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Experiencing a lot of lag when using Revit?

Try changing the Worksharing Update Frequency setting: (this will only help if you are using workshared projects) Help: Controlling Worksharing Display Update Frequency…

2013-10-10 · Luke Johnson
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Deployment Shorthand

In less than 10 steps, can you set up all the PCs in your office with all required software? Here’s one way: Set up a Windows PC with all required programs Navigate to %WINDIR%system32sysprep and run …

2013-10-10 · Luke Johnson
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Macros for Deleting Views and Sheets (Troy Gates)

Use with care! Delete All Sheets and Views Delete Sheets And Views (except floor & ceiling plans) Delete Views (except floor and ceiling plans) Get them at:Revit Coaster: Macros for Deleting Views and…

2013-10-10 · Luke Johnson
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View Depth override macro

EDIT2: new version (January 2014) atCode: codice sorgente, Compiled DLL and ADDIN (copy to C:ProgramDataAutodeskRevitAddins2014 and Unblock the DLL) via http://puntorevit.blogspot.it/2014/01/view-dept…

2013-10-08 · Luke Johnson
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Good RFO discussion on BIM, LOD, Co-ordination and BEPs

I think that every BIM decision, for standards, LOD, deliverables etc will always be project based, and while you can have a preferred company standard and champion it, different requirements will mea…

2013-10-08 · Luke Johnson
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BIOS Implementation Test Suite (BITS)

… provides a bootable pre-OS environment for testing BIOSes and in particular their initialization of Intel processors, hardware, and technologies. BITS can verify your BIOS against many Intel recomme…

2013-10-08 · Luke Johnson
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How to make a Structural Column Room Bounding

In almost every case, I prefer Structural Columns over architectural Columns in Revit. However, the architectural versions can easily be made Room Bounding. How do we do this for Structural Columns? C…

2013-10-08 · Luke Johnson
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Opening a Revit 2013 file with PCG clouds in Revit 2014…

This is basically what will happen: So, basically you can choose to re-index to RCP, or leave them as-is and continue to use the PCG. While there is much to love about the smooth performance RCP point…

2013-10-07 · Luke Johnson