Room Data Sheets and Revit
Ceilidh Higgins recently “submitted a talk for Revit Technology Conference on this subject, What’s in a Room: Revit Models,Room Data Sheets and Interiors. You can download it here. What’s in a Room? f…
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How to determine if a given Keynote has been tagged by Element, Material or User?
Easy – just check the Properties for that Keynote:…
MEP tip – What to do with Lookup Tables?
via Twitter: Tip: Pipe fittings in #Revit #MEP need CSV’s to operate. Centralize your Lookup Tables on your server to help standardize! @autodeskrevit— Jeremy Schmidt (@BIMSchmidt) May 15, 2013…
Using Point Cloud tools to convert any (?) 3D geometry to Revit native geometry
Could we laser scan the world, make a big point cloud, and then import it into Revit? Well, one day we might be able to accomplish that on a small scale (then again, maybe not). In the meantime, try t…
Revit 2013 Update Release 3
Just in case you missed it, Update Release 3 is available for all 4 Revit flavours (links below). Key fixes (as per documentation): Improves stability when using Hardware Acceleration, Graphics Mode. …
IFC Exporter for Revit (v2.11/v3.3) and IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit (v1.11/v2.3) available
You are getting this message because you downloaded a version of IFC Exporter for Revit or IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit prior to June 14, 2013. We have posted an update to both, which you can get…
Using the vanilla toolset for multidisciplinary Revit coordination
A recent article on gostructural.com describes the basic tools used for coordination between disciplines in Revit. Its worth a read for “Revit coordination beginners.” It covers the three primary coor…
How can I get this parameter into a tag?
Ever wanted to get a Tag to pick up the hardcoded Elevation value given to a nested Family? Then check out this great little thread and cool answer by Julien! Answer: You need to set a SP in the neste…
Manage user credentials in Windows XP
“Type rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr in the Open text box and click OK to access the Stored User Names And Passwords dialog box.” Read more: Manage user credentials in Windows XP with the Store…
Turn a laptop into free Wifi hotspot by sharing a 3G / Cellular modem (Windows 7 and 8)
After having a look at a few options, I found that mHotspot worked for me:http://www.mhotspot.com/index.html…