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Sometimes you will have access to a PDF file, but not to the original DWG. Is there any way you can get the base vector data, such as lines and arcs, out of the PDF and back into a DWG? Yes, there is …
If you are interested in Revit Programming and the Revit API, you may be interested in the resource located below: http://download.autodesk.com/media/adn/DevTV_Introduction_to_Revit_Programming_new/ I…
I have been experiencing some Event 1030 errors, and the ‘Details’ tab in the Event Viewer shows the following: ErrorDescription Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. following asf To corr…
Revit 2011 (Mental Ray) utilises all available CPU cores that the OS can ‘see.’ When multitasking, your PC may slow to a crawl after a render begins. You can limit the amount of CPU time that the Rend…
“Dimond Architects has been able to recently put forward a proposal for a prototype version of the design for Taiwan (to later be incorporated into Eco-City projects in mainland China).” Read the rest…
Steve Stafford is a pillar of the Revit community. There are some great free downloads at his site, AEC Advantage. Check out the downloads page:http://www.aecadvantage.com/links2 There is a great docu…
Steve’s post about ‘Weak and Strong’ is very informative. However, if you want to ‘stretch’ a family with instance parameters AND a weak ref plane, simply ‘Tab’ until you get Revit to say ‘Shape handl…
You want to know which families are cuttable and which are not. Revit 2011 help gives the answer: Cuttable families (link):CaseworkCeilingsColumnsCurtain Wall PanelsDoorsFloorsGeneric ModelsRoofsSiteS…
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