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Great Webcast – New York City Revit User Group

***applause*** (as I finish listening…) I really enjoyed listening in to a Webcast through the New York City Revit User Group. Its the morning for me here in Australia, and it was a refreshing start t…

2009-07-09 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2010 Web Update…who posted it first?

We are all grateful for Update 1 for Revit 2010. But who in the blogosphere posted it first? According to my research: EDIT: Steve from Revit OpEd has quite rightly noted that he was actually the firs…

2009-07-09 · Luke Johnson
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SECSplashWnd error – Revit 2010 stalls on loading

I logged this error with Autodesk Support:“…Sometimes Revit 2010 x64 running on my Vista 64 bit machine will not load at all – the program stalls with ‘SecSplashWnd’ showing in the taskbar…” And they …

2009-07-06 · Luke Johnson
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Blogger – show your backlinks

If you want to use the built in ‘Backlink’ functionality in Blogger, go to Customize – Settings – Comments tab – Backlinks – ‘Show’ radio button. Then ‘Save Settings.’ You can also choose whether new …

2009-07-05 · Luke Johnson
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What inspires you?

In any field, there are those who work primarily for money, and those who work for passion (and many are somewhere in between 🙂 When it comes to architecture, many graduates would say they are inspire…

2009-07-02 · Luke Johnson
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Ribbon performance…bring on the Web Update

I had a persistent crash when ‘tearing an item off’ the Ribbon, so I logged a Support Request. The following admission from the Autodesk Support Team representative is quite telling:“So far we have se…

2009-07-02 · Luke Johnson
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Free RPC Creator

Revit 2010 comes with a set of RPC content for your renders. But perhaps you want to make your own RPC content? Well, head over to http://www.archvision.com/ and register. Then Login, and go to the me…

2009-07-01 · Luke Johnson
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Revit 2010 Web Update…

So, you want to be kept right up to date and be notified when the new Revit 2010 Web Update comes out? Here’s how: Go to http://rss-support.autodesk.com/subscription Tick the boxes for the products yo…

2009-07-01 · Luke Johnson
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AEC Edge Magazine

Check out the new publication at: http://www.augiaecedge.com/Current/default.htm Contents related to Revit Architecture: Thanks to David Light for this tip. http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2009/06/…

2009-06-26 · Luke Johnson
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A sad day…

It is a sad day indeed. The passing of Michael Jackson might be viewed by some as a time for eloquence and flowery superlatives. But I recommend that you look inside, at yourself. Remember the feeling…

2009-06-25 · Luke Johnson