…
AutoCAD 2010 Update 1
Check out the new Maintenance Update for AutoCAD 2010 at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13760520&linkID=9240618 Apparently,Autodesk has recently released a maintenanc…
Hotfix – Crash when deleting or modifying walls (REPOST)
This has been reposted from http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13778933&linkID=9273944&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01 Published date: 2009-Aug-21 ID: DL13778933Applies to:Autodesk® Rev…
Stop Bashing AutoCAD!!!
Seriously, what is the point in accusing AutoCAD of all the world’s ills? Please, educate me… We KNOW AutoCAD isn’t a BIM tool. We KNOW it can’t compete with Revit when it comes to holistic building d…
Clean uninstall of Revit 2010 products (repost)
How do you get rid of all the remnants of Revit 2010? Check out this page at Autodesk Revit Architecture Services & Support. It’s interesting to see where Revit stores it’s stuff in the Registry. Howe…
Click-Move-Drag Error Revit FIX
EDIT May 2012I recently had this issue after reinstalling graphics drivers and using Revit 2013. I followed the tip on this Autodesk page to run Revit on the primary Windows monitor – this fixed the p…
Speed up Navigation! Vista 'Links' in all their glory…
Have you mastered file and folder navigation in Windows Vista yet? If you haven’t, here are a few simple tips, guaranteed to increase your productivity (well, hopefully 😉 Use Vista ‘Links’.What is it?…
SearchHacker – google FTP file search
You might remember g2p.org Well, now you can check out http://www.searchhacker.com/filesearch/ Just for kicks, I searched for .rvt, and wow! One hit! And that one didn’t even work……