Revit MEP 2014 – A Good Way to Get a Head Start
One of the most consistently “in-demand” job positions here in Australia at the moment is for Revit MEP Drafters. Personally, as part of my coordination role on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, I’m sp…
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Bluestreak – it can replace Worksharing Monitor for Revit Server Projects
This problem and solution is surprisingly quite “undocumented”. When you switch to Revit Server, the normal Worksharing Monitor for Revit will not work anymore. However, you can become a part of Autod…
Free Revit Viewport Renumber Tool from LMNts
Here’s how it works: There’s not much of an interface for this one, you simply go to a sheet and run the command. It will then go into a selection mode asking you to “Pick viewports in the desired ord…
COBie Video Series – Class 1, 2 and 3 by Bill East
Class 1 playlist:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Class 2 playlist: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Class 3 playlist:Open embedded content: www.youtube.com…
COBie Resources, Downloads and Links
Big list of COBie resources: Over at: COBie | Bond Bryan BIM…
BIM & Performative Design Resources from AU2013
There is a nice selection of AU2013 videos embedded into a recent post on Form Follows Performance, starting with: AB2947: Applying Open Standards and Levels of Development (LOD) to Building Informati…
AutoCAD 360 BETA Support Center
Check it out at:https://autocad360.desk.com/ If you go to www.desk.com (the engine behind this new endeavour), you will see that it mentions Salesforce, which currently also handles Autodesk’s support…
Dealing with the Orange Voids showing in your Model
I worked with a Structural Engineer recently who used to model Void Forms in his Structural Columns so that he could “cut” them into walls and other geometry. However, this created a bit of an issue w…
Using DataTools, Excel and Appearance Profiler together
This forum post by John Lipp is definitely worth a read:http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Navisworks-General/changing-part-color-in-Navisworks-by-Excel/m-p/3437673#M3555 In part:Then repeat for the other …
Glue and Navisworks together…
Quote:By using Navisworks with BIM 360, you can ensure that everyone on the team has access to the “single version of the truth,” collaborate and connect with the rest of the team for collaborative pr…