Copying Point Clouds between Local Drives
Typically, large point clouds are stored on local hard drives. Revit allows for this with the Options – “Root path for point clouds” setting. Here is an easy way to copy them: Use Robocopy. (Should be…
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Utility to always paste Clipboard text as Plain text without formatting
When working with Revit, Excel and even coding, sometimes we want to paste text without formatting. There are various ways to do this, but I think this is the easiest… Download and unzip the appropria…
KiwiCodes Bonus Tools – a powerful timesaving toolset for increasing Revit productivity
In some ways, vanilla Revit is like the base model option package of a new vehicle – no shiny wheels, 20 speaker sound system, or sports handling package. But some add-ins can make you feel like you a…
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Schedule View
Revit Keyboard Shortcuts don’t work too well in Schedules, because Revit thinks you are trying to input data. However, you can use the alternative key entry method – basically, it starts by pressing A…
Using a Saved Selection Set as a Filter to make Demolished items transparent
It can be difficult to stop Demolished items from occluding New items in Revit. There is no easy way to say “make everything Demolished wireframe, but leave other elements as-is” in a Hidden Line view…
FTP Model Uploader Add-in for Revit
Basically, this is a FTP client for Revit that assists with packaging and uploading models. While it was once a free add-in, it now costs USD1.99… Check it out at:Model Uploader – FTP | Autodesk Revit…
Using Adaptive Components as a host family for nested MEP face based families
From this article: ISSUU – AUGIWorld by Autodesk User Group International, Inc.…
Integrated Design Workflow videos using Revit 2013 and Revit 2014
Open embedded content: player.vimeo.comlink:Integrated Design Workflows Using Revit 2014 in Revit User Community on Vimeo Open embedded content: player.vimeo.comlink:Integrated Design Workflows Using …
Extracting MSP Files
Had a pretty persistent error which wouldn’t allow Recap to install SP1. In hindsight, it was probably related to the error at this post:http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/07/autodesk-rec…
Public Macro Repository for Revit
If you want to submit Revit API code and macros for public review and use, check out: https://bitbucket.org/BoostYourBIM/revit_api_public Now, we just need someone to make an API add-in that hooks int…