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If you paste a heap of elements from one Revit model to another, you may come across this error:“There are identical instances in the same place. This will result in double counting in schedules.” If …
While many of us are struggling with a serious multiplication of models, Chris Price & Matthew Siebert have put together an interesting little case study on placing all design consultants in one model…
Summary: Download pdf viahttp://www.linkedin.com/groups/comparison-free-point-cloud-viewers-4408378%2ES%2E5880013264796033028…
“The key is to remove all content before attempting to reinstall it. This is necessary because you are currently in a state where Revit is incorrectly under the impression that content installed prope…
I don’t know how many times I have been reading Revit OpEd and Steve just reveals another one of those little things that can make your Revit life so much easier – like pinning an object before rehost…
Many of us use Tekla BIMsight or Solibri for IFC viewing, but there is another free option: FZK Viewer. It is just a 10mb download, unzip and go. It has a Walk tool like Navisworks for easy navigation…
You can get it through the Case addin manager: Not much documentation available yet, but you can refer to my previous post on how it works:Convert Navisworks Viewpoints into Revit 3D Views for rapid c…
Something popped up on Exchange recently, got tweeted, and then disappeared… but now its back! This addin allows simple import of PDFs directly into the Navisworks 2015 Project Browser as sheets that …
I enjoyed reading a recent, brutally honest and candid post by Luke Johnston (not me 🙂 over at Britex. Here are a few pertinent points: “You only have to scan the room at the various ‘BIM groups’ that…
A great way to test if you know What Revit Wants is to try and run a complicated high rise or health facility using model groups. The principle and general functionality of groups is fine, but they ca…