AutoCAD Now Available For Free on Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile
AutoCAD 360 that is… It has now been released as a UWP app for all Windows 10 devices. Check it out at:https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9wzdncrfjctk…
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Learn How to Do Lighting Calculations in Revit from Dan Stine
Getting lighting to work in Revit can seem like one of those things that are ‘possible’, but ‘too hard for now…’ We are all busy, so it can be challenging to really dig down into some of these deeper …
Using the Selection Box Tool Anywhere in Revit
Selection Box is a new tool in Revit 2016 that allows you to quickly crop a 3D section box around selected elements (without installing any addins). However, it doesn’t always show up on the contextua…
Big News: Case Apps release code as open source on github
Check out David Fano’s post at this link. The Apps and Issue Tracker are both available, at these links: CASE Apps Issue Tracker…
Access Revit View Filters in an Alphabetical List
If you want to edit Revit view filters, you may be frustrated by the fact that the view Filter Edit Dialog box is sorted ‘historically’ – most recently created at the end of the list: While we can‘t ‘…
View Status Snapshot for Federated Models
It can be pretty hard to track what is visible in a big federated model, and even harder to figure out when something has been changed or updated. Until now… Check this little node out: This gets five…
Bulk Copy Views to New Associated Level in Revit
Ever wanted to bulk duplicate views from one level to another level? There are various addins and ways to do this, but it is also relatively simple in Dynamo: Get views using Dynamo definition, and Ge…
Fixing DWG Section Visibility and Setting DWG to a Phase in Revit
Ever had that annoying problem of your entire dwg showing up in Section Views, regardless of where it is cut? If so, check out this tip from Chad at Revit KB:…if you link the DWG into an In-Place Mass…
How Can I Get Started With Dynamo?
One of the biggest challenges for many long-time Revit users is that initial ‘starting point’ of getting into Dynamo. It takes a bit of time and effort to make that transition… Happily, as with Revit,…
Big Update to Bakery Package for @dynamobim
I’ve had a bit of struggle with Package Manager lately, but I’m happy to report I was able to get a new version of Bakery uploaded today. I’m pretty sure my issue was ‘too many backups in the dyfbacku…