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Temporary View Properties has a Recently Used List

Have you ever used the 2014 feature Temporary View Properties? If you have, you might have noticed that it automatically creates a list of the (temporary) View Templates that have been used recently. …

2014-01-22 · Luke Johnson
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BIM 360 Glue updated

What’s new in 14 January 2014 BIM 360 Glue update: Sign in performance improvements Stability improvements – fixed crashing issues under certain circumstances during sign in, merging models, and model…

2014-01-22 · Luke Johnson
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Vertical Column Splitter for Revit

It’s very simple right now: it will split all selected structural columns at a level elevation specified by the user (beta developed by Ken Marsh) Download:http://tiny.cc/ColumnSplitterBeta Read post:…

2014-01-21 · Luke Johnson
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Navisworks 2014 SP1 NWF Refresh Hotfix

This hotfix addresses issues with NWF refresh causing Navisworks to crash following installation of Navisworks 2014 Service Pack 1. Download at:http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=1…

2014-01-21 · Luke Johnson
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What Use is BIM Really? Is there more than one? (PDF)

To oversimplify, this document essentially forms a categorized glossary of terms that show how the BIM process works and what kind of information is generated by it. Excerpt: Download it at:http://bim…

2014-01-21 · Luke Johnson
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Addins for Design Review

Probably the browser one is the most interesting… Oh, is it only me that finds the misspelling of accuracy quite hilarious 🙂 JT Import Add-inEnables JT files to be accessed from within Design Review w…

2014-01-21 · Luke Johnson
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Finding Something that is Hidden by Element using a Schedule

Using Schedules, you can usually use Highlight in Model to find an element (or group of elements) from a schedule row. However, this does not work if the element is hidden in the only view that it is …

2014-01-21 · Luke Johnson
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A Realistic Look at BIM and Revit in Landscape Architecture

From a post by Stephen Blacklock:In early 2013 we started work on a live full-site BIM project … Agreeing the deliverables at the outset (and being totally truthful about what we could actually delive…

2014-01-20 · Luke Johnson